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Geoff Howe

LADIES & GENTLEMEN, THIS IS HARD-FOLK

About Me



Playing @ the Cornerstone Cafe in Fernwood / Apr.27, 2007. Directed by Gordy Howe.

My name is Geoff. I play guitar. I sing. I am in many bands. Some of them are: Smidgen, Lemonshifter, The Tom Glenne 5.5, and one with Eric Hogg that is currently unnamed. Victoria, BC is my home, and I am an open-mic veteran. I had a live showcase called "The Geoff Howe Special", and that lasted nearly a year...but now thats over. You can now usually find me at the Fernwood Inn(Thursday nights), The Cornerstone Cafe(Saturday nights), and sometimes Ocean Island Backpacker's Inn(Wednesday nights). I'm starting to do more full solo gigs, so look out for me and my guitar, playing what I call HARD FOLK. I am also working on an album of the same title. It's coming along, at a pace. See you soon.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/17/2005
Band Website: You are looking at it...........for now.
Band Members: Geoff Howe - vocals, guitars, bass, drums, keys, samoflange

Here's some other bands I'm a member of:

Tom Glenne 5.5 (2006-present)
Lemonshifter (2005-present)
Slow Wolf Man (2003-present)
Waverly (2001-present)
The Depp (2001-2002)
Stealth Munchkin (aux. member 2001-2002)
Smidgen (1998-present)
And Howe (1998-1999)
The Coloured Nerds (1997-1998)

Influences: Beach Boys, The Beatles, Bee Gees, Big Star, Genesis, Klaatu, OASIS!!!!!, Elliott Smith, Gram Parsons, Elvis Costello, Cheap Trick, Ryan Adams, Beautiful South, T-Rex, Paul Westerberg, The Replacements, Matthew Sweet, Wilco, Mott the Hoople, Ian Hunter, Blue Rodeo, David Bowie, The Waterboys, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Todd Rundgren, Prince, Aimee Mann, Jon Brion, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Electric Light Orchestra, Jeff Lynne...many many more...
Sounds Like:

Record Label: yes please
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Remixing Kelly Clarkson

     Had a weird dream last night that I was producing Kelly Clarkson. I was helping her rerecord her "My December" album. I was in the process of getting her to redo he voc...
Posted by Geoff Howe on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:05:00 PST

Paisley Realism

Yo,Geoff here. Just got back from rehearsal/photo shoot with the Tom Glenne 5.5. We tackled some new tunes with some funky time signatures, including one called "Joe Perry", named after the Keith-sn...
Posted by Geoff Howe on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:18:00 PST

Brand new song: "Friend" / Caffeine Woes

Hello to everyone in myspace land,Is anyone even here anymore? I think Facebook has completely taken over the general populous. I have managed to hold out for now, so keep checkin' this page out if ...
Posted by Geoff Howe on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:25:00 PST

Recording news

Dear blog, After much careful consideration over the past week, I regretfully announce that I've decided to scrap my "Hard Folk" solo album. Every piece of music recorded for it has been deleted,...
Posted by Geoff Howe on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:54:00 PST

Finally recording again!

Dear blog,    It's been a little while since I've last written here. The start of a new year is always a bit of a bumpy time for me, and the winter just always gets me down a bit. For...
Posted by Geoff Howe on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:51:00 PST

I Want You To Want Me / Cheap Trick review

    Saturday night, I saw Cheap Trick live. Simply put this was one of the best shows I've had the pleasure of seeing. To see one of my favorite bands still kicking ass after 30 years w...
Posted by Geoff Howe on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:46:00 PST

R.I.P. "Sneaky" Pete

One of my all-time favorite musicians has passed away. He had such a distinctive sound; you could always tell when he was playing on somebody's record. If y'all aren't familiar with it, track down a...
Posted by Geoff Howe on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:30:00 PST

The Final Geoff Howe Special and Year-end wrap-up

    Well, after a good 10 month run, "The Geoff Howe Special" came to an end on December 19, 2006. Due to various circumstances the Serious Coffee in Oak Bay can no longer house live ...
Posted by Geoff Howe on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:38:00 PST

New song and Serious Legends

Hello blog (to the tune of "Hello Walls"),I just posted a brand new song on my player. It's called "Waste Your Youth" and it, as James Kasper put it, "explores the higher end of my range." He then goe...
Posted by Geoff Howe on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 12:21:00 PST

Steadfast and true, and Matt Mays for you!

Wow, it's been three months to the day that I decided to quit drinking and get healthy! I'm glad that I've kept it up; I just got back from an hour-long run and last night I was offered free booze on...
Posted by Geoff Howe on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:58:00 PST