Member Since: 5/27/2005
Band Website: catmartino.com
Band Members: Current Line up of her musical chair band includes the despicable talents of:JACK PETRUZZELLI on ambient guitar sexy sounds (from Rufus Wainwright +)* BEN KALB and his luscious cello - adore him, though he may be cute, he is straight from the fires of hell (from Regina Spektor +) * MATT JOHNSON bangs and swings some nasty sticks (from Jeff Buckley, Beth Orton +) * SIR TIM LUNTZEL say what? he lay down the deepest boogie bass (from Bright Eyes, Jessie Harris +) * JOE BENNET "the bearded one" swiftly swinging violin, trumpet, lap steel, anything he picks up (from U.K. band Goldrush) * oh yes, and ME AND MYSELVES. other collaborators of the musical chair vibe band have included:
Julia Kent, Noah Hoffeld, Julia Biber (cello)/ Maxim Mosten, Joan Wasser, Lyris Hung (violin)/
Ivan Rubenstein-Gillis, Kieran McGee, Jimi Zhivago, Robbie Ryan (piano, guitar, mandolin, etc.)/ Matt Lindsey (bass)/...
Influences: I like whatevers good and real in itself, too many to name, but ranges from Ray Charles to the Beatles, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Caetano Veloso, Leonard Cohen, Led Zeppelin, Otis Redding, Dusty Springfield, Etta James, Roy Orbison, Bessie Smith, Hank Williams, B.Dylan, Emmy Lou Harris, Bjork, Michael Jackson (THRILLER!), Pixies, Velvet Underground, shoegazerock, PJ Harvey, Cat Power, Gillian Welch, Laura Nyro, Dinah Washintgton, Billie Holiday, Rufus Wainwright, Iron and Wine, Tom Waits, Sufjan Stevens, Robert Johnson, Bach, Debussy,all my friends especially during late nite jams...in the right mood reggae, punk, or trip-hop. The only genre I have no forgiveness for is smooth jazz (sorry no cd101.9).
Sounds Like: The orgiastic outer space love child of Nina Simone, Nick Drake, Patti Smith, Karen Carpenter, Prince, John Lennon, Emmy Lou Harris and Elvis - consummated after several bottles of red... sometimes.
Record Label: never-ending records
Type of Label: Indie