Member Since: 23/08/2007
Band Members: Just me for the time being. However, recording credits are due to Brian Galibardy, North London resident and musician, whose excellent guitar playing you will hear on "Blues in New Orleans" and hopefully some more songs when upload them. Photographic credits are due to photographer Tim Cracknell, more of whose work you can see on http://www.flickr.com/photos/shadwell61/, and Laura Handbag, many-stringed muso/artiste of “Treacles†fame, whose band you can listen to on http://www.myspace.com/treakles.
Influences: Gil Scott Heron, David Bowie, K. D. Lang, Cowboy Junkies, Barenaked Ladies, Joe Jackson, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Guitar Watson, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, The Who, Pearl Jam, Jane’s Addiction, Queens of the Stone Age, Faith No More, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Patti Smith, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Amerie, and other modern R’n’B classics, Richard Thompson, Paul Simon, Gillian Welch, Jane Siberry, Joan Armatrading, Al Green, Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters, Tim Buckley, Jeff Buckley, Michael Jackson, Tom Lehrer, Barrington Levy, Tenor Saw, Sugar Minott, other rare dance-hall reggae, UB40, Pixies, Moxy Fruvous, Michelle Shocked, Carol King, Neil Innes, Pete Townshend, Paul Weller, The Style Council, The Jam, Sting, Queen, Martin Stephenson, John Martyn, Tom Robinson, Spirit of the West, Santana... I’m sure I will add more to this list....
Sounds Like: Hmm... maybe best left to others so I don’t sound like I’m completely up myself.
Record Label: Unsigned