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MotherJudge

Such a February face - So full of frost!

About Me

* Alt-country-funk diva from Albany, NY playing that AMERICAN MUSIC. "kd lang with a black eye." metroland magazine.** Hosts award-winning BEST DAMN OPEN MIC EVER! at Tess' Lark Tavern in Albany, NY with John Brodeur (Hector on Stilts, the Suggestions, etc) every Wednesday. Stop in and see us -- full band gear & PA on tap. Come on out all you troubadours and singer-songwriters! Miss you long time!*** Staff member of GREYFOX BLUEGRASS (July, NY) and RHYTHM & ROOTS (Labor Day Weekend, RI) music festivals. If you've never been, make 2008 the year. It could be one of the best things you've ever done for yourself! If you like making virtual friends on myspace, you'll LOVE making real friends at our festivals! And the music is pretty damn good too!**** Also a supporter and contributor to the JOE VAL BLUEGRASS festival (Presidents Day Weekend, MA) hosted by our friends at the Boston Bluegrass Union and the IBMA, our International bluegrass organization which holds its annual conference and fan fest each fall in NASHVILLE, TN.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/9/2006
Band Website: home.earthlink.net/~motherjudge/
Band Members:
Influences: Johnny Cash, Emmylou, John Prine, Ellington, Ansel Adams, Mary Doub, Chopin, Buck Owens, Mitch Elrod, David Lynch, Billie Holiday, Harold Arlen, Ben Franklin, Neil Young, James Brown, Tim O'Brien, Charlie Louvin, Michael Jordan, X, Loudon Wainwright III, Willie, Miles, Hazel Dickens, Pink Floyd, Weegee, Amy Abdou, Mahalia Jackson, Mister Fred Rogers, Bjork, George Muscatello, Roberto Clemente, Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Waits, Mark Twain, Violent Femmes, Hank, Patsy, John Hartford, Keith Richards, Richard Thompson, Jack Lambert, Dick Dale, Degas, Patti Smith, Zappa, Hank Aaron, Marion Jones, Vincent van Gough, Koko Taylor, Jaco, Holy Modal Rounders, Belle & Sebastian, Judy Garland, Harlan Howard, Danny Barnes, Andy Warhol, Loretta Lynn, Monet, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Joni, Flatt & Scruggs, Ray Charles, Henry Rollins, Steely Dan and Jimmy Carter.

Click here to check out the SIREN SISTERS STRING BAND tunes up on Glen Weiser's Celtic Guitar site SIREN SISTERS TUNES :

Sounds Like: Motherjudge & the UHS on Alan Chartock's

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Record Label: Grrr Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Please return the Funky Blue Tele to Its Owner

Please return the Funky Blue Tele to Its Owner No questions asked. To Tess' Lark Tavern 453 Madison Ave Albany NY You could just leave it on the stage & it'll be lie this never happened. Thank ...
Posted by MotherJudge on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:50:00 PST

Woman of Mystery: Revelations 17

The "Woman of Mystery" track was recorded in the newly formed Bender Studios.  Included on this session are Bob Bates (violin, mandolin), Jon Cohen (bass), Albie Von Schaaf (resonator guitar), Mi...
Posted by MotherJudge on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 05:18:00 PST

Waiting on a Friend - Mitch Elrod & MotherJudge

Mitch Elrod & MotherJudge - "Waiting on a Friend"   This is a live recording.  Not perfect, a scratch track, but one we keep coming back to for the great feel ("Stop in anytime and see u...
Posted by MotherJudge on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 05:08:00 PST

Green Eyes from woodenbootleg

"Green Eyes" was recorded live at the now defunct Virtual Sound studio in Albany, NY with the great Ted Malia at the board.  The Urban Holiness Society put in a very loving version of this song -...
Posted by MotherJudge on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:07:00 PST