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'''Virgil Shaw''' is an American singer-songwriter who currently resides in San Francisco, CA. Shaw grew up in Fairfax, California. He began his career in Arcata, CA in the late 1980s as a member of the high energy speed-pop band Brent's T.V. He later moved to San Francisco where he played in the band Dieselhed from 1992 to 2000. When Dieselhed disbanded in 2000, Shaw began to perform and record as a solo artist, sometimes with the help of his backing band that he named The Killer Views. After a stint in New York City in 2006, he moved to Portland, Oregon. | '''Virgil Shaw''' is an American singer-songwriter who currently resides in San Francisco, CA. Shaw grew up in Fairfax, California. He began his career in Arcata, CA in the late 1980s as a member of the high energy speed-pop band Brent's T.V. He later moved to San Francisco where he played in the band Dieselhed from 1992 to 2000. When Dieselhed disbanded in 2000, Shaw began to perform and record as a solo artist, sometimes with the help of his backing band that he named The Killer Views. After a stint in New York City in 2006, he moved to Portland, Oregon. | ||
Shaw's first album, ''Quad Cities'', was released in 2000 through Future Farmer Records.<ref>{{cite web |last=|first=|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/quad-cities-mw0000110394/releases|title=Virgil Shaw ''Quad Cities'': Releases|work=AllMusic |publisher=AllRovi |accessdate=October 23, 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, AllMusic's Kieran McCarthy described Shaw as an "heir apparent to country-rock founder Gram Parsons", and awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars.<ref>{{cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Kieran |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/quad-cities-mw0000110394|title=Virgil Shaw ''Quad Cities'': Overview|work=AllMusic |publisher=AllRovi |accessdate=October 23, 2013}}</ref> According to AllMusic's Stanton Swihart, ''Quad Cities'' is "loaded with amazingly rich, evocative songwriting".<ref name=Swihart>{{cite web |last=Swihart |first=Stanton |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/still-falling-mw0000018881 |title=Virgil Shaw ''Still Falling'': Overview |work=AllMusic |publisher=AllRovi |accessdate=October 23, 2013}}</ref> Shaw's second album, ''Still Falling'', was released in | Shaw's first album, ''Quad Cities'', was released in 2000 through Future Farmer Records.<ref>{{cite web |last=|first=|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/quad-cities-mw0000110394/releases|title=Virgil Shaw ''Quad Cities'': Releases|work=AllMusic |publisher=AllRovi |accessdate=October 23, 2013}}</ref> In reviewing the album, AllMusic's Kieran McCarthy described Shaw as an "heir apparent to country-rock founder Gram Parsons", and awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars.<ref>{{cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Kieran |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/quad-cities-mw0000110394|title=Virgil Shaw ''Quad Cities'': Overview|work=AllMusic |publisher=AllRovi |accessdate=October 23, 2013}}</ref> According to AllMusic's Stanton Swihart, ''Quad Cities'' is "loaded with amazingly rich, evocative songwriting".<ref name=Swihart>{{cite web |last=Swihart |first=Stanton |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/still-falling-mw0000018881 |title=Virgil Shaw ''Still Falling'': Overview |work=AllMusic |publisher=AllRovi |accessdate=October 23, 2013}}</ref> Shaw's second album, ''[[Still Falling]]'', was released in 2003 through Munich Records.<ref>{{cite web |last=|first=|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/quad-cities-mw0000110394/releases|title=Virgil Shaw ''Still Falling'': Releases|work=AllMusic |publisher=AllRovi |accessdate=October 23, 2013}}</ref> Swihart wrote of this album that "'[s]tunning' seems to be the word that has most attached itself to ''[[Still Falling]]'', and with excellent reason", and awarded it 4.5 out of 5 stars.<ref name=Swihart /> | ||
==Involvement with Mark Eitzel== | ==Involvement with Mark Eitzel== | ||