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Rose's Pawn Shop is an Americana, bluegrass, rock, rockabilly and country band from Los Angeles, California. Their debut album The Arsonist was released in May 2006. The band tours several times each year throughout the United States.
Their second album Dancing On The Gallows was released on June 8th, 2010.
Formation
Formed in August 2005, Rose's Pawn Shop is a five-piece band consisting of:
Paul Givant - lead vocals, guitar and banjoTim Weed - fiddle, mandolin and vocalsJohn Kraus - banjo, mandolin, electric guitar and vocalsStephen Andrews - upright bassChristian Hogan - drumsFormer Members:
Sebastian St. John - fiddle, mandolin, accordion, Bouzouki, Greek lyra and vocalsBill Clark - banjo, pedal steel, guitar and vocalsDerek Asuan-O'Brien - upright and gut bucket bassesDerek Swenson - drums and vocalsDave Weinstein - original drummer, left the band to pursue a modeling careerUlf Geist - drumsThey have also recorded and performed with: "Soda"- banjo, guitars and vocals, Jimmy Stelling of The Hackensaw Boys, Wayne Hancock, Junior Brown, Flogging Molly, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, The Scotch Greens, Jack White and The Raconteurs, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Ghostland Observatory, Blues Traveler, DeVotchka, Old Crow Medicine Show, Levon Helm, Blue Rodeo, Conor Oberst and the Mystic River Band, Railroad Earth, The Sadies, and The Duhks, and many others.
In August 2011 the band signed with Paradigm Talent Agency for touring representation.
Awards
In 2006 Rose's Pawn Shop was awarded the 2006 Best Band in the West title in the Billboard Magazine/Disc Makers Independent Music World Series. They were also selected as Amoeba Records homegrown artist of the month for June 2006. Following these awards Rose's Pawn Shop embarked on a three month cross-country tour.