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Gasoline Alley

He whos' not busy being born is being busy dying

About Me

Reasonably well travelled 35 year old chancer from Hulme, Manchester who sometimes writes songs then records them with all the frequency (but not the intricacy) of Donald Fagen.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/28/2006
Influences: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, LA Pals, Stevie Wonder, Roy Keane, AutoKat, Madness, Squeeze, Clive James, Stone Roses, Bob Dylan, Ruben Vazquez, Paul Weller, The Hollies, Jimmy Cliff, Pink Floyd, Massive Attack, Billy Bragg, Eddie Cochran, Ian Dury, Steve Shy, Bic Runga, Otis Redding, The Kinks, Les Dawson, Alicia Keys, Loose Canon, Roy Orbison, Rob Brady, The Who, Robert Johnson, Oasis, Marvin Gaye, Talking Heads, Mark Woods, Muddy Waters, Roger the dodger, Slade, Love, Alun Parry, Frank Sinatra, The Sex Pistols, Dickie Rock, Labi Sifre, Paul Sweeney, Horace Andy, Patch Party, Faces, The Steve Miller band, Gil Scott Heron, Ray Charles, Billy Joel, Echo & the Bunnymen, Andy Walsh, David Bowie, Humphrey Bogart, The Smiths, Jimmy Ruffin, Beethoven, Garrincha, Monty Python, The Salford Jets, Sam Cooke, Bill Hicks, ExtinguishHer, Slim Harpo, Frank Zappa, Tracey Thorn, Holland Dozier Holland, Sgt Ernie Bilko, Aneurin Bevan, The Specials, Keb Mo, Ravi Shankar, James Hengist Reeve, The Rolling Stones, Norman Stanley Fletcher, Al Wilson, DJ Lego, Jurwah Freeman, The Beach boys, Kermit the frog, Portishead, U2, Fred Dibnah, Wilson Pickett, Richard Pryor, Bruce Springsteen, Malcolm Hancock, John Holt, Sir Humphrey Appleby, The Allman brothers band, Bill Bryson, Mike Winters, Sam and Me, Sam and Dave, Me and Dave and Prince Buster,
Sounds Like: Somebody ripping off "Raining in my heart" by Buddy Holly
Record Label: The field is wide open
Type of Label: None

My Blog

I saw her today

By sheer coincidence, exactly a year after recording the very melancholic, some say very long ( and equally true ) "It's all over", I went back into the unit studios in Ancoats, Manchester and re...
Posted by Gasoline Alley on Tue, 27 May 2008 10:57:00 PST

It's all over

It's took me an age to get a tune of mine converted to an MP3 and uploaded onto MySpace due to a combination of work, lethargy, a busy social life, travelling the world and finally managing ...
Posted by Gasoline Alley on Sat, 12 May 2007 04:26:00 PST