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Gavin Glass & the Holy Shakers

Jaysus....keep it rural!

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Member Since: 7/11/2005
Band Website: gavinglass.com
Band Members: Gavin Glass- Vocal, Guitar, Piano, Mandolin, Banjo, Bits, Bobs & TantrumsN.C Lawlor - Lap & Pedal Steel, Dobro, Guitar, General RowdinessRoss Turner- Drums, Shapes & Giving LipCiaran Oman - Bass & Being the staright(ish) oneCormac Curran - Piano, Organ, Guitar, Nice Eyes.Rev. W.C Butcher - Master of Ceremonies, Hot Gospelling & Preacher
Influences: The Band. Han Solo. Bobby Dylan. Tom Waits. Big Star. Elvis Presley the King of Rock and Roll.Dinosaur Jr. Talking Heads. The Beatles.The Radioheads.Wilco.U2 (Eveyting up to last couple of records...What the fuck lads?).Uncle Springsteen. Johnny Cash. Neil Young. Hank Williams (The first and thrid one, not crazy about the one in the middle.) George Jones. Jimmy Webb. Jape. Waylon Jennings (especially Long Way From Home). Glen Campbell for his amazing singing and also for his drunken disorderly behaviour. Balfa Brothers. Motown/Stax. NonSuch Records. The Carpenters. Emmylou Harris. Eddie Cochran. Gram Parsons. Flatt & Scruggs. LSD & Cocaine era Fleetwood Mac. Burt Bacharach. Grandaddy. The Everly Bros. The Flying Burrito Bros. Townes van Zandt. Jelly Roll Morton. Blind Wille McTell John Voight in Midnight Cowboy and especially in the Champ. Canned Heat. Woody Guthrie. Ted Danson's character from Cheers. Prince. Randy Newman (esp. Good ol' boys), Rocky I and VI. Rory Gallagher live albums, Roy Orbison. "let the big O flow." Grant Lee Buffalo/Phillips. dEUS. Dr. Millar. Brian Roche. Sigur Ros. Jeff Buckley.Talk Talk.Odetta. Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Ry Cooder. Sonic Youth. Rolling Stones.The Staples. Teenage Fanclub. Kate Bush(Hounds of Love in particular). Neil Finn. Little Richard, Iggy Pop. Iron & Wine. Wine & Dope. Wine and Expensive Cheese. Fats Domino. John Martyn. Buddy Holly. Jim O'Rourke. Ralph Stanley. Our Ma's & Da's. Mountain Music like Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys, Ragtime, Leadbelly, The Carter Family, Van Morrison. We love all that music shit.
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Record Label: Orphan Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Connected Magazine - review

Gavin Glass & The Holy Shakers For far too long, us folk have suffered the mind numbing sub genre that is Country N' Irish. Down the years, I don't actually reacall many killer tracks (none a...
Posted by Gavin Glass & the Holy Shakers on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:12:00 PST

Sunday Tribune Review

Gavin Glass & The Holy Shakers **** There are few people in Ireland today who can craft songs as expertly as Gavin Glass. He and his band have that ability to create songs that feel like they've b...
Posted by Gavin Glass & the Holy Shakers on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:41:00 PST

InDublin - Album of the Week

Gavin Glass & The Holy Shakers - Self titled Given the current indie-friendly climate in Irish music, Gavin Glass's own brand of reflective country-folk comes across as a daring statement rather t...
Posted by Gavin Glass & the Holy Shakers on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:51:00 PST

Album Review - Irish Times ****

Gavin Glass & The Holy Shakers - Gavin Glass & The Holy Shakers **** Up in them thar hills of Stillorgan, Gavin Glass has been creating American roots music that would do his transatlantic nei...
Posted by Gavin Glass & the Holy Shakers on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:35:00 PST

Hot Press - Album Review

Gavin Glass & The Holy Shakers (Orphan Records) Beneath the country veil and sliding guitars of this second album from Gavin Glass and the Holy Shakers lies a collection of songs that might just f...
Posted by Gavin Glass & the Holy Shakers on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:50:00 PST

Review of Village Gig - Distant Warning (Sept/Oct Issue)

GAVIN GLASS AND THE HOLY SHAKERSThe Village, Dublin27 July 2007   On Friday the 27th of July, the Village in Dublin played host to Gavin Glass and the Holy Shakers after their whirlwind tour of ...
Posted by Gavin Glass & the Holy Shakers on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:21:00 PST

Some words on the New Album by John Walshe

  "I'm not reinventing the wheel. This is all about songs, real songs." That's Gavin Glass' take on his brand new album, the eponymously titled Gavin Glass & The Holy Shakers, which is releas...
Posted by Gavin Glass & the Holy Shakers on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:16:00 PST

i tunes - Single

Hey Folks, Just dropping a quick line, The Single "older than my years" is up on i tunes... for anyone downloading it, it's the version with the holy shakers and is listed as "gavin glass & the ho...
Posted by Gavin Glass & the Holy Shakers on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:19:00 PST

Gavin Glass & NC Lawlor - Live from Odyssey Arena Belfast

..> ..> Odyssey Arena gig Howdy myspace cadets.I'm sticking up live tracks of myself and NC Lawlor from our Odyssey Arena gig last October for free download. There will be a new track put up each ...
Posted by Gavin Glass & the Holy Shakers on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:55:00 PST

Possibly gig of the year?

Walk th' plank on our funk filled swashbuckler escapade, join our motley crew o' th' greatest line up seen in Dubin in voyages. An evenin' nereattempted before. Irelands finest musicians an' singers w...
Posted by Gavin Glass & the Holy Shakers on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:44:00 PST