Member Since: 4/27/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/thefloorbirds
Band Members:1. K.C. Moan 2. Wild Mountain Thyme 3. Moonshiner 4. Washburn Blues 5. Rovin’ Gambler 6. James Alley Blues 7. Skyball Paint 8. The Mermaid Song 9 Worried Blues 10. Lady Margaret*Buskin' on 4th Street SE Dinkytown (photo by alyssa bicking)
Influences:*MUSIC!!!Ramblin Jack Elliott, Woody Guthrie, Bill Monroe, Johnny Cash, Blind Willie Johnson, Charlie Patton, Koerner, Ray & Glover, Stanley Brothers, Louvin Brothers, Lemon Jeferson, Washington Phillips, Henry Thomas, Willie Mctell, Jack Torrey, The Get Up Johns, Anthony Newes, Andu Bemis, Tom Waits, Leadbelly, Roscoe Holcomb, Bob Dylan, Son House, Louie Lasky, Lil McClintock, Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Papa Harvey Hull, Bascom Lamar Lunceford, Long 'Cleve' Reed, Gid Tanner, The Carter Family, Buck Owens, Cedar Creek Sheik, Townes Van Vandt, Hobart Smith, Mike Seeger, Doc Boggs, Will Oldham, Fruit Bats, Iron &; Wine, Damien Jurado, Neutral Milk Hotel, Cat Power, Antony and the Johnsons, Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah, Beulah, Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright, Lonesome Dan, Vetiver, Jolie Holland, Nina Nastasia, Amalgamated Sons of Rest, Small Faces, Luke Jordan, Dick Justice, Frank Hutchinson, Georgie Fame, The Kinks, Jimmy Smith, Groove Holmes, Jack McDuff, Billy Holloman, Beck, Belle &; Sebastian, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Gillian Welch, Flying Burrito Brothers, Andrew Bird, Jorane, Whiskytown, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, The Byrds, Donovan, The Clash, Van Morrison, The Band, Erik Satie, The Beat, The Specials, Rocksteady and SKA, Slackers, Hepcat, Stubborn All Stars, Ocean 11, Prince Buster, Lee Perry, Justin Hinds, Toots and the Maytals, Dave and Ancil Collins, Jackie Mittoo, Big Star, Georgia Sea Island Gospel, Mavis Staples, Sam Cooke, Mahalia Jackson, Balfa Brothers, Mark and Ann Savoy, Amedee Ardoin, DL. Menard, Doc Watson, The Thrills, The Velvet Underground, The Walkmen, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevans, James Yorkston, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Lefty Frizzell, The Shins, ME!*Ramblin' Jack Elliott and I * ..AUTHORS!!!Rainer Maria Rilke, Guillaume Apollinaire, Arthur Rimbaud, Jean Cocteau, Sylvia Plath, Kenneth Rexroth, Robert Bly, John Berryman, Elizabeth Bishop, Gertrude Stein, Denise Levertov, Hart Crane, Charles Baudelaire, Czeslaw Milosz, Pablo Neruda, Anne Sexton, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Frank O'Hara, Garcia Lorca, Lewis Carroll, Emily Dickenson, Walt Whitman, Amari Baraka, Carl Sandburg, John Updike, James Kochalka, Haruki Murakami,* ..MOVIES!!!Jules et Jim, La Strada, Rashomon, High Noon, On The Water Front, Racoon War, Dog Fight, The Bicycle Thief, The Saddest Music in the World, Roman Holiday, Auntie Mame, Freaks!, Triplets of Belleville, Lolita, Wonderboys, City of Lost Children, Cabin Fever, Wet Hot American Summer, Heavenly Creatures, Donnie Darko, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, A Trip to the Moon, Don't Look Back, Eat the Document, Pather Panchali, Amelie, Spirited Away, Tonari Totoro, Grave of Fireflies, Total Eclipse, Documentaries about, maritime disasters, the great flood, flightless birds and airships, and also giant ice age beasts!*GENERAL!!! Victrola, Old Floor Model Radio, 78's, Sacred Harp, Medicine Show, Old Time Music, WPA, FSA, Sally Mann, Nihongo, Diane Arbus, Sexy women, Freak folk, Hiroshige, Banjo Picking, Civil War Reenactment, Gandy Dancers, Ghosts, spooks, wraiths, and haints!, Steamboat Races, Mandolin, true love, Hammond Organs, Crypto zoology, the unexplained, Medical anomalies, la fee verte, Razor cutting, Bowling Pins, natural history museums, Old Lanterns, Absinthe, Tea, Diverse Enterprises Endeavors Misadventures and Astonishing Peculiarities. Christ himself! Autoharp, Art Nouveau, Alphonse Mucha, Lilies, My Bicycle! decadence, Steam Trains, H-Bar-C, Cowboy boots, Martin Guitars, piety, Strange cloud shapes, Vespa, Lambretta, Mod Revival! fear, Marquis de Sade, Pastis, Old Books, FOLK MUSIC, Stereopticons, Flesh, Shibuya, Abandoned buildings, Scorpions, Daguerreotypes, Sex, Indian food, Egyptology, Twilight, Old Farmsteads, truth, Champagne, film, Road Trips, small breasts, broken glass, pomegranates, thunderstorms, Dilapidated barns, Lilacs, Mountain Dulcimer, fin de siecle, Christianity, Melon Fanta!, House On The Rock, Lighthouses, Pornography, wine, TREASURE! Erotica, Sushi, Otters, Canoes, Camping,Singing, Basho, Ishiki, Megafauna, Mothballs, Little bear, Being in the Union, Badger face!, Koala Yummies, dancing at shows, Old Stamps and coins, skeleton keys, picnics, belle epoque, art deco, Thai Red Curry, Gramaphones and Phonographs, Noodle shops, vintage suits, Learning
Sounds Like: Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Woody Guthrie , The Carter Family, Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Bob Dylan, Donovan. Old Time Folk Music!
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