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Alison Self

About Me

I play ukulele and kazoo.
and washboard and spoons.
although not all at the same time
(yet!)

I'm not much for original songs, but I have a couple. All of the recordings on my page are new with the exception of Cocaine Habit Blues (2005) and If The River Was Whiskey (live). The rest are from my CD. Ask me for one!

I wanna play more shows/play with people/tour help me help you

I will be out of VA from around June 10-16th, and July 16th-28th so I can't play or help book any shows, sorry!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/15/2004
Band Members: Alison
Uke, Kaz, Vocals
Influences: Azure Ray, The Andrews Sisters, Alberta Hunter, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Bright Eyes, Blind Willie Mctell, Bing Crosby, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Barbecue Bob, Blind Boy Fuller, Blind Willie Johnson, Bo Carter, Blue Lou Barker, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Joe Turner, Bukka White, Brownie McGhee, Cab Calloway, Chuck Berry, Charlie Poole, Connie Francis, Champion Jack Dupree, Debbie Reynolds, Denali, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, The Everly Brothers, Ethel Waters, Frank Sinatra, Glen Miller, Gene Kelly, Lena Horne, Hank Williams, Ida Cox, Josephine Baker, Judy Garland, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Lucille Bogan, Lonnie Johnson, Leroy Carr, Leadbelly, Lil Green, Memphis Jug Band, Memphis Minnie, Ma Rainey, Mildred Bailey, Maxine Sullivan, Neutral Milk Hotel, Patti Page, Patsy Cline, Perry Como, Robert Johnson, The Squirrell Nut Zippers, Sister Rosetta, Sonny Terry, Sonny Boy Williamson, Ted Weems, Tampa Red, Washboard Sam, Marlene Dietrich, hattie hart, cliff edwards, janet klein,gene autry, johnny cash, the carter family, and more that i probably forgot about!

Sounds Like: a wannabe blues singer. That sound a kazoo makes when the paper is about to go bad.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Introduction

I just deleted all of the previous blog posts on here. Interesting blog posts coming soon, I promise!
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:22:00 GMT