Feter Martin Homer and Nick Justice have decided to combine the threads of the individual solo careers to form the SideMen. The SideMen blend traditional Folk, Americana and Country.
The SideMen New Album
The Sidemen’s self-titled debut album joins the disparate traditions of both Appalachia and Los Angeles, showcasing the acoustic duo’s soulful ballads, shanties, and “folkabilly” rockers in a startlingly intimate 10-track tour-de-force, both documenting and expanding on the group’s incendiary live performances.
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Meet The SideMen
Appalachia and Los Angeles make unlikely bedfellows, but the self-titled debut album from The Sidemen is a seamless marriage of those ancient and current American folk traditions. The bedrock of the acoustic duo’s spare, soulful ballads, shanties, and “folkabilly” rockers is the vocal blend of veteran singer/songwriters Nick Justice and Feter Martin Homer. The pair’s impeccable musicianship — most of it recorded live on guitar, mandolin and banjo — is complimented by guests Gabe Witcher of the Punch Brothers on fiddle, and Alan Deremo on upright bass. The result is a startlingly intimate 10-song tour-de-force that serves to both document and expand on the group’s incendiary live performances, of which there have been more than 100 over their nearly two-year partnership.
Feter Martin Homer
Feter Martin Homer cut his teeth as a blues guitarist playing in bands throughout the United States, first in Michigan and, currently in California, with all points in between. Press and audiences in all of those locations have lauded his chops as powerful and passionate. But he has released his very first solo album, revealing a tender soul with a love of American folk music idioms.His first self-titled solo CD reveals a strong vocal presence to accompany his guitar chops, stripped down to acoustic tones on this album. Some of the tunes (East Virginia Blues, This Storm Shall Pass Away) draw on traditional blues and folk sensibility to create tracks that give homage to those traditions. Other songs like Arise and Loveshow Feter’s tender side, a vocal approach that is reminiscent of Nick Drake. Meanwhile, Virginiaand the instrumental Morning Fairy are examples of Feter’s guitar abilities. Feter’s move to Southern California has opened up new avenues for performances and connections and he has taken advantage, settling in to a regular performing schedule. Get your copy of Feter Martin Homerand then go see him live. You will be glad you did both
Nick Justice
Nick Justice hails from the Bronx, NY. He came out west in 1980 and fronted a few bands (Guns for Hire, Nick Justice Band, Chords of Fame) in the emerging cow punk era in southern California. Playing on bills with the Blasters, X, The Plimsouls, The Go Go’s, The Beat Farmers and The Bangles who were all going somewhere while he was going nowhere Justice fled to the Northwest living in Seatlle for most of the 90’s playing throughout the Northwest as a traveling troubadour for a decade mostly playing coffee houses, house concerts and juke joints. Justice came back to LA in 200o and quit the music business but never stopped writing. In 2015 he called up a few old friends like Greg Leisz, Bobby Cochrane and put out and EP “The Cry of the Street Prophet”. 4 records quickly followed in succession including 2019’s critically acclaimed “The Road Not Taken” with Richard Bredice (Jules Shear, Fallout Boy, Missiles of October, David Lindley) at the helm producing all 4 records. Justice’s newest release “Rope the Wind” charted at #1 on the Roots Music Report Top 50 Folk Rock Album Chart in April 2021.
John Apice, Americana Highways
“Roots are planted deep in the soil of traditional music. Its rural, dusty, delicious expanse comes not from an archive but from its original songs.”
John Apice
Australian Bluegrass
The simplicity of the sound and feel of this debut album and The Sidemen takes us back to the enjoyable and uncluttered folk era of the 60’s. A genuine contribution to the genre of acoustic music for sure.
David Maciotra, The Daily Ripple
The Sidemen. Together, they have crafted and delivered ten beautiful songs of traditional country and folk music – songs that puncture the human heart
Hannah Means-Shannon, WILDFIRE MUSIC + NEWS
A year ago, Nick Justice and Feter Martin Homer decided to join their individual solo careers to form The SideMen. Now in 2022, the duo are releasing their first eponymous album. It will arrive on July 20th, 2022. The SideMen features songs that “tell the stories of the forgotten, those with broken dreams who are lost souls on the search for redemption”.
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You may be wondering why we’ve given these two career overviews of Nick Justice and Feter Martin Homer here. Well, both musicians recently decided to combine their musical talents by forming a duo called “The SideMen”. With that group name as their album title, they now release their debut album with ten songs that they have composed together or individually.
Hannah Means-Shannon, WILDFIRE MUSIC + NEWS
A year ago, Nick Justice and Feter Martin Homer decided to join their individual solo careers to form The SideMen. Now in 2022, the duo are releasing their first eponymous album. It will arrive on July 20th, 2022. The SideMen features songs that “tell the stories of the forgotten, those with broken dreams who are lost souls on the search for redemption”.
Lee Zimmerman, Author of " Americana Music: Voices, Visionaries, & Pioneers"
As a result, the duo’s close-knit harmonies and shared sensitivity provide the impetus for that engaging embrace and a tender touch that never once falters throughout. One might easily imagine these sweet serenades played around an open fire or in a back porch environment that offers no separation between artist and audience
Jim Hynes - 'The Sidemen` by Nick Justice and Peter Martin Homer
You’ve seen reviews of a couple of Nick Justice solo albums on these pages but now Justice is collaborating with blues guitarist and fellow singer-songwriter Peter Martin Homer to form The Sidemen. This is their eponymous debut – drawn together as Justice says, by their shared love of folk music. They operate mostly as individual writers but increasingly in the vein of Lennon-McCartney with Justice writing the lyrics and Homer penning the music although each takes credit – Homer for four songs and Justice for six and just two co-writes