Member Since: 8/5/2005
Band Website: LindaStout.com
Band Members: Linda Stout writes songs, sings, plays guitar and baritone ukulele, most recently pairing up with London McDaniel on backing vocals, guitars, vocals, dobro, bass or banjo. Hear "Trying Not to Tell You," track 4.On Linda's newest CD, "Extended Play," producer David Sale played multiple instruments, and Bobby Bringi played his mridangam (a kind of ancient Indian drum). Linda has also had a duo with Matt Robbins on keyboards and backing vocals. Some of Linda's other collaborators have included Linda's cousin, Ward Stout on mandolin and fiddle (on "Blue Blue Water"), Charlie Shew on bass and drums, Greg Emerson on drums, Jan Nigro on piano, Dana Paul on upright bass, Joseph Prusch on fiddle, bass and viola, Christopher Loxley on cello and Dawn Hoff on vocals.
Influences: Producer David Sale/Camus, and if not direct influences (which are hard to pin down), then familiarity with the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Charlie Parker, musical theater repertoire and jazz standards, Stephen Foster, James Taylor, Karen Carpenter, Sarah Vaughn, Laura Nyro, Dave Brubeck, Bacharach, never leaving the dance floor all night in clubs, Asleep at the Wheel, Rickie Lee Jones, Allison Krauss, and so many more.
Sounds Like: Been told Rickie Lee Jones, "in the ballpark of Norah Jones with a guitar," and "Norah Jones meets Ryan Adams," and on her first more acoustic CD and at solo shows Joan Baez and "a female Kenny Rankin. Also Everything But the Girl (Tracy Thorne), Dido, Astrud Gilberto, Natalie Merchant and Madeleine Pereaux. More recently: Some comparisons to Lisa and Wendy, who collaborated with Prince, Steely Dan and even Yes.
Record Label: Ghost Cat Records
Type of Label: None