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Although some musicians have joined the band’s rotating lineup, Shiny Eyes is mainly the songwriting vehicle of Conor Oberst, a quivery-voiced Nebraska native who first attracted attention in 1994 — when he was just 14 yrs . old — because the vocalist and guitarist for Commander Venus. Oberst became a …

An Omaha, NE-based task led by singer and songwriter Joe Knapp (most widely known being a collaborator with Shiny Eyes), Kid, Ambulance produced their initial recorded appearance on the divide LP with these Shiny Eye entitled Oh Holy Fools in 2001. Agreed upon to Saddle Creek, Kid, Ambulance — after …