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Jeanne

Jeanne and The Obvious

About Me

I am lead vocalist/keyboardist/percussionist for (Jeanne and) THE OBVIOUS. I also play a bit of guitar...The other band members are John (my husband) on vox and bass,Tom (my brother)on lead vox and lead guitar,and Rob on drums. We play mostly covers,and do lots of classic rock,R and B,funk and blues. We also have some originals. My husband's songs are influenced by jazz fusion. Tom's songs are very Lennon/Steely/fushion. Mine are love,hope,peace,Janis/Blok/nature/art influenced. Hope to put up some video/audio soon. Hope to see you at a gig and out on the dance floor.Next gig:December 16th, Four Doors Down,Mattituck All shows no cover 9:30pm-1:30am

My Interests

Love,Peace,Hope,Bible study,family,foreign languages(Russian and French),singing,dancing,percussion,keys,guitar,harmonica,flu te,bass,drums,running,cats,step aerobics,weight-lifting,yoga(but none of the om stuff,just the exercises and stretches),track and field,break dancing,gymnastics,cross country,wine,photography,brain teasers,puns,choral music,madrigals,study of cognition and perception,New York city,classical music,jazz,fusion,writing,recording,the ocean,interpreting, forests,hiking,camping,nature,fashion,Cornell University,travel (especially to south of France,Anguilla,Ireland,Scotland,Russia and England),art,music theory,physics,history,drama,history of graffitti,NYC in the time period 1977-1984-not nessecarily in that order,nor are these all equally interesting!

I'd like to meet:

other musicians,artists,poets,dancers,composers

Music:

In no particular order:Joni,Janis,Stevie,Aretha,Mick,Judy Dyble,Sly and Family Stone,James Brown,Temptations,Bonnie Raitt,Yoko Ono,Earth,Wind,and Fire,Sheryl Crow,Gary Grainger,Prince,Tranquility,Led Zep,Hendrix,Robert Fripp,Robert Plant,SRV,Beatles,Joe Zawinul,Chick,Keith Jarrett,John Schofield,Cake,Blind Melon,Yes,Flook,Rainbow Chasers,Mike Stern,Brecker Brothers,Old Timey music,bluegrass,cowboy/very western country and western (from out west,like near Arizona),choral music,barbershop quartets,show tunes,opera,Lyle Mays,KurtRozenwinkle,Jaco,Christian McBride,the music of the wind in the trees,the ocean,laughter,sighs,Ella Fitzgerald,Avishai Cohen (the bassist),Joey Caldorozzo,Taj Mahal,Stevie Nicks,Pat Benatar,Pretenders,War,Queen,THE WONDER DRUGS,THE SHARDS,NO REQUESTS,THE BLEEDING EGOS,SHE GO CRAZY,LAST LICKS,WHITE ROOM,REDCOACH BAND,JEANNE'S PERSUASION,MILAGRO,Santana,Commodores,Allman Brothers,Mario Bros,(just wanted to see if you're paying attention),Talking Heads,Beck,Bankie Banx,Dennis Chambers, John McGlaughlin,Miles,Coltrane,The Kinks,Stones,Stanley Clark,Crosby,Stills,Nash,and Young,Beach Boys,Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention!,Steely Dan,Steppan Wolf,Herbie Hancock,Gershwin,Mozart,Mahler,Wagner,Stravinsky,Chopin,Prok oviev,Mussorgsky,Bach,Beethoven,Debussy,Cher,Michael Jackson,Mariah, Dana Dane,Dido,Sarah McGlaughlin,Sade,Madonna,Afrika Bambatta,Fairport Convention,Dervish,Rainbow Chasers,Flook...new original bands that don't sell out...Mama Loo,.....for starters! I apologize for any/all misspellings....

Movies:

no real time for them but I like historical ones or comedies-anything uplifting

Television:

not! I really abhor TV -except for watching the Yankees,the occasional history channel show, or BBC if there's something going on I have to know about,and the odd masterpiece theatre production.

Books:

The Bible,Russian and French literature,English literature,poetry,Blok,Tolstoy,Gogol,Bugalkov,Dostoevsky,Bun in,Camus,Beckett,Chekov

Heroes:

everyone living a life of creativity and love

My Blog

gig and new kittens!

Hey everyone!  We'll be at Four Doors tomorrow night- so I hope to see you all down there.  We saw a great concert at Carnegie Hall last night with Pat Methany- and Jeff Ballard on drums.&nb...
Posted by Jeanne on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:10:00 PST

Great gig,but a sad week....

     Well,dear readers,we had a great time in Anguilla and a great gig this past Friday.  But my most wonderful and sweet cat,Second Timothy (first Timothy ran away), die...
Posted by Jeanne on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:00:00 PST

The Contractors

Hey everyone!      I wanted to tell you to take a look at a website of another band who live near us...The Contractors.  Check it out-they have a great site: www.thecontr...
Posted by Jeanne on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:49:00 PST

Hey! Thanks! and info about our next gig......

     Hi there.  We always like to thank people who come out to the gigs-especially on a freezing cold night.  So:  thanks to all the people who showed up at the...
Posted by Jeanne on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:09:00 PST

Hello again to everyone!

Okie,so we got our new band tee-shirts...they are awesome.  Hope to see you all at the gig this coming Friday so you can get a shirt!  We are also adding some new songs-more Beatles,Sting,an...
Posted by Jeanne on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:31:00 PST

Gig

Hi...sorry but I forgot that Sweet Jane was Mott the Hoople...whatever!  It's all a blur,man.  And the true reason for this blog is to thank everyone for the great gig loyalty.  We had ...
Posted by Jeanne on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:59:00 PST

SONG LIST

The following is a list of songs we have done or are now doing....Okay,here goes (not a definitive list-): Stones: Beast of Burden,I Used To Love Her,Wild Horses,Shattered,Miss You,Honky Tonk Woman,Gi...
Posted by Jeanne on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:25:00 PST

Next Gigs

Hey all...next gigs:at Four Doors.... Friday,January 26th,2007 Friday,February 23rd,2007 Friday,March 1,2007      As usual,no cover,sarting at 9:30pm,ending at 1:30-2am. Hope to se...
Posted by Jeanne on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:45:00 PST

Great Gigs

Thanks to all who have loyally come out to the gigs.  Last Friday was a blast.  Hope to see you all again at Four Doors Down on the Friday,22 December 2006,from 10-2 am.  Especially gla...
Posted by Jeanne on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:34:00 PST

NON ILLEGENTUM CARBORUNDUM

NON ILLEGENTUM CARBORUNDUM
Posted by Jeanne on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:37:00 PST