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Deconstructing Ezra Holbrook
maepenaem musician
Ezra Holbrook has earned
a strong Eugene following
By Serena Markstrom
tortheEmecald
A quick scan of the bedroom of
Eugene musician Ezra Holbrook
will end in a screeching halt at the
sight of his music collection.
Hundreds of CDs dominate his
shelves, with artists ranging from
The Cranberries to The Pixies to
Cab Calloway. With such eclectic
taste in music, it’s no wonder his
own style is diverse.
Eclectic taste is what Holbrook
prides himself on. He has been
performing in Eugene for much of
the past five years, earning a dedi
cated followingof 20-somethings.
The child of two musicians,
Holbrook has had his hands in
music from an early age.
He performed classical percus
sion in a community symphony
while growing up in Los Angeles.
At the age of 19, he started writ
ing music while working for a
record store. But after an earth
quake in the mid-1990s shook
L.A., Holbrook followed his moth
er to Eugene, where he continued
to write music.
He soon discovered a commu
nity of musicians in Eugene. From
that pool arose Jacob Marley’s
Ghost, a band Holbrook put to
gether to record an album for Capi
tol Records. Although Holbrook
said he had a great time with the
group, which included his brother
Jules, he left thegroup last yearbe
Courtesy photo
Holbrook (in football shirt) and his broth
er, Jules, perform on a drum set in 1980.
cause he felt the band was holding
him back.
“I felt like when I was ready to
make the record ... but the band
was not up to the level I wanted
them to be,” he said. “There were
just certain things that we weren’t
capable of that I thought were im
portant.”
After leaving Jacob Marley’s
Ghost, and a long battle with Capi
tol, Holbrook was free to record in
dependently.
He has most recently shifted fo
cus to his new album on an inde
pendent label, “Heart Off of Your
Sleeve.”
Holbrook said he plans to move
to Portland soon, where, he said,
the musical atmosphere is more
professional.
But Holbrook will not shed his
independent nature and his di
verse style when he reaches a big
ger pond. He said he will not pack
age himself to fit a “rock star” im
age in order to make it in the music
industry.
"The music industry has set up
a system where everything has to
be categorized and very similar.
When you’re a kid, you feel like
you have to belong to one of those
things, and music is very much a
part of that. You have your punk
rockers, your mod kids and your
alternative rock kids.” He said this
is unfortunate because younger
listeners don’t get to know older
musical trailblazers.
“It’s a shame that people are al
ways so focused on the present ,as
far as music is concerned. It’s very
depressing to me when I hear
teenage kids say, 'Who’s A1
Green?’”
He cited songwriter Elliot Smith
as an example of someone who
holds the same values he does
about packaging yet still managed
to make it. Smith, who many came
to know through the “Good Will
Hunting” soundtrack, had a long
career as a songwriter before his
perceived debut for mainstream
America.
Holbrook said he hopes he can
mirror this aspect of Smith’s ca
reer. He added that he wants to
reach mainstream listeners with
out losing the independent style
that has brought him success.
Holbrook will perform an all
ages show tonight at 8:30 at Cafe
Paradiso. There will be a $2 cover
charge.
J_L
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