Invitational alum · 2025
The Shiny Dimes
Spearfish, SD / Rapid City, SD · Gibson Custom Shop/Murphy Lab J-45 Reissue, 1931 Martin 00-17
Allen Brown Woodard and Patrick Roberts have blended decades of musical experience into a partnership built on melody, grit, and collaboration. Allen hails from Montana and Seattle, now residing in Spearfish — he picked up guitar at age eight after watching the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show and has written over 300 songs. Patrick is from Rapid City, grew up in a musical household, and fronted his band Flannel for 15+ years before this collaboration.
The record
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- Hometown
- Spearfish, SD / Rapid City, SD
- Instrument
- Gibson Custom Shop/Murphy Lab J-45 Reissue, 1931 Martin 00-17
- Influences
- The Beatles, The Kinks, Pixies, Townes Van Zandt, Death Cab for Cutie, Nirvana, Radiohead
- Biggest achievement
- Building their co-writing partnership and first band project
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Invitational record
2025Second annual InvitationalDowntown Spearfish