Member Since: 26/04/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/vinceraimondo
Band Members: The Relics are:Gus Compson vocals, guitar & mandolin
Jack Greenwald vocals, guitar & bass
Vince Raimondo vocals, guitar & Mandolin
Millard F. Brown III vocals, lead guitar
Carl Briethoft drums
with
Don Clune, guitars, vocals & humor,
Marshall Fleischer vocals, 6 & 12 string guitar,
Steve Johnson vocals, 6 & 12 string guitar,
Stu Skaroff vocals, harmonica,
Al Bien vocals, guitar & bass guitar
Influences: Here are some wonderful folks who influenced my life and my music. Probably left out a few, but not on purpose. I love them all for a multitude of reasons, more than words can describe. Joyce Raimondo, The Beatles, Paula Raimondo, Sam Cooke, Mark Raimondo, Otis Redding, My Parents, Angie & Nick Raimondo, My grandparents, Vincenzo & Josephine Manzi, Charles & Karen Thorp, The Rolling Stones, Al Bien, Frank Sinatra, The Drifters, Robert Service, Bob Dylan, Larry Ahearn, Joe Turner, Billie Holiday, Tony Joe White, Nina Sanft, The Byrds, Steve Johnson, Dion, John Coltrane, Muddy Waters, Lucinda Williams, Dr. Jonny Schwartz, Louis Jordan, Pat Cooper, Willaim Shakespeare, Craig Bickhardt, Hy Lit, Meg & David Priest,David Broida, The Temptations, Jack Hildwine, Hank Williams, Fritter Collins, Zan Gardner, J.J. Cale, Colon Cancer, William Butler Yeats, Miles Davis, Jack Greenwald, Lowell George, The Allman Brothers, Charles Mingus, Blind John Death, Johnny Hartman, Willie Dixon, Ralph Kerr, Townes Van Zandt, Gus Compson, Red Skelton, Jimmy Smith, Pietro DiDonato, Charlie Mayer, Louis Armstrong, Tom Waits, Carl Breithaupt, Rick Bell, The Impressions, Fred DiTomasso, Fred Neil, Vince Warsavage, Neil Young, Little Willie John, Willie Nelson, Ronnie Earl, Michael Forbes, Chuck Berry, Gary Silverio, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Millard F. Brown III, Johnny Cash, E. A. Robinson, Tommy Geddes, The Book Of Psalms, Louis Prima, Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, Marshall Fleischer, Wallace Stevens, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Joseph Petracca, Jesse Winchester, Gene Vassall, Redd Foxx, Don Clune, John Haitt, Mark Lipsky, Jerry Blavat, Edgar Allan Poe, The Four Tops, The Great Charlie Gracie, God, Classical Music, Folk Music, Jazz, Blues, Classic R&B, Rock& Roll, all of the wonderful musicians I've ever played with and everyone who ever appeared at the legendary Main Point during the time that I worked and played there.
Sounds Like: On a good day I sound like a twisted, toasted, whiskey-voiced archangel.
Record Label: Coaster Records
Type of Label: Unsigned