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Singer-songwriter
Lex Shuler entertains audiences wherever he plays with music that
portrays the joys and sorrows, ups and downs of true life. In a
variety of roots-based styles, Lex performs on six string guitar and
harmonica.
His performances incorporate original and traditional material with
the works of other contemporary songwriters to form a musical
portrait of the history and life of rural America.
Shuler’s poetic style has been compared to John Prine and Paul
Siebel as well as Jimmie Rodgers, the singing brakeman. Reviewers
have also described Lex as a guitarist with a unique style whose
vocal delivery is a blend of edgy and soulful and straight from the
heart. Lex has a profound respect for the early bluesmen like Robert
Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Lightning Hopkins.
A veteran of the bluegrass and folk music revival in the sixties,
Lex has performed in a variety of bands before beginning his career
as a songwriter/soloist. For Lex, a good song is as much a work of
art as any painting. His music has a timeless quality about it, with
one foot in the past and one foot in the future.
He combines traditional and modern styles of guitar and harmonica
accompaniment to paint pictures using words, tone and rhythm;
pictures of sorrow, joy, frustration and light hearted fun.
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