Member Since: 09/11/2006
Band Website: http://stores.lulu.com/patrickwass
Band Members: Usually just me. I play all the instruments on the CD. Live it's normally just me and a guitar....
I also play in a band called ,'The Blue Tarpaulins,' covering everything from soft rock to hard bluegrass..... The band comprises Maria Jaffray, (Double bass and vocals) Terry Page, (Banjo, guitar and vocals) Lindsey Smith, (Guitar, mandolin and vocals) Dave Pinder (Guitar and vocals) and Steve Spearing. (Guitar, banjo, violin and vocals.)..... Steve and I are also available as a duo playing whatever anyone wants us to.
Influences: Bob Dylan, Incredible String Band, Phil Beer, Ry Cooder, JJ Cale, Grateful Dead, John Renbourn, Joni Mitchell, Bert Jansch, Mark Knopler, Tom Waits, Al Stewart, Leon Rosselson, Bob Pegg, Jake Thackray, Jeremy Taylor.
Sounds Like: An early purchaser of the CD said 'It reminds me of a cross between Ry Cooder, Paul Simon and, perhaps, John Martyn ( in a mellow mood.)' I've a feeling none of them would be flattered. The songs include, what I believe to be, the only song in English that mentions Yak cheese, as well as one describing a woman running a guest house in the biggest caldera in the world. Filipinas deluded into thinking that west is best, a trip to Brazil that did not deliver the stereotypes, African women staring in amazement at rich white women slumming on the back of overland trucks and a teenage female member of the vietcong also provide subject matter. More recent songs include a desciption of two visits to Burma, entailing nearly getting shot by a ten year old guerilla up a tree, a tale of a restaurant critic getting consumed by some annoyed cooks, and an overheard conversation in a Reading supermarket. Difficult to describe, you really have to listen. Live, the introductions are as much a part of the performance as the songs themselves.
Type of Label: Major