Music:
Member Since: 3/23/2007
Band Website: suefink.com
Band Members: Sue Fink, often accompanied by Steve Joyner.
No band -- but on my "Damsel In Distress" album, I had wonderful musicians join me: Jenny Bienemann, Sue Demel,* Deb Lader,* harmonies; Bob Long, piano; Michael Miles, banjo; Kathryn Lake, violin; Tony Dale, percussion; Al Ehrich, bass; Steve Joyner, guitar. Bruce Roper* engineered.
*Sue, Deb, and Bruce together make up the fabulous Sons of the Never Wrong.
At my CD release (Schubas, 2006), Sue, Jenny, Deb, Steve, Kathryn, and Al joined me, along with Jessica Fogle (keyboard) and Rick Vitek (percussion).
How lucky can a girl get?!
Influences: ABSOLUTE FAVORITE: Bruce Springsteen, esp. early Springsteen. His power as a poet, his passion as a songwriter and performer, have never been equaled, in my book.
*Springsteen, Rickie Lee Jones, and Tom Waits each create worlds populated with their own characters and vulnerabilities and truths, and for this I could not live without them. Patty Griffin does something similar, I think.
*Melanie, whose "Gather Me" album is still one of my top ten: she's strong and vulnerable and honest and funny and serious. *Christine Lavin -- she is an amazing performer, a wonderful songwriter, and a generous person -- I admire her greatly.
*Townes Van Zandt. Bob Dylan, of course. Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Joan Baez. Leonard Cohen; Nick Drake. Elton John (esp. early). Dan Fogelberg. Neil Young. CSNY. Simon & Garfunkel.
NEWER INFLUENCES: These are people whose music I admire, and who have taken the time to encourage me in one way or another, which makes me feel, again, very fortunate:
*Andrew Calhoun, whose songwriting classes were VERY inspiring: his poetry and songs are gifts. Sons of the Never Wrong. Nancy Walker (formerly of Sons). Chuck Cheesman. Noah Zazharin. Jeanne T. Arrigo, Steve Joyner, Dale Petersohn, Terry MacNamara, Cat Catalani. James Curley. Jenny Bienemann, who is a musical pioneer with her new work with the looper...
All of these people are out there, sharing their gifts and their kindness and making the world a better place... Rachel Ries. Justin Roth. I know I'm forgetting people... Everyone who encourages me and gives me good advice.
Greenpeace Birdie, 1985-2002, who was the smartest bird I've ever known -- his influence is in almost every song I've written... and so it goes.
Sounds Like: ... maybe a little Rickie Lee, Melanie, Christine Lavin... a combination of attributes, I think. If I were a rocker, I'd hope to be compared to Amy Rigby: intelligent lyrics, funny, vulnerable but with attitude.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None
