Member Since: 4/4/2007
Band Website: http://cdbaby.com/cd/heartifacts2
Influences: Not all in the same song of course, but The Grateful Dead, John Coltrane, The Byrds, The Beatles, Jerry Garcia, Miles Davis, Nick Drake (I was a fan before the Volkswagon Comercial, actually I don't watch much tv these days), Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Bela Bartok, Buddy Emmons, Dmitri Shostokovich, Dylan Thomas, S. T. Coleridge, Charlie Parker, Alan Monday, Jesse Ed Davis, Taj Mahal, Mary Clark, Richie Havens, Chuck Tripp, Guido Sinclair, Ravi Shankar, Ashish Khan, Paul Simon, Bob Marley, Antonello Venneri, Damien Youth, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Duane Allman, The Kanda Bongo Man of Zaire, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Eric Dolphy, Cannonball Adderly, Nan Nelson are among the people who have influenced my playing, writing or singing. The first electric guitar I ever played (I was 13) belonged to a hero of mine, Johnse Holt. Somebody didn't show up for a rehearsal and Johnse said, "Looks like we're not going to play. Why don't you play something?" I remember I asked him why you turn the standby switch OFF to put it ON standby and he said it was because they know that guitar players are not very logical creatures. Johnse and Lauren Brandebur were a guitar team to match Duane and Dickey, Eric and Duane, Jerry and Bobby, Roger McGuinn and Clarence White. I think you will like the way Ethan Leaming and I work harmonies and counterpoints together on the HEARTIFACT records available through the website (above). They let you hear the first two minutes of songs but I guess you have to buy it (cheap) to get to the jamming. The CDs by the band, 3NOW4, have a lot of improvised counterpoint with the whole band.
Record Label: Unsigned