Songwriter, musician, singer, tv composer.
Albums on Virgin and Nonesuch
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Member Since: 9/10/2006
Band Website: samphillips.com
Influences: I don't know. I wish I was influenced by Jean Giono, John Fante, Charles Bukowski, Bob Dylan, Louie Armstrong, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Parker, Henry Miller, Fellini. I have put myself under their influence. They have put me under their spells, but I have no idea if you can tell that by listening to my music or if that is the way it works. I am sure that junk culture got through to me when I was growing up. It doesn't matter. Art can be made out of junk. I think things I saw influenced my music. There were dresses my grandmother made and wore, black and white pictures my dad took of Japan in the 50's, my brother's reel to reel tape recorder, the record player we had that folded up into a suitcase, the trees in Big Sur, the streets of east Hollywood, clothes hanging to dry in the backyard next to the old incinerator that my great grandmother grew flowers in, the song my mother's music box played, the huge white balloon that would overcome the guy on "The Prisoner" when he tried to escape, Emma Peel's catsuit, any move Fred Astaire made..........This is a question to be answered with volumes, not a glib answers for a press bio. I guess we want to know who those we admire admire, thinking that if we admired likewise, we would also be admired..... or something.
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Record Label: Nonesuch
Type of Label: Indie