http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6213481&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Famelia%2Fplaylists.rssIn many ways, Portland band Amelia is the second coming of a band called the Flatirons in which guitarist Scott Weddle, drummer Richard Cuellar, and bassist Jesse Emerson all played -- until Emerson was fired and the Flatirons subsequently squabbled themselves to pieces. Its members went their separate ways, until Weddle, who had been working as a session musician in LA, began playing and writing music with Teisha Helgerson, a dusky-voiced torch singer who'd previously worked primarily in R&B. Things were going so well between the two of them that Weddle contacted Cuellar and Emerson and asked them to join them in forming a new band, which they called Amelia. And other than three-quarters of its members' shared history, that's really where the overlap with the Flatirons ends. Where the Flatirons were all bickering and back-biting, the former Flatirons in Amelia have learned from their mistakes and endeavor to make their new band egalitarian, sharing songwriting and production duties. Meanwhile, the Flatirons twang-rock has been replaced with a hazy, deliciously lazy jazz-meets-cabaret-meets-alt-country swing. - Rachel DevittAdult Alternativeen720Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:22:52 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6213481&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Famelia%2Fplaylists.rss In many ways, Portland band Amelia is the second coming of a band called the Flatirons in which guitarist Scott Weddle, drummer Richard Cuellar, and bassist Jesse Emerson all played -- until Emerson was fired and the Flatirons subsequently squabbled themselves to pieces. Its members went their separate ways, until Weddle, who had been working as a session musician in LA, began playing and writing music with Teisha Helgerson, a dusky-voiced torch singer who'd previously worked primarily in R&B. Things were going so well between the two of them that Weddle contacted Cuellar and Emerson and asked them to join them in forming a new band, which they called Amelia. And other than three-quarters of its members' shared history, that's really where the overlap with the Flatirons ends. Where the Flatirons were all bickering and back-biting, the former Flatirons in Amelia have learned from their mistakes and endeavor to make their new band egalitarian, sharing songwriting and production duties. Meanwhile, the Flatirons twang-rock has been replaced with a hazy, deliciously lazy jazz-meets-cabaret-meets-alt-country swing. - Rachel Devitt http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.20944333&variant=play&rws=%2Famelia%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:26:58 -0800 Playlists Featuring Amelia on Rhapsody Online 20944333 ply.20944333 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.20944333&variant=play&rws=%2Famelia%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.20859307&variant=play&rws=%2Famelia%2Fplaylists.rss Alt/Punk Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:16:20 -0800 Playlists Featuring Amelia on Rhapsody Online 20859307 ply.20859307 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.20859307&variant=play&rws=%2Famelia%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.16578431&variant=play&rws=%2Famelia%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:22:53 -0700 Playlists Featuring Amelia on Rhapsody Online 16578431 ply.16578431 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.16578431&variant=play&rws=%2Famelia%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13677151&variant=play&rws=%2Famelia%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:56:44 -0700 Playlists Featuring Amelia on Rhapsody Online 13677151 ply.13677151 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13677151&variant=play&rws=%2Famelia%2Fplaylists.rss