Member Since: 11/19/2006
Band Website: Working Spliffs.com
Band Members: The Working Spliffs are: Steve Jackson: Guitar, vocals, recording engineering and mastering. Brian Flick: Trombone, Bass. Flor Sanchez: Drums. Laurie Jackson: Bass, Vocals, Keyboards, live sound.
Influences: Rock: Beatles, Grateful Dead, Stones, Cream,Traffic, Dave Mason,Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, King Crimson, Genesis (with Peter Gabriel), The Clash, PIL, Buzzcocks, Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, Gram Parsons,Joy Division, The Fall, lots of Rough Trade stuff, Reggae: UB40, Marley, Rico Rodriguez, Toots and the Maytals, Skatelites, Burning Spear, Burnin' Sounds label artists like Winston Fergus, Tosh, Culture, and great Jazz like Miles Davis, John Coltraine, Old Blues, Classical, Americana, and World Music--especially Middle Eastern, African, and India--both classical and bollywood. We especially cherish live recordings of the JGB playing floaty R& B classics. We are also heavily affected by nature--the high country, lakes, and forests of our home in ecotopia.
Sounds Like: Sounds like the Working Spliffs!
Record Label: Electrofarm
Type of Label: Indie