Member Since: 9/16/2006
Band Website: This is as close to a Matt Carr website as ya get!
Band Members: Himself... for now anyway.
Influences: Bob Dylan, The Band, Neil Young, Robert Johnson, The Reverend Gary Davis, John Lee Hooker, B.B, Albert, Freddie and Kaki King (respectively), James Brown, Bob Marley, Handel, Billie Holliday, The Bees, Blues Explosion, Jeff Buckley, Van the Man, Tex Perkins, Elton John's early stuff, The Faces (but not Rod Stewart on his own), David Bowie, The Velvet Underground, Iggy and The Stooges, The Ramones, Billy Bragg, The Whitlams, Duke Ellington, AC/DC, Hendrix, SRV, Django Reinhardt, Keith Richards , Tim Buckley, Lee Underwood, Joe Falsia, Jackson Browne, The Eagles (a guilty pleasure), Lou Reed, Joni Mitchell, Mozart, Miles Davis, Woody Guthrie, Richie Havens, U2, The White Stripes, Elvis (Presley and Costello), Clapton, Les Paul, Led Zep, Ween, Coltrane, Patti Larkin, Geoff Achison, Lloyd Spiegel, Dr John, Chuck Berry, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Living Colour, Fred Neill, Henry Rollins, Nick Cave and The Boys Next Door and The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds and well... did I mention Nick Cave?, Fiona Boyes, My Friend The Chocolate Cake, Bo Diddley, Something for Kate, MC5, The Pogues, The Beatles, Johnny Winter, Chet Atkins, Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, The Kinks, The Police, The Clash, Nelson Mandela, Beethoven, Pink Floyd, Eric Johnson, Bo Jenkins, Crowded House, The Beasts of Bourbon, Digger and The Pussycats, Joe Camilleri, Paul Kelly, The Doors, J.D Salinger, J.D sour mash whiskey, Madness, Garbage, The Cruel Sea, Hank Williams, Shakespeare, Leonard Cohen, various members of the Wainwright family, The Young Ones, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Black Sabbath, Thelonius Monk, The Weather Report, Honeymaker (Rest In Pieces), Magic Dirt, Junior Wells, H.G Wells, Orson Welles, The Vagrants, The Tea Party, Wilco, The Watchmen, Nick Drake, Gil Askey, Chris Wilson, Gil Scott Herron, Chet Atkins, Marvin Gaye, The Reverend Al Green, Otis Redding, Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, The Electric Flag, Sir Isaac Newton, Richard Thompson, Neko Case, The Shins, The Black Keys, that guy who fell into a crevasse and cut his own arm off with a pocket knife to live, PD Hale, Live's "Throwing Copper" album, The Wallflowers, Los Lobos, Yo Yo Ma, Segovia, Dutch Tilders, Leadbelly, Creedence (again with the guilty pleasures!) Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, James Dean, Louis King and The Liars Klub, The Reverend Horton Heat (lotsa Reverends in here, eh?), Janis Ian, Concrete Blonde, The Verve, Mr Bungle, The Animals, Tex, Don and Charlie, PJ Harvey, Tim Winton, John Butler, The Waifs, Jimmie Vaughan, Robben Ford, Buddy Guy, Hunter S Thompson...... and now...YOU! SIMPLY FOR HAVING THE INTESTINAL FORTITUDE TO READ ALL OF THAT!!!
Sounds Like: Fun, I reckon.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None