SMOKE PERKINS
// Vocals, Guitar
Smoke Perkins (AKA Travis Barker; No, not that one): Is a singer/songwriter born, raised and currently residing and working in Tacoma, WA. He began writing and playing his own music in high school then performing with his high school jazz band progressing to "open-mic" nights at local establishments and forming two local bands, Black Sails and Elk and Boar. Smoke has also contributed songwriting skills and performing with other artist's both in music and the performing arts. He is now working on his first solo project, a 10-song LP being produced in Tacoma, WA at Pacific Studios.
Recently, Smoke (Travis) won the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program (TAIP) Grant from the Tacoma Arts Commission. The TAIP is a biennial program to support individual artists who reside in Tacoma in their creation of new artwork and presentation of that work with the citizens of Tacoma.
Click the following link for more information on how Smoke Perkins hometown, Tacoma, WA supports the Arts. Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality
ABOUT
SMOKE PERKINS RESUME
Recording Experience:
Albums:
Elk And Boar, Room To Start, released March 2011
Recorded @ Wenlock Studios 2011
Produced by Elk and Boar and Luke Stevens
Engineered by Luke Stevens and Kirsten Wenlock
Mixed by Luke Stevens
*Room to start, Thief, July and then you love me then- mixed by Sam Anderson and Colin Richey)
Boar- Travis Barker: vocals, guitars, slide guitar
Elk- Kirsten Wenlock: vocals, wurlitzer, bells
Paul Buck: Bass
Matt Badger: Drums
Luke Stevens: additional guitars and wurlitzer on moonlight
Colin Richey: additional drums on Thief and Room to Start
Mitch Vandenburg: upright bass on Thief and Room to Start
Choir on Alright: Dee Jones, Holly Campbell, Julie Rex, Luke Stevens, Karen Braden, Adrianna Braden, Elk and Boar
Elk And Boar, Something Out Of Nothing, released February 2013
Recorded @ The Cottage Studio
Produced/ Arranged/ Mixed by Elijah Thomson
Engineered by Elijah Thomson & Kirsten Wenlock
Mastered by TW Walsh
Travis Barker- vocals & guitar
Kirsten Wenlock- vocals & keys
Elijah Thomson- bass, guitar, banjitar, keys, organ, midi magic, tambourine, etc…
Sean Lane- Drums
Tim Wilson-additional vocals on XO, Finest Thing & All's Well
Heather Pasley- additional vocals on Best Year and All's Well
Jenaya Crane, Spencer Evans & Elk and Boar clapping on Something
Chester B. Bumblecrumb, Pending Release
Performance Experience:
Festivals:
MLK Ballet Move 2010
South By Southwest (SXSW), 2011 and 2012
Doe Bay 2011
Festivals (cont.)
:City Arts Festival 2011
Cathedrals Tacoma Presents BARE, 2012
Tacoma Blues Vespars W/ Jimmy Vivino 2013
Headline Venues:
Columbia City Theater, The Swiss, The Tractor, The High Dive, The New Frontier,
The Comet Tavern, Neptune Theater, The Sunset Tavern, Neumos, The Central Saloon,
Jazzbones, The Olympia Ballroom, Conor Byrne, 138 Listening Lounge (Manchester NH)
Shared Bills:
Dawes(SXSW), The Lumineers (SXSW) , The Maldives, Goldfinch, OK Sweetheart, Big Sur (Jake Hemming), The Horde and the Harem, Ivan And Alyosha, The Kopecky Family Band, Noah Gunderson, Ravenna Woods, Kris Orlowski,
Tours:
West coast run:
Chico, Ashland, Tacoma, Seattle,
East coast run:
NYC, Boston, Manchester
Workshops:
w/Kirsten Winlock - Songwriting clinic at SOTA, 2014
Relevent Links:
https://seismic-sound.com/2011/12/16/seismic-sound-com-2011s-top-10-seattle-bands-to-watch/