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    M. Ward Pays a Visit to Bright Eyes

    • Posted on Apr 5th 2007 11:00AM by Jessica Robertson
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    When the ever-elusive Bright Eyes, a.k.a. Conor Oberst, stopped by our New York studios for a Sessions taping, he got a little help from friend M. Ward. The avant-folk Ward chimed in on the final two songs, including the hushed duet, 'Smoke Without Fire.' While the two seem kindreds now, Oberst tells Spinner it was completely happenstance.

    "I was on tour with Desarecidos, which is an old band of mine, and we had to kick the bass player out," he says. "And the only thing we could agree on to listen to in the van was M. Ward. We got to Portland and it was sort of agreed the I'd play solo. But we were supposed to play with all these kind of loud bands. Long story short, I called up a booking agent friend of mine and he said, 'Well, you know, M. Ward lives in Portland. We could call him.' And then 20 minutes later, he jumps in the van and drives to San Francisco. Friends ever since."

    Watch the Bright Eyes Sessions performance.

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    josefat 4-05-2007

    I was at that supposed Desaprecidos show at Bottom of the Hill. It ended up becoming a Bright Eyes show.

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    johnny deetsat 4-05-2007

    Conor and Matt sound good together ,
    but last time M played town hall Conor only came out for one song, and he didnt sing at all.

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    tatyanaat 4-10-2007

    i want to be in his band.
    the end.

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    katieat 5-16-2007

    i think u guys play awsome, mostly becuase its like 3 generes played altogether.

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    kate hochstein rivasat 5-28-2007

    Coner is cool. Been following him since 2001. Great writing and a brilliamt man. Wish my son could ge tickets.......

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