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About Me

Born and raised in various towns of Texas, mostly Paris. Traveled around the states with music in my head. Learned to speak French. Went to New Orleans for Jazz Fest, got distracted and stayed for six years. Since the Flood I've been trotting around Europe, artist modeling, meeting people, and singing songs. These days, I'm an unofficial Amsterdammer and resident model of Eddy Roos whose amazing work and passion and wisdom of emotional expression will continue to nourish my musical spirit through this leg of the "Big Tour" ...a.k.a. life(?) ....scratching at the door of the musicians circuit. taking my time. learning Dutch. getting inspired. writing lyrics. enjoying my blessings................................................... ............................................................ ......Rendition of The Legend of John Henry

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/22/2006
Band Members: So far just lake and her trusty red alverez..occasionally, however, a little angel like Mick De Neeve or Luke Nyman(OR BOTH!) happens to be in the audience and will flutter to the stage on a dime to bless her songs with his sweet harmonies. I think we're on to something here guys....On the two recordings that you hear here:By some stroke of luck, I was able to slide in on Erik's own recording session and have an unrehearsed quickie with these guys--Sandip Bhattacharya (India) - tabla Mousse Pathe M'Baye (Senegal) - djembe ,talking drum Sven Schuster - contrabass Erik Huele - pianoBottom Line-A'dam is crawling with amazing musicians and I'm happy as pie to meet another one each and every day.
Influences: My influences are the those who inspired me to sing along and eventually pick up a guitar and take it wherever I go. It's only natural to keep their songs in my repetoire because before I discovered the sounds of the legendary Nina Simone, of Odetta, Billie Holiday, Miriam Makeba, and the countless old blues mammas that have kicked vocal ass in the past 100 years(perhaps I'll count them at a later date), I can truely say that I did not know music. It's kinda like a praise and worship when I sing Nina's songs...a "Thank you"..a promiss that so long as I have a voice, you'll never die... I continue to be inspired and influenced everyday by the dead and the living all over the world. To list them all would be a task too daunting for this lazy musician....
Sounds Like: whatever you're thinking at the moment
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Im on the Art2Stay website!

Let me begin by saying, yes I made it back from Africa :PI see that I haven't blogged since the Incident of the Miss'd Airplane .... Now here's the point: I'm currently being profiled on a Dutch websi...
Posted by lake Montgomery on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:57:00 PST

Goodbye Mombasa!/ Hello......Mombasa??

Yes me too, I was dumbfounded. said my goodbyes, gave my hugs and kisses and promises to return....eventually. A couple of customs baggage agents saw me all teary-eyed and upset and confused straggli...
Posted by lake Montgomery on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:16:00 PST

Mombasa Again

It's great to be back. I was greeted with an entourage of old buds at the Bubbles Bar. I jumped off the Matatu--I spilled out, rather, as they pack those machines like ugali!! I let out a big happy "Y...
Posted by lake Montgomery on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:59:00 PST

train stations suck

I've just arrived in Dar Es Salaam. On my way back to Mombasa. Oh how I've missed her so. Had a beautiful time playing around in the bush with Elly, my old Americorps team leader. Boy is she a leader....
Posted by lake Montgomery on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:11:00 PST

still alive and lovin it

ok, I see that my last blog didn't post. what a bummer. Again, time is an issue and this jumbled brain needs all the time in the world. perhaps you can give an old African a call if ya like. I got a c...
Posted by lake Montgomery on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:29:00 PST

Kenya love

A crow dropped a load in my locks this morning, officially rendering them in the blinking red, "Need of Cleansing Service--URGENT!!" so much goes for the whole composition really. but no worries. The ...
Posted by lake Montgomery on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:38:00 PST

Hello Mombasa

Day three in Mombasa, Kenya. Still tromping around the inner city, I have still to play on the beach. Whoa, time costs money and I have so much to put forth but it stays just yet in uno...
Posted by lake Montgomery on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:58:00 PST

Odetta Concert Slipped Right Between My Fingers

During an impromptu web browsing, I happened upon a craigslist ad requesting a rideshare to Odetta's concert to take place that very evening in an itty-bitty town but thirty minute...
Posted by lake Montgomery on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:17:00 PST