Member Since: 23/10/2006
Band Website: http://lampkinbrian.blogspot.com
Band Members: Brian Lampkin (lyrics); Gubb Cooper (acoustic guitars, harmonica and vocals); Sam Berman-Cooper (bass guitar, keyboards, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals, recording and mixing)
Influences: Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson, Danny Thompson, Norma Waterson, Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention, Dave Pegg, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Lucinda Williams, Terry Allen, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Doc Watson, Bob Dylan, The Band, John Lennon, David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, Neil Young, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, John Fahey, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Cockburn, Tom Waits, Luke Doucet, Roy Harper, Michael Chapman, James McMurtry, Steve Earle, John Hiatt, Ben Harper, Loudon Wainwright III, Townes Van Zandt, Greg Brown, Shawn Colvin, Joni Mitchell, Roseanne Cash, T-Bone Burnett, John McCrea, David Bazan
Sounds Like: Raw Deal's first ever live show, at the Rooftop Poetry Club, Buffalo, October 26th, 2007: "How Dead the Heart". Gubb on rhythm guitar and vocals, Sam on lead guitar (improvising wildly!) and harmony vocals, Jack Feuerstein on bass, Brian listening and waiting patiently for a chance to read some of his poems! Video courtesy of David Landrey.Raw Deal's first ever live show, at the Rooftop Poetry Club, Buffalo, October 26th, 2007: Brian talking about "How Dead the Heart", and reading "The Beautiful Black Vultures of Tarboro". Video courtesy of David Landrey.Raw Deal's first ever live show, at the Rooftop Poetry Club, Buffalo, October 26th, 2007: "Rhyme Anymore", a brand new song which we'd just finished writing a couple of days before, and which Brian was hearing for the first time. Gubb on rhythm guitar and vocals, Sam on lead guitar, Jack Feuerstein on harmony vocals. Video courtesy of David Landrey.
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie