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The Denver Gentlemen
Biography
A group that seemed sadly destined to cult-band obscurity, with no commercial recordings to document one of the first musical projects of the artists whose unique genius would later flower into the hauntingly surreal Americana of 16 Horsepower and Slim Cessna's Auto Club, the recordings of the Denver Gentlemen were unceremoniously shelved and hung in limbo for five years before ever seeing official release. By then, however, the band had long since broken up, leaving the curious to pour over their lost holy grail of encoded American Gothic affectations and wonder what was and what might have been.



A puzzling and otherworldly mix of old time jazz, gospel, cabaret, Acadian, country, and European folk, the Denver Gentlemen was formed in 1988 by vocalist Jeffrey-Paul Norlander (eventually shortened to Jeffrey-Paul) and David Eugene Edwards in Denver, CO. After a brief sojourn to Los Angeles, the duo would return to Denver with Frenchman Jen-Yves Tola in tow. Slim Cessna, already in Denver, was next to join. Unfortunately, although this original lineup would serve as an ideological and stylistic homeland for their future musical explorations, they wouldn't stay united for long. After a fascinating but short-lived romp through Denver's burgeoning alternative country scene, the band began to splinter off to follow their own distinctive muses.
Selected Discography