Member Since: 1/2/2007
Band Members: Joe Goyette (songwriter, singer, keyboards) Scott Marshall (guitars and recording) Ned Kemble (co-wrote man down on the street) Billy Baldesare (drums on man down on the street) David Wildenhein (bass on man down on the street). Brad Griffing (co-wrote "The Promise" wrote all background music and played guitar). Special thanks to Ned Kemble for his inspiration, friendship and help in recording. Thank you to Gres Arsenault for his assistance with recording the two track demo of "This Road."
Influences: Mostly Billy Joel and Elton John, but also Paul McCartney, Queen, Styx, Boston, Aerosmith, B.J. Thomas (please listen to my song This Road written for BJ Thoms), Composer Steve Dorff, Eric Carmen, Elvis Presely, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carol King, Carly Simon, Glenn Campbell, Amy Grant, Randy Newman, Barry Manilow, James Taylor, Little River Band, Doobie Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Journey, Beaver Brown, Stevie Wonder and way too many to list. My father, who plays organ and piano and who taught me so much about the history of music, showtunes, older music and gave me an appreciation for Rogers and Hammerstein, Rogers and Hart, George M. Cohan, who is from Providence, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Julie Andrews, Mario Lanza, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson and so many of the past greats. Yes, I like Zeppelin, and I like show tunes and I don't care who knows it. Few of my generation, and even fewer younger people have a sense of musical history, which is rather sad.JOEL LIGHTMAN BAND: Every Street Corner
Imagine a grand piano thrown from a ten storey window and hitting the pavement, accompanied by soaring melodies, rampant - infectious beats underscored by beautifully crafted songwriting gilted with undeniable flair and style.
Sounds Like: People want to place you in a box and say you sound like. Obviously, all influences go into the hopper, but what comes out of most artists is usually pretty unique. I'd like to think that the same could be said of my material. There are traces of Elton John and Billy Joel in there, but I sound more like me than I do anyone else.
Record Label: Joe Goyette
Type of Label: None