Member Since: 8/1/2007
Band Website: ekoostik.com
Band Members: Cliff Starbuck & Colin John
Influences: Charlie Patton,Blind Willie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Booker White, Ola Belle Reed, Blind Willie McTell,John Hartford, Bluegrass, Country Blues, Hawaiian Slack Key and Steel Guitar, Grateful Dead,Bo Carter, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Jerry Douglas, Jorma Kaukonen,Russ Barenberg, Hot Tuna, Michael Hurley, John Fahey, Skip James and any other stuff that gives us chicken skin.
Sounds Like: Hear The Believers:"Roams the Mississippi Delta on deep blues infused with Hawaiian music"Bill Eichenberger-Columbus Dispatch"Plaintive singing and superb resonator guitar work throughout"- Blues Revue"...John is a pretty fine fingerpicker and Starbuck adds banjo, bass and harmonica to the mix, all the while singing in his plaintive, soulful voice.
...Two white boys roaming pre-WW2 stylings with panache, a veritable Sunday afternoon time-travel back to the Berkeley coffee houses of yore. Nice."John Petric- The Other Paper
Record Label: Stomp Down Records
Type of Label: Indie