Member Since: 9/30/2006
Band Website: sethsamuels.com
Band Members:
Germantown features guest artists Scott Gilman (Hammond RT3 Organ, Rhodes, Performa Reed Organ, Bass, Percussion), Kristin Krawczyk (vocals), Tahlia Harrison (vocals) and David Lipkind (Harmonica).
Influences: John Hammond, Ry Cooder, V.M. Bhatt, Tom Waits, Blind Willie Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Robert Johnson, Bob Dylan, Daniel Lanois, Bryan Johanson, Lhasa, David Milch, Ali Farka Toure, Son House, vihuela music of Renaissance Spain, Willie Dixon, Marc Ribot, Steve Tibbetts, Jane's Addiction, Toyohiko Satoh, Fred Eaglesmith, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant's solo work, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Marilyn Manson, Lonnie Johnson, James Cotton, Bill Morrissey, Bruce Springsteen, Greg Brown, Howlin' Wolf, Skip James, Blind Lemon Jefferson, The Police, early Audioslave, all them Hawaiian slack key players, Julian Bream, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, AC/DC, Team America soundtrack (the cure-all home remedy), Dusan Bogdanovic, Nathaniel Shortz, The Cult, Sonny O'Jesus, Ali Akbar Khan, All those horrible hair bands of the late 80's, Sci-Fi Fantasy novels, hallucinogens, Shakespeare, renaissance ayres, years of mentation, insomnia, depression, sex, joy, laughter, lightness/darkness, friends, the human experience, earth,,,,, Lightnin' Hopkins, Michael Hedges, Ben Bonham, Nick Drake, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, T-Bone Burnett, Doc Watson, Radiohead, Dan Balmer, Tim Ellis, Mark Hanson, Eric Clapton, Lucinda Williams, Joni Mitchell, the Stones, Mark Knopfler, Roland Orzabal, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, the Black Crowes, Kelly Joe Phelps, the Lomax family recordings, Marianas, my photographer pal Bruce Barnett's record collection, the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, those Newport Folk Festival tapes, the sculpture of Grant Bloodgood, the paintings of Matt Hendricks + my uncle Eddie, the love of my mother + father + 3 sisters - Thea, Lindsay and Laurelbee..... and my heroes: grandparents Bema + Dada.
Sounds Like: hmmmmm..... i'll get back to you on that
Record Label: labelless
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