Album Notes

Born and raised in Wisconsin, I began playing guitar when I was ten years old. My home was the upstairs apartment of my parent's restaurant and venue, Cafe Carpe. My parents never encouraged, nor discouraged me from being a musician (a number). I'm just a product of my environment. The record you've come upon here is a collection of stories from the head of a slightly depressed, neourotic, dramatic and angry 18 year old: me, four years ago. It has its place in time and I'm proud of it. It's not very representative of who I am today, but that's neither here nor there, I guess.

I'm currently working on a bunch of new material which I will post up on myspace as it comes. In case you're interested in hearing these songs, the address is myspace.com/satchelwelch. But first, if you like what you hear, buy this little time capsule and support my latest poverty-inducing endeavors! It won't disappoint, and neither will anything you hear from me in the future if I can help it. Thanks so much for stopping by and having a listen. Take care!

-Satchel Paige Welch



"A grasp of melody, narrative and economy beyond his years... you don't find those three things in many songwriters these days. If I'd known then what he knows now... well, look out." - Peter Mulvey

"Satchel Welch at nineteen has better chops and more native talent than three quarters of the FM dial. He is the instinctive sophisticate, the raw-boned youngster with a full grown sense of melody". - Jeffrey Foucault

"Satchel Paige Welch. With a name as cool as that you'd only have to be one tenth as talented as he is. Already at the tender age of 19 he's sounding to my ears more than ready for prime time. Getting me to say something nice about someone is an especially nasty chore nowadays, but I can rein in all of my nasty upper mid-western cynicism when in the presence of a voice this disarmingly sweet. To sing without affectation, a goal that seems to have fallen by the wayside in the wake of "American Idol", seems to be a dying and disrespected art, but young Satch is a one man revival in that department. And you can tell that to Simon." - John Sieger