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Resonator Ghost

All shall be well, and all shall be well

About Me

free music just for the joy of making it

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/20/2007
Band Members: One Regal Resonator guitar, one 1973 LoPrinzi LR-25 dreadnought guitar, handmade by Augie LoPrinzi in New Jersey, one Guild cutaway True American guitar (from the Westerly, RI factory), one sweet little Taylor 414ce cutaway guitar. One aging singer with an iffy voice.
Influences: Leonard Cohen, Barbara Crafton, Richard Shindell, Walt Whitman, Wallace Stevens, The Eels, Crowded House, The Pernice Brothers, Cicero, Foy Vance, Peter Bruntnell, Lucinda Williams, Miller Williams, John Ciardi, John Lee Hooker, John Prine, The Decemberists, Pedro the Lion, Jackson Browne, Andrew Gold, Bob Dylan, Jeremy Bentham, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Damien Rice, Nick Drake, J.D. Souther, Andy Pratt, Shane MacGowan, W.H. Auden, W.B. Yeats, John Berryman, Hart Crane, Phillip Yancey, Paul Brady, Andrew Peterson, Russ Taff, Billy Bragg, Death Cab for Cutie, Jets to Brazil, Julian of Norwich, St. Augustine, Cardinal Newman, Thomas Merton, Basho, W.H. Auden, Joe Strummer, Tom Robbins, Myspace songwriters, New York City, Portland, OR
Sounds Like: Homemade music. Front porch music. Absolute amateur music. Free music. Lo-fi. A science experiment gone awry. A student of songwriting on the lookout for a Black Swan.
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Pennsylvania Coal Mine Town

This song is not true, but it could be. My grandfather's name was Salvatore, but he's not the one in this song. He came through Ellis Island, then down into Pittsburgh, PA. I thought about him, and my...
Posted by Resonator Ghost on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:32:00 PST

Needed Time

I appreciate the nice comments about "Needed Time". I wanted to make sure everyone knew that I only sang that song, it was made up somewhere in the past. It's a traditional song. I first heard it done...
Posted by Resonator Ghost on Fri, 16 May 2008 05:27:00 PST