Member Since: 4/24/2005
Band Website: tnile.com
Band Members: T. Nile - lead vocals, banjo, acoustic and electric guitars, harmonicas
and a rotating cast of amazing musicians (The Orchestra) including:
James Forrest - bass
Colin Linden - Electric Guitars
Malcolm Shoolbraid - Drums and percussion
Burke Carrol - Pedal Steel
Bob Hamilton - Dobro
Kate Hennessy - harmonies, mandolin, percussion
Aaron Joyce - lap steel guitar, weissenborn guitar, bottle neck, dobro
Roger Angus - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
Joanna Chapman-Smith, vocals, mandolin, percussion,
Kenton Wiens- drums and percussion,
Ray Garraway - Drums and percussion
Christina Zaenker - Cello, vocals
Timmothy Tweedale - Lap / Pedal Steel, dobro
Steve Dawson - Lap / Pedal Steel, dobro
Jeremy Holmes - Bass
Scott Paulley - Bass
Richard Brown - Drums
Graham Playford - Guitars and Vocals
Evan Phillips - Guitars, Vocals, Harmonica
Twilight Hotel - (as my backing band)
and more...
Influences: Emmylou Harris,
Niel Young
Stevie Wonder,
Johnny Cash,
Iron and Wine,
Bessie Smith,
Bob Marley,
Sufjan Stevens,
Gillian Welch,
Mason Jennings,
Joni Mitchell,
Anthology of American Folk Music,
Corb Lund,
Lauryn Hill (Miseducation of), Sade,
Lucinda Williams,
David Roy Parsons,
Early Linda Ronstadt,
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss,
Cinematic Orchestra,
Patrick Watson,
Calexico,
Kings of Convenience,
Bill Bourne,
Jesse Fuller,
Ozomatli,
Odetta,
Fleetwood Mac,
Supertramp,
Bob Dylan,
Ben Harper,
Tracy Chapman,
Massive Attack,
Morcheeba,
KT Tunstall,
The National,
Heart,
Bonnie Raitt,
John Mayall,
Robert Johnson,
Katie Webster,
Taj Mahal,
Laureena Mckinnit,
TLC, India Aire,
Leadbelly,
John Prine,
Penny Lang,
Annie Lennox,
Blind Lemon Jefferson,
Pink Floyd,
Led Zeppelin,
Toots and The Maytals,
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,
Cassandra Wilson,
Sarah Vaughn,
Karen Dalton,
Jah Cure,
Zero 7,
Portishead,
Madonna,
Blind God,
Headwater,
Michael Franti and Spearhead,
Martin Sexton,
Prince,
Amos Lee,
Rachelle Vanzanten,
Sly and Robbie,
Twilight Hotel,
Skeena Reece, Kinnie Starr,
Reed KD,
Ben Rogers,
Corbin Murdoch,
Paulo Nutini,
the sun, moon, sky, stars, wind, oceans, trees and Mother Nature in general, my family... and on and on...
Sounds Like: True Love
Type of Label: None