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carolyn striho

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About Me

About Carolyn: Born and raised in Detroit, citizen of the world. After playing Patti Smith's Meltdown with Patti and her band and Steve Earle in 2005 in London, U.K., Carolyn was invited back to Europe in November 2006 for shows in Italy and London. Returning to Detroit, Carolyn and guitarist Scott Dailey continued to perform shows in the Detroit area, with Luis Resto and Mario Resto. The new CD release is slated for the end of the year ... with many new songs included.Emerging in her mid-teens from the high-energy music scene spearheaded by late Fred "Sonic" Smith, "Striho has taken her deeply felt reverence for Detroit rock tradition which gave her a musical life, and extended it by weaving it's finest elements - direct emotional connection, unwavering energy, top-notch playing that doesn't get in the way of a song, urgent commitment to getting something across by whatever means necessary - together with her own passionate voice, lyrically expansive and hook-laden songwriting style, and energy-first guitar playing and spit out an unnamable, unfettered monster all her own.""Is it rock & roll? Yes, and it's also bad-ass, sidewinding, erotic music that isn't afraid to use a soft hand before cracking the whip."

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Member Since: 6/20/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/striho
Band Members: I have been very fortunate and lucky to work and record with great friends and musicians who include Patti Smith, Luis Resto (keyboards); Jackson Smith, Joey Mazzola, Scott Dailey, Mario Resto, Jason Schaller, Duminie DePorres, Bobby East and Mike Cross (guitars); Darrell "Peanut" Smith, Paul Nowinski and Joe Hayden (bass); David McMurray (saxophone); Rayse Biggs (trumpet); Kenny Scott and Vinnie Dombrowski (drums), as well as performing with fantastic people such as Audra Kubat and Vivian George.Carolyn Striho

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Influences: Detroit, London, New York City, northern Michigan, Rome and Osaka; Freddie Brooks; Music: David Bowie, Patti Smith, Bela Bartok, Jimi Hendrix, Leslie Feist; Kirsty MacColl, Iggy &; the Stooges, Was (Not Was), Marianne Faithfull, Helen Merrill, the Monkees, "Rastaman Vibration", Sparks, Dead Kennedys, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, Fela, Isley Brothers, Edward Satie, PJ Harvey, Lou Reed, Imogene Heap; Beth Orton; Jim Morrison; Lou Reed; RoxyMusic; Sly &; Robbie; Grace Jones; Black Uhuru; Hank Williams; Johnny Cash; Charlotte Gainsbourg; OrbitsunsBooks: Catcher in the Rye; The Bell Jar; Geek Love; Garden of Eden; On the Road, Cities of the Red Night; Dance the Eagle to Sleep; Black Like Me; Tales of Beatnik Glory; Poetry: William Blake, Rimbaud (A Season in Hell), William Butler Yeats, Diane di Prima; the Wasteland (T.S); Babel; Amiri Baraka; Anais NinArt: Jean Miro, Frida Khalo; Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock; Jean Michel Basquiat; Andy Warhol, Patty Izzo photographyMovies: Wizard of Oz, Apocalypse Now, Bladerunner, The Sound of Music, La Dolce Vita, La Belle de Jour, Last Tango in Paris, Moonstruck; Beauty and the Beast (Renoir); The Omega Man; Marnie
Sounds Like: Electro-Acoustic high energy gypsy punk, dreamscape...will have the music all updated and on shortly! This is my new myspace; changing up from www.myspace.com/cstriho - sitting in with Patti Smith Group at Michigan Theatre, Aug 2007, Ann Arbor Michigan USA
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

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