Member Since: 12/1/2006
Band Website: saintmilkweed.com
Band Members: S.M.
Influences: Music I like...
Mountain Goats, Woody Guthrie, Leonard Cohen, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground, Elliot Smith, Beck, Roscoe Holcomb, Flatt and Scruggs, Tom Waits, Doc Watson, Carter Family, Etta Baker, Paul Simon, Iron & Wine, Johnny Cash, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Blake, Charlie Patton, Nirvana, Early Elton John, David Gray, Norman Blake, Thoreau, Lao Tsu, Walt Whitman, Julian Bream, Blind Willie Mctell, Blind Willie Johnson, Ramblin Jack Eliot, Josh Ritter, Jose Gonzalez, Alexi Murdoch, Damien Rice, Rufus Wainwright, Gordon Lightfoot, Spoon, Okkervil River, Lifter Puller, David Bowie, Sufjan Stevens, John Vanderslice, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Townes Van Zandt, David Johnston, Martin Sexton, Gillian Welch, REM, Steely Dan, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Bert Jansch, Death Cab for Cutie, Tom Petty, Randy Newman, John Gorka, Greg Brown, Jim Croce, Ry Cooder, Peter Gabriel, The Beatles, Jeff Buckley, Neil Young, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon
Sounds Like: Acoustical parody of twittering magpies. I like to imagine Blind Blake drinking with Nick Drake. An insistent order on the edge of chaos; the intellect dancing with the instinct.
Record Label: sparrowdown
Type of Label: Indie