Sixty Watt Shaman
| Sixty Watt Shaman | |
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| Origin | Maryland, United States |
| Genres | Heavy rock, doom, heavy metal, southern rock, Stoner rock |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Game Two Spitfire Shaman Box Music |
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| Members | Daniel Soren John Koutsioukis Sandy Hinden |
| Past members | Joe Selby Pete Campbell Kenny Wagner Todd Ingram Jim Forrester Chuck Dukehart |
Sixty Watt Shaman is an American rock band known for incorporating hard rock with blues, southern rock, doom rock, punk rock and metal influences, originally based out of Eldersburg, Baltimore County, Montgomery County, and Montgomery Village, Maryland. The band play a diverse repertoire of hard hitting groove rock and ethereal psychedelic jams, with classic tube tones, echoing heavy blues, southern groove, doom, and even the ghostly spirit of historic Americana and Appalachian bluegrass. They formed in 1996 and recorded and released their first studio album in 1998. The band last recorded in 2002. The last official band tour was in late 2002 through January 2003; but, have made several reunion appearances since, including Desertfest Berlin and Desertfest London in 2014. The band continues efforts focused on festival events in the US and Europe, and in 2017 are writing and recording new music for release. They are widely regarded as innovators in their musical genre with the "Sixty Watt" sound, and have been both imitated and replicated by peers and bands who followed in their footsteps.
Sixty Watt Shaman was formed in 1996 by lead singer/rhythm guitarist, Daniel Soren, lead guitarist, Joe Selby, and drummer, Chuck Dukehart, bringing in bass player, Jim Forrester, when Joe Selby moved from bass to guitar to form the new project. The band name derives from a split reference to Jim Morrison and an infamous amplifier once played by Jimi Hendrix. The band name was dubbed by vocalist, Dan Soren (known earlier by middle name, Kerzwick), in early September 1996, upon his return from European travel where he had visited the grave of Jim Morrison who is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France. Jim Morrison was called the "electric shaman" by press and popular culture during his Doors years. The reference to "Sixty Watt" refers to a now infamous amplifier that was built specifically for Jimi Hendrix by the pioneering amplifier manufacturer Jim Marshall; it was a special sixty watt amplifier which was used during live performances and on the famous Electric Ladyland album, but was alleged to have been stolen and never recovered after Hendrix's famous Isle of Wight performance.
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