Member Since: 7/17/2005
Band Website: nathanwademusic.com
Band Members: NATHAN WADE & THE DARK PIONEERS:
Nathan Wade - vocals, electric & acoustic guitar
Brian Alter - drums
Sam Collins - acoustic bass
and sometimes with:
Lincoln Barr - electric guitar and vocals
Michael Spaly - mandolin & violin
Influences: PRIMARY INFLUENCES::
Chris Whitley, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Ennio Morricone, Tom Waits, Emmylou Harris, Ry Cooder, John Fahey, Neil Young, Hank Williams Sr., Wilco, Billy Holiday, Jeff Buckley, Bill Frisell, 16 Horsepower, Mark Ribot, Gillian Welch, Johnny Cash, Alan Lomax, Daniel Lanois, pat mAcdonald, Leadbelly, Blind Willie Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Harry Smith...
JUST BENEATH THE SURFACE::
Fugazi, Bjork, Astor Piazzola, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Leo Kottke, David Byrne, Carl Stalling, Steely Dan, Medeski Martin & Wood, Roger Miller, Eric Dolphy, Thelonious Monk, Tin Machine, Bernard Herrmann, Soundgarden, Loretta Lynn, Neko Case, The Kronos Quartet, Andrew Bird, Miles Davis, Syd Barrett, Calexico, Almeda Riddle, Charles Mingus, Shudder to Think, Captain Beefheart, John Zorn, Iron & Wine, Hal Willner, Califone, Buddy Emmons, Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant, Frank Zappa...
ON THE SCREEN::
David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, Martin Scorsese, Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, Terry Gilliam, Sergio Leone, Krystoff Kieslowski, Orson Welles, Robert Altman, Sam Peckinpah...
ON THE PAGE::
William S. Burroughs, David Foster Wallace, Anne Sexton, Cormac McCarthy, Lorrie Moore, Hunter S. Thompson, Mark Leyner, Sam Shepard, Chuck Palahniuk, Raymond Carver, A.M. Homes, Charles Bukowski, Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain...
Sounds Like: Modern murder ballads, fire & brimstone gospel, and gothic country blues.
Record Label: Crow King Records
Type of Label: Indie