Music:
Member Since: 02/03/2005
Band Website: www.littlesongs.com
Band Members: dave with linc and a volunteer crew of talented folks
Influences: like any folks with tunes, we owe our eye teeth to each and every soul that came before us and to our peers. like any musical list, this is utterly incomplete:
johann sebastian bach, wolfgang amadeus mozart, ludwig van beethoven, charles marie widor, johann strauss jr., edvard grieg, gustav holst, franz liszt, peter ilyich tchaikovsky, frederick chopin, erik satie, john philip sousa, stephen foster, scott joplin, woody guthrie, jellyroll morton, fats waller, cole porter, lead belly, alberto ginastera, count basie, harpo marx, charles chaplin, hoagy carmichael, louis armstrong, charlie parker, leonard bernstein, aaron copland, gilbert & sullivan, george & ira gershwin, irving berlin, bessie smith, valaida snow, sarah vaughn, ella fitzgerald, billie holiday, eartha kitt, nina simone, aretha franklin, miriam makeba, nadja salerno-sonnenberg, nino rota, jacques brel, perez prado, beny more, esquivel, louis prima, henry mancini, tom lehrer, ken nordine, raymond scott, phil ochs, victor jara, tim hardin, bob dylan, pete seeger, tim buckley, flatt & scruggs, bill monroe, ian & sylvia, richard & mimi farina, nick drake, roger miller, john prine, charlie rich, johnny cash, don gibson, hank williams, hank snow, buck owens, george jones, merle haggard, willie nelson, utah phillips, oscar brand, patsy montana, patsy cline, loretta lynn, bo diddley, ray charles, little richard, chuck berry, buddy holly & the crickets, everly brothers, jan & dean, del shannon, brian wilson & the beach boys, ray & dave davies and the kinks, the sonics, the beatles, the pretty things, the zombies, the jimi hendrix experience, otis redding, wilson pickett, sam cooke, sam & dave, ? and the mysterians, booker t & the mgs, the wrecking crew, herb alpert & the tijuana brass, muscle shoals rhythm section, van dyke parks, the incredible string band, bruce haack, the byrds, the turtles, the hollies, buffalo springfield, box tops, spanky & our gang, leiber & stoller, p.f. sloan, boyce & hart, goffin & king, holland & dozier & holland, simon & garfunkel, joni mitchell, the move, jefferson airplane, the rolling stones, the seeds, creedence clearwater revival, ike & tina turner, roy orbison, tom waits, neil young, badfinger, can, gong, the mothers of invention, the who, the nitty gritty dirt band, the united states of america, the velvet underground, the monkees, the troggs, serge gainsbourg, the left banke, donovan, tommy james & the shondells, the status quo, syd barrett & the pink floyd, le orme, roky erickson & the thirteenth floor elevators, arthur lee & love, sly and the family stone, stevie wonder, james brown, curtis mayfield, parliament & funkadelic, marvin gaye, smokey robinson, the stooges, the mc5, harry nilsson, randy newman, leonard cohen, graham parsons, jonathan richman & modern lovers, richard & linda thompson, loudon wainwright, carl stalling, vince guaraldi, ennio morricone, alexander courage, joe raposo, quincy jones, gavin bryars, glenn branca, the band, big star, cheap trick, tyrannosaurus rex, fleetwood mac, john denver, rita coolidge, gordon lightfoot, harry chapin, elton john, rickie lee jones, carpenters, abba, blondie, electric light orchestra, david bowie, joan jett, tom petty, richard hell, mission of burma, flat duo jets, the dbs, talking heads, sugar hill gang, boogie down productions, public enemy, run dmc, sir mixalot, beastie boys, the clean, david kilgour, the clash, elvis costello, r.e.m., sonic youth, husker du, the ramones, the mekons, the chills, the jean-paul sartre experience, the bats, the verlaines, the vaselines, the minutemen, the replacements, the pretenders, the moberlys, the pogues, the cannanes, the flaming lips, the walkabouts, the steppes, the pixies, gang of four, stranglers, vic chesnutt, nick cave & the bad seeds, young fresh fellows, screaming trees, mudhoney, nirvana, green pajamas, the fastbacks, the posies, pond, hazel, crackerbash, calamity jane, heatmiser & elliott smith, maroons, sugarboom, smegma, they might be giants, camper van beethoven, breeders, xtc, dukes of stratosphear, robyn hitchcock, three o' clock, redd kross, long ryders, meat puppets, rain parade, kendra smith & opal, mazzy star, negativland, superchunk, portastatic, linda smith, barbara manning & the san francisco seals, yo la tengo, belle & sebastian, red pony clock, orange cake mix, skygreen leopards, of montreal, the late bp helium, tall dwarfs, cub, liz phair, the minor thirds, neutral milk hotel, lee hazlewood, joe meek, phil spector, burt bacharach, bernie krause, magnetic fields, thinking fellers union local 282, daniel johnston, half japanese, skygreen leopards, jennifer gentle, radiohead, the dharma bums, kung pao chickens, the crabs, ross beach, celesteville, fernando, pizzicato five, her space holiday, kissing book, best friends group, suretoss, smithereens, lucksmiths, moonbabies, tuftees, lodge club, straightjacket fits, guadalcanal diary, connells, grapes of wrath, roots roundup, mad scene, lampchop, versus, heartworms, 6ths, lilys, lois, beat happening, guided by voices, the buzzcocks, joy division, the smiths, the cure, the church, orchestral manoeuvres in the dark, billy bragg, silver jews, pavement, bongwater, wilco, apples in stereo, east river pipe, lenola, galaxie 500, damon & naomi, the pastels, faust, television, the cars, devo, x, throwing muses, built to spill, super furry animals, olivia tremor control, this mortal coil, portishead, flying saucer attack, bird nest roys, sugarcubes, shonen knife, dinosaur, sebadoh, mountain goats, simon joyner, seam, lida husik, iris dement, the grifters, arcade fire, my morning jacket, norfolk & western, sloan, jale, spinanes, cibo matto, fela kuti, inti-illimani, uzme doma, gorky's zygotic mynci and more to come in the wee hours...
Sounds Like: vivid pictures painted in watercolors on cassette four and eight track machines.
what do you think?
"...de Ladybug Transistor ou Neutral Milk Hotel..."
-- Derives, Belgium
"...Guided By Voices e Supreme Dicks...
...Oltre che la Elephant 6 di Robert Schneider, Will Hart e Jeff Magnum...
...Skygreen Leopards e The Birdtree della label Jewelled Antler..."
-- Indiepop.it, Italy
"...the jangle of R.E.M., the country of Okkervil River and the southern psychedelia of the Great Lakes..."
-- Bee's Knees
"...soft, dreamy neo-psychedelia, influenced equally by Brian Wilson and Syd Barrett..."
-- Demo Universe
"...both a classic Tin Pan Alley sound and a psychedelic 60s vibe...
...somewhere between Bowie's Hunky Dory and Nick Drake..."
-- Erasing Clouds
"...old Rolling Stones flowery psych style...
...Olivia Tremor Control...
... John Lennon and a country spiced Byrds..."
-- Aural Innovations
"...strong Beatles influence..."
-- Splendid
"...reminded me of Big Star's Sister Lovers..."
-- TapeOp
"...almost vaudeville..."
-- Feedback, U.K.
Record Label: Best Kept Secret
Type of Label: Indie
