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Noel Christian Riddell

I know why birds sing

About Me

Gunslinger guitarist - songwriter - singer.The best music either defies or exemplifies genre.Ultimately a song is either good or not.On Rickenbacker guitars:I have a deep affinity for my Rics. No other instrument feels as natural in my hands or against my body as a Rickenbacker. When I hear someone refer to their guitar as an 'axe', I think of my Rics and I'm reminded of Obi Wan Kenobi's waxing on lightsabres:'I have something here for you... It's your father's lightsabre. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or as random as a blaster, but an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.'THANKS FOR LISTENING MySpace Layouts Falling Objects Secret Notes Pimp Top Friends MySpace Codes

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Member Since: 3/3/2005
Band Members: Noel Christian Riddell
Influences: My solo work -outside of my music with Pyramid Builders Union and The Foglifters- is typically very personal. Certain influences seem to come through more in the solo songs:Johnny Marr, David J, Over The Rhine, Waterboys, George Harrison...So count among my influences (in no certain order) The Beatles, The Kinks, The Church, Trashcan Sinatras (attn. Belle and Sebastian fans), Midnight Oil, Richard X. Heyman, Les Paul and Mary Ford, The Zombies, Jeff Buckley, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Dwight Yoakam, Pizzicato Five, Jesus and Mary Chain, Smiths, Badly Drawn Boy, This Mortal Coil, Byrds, Chris Isaak, Portishead, Mazzy Star, Marty Willson-Piper, Hex, Ronnettes, Ray Charles, Steve Kilbey, The Moody Blues, Crowded House, Master Musicians of Jajouka, Johnny Clegg, The Sundays, etc.I am indebted to Pete Townshend also
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My Blog

how I came to be calloused

Why is someone drawn to a particular instrument?  Toots Thielman played a Hohner Chromatica harmonica and tulip-shaped Rickenbacker guitar.  A young man named John Winston Lennon was apparen...
Posted by Noel Christian Riddell on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:14:00 PST

wank

On the sofa tonight, folding laundry and putting a new E string on my Tacoma Chief (everyone asks 'how old is that guitar?'), I tuned into a bit of the Cream reunion concert.  I had to laugh know...
Posted by Noel Christian Riddell on Mon, 05 Dec 2005 09:38:00 PST