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first heard of the group through an online French review of the first album. Own offered to serve as the
European face of Uzi and Ari (Own Records is now distributed stateside through Secretly Canadian Distribution), beginning with the band's second album, and financed a European tour in the Spring of 2007. The tour was a great success—the band played some nights before a crowd of more than one thousand people. In addition to a number of magazine articles written about the band while in Europe, Uzi and Ari played three radio shows in Belgium and Italy, and the band's music videos were put into rotation in Luxembourg, Germany and France.
173:. Founded by Ben Shepard in 2003, Uzi and Ari has seen many changes in its lineup. The last lineup of the group included Ben Shepard (vocals, guitar, organ), Andrew Glassett (drums), Catherine Worsham (bass, backing vocals), Garrett Martin (guitar, keyboard), Ryan Moore (violin, guitar, French horn), and David Moore (guitar, bass, trombone, keyboard, accordion, glockenspiel). Following a month-long 2006 tour of the United States, Uzi and Ari was picked up by the European label
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I have a new band called Young Adult that I would love for you to become acquainted with. If 100 people 'like' the page in the next three days I'll post a 30-second clip of one of the songs featured on the upcoming LP 'Are You
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Uzi & Ari was formed by Ben
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