Member Since: 7/5/2007
Band Members: Whoever wants to play
Influences: Too numerous to list all, but some musical favourites are:
Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, John Martyn, Sandy Denny, Brian Eno, Pink Floyd, Faiport Convention, Jimi Hendrix, Pierre Bensusan, Adrian Belew, The Fixx, Peter Gabriel, Iggy Pop, Prince, James Brown, Tom Waits, Nick Drake, Grace Jones, Daniel Lanois, Jeff Beck, The Alex Harvey Band, Martin Barre, Elgar, John Dowlands, Jan Akkerman, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, The Prodigy, The Doors, The Ruts, The Beachboys. The Police.
Engineers & Producers of Music:
Qunicy Jones, Brad Davis (You were a big influence!) David Kahne, Dave King, Tchad Blake, Jimmy Page, John Leckie, Phil Spector, Brian Wilson, Chris Blackwell, Sir George Martin, John Wood, Daniel Lanois, Bob Rock, Mark Miller Mundy, John Cornfield, Eddie Kramer, Phil Brown, Gus Dudgeon, Mitchell Froom, Chris Tsangarides, Gerry Boys, Rupert Hine, Joe Boyd, Mick Glossop, Tony Visconti, Pete Schwier, Brian Eno, Trevor Horn, Tom Lord Alge, Bob Clearmountain, Rick Rubin, Hugh Padgham, Steve Lillywhite.
Numerous Influences:
My family, My wife & daughter, Nature, Noam Chomsky, Christopher Columbus's Journals, John Pilger, Gary Murray's book: "Enemies of the State", Bill Hicks, Charlie Boorman and Ewan McGregor, David Attenborough. Joel and Ethan Coen, Werner Herzog's film "Fitzcarraldo", Bruce Parry, Ray Mears. Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Ernest Shackleton, Blade Runner, My PE and Rugby teacher Bill James; he would often ask me to run to the shop near to my school to buy 20 Players Special, and let me keep the change. He also taught me to play guitar & Banjo - It's funny how one person can influence a (my) lifetime...
Quotes:
"Extraordinary how potent cheap music is": Noel Coward, Private Lives
"Do not fear mistakes, there are none": Miles Davis
"Censorship reflects society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime": Potter Stewart
"We only regard those unions as real examples of love and real marriages in which a fixed and unalterable decision has been taken. If men or women contemplate an escape, they do not collect all their powers for the task. In none of the serious and important tasks of life do we arrange such a "getaway." We cannot love and be limited": Ambrose Bierce:
"If you are going to kill me, kill me, but just don't fuck with my ears": John Lennon to Phil Spector (who just pulled and shot a gun into the studio ceiling on the Imagine session).
"Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye.": Bill Hicks
"A kiss may ruin a human life": Oscar Wild
Sounds Like: Music
The Led! I was present at this gig getting very crushed at the front...
Pierre Bensusan; Exquisite!
Miles Davis; One Of My Favourites
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Nick Harper; One Of The Best...
Pierre Bensusan
Dedicated to all the men who risk their lives at sea.
John Martyn; The Late Great!
Excalibur! Two albums I really enjoyed working on.
Fairport Convention (and me v/briefly) featuring in Ken Russell's interesting take on English folk song. This version of"Seventeen Come Sunday" I recorded on the same day they shot the video, as well as having a convivial pub-lunch with Ken and the band. Bizzarre! Days like this don't happen very often.
Record Label: Many
Type of Label: Indie