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Rudolph Llanes

i'll sing for a shave and an iron

About Me

i love music, started playing the uke when i was 10...i think. graduated to the spanish guitar at 12. learned other instruments just enough along the way. i like bulldogs and chihuahuas and enjoy cooking, writing/recording music, and shooting pool. wanna play?

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/7/2005
Band Website: rudolphllanes.com
Band Members: are welcome!
Influences: The Beatles (as a group and individually), Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, The Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye, Led Zeppelin, northern soul, Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole, The Who, Cat Stevens, Jim Croce, W.A. Mozart, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Merle Haggard, Glen Campbell, Bobby Darin, Joni Mitchell, Ennio Morricone, Chet Baker, Bobby Womack, Maurice Ravel, George Strait, Tom Jobim, i get teary when I hear Erik Hokkanen play the fiddle, Jeff Beck, Dinah Washington, Robert Palmer, Claude Debussy, John Coltrane, Elis Regina, Jackie Wilson, Cole Porter, Aaron Copland, Lalo Schifrin, James Brown, Abba, Harry Nilsson, Tyrone Davis, Freddie King, 70's-era Elvis, Fabulosos Cuatro (Juan Jose Hinojosa), America, Gabor Szabo, George Gershwin, Lindsey Buckingham, Bread, Sade, Alicia Keyes, Gene Wilder, Dudley Moore, Harvey Korman, Jesco White, Hank Chinaski, RP McMurphy, Prince, Steely Dan, The Llanes' (Sylvia, Damien, and Frudy)
Sounds Like: rue-dawlf yah-ness
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

i went home...

to texas to visit family and friends and had a blast. my brother damien has always been cool in my eyes but i have to say that after this visit, i view him as SUPER COOL. not for the corny reasons lik...
Posted by Rudolph Llanes on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 05:49:00 PST