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Samuel Thornton - debut album OUT NOW!

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorSamuel is a Yorkshire-based singer and multi-instrumentalist. He is influenced by Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, Walt Disney and Stella Artois. His songs range from down-and-out jazz and blues to funky R&B and meaty rock. Samuel's music has been featured on BBC Radio, as well as having received a good deal of airplay overseas in Australia, Denmark, Italy and Poland.
Samuel's smooth and eclectic song styling is showcased beautifully on his debut album, Easy Street. Here's what people are saying:
"Disgusting, dirty, electric and downright filthy! Fantastic!"
Billy Jenkins
"...with a smoky voice, smooth guitar, sax lines and a fair bit of pain... it's lovely stuff from this Leeds College of Music graduate."
Tom Goodhand, Leeds Guide
"The new album, Easy Street, will shake your soul to its very core."
Sascha Boehm, NoTitle magazine
The album is now available from the following download stores and many more:
iTunes , Play. com , Amazon. com , Napster , Emusic .


Track Listing
1. Bukowski's Blues
2. Someone Like You
3. Wine, Women & Song
4. Easy Street
5. County Bridge
6. Weeble Jack Blues
7. The City Mile
8. Miss Rosie
9. You Can't Run From The Blues

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/03/2007
Band Website: www.ivolvdigital.com
Band Members: "Wine, Women & Song"
ST - vocals & guitar
Sean Hollis - trumpet

"Someone Like You"
ST - vocals, guitar & organ
Hayley Gaftarnick - vocals
Sean Hollis - trumpet
Ben Mallinder - tenor sax
Chris Hargreaves - bass guitar
Warren Woodcraft - percussion
Keith McPartling - drums

"Bukowski's Blues"
ST - vocals, clarinet & guitar
Sean Hollis - trumpet
Garry Jackson - upright bass
Phil Steel - drums

"What's The Use In Gettin' Sober"
(Louis Jordan)
ST - vocals & piano
Sean Hollis - vocals & trumpet
Anthony Lawton - tenor sax
Manolo Polidario - guitar
Scott Devine - bass guitar
Richard Blanchard - drums

Influences: Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley, Horace Andy, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie Orchestra, James Brown, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, The Clash, Nat 'King' Cole, Albert Collins, John Coltrane, Harry Connick Jr, Cream, Austin Danks, Walt Disney, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Earth, Wind & Fire, Eels, Donald Fagen, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday, Billy Jenkins, Dr John, Little Willie John, Jack Johnson, Louis Jordan, Jack Kerouac, B B King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Michael McDonald, Joni Mitchell, Charles Mingus, Randy Newman, Charlie Parker, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Kelly Joe Phelps, Louis Prima, Prince, Professor Longhair, Psychefunkapus, Rage Against the Machine, Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Reed, Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, Jimmy Rushing, The Savages, Frank Sinatra, Sly & the Family Stone, Bessie Smith, The Specials, Steely Dan, Curtis Stigers, Sonny Stitt, James Taylor, Thin Lizzy, Richard Thompson, Tower of Power, Devin Townsend, Robin Trower, Steve Vai, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa
Sounds Like: "Straight up, stripped down acoustic blues, with soaring trumpet and the voice, oh that voice! It sounds like its been treated with Bourbon forever, capturing raw feeling that rolls effortlessly."

Sascha Boehm, NoTitle


Record Label: IVOLV Jazz & Blues
Type of Label: Indie

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The debut album is out at last!

LATEST NEWS: My album, "Easy Street", is now available for download from iTunes! It features some very fine playing and singing by local musicians, including Hayley Gaftarnick, Ben Mallinder and...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:38:00 GMT

Summer Giveaway!!

SUMMER IS HERE!! ...and to celebrate British summer, we are allowing you to download Samuel's cover version of Louis Jordan's classic "What's the use in gettin' sober", free of charge. This inter...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:00:00 GMT