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About Me

BRAND-NEW MUSIC MADE THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY:
REAL VOICES + REAL TUBE AMPS + REAL DRUMS = REAL MUSIC!
The G-Men are old enough to prefer their music on vinyl but young enough to still get excited about plugging in their guitars. Our musical neighborhood is located somewhere near the intersection of rockabilly, country, and early sixties rock and roll. We hope you'll find our music interesting and new yet familiar all at the same time.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/13/2007
Band Website: showcaseyourmusic.com/gmen
Band Members: "The usual gang of idiots"
Influences: Here's what we listen to. We hope some of it rubs off on us!

Random Thoughts:
"Meet the Beatles" is virtually perfect!
"Cut Across Shorty" by Eddie Cochran was a musical epiphany!
"Calypso" by Harry Belafonte is a fave: simple, elegant, fun.
"Dance and Sing Mother Goose--Mother Goose With a Beatle Beat." We just got another copy! It's been so many years since we last heard it--thanks, Pat in CA!

British Invasion: Small Faces, Animals, "The Who Sings My Generation," and more.

The old rockabilly heroes: Eddie Cocharan, Gene Vincent, Cliff Gallup, Buddy Holly, Johnny Burnette's Rock and Roll Trio, and, of course, Elvis!

Our favorites hepcats of the past few years: Ronnie Dawson, the Lennerockers, Jack Baymoore and the Bandits, Sleepy LaBeef, and Hayden Thompson.

Country: Johnny Cash and Buck Owens.

Doo Wop: we love it. Dion rules!

Polka: Yes, we love Frankie Yankovic!

Folk: Tom Paxton, Limelighters, Kingston Trio, and the Smothers Brothers.

Others from the fifties and sixties: The Beach Boys, Gary U.S. Bonds, Jan and Dean, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

More recent faves: Jonathan Richman, Dave Edmunds, Richard Lloyd (contact us if you've attended one of his concerts.),and Johnny Thunders during his lucid moment(s).

Sounds Like: We'd like to think we sound like Eddie Cochran, Jonathan Richman, or Johnny Cash fronting the Beatles circa 1964. Do you agree?
Record Label: G-Tone Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

AmieStreet is Cool + a Freebie

We recently got our music on www.amiestreet.com. It's a pretty cool on-line music store. It does a good job of bridging the divide between free downloads and the pay-per-song model. The prices are ...
Posted by The G-Men on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:41:00 PST

We’re on Longtown Sound 372

Here's the link:http://wlso.fm/wordpress/archives/1087Enjoy!Guy
Posted by The G-Men on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:29:00 PST

Were Going to be on Longtown Sound!

We were extremely pleased to find out that Uncleshag, host of WLSO.FM's "Longtown Sound," will play one of our songs in June! Uncleshag broadcasts from the shores of Lake Wateree, SC every day. He p...
Posted by The G-Men on Sat, 31 May 2008 05:54:00 PST

Check Us Out On Rockollections!

Mike has posted "Odds and Ends Pt. 2" on the WLSO podcast website, and we're on it! Click the link below to hear it.http://wlso.fm/wordpress/archives/category/rockollections Thanks, Mike!...
Posted by The G-Men on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:28:00 PST

Were Going to Be on Rockollections!

Rockollections is this great show hosted by Mike Pell out of New York City. He plays songs from myriad genres, tying them together via a theme. (As he says, "The world is our playlist.") The last tim...
Posted by The G-Men on Sun, 25 May 2008 06:03:00 PST

Our First Airplay!

"Holiday In My Head" is scheduled to play on an Internet station out of Sacramento. It's our first airplay! It will be on Mike Lidskin's "Twirl Radio" show. (Mike, by the way, is world-class nice!)...
Posted by The G-Men on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:29:00 PST

Sid Sings

I read a blog by Craig of the Taters commemorating the release of "Jesus of Cool" by Nick Lowe. It reminded me of the excitement I felt in the late seventies and early eighties as I was discovering t...
Posted by The G-Men on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:16:00 PST

One Hundred Friends!

One hundred friends: it's a small sum by MySpace standards, but to us it's a big deal. Since we passed the one hundred mark this week, we thought it would be nice to take a moment to appreciate MySpac...
Posted by The G-Men on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:02:00 PST

A Musical Manifesto of Sorts

What makes music great? To me there are three important aspects: form, movement, and "realness."Let's start with form. A good riff or a good beat aren't enough. Songs have to have a shape. Give me...
Posted by The G-Men on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:06:00 PST

Why I Don't Listen to New Music.

"They don't make 'em like that anymore!" (In this case I mean songs, but the phrase applies to a lot of subjects.) It's a phrase as old as popular culture. Our grandparents said it to our parents. O...
Posted by The G-Men on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:28:00 PST