Member Since: 11/14/2006
Band Website: fernandoortega.com
Band Members: Dave Owens - Drums,
Trinidad Sanchez - bass,
Tim Nienhuis - guitar,
Rich Nibbe - guitar
Influences: Lately I've been listening to:Ivo Pogorelich playing Scarlatti, Martha Argerich playing Bach, The Weepies "Say I Am You", some Bill Evans, Mutemath, Rachmaninoff preludes....Here's a list of music and musicians I really like:Brahms piano music - especially 2 concertos, Joni Mitchell's Blue album, James Taylor's Mud Slide Slim, Neil Young's After the Gold Rush, Brahms' Clarinet Quintet, Beethoven's 3rd, 6th, and 9th symphonies, Brahms German Requiem, Morten Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna, Lucinda Williams' Essence (and Car Wheels on a Gravel Road), Lyle Lovett's Joshua Judges Ruth, John Rutter's Carols of the Nativity, Ralph Stanley's voice, Alison Krauss' voice, Beck's Guerolito, Radiohead's OK Computer, Beatle's White and Abbey Road, John Prine's song Fishin and Whistlin, Granado's Spanish Dances played by Alicia de Larrocha, The Staple Singer's Freedom Highway, Mamar Kassey's Denke-Denke, A band called Wagogo, Copland's Appalchian Spring, Bach's French Suites, Bonnie Raitt's voice, John Schreiner's genius, my piano teachers - Albert and Bev Leffler, Marie Davis, Rose Hughes, George Robert, and Ralph Berkowitz... Andre Crouch, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Mindy Smith's voice, Jethro Tull's Aqualung...
Sounds Like: I dunno. Sounds like me.
Record Label: Curb/ Warner
Type of Label: Major