Member Since: 4/20/2007
Band Members:
1963 Martin D-18, 1946 Gibson LG-0, 1958 Gibson L50. 1949 Gretch Rancher & $15. Kid size Harmony with patented "Nevertune"perpetual slip tuners (Gone foot blues) |Band for GONE TRAIN BLUES:|
THE ACADEMY OF ANCIENT BLUES |
Mr. O'Muck - Guitar & Vocals |
Willie "Twelve Knees" Manicotti - Bottleneck Guitar |
Squealing Squap Barlowe - Harmonica |
Wacking Willie Tolstoi - Washboard |
Influences: Rev. Gary Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Venitian Blinds, Scrapper Blackwell, Lonnie,Tommy,Robert & Larry Johnson, John Hurt, Memphis Minnie, Skip James, Big Joe & Robert Pete Williams, Robert Petawy, Bo Carter, Elizabeth Cotton, Pink Anderson, Charlie Patton, King Solomon Hill, Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachel, Son House, Fred McDowell, Kokomo Arnold, Furry Lewis, Frank Stokes, Charlie Jordan, Shirley Griffiths, Fats Waller, Bessie Smith, Willie Walker, Leroy Carr, Guitar Pete Franklin, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Memphis Willie B., Billie Holliday, Smokey Babe, John Hammond who showed me an indispensable riff in 1969, Spider John Koerner, The entire Blues catalogues of RBF, Yazoo, Biograph, Stinson, Mamlish, Arhoolie, Folkways, Prestige Bluesville, .., JSP, Rounder, Vanguard, etc, And a fond nod to my deceased architypal bearded caucasoid forebears Eric Von Schmidt, & Dave Van Ronk.
Sounds Like: A Blind Cat Attempting to Mate With a Porcupine
Record Label: Muck-O-Phone
Type of Label: Indie