Member Since: 1/29/2007
Band Website: varnishcooks.com
Band Members: I play with Ben Proctor (banjo on "Honey Babe"), Ryan Griffith, and Greg Paul, and we are the Varnish Cooks.
Influences: Dirk Powell, Mogwai, Foghorn Stringband, Joanna Newsom, Rage Against The Machine, Mike Seeger, New Lost City Ramblers, Iron and Wine, Rich Mullins, MMW, Fuzzy Mountain Stringband, Modest Mouse, Nirvana, Elliott Smith, Highwoods Stringband, Steve Earle, Bruce Molsky, Pedro The Lion, Riley Baugus, Bela Fleck, Radiohead, Doc Watson, Tim O'Brien, White Stripes, Jose Gonzalez, Smashing Pumpkins, Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings, Sufjan Stevens, Alice In Chains, Roscoe Holcomb, Silversun Pickups, The Original Missouri Corn Dodgers, Neil Young, Patty Griffin, Dolorean, Jim Kimball, Sigur Ros, DJ Hercio, The Flying Burrito Brothers/Gram Parsons, System of a Down, Tool, ///// Authors, etc.:Leslie Marmon Silko, Emily Dickinson, Stokely Carmichael, James Joyce, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sounds Like: Sucker-punch intensity and emotional clarity; sincerity
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None