Member Since: 6/22/2007
Band Website: karlstraubmusic.com
Band Members: KARL STRAUB, SONGWRITER, SINGER, LEAD GUITARIST.
MATT TEBO, DRUMS AND PERCUSSION.
JEFF MULLER, BASS.
ANDY SULLIVAN, GUITAR AND LAP STEEL, BACKUP VOCALS.
Influences: Beatles, Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Lee Konitz, Merle Haggard and Roy Nichols, Jeff Beck-era Yardbirds, T. Rex, Evan Johns, Nokie Edwards and the Ventures, Charlie Christian, Bo Diddley, Eldon Shamblin, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Duke Ellington, Stones, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Lennie Tristano,Phil Spector, David Bowie, Eugene Chadbourne, Danny Gatton, Slickee Boys, New York Dolls,Ramones, Captain Beefheart, Kinks, Stooges, Shangri-Las, Johnny Mercer, Rodgers and Hart, Harold Arlen, Buck Owens and Don Rich, Elvis Costello, Harry Warren, Yip Harburg, Junior Barnard, Tiny Moore, Chuck Berry,Van Morrison, Ben Webster, Curly Chalker,Buddy Charlton, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Randy Newman, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, Freddie King, Albert King, Hubert Sumlin, Clarence White, Norman Blake, Billy Byrd, Leon Rhodes, Papa Haydn, J.S. Bach, George Barnes, Leiber and Stoller, Burt Bacharach, James Burton, Hank Marvin, Mickey Baker, Bill Harris
Sounds Like: THE SONGWRITING VEERS FROM BASIC ROCK AND ROLL TO COUNTRY TO JAZZ. AND NOT THE LAME KIND OF COUNTRY, OR THE LAME KIND OF JAZZ, JUST TO CLEAR THE AIR ABOUT THAT. LOUD ROCK GUITAR ONE MINUTE, IMPRESSIONISTIC BALLADS THE NEXT. ALL ORIGINAL MATERIAL EXCEPT FOR AN OLD JAZZ STANDARD THROWN IN ONCE IN A WHILE. GUITAR SOLOS ARE A BLEND OF TRASHY ROCK AND ROLL, COUNTRY, BLUES, PSYCHEDELIA, SURF, AND BEBOP.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None