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Harpo

About Me

My son Niall has taken to the stage too. Fagin! We were at this great show in the front row with Nick Cave singing this into our faces with his hand on Christines head. Yeah!Thats me playing mandolin on the far left performing a Beatles classic with the help of a hastily assembled band (Clay Henry) at Hastings Beatles Day.
COUNTRY ROCK TO PUNK TO INDIE TO AMERICANA TO ALT COUNTRY TO COWPUNK TO THIS... I formed The Koan Brothers - an acoustic roots country project (with ace guest musicians) in 2007. Occasionally play slide guitar for the wickedly loud 'Devils' kicking out the Gun Club set at 500 miles an hour. Songs on this site are rough demos of original songs I'm currently working on. Check out my band The Koan Brothers in my top friends.

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Member Since: 18/12/2006
Band Website: www.thekoanbrothers.co.uk
Band Members: Check out my band The Koan Brothers in my top friends. Songs upped here are demo's that might or might not make it into the Koans set. Hmm, well thats very interesting Harpo...
Influences: First off, if you are a fan of the great American Roots band Tandy, go to www.harpio.co.uk to download an entire show they played in Brighton in 2007. Influences: The Band, Ralph Stanley, Neil Young, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Tom Waits, Joy Division, Otis Redding, RL Burnside, Tandy, Crazy Horse, Hank 3, Jim White, Slobberbone, Ramones, Doug Dillard, Gram, Carter Family, Temptations, The Gun Club, Psychedelic Furs, Melanie, Hank Williams, Ray Charles, Danny Whitten, Bruce Springsteen, Paco de Lucia, Whiskeytown, Bob Dylan, Louvin Brothers...
Sounds Like: STOP MURDER OF IRAQI CIVILIANS, NO MORE HADITHAS -WE GOTTA HAVE PEACE
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Grinderman secret show

A few weeks ago we went to see Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in Amsterdam, were late and stood at the back of the Heineken Music Hall with a few thousand people in front of us - Great show though. Last ...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:44:00 GMT

Harpos Top Ten (this week)

1. Otis Redding - I've been loving you too long An amazing song, incredible vocal from Otis and just about the best soul record ever made. The horns are perfect, every ounce of emotion is wrung out of...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:37:00 GMT