Member Since: 6/1/2005
Band Members: Carrie Wade - songwriter/guitar(s)/vocals,New Zealand transplant John Kempt - bass,New Zealand transplant Matthew Moore - drums.New Zealand-based producer, Peter Kearns (www.peterkearns.net) and Hollywood-based producer Meghan Gohil of Hollywood Recording Studio are with myself, co-producing the slated Fall Release of my debut album to be entitled "The Old Ways".
Influences: Not sure if these artists have influenced my sound necessarily, but I can tell you who and what I've been listening to over the years: Authentic Arabic music, early and late funk and soul, Sly, Earth Wind and Fire, Ohio Players, early Prince, later Prince, Yes, Phoebe Snow, Todd Rundgren, Opera (general category), Living Color, Bowie, Pretenders, Cheap Trick, The Who, Gato Barbieri, Rampal, Aerosmith, The Cult, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Neil Young, Jethro Tull, Aztec Two-Step, Hall @ Oats, AC/DC, Soundgarden, The Police, Ravi Shankar, Seals and Crofts, Cat Stevens, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Crowded House and the Finn Brothers, The Replacements, XTC, Aaron Copeland (the Composer - not a Police member or label Pres), The Black Crowes... uhhhh.... I dig Radio Head, Emmylou Harris (bigtime), Me Phi Me, Coldplay, Hendrix (ooohh aaahhhh), The Kinks, Stones, Beatles, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Badly Drawn Boy, Wilco, Son Volt, Neko Case... (more to follow!!)
Sounds Like: "...articulate funky Acadian Folk & Blue-Grassy syncopation, under rich soulful bohemian vocals & lyrics..." quote by Glynn David (www.myspace.com/glynndavid)
Type of Label: None