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Gerry Gomez

About Me

Gerry Gomez (otherwise the lead singer of the Damngivers) has a folky rock meets indie meets singer/songwriter sound. He's a modern day troubador who sings of life, love, politics with ernestness and insight. Material done by the Damngivers can be found at: www.myspace.com/damngivers or simply www.damngivers.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/10/2007
Band Website: damngivers.com
Band Members: Gerry Gomez - vox, guitar; occasionally with the help of Mike Salas - guitar; John Phinney - pedal steel, banjo; Mike Cussick - drums; Eddie Gomez - shakes and quakes
Influences: Americana, Cosmic American Music, Roots, Folk, 80's Alternative, Brit Pop, Grunge, Indie, Alternative, Punk (the real kind), Singer-Songwriters, Country, Paisley Underground, R&B (the maximum kind), Blue Eyed Soul, the Detroit Sound, Chess Blues, Swamp Rock, Southern Rock, Garage Rock, Folk Rock, Rock Rock, etc. Sparklehorse, Nick Cave, Wilco, Spoon, Elvis Costello, Ryan Adams, Replacements, Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson, Faces, Animals, Yardbirds, Kinks, David Bowie, T Rex, Smiths, the Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Doors, X, Old 97s, Neil Young, the Byrds, Love, Gram Parsons, Dylan, Stones, the Who, Beatles, the Band, Elton John, Johnny Cash, Son Volt, Whiskeytown, M. Ward, Pete Yorn, Dinosaur Jr., Grant Lee Phillips, Vic Chestnut, Los Lobos, Peter Case, Joe Henry, Beck, Lloyd Cole, Pernice Brothers, Iron & Wine, Sheryl Crow, Nadine, the Shins, Kings o Leon, Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket, Anders Parker and anything else that makes us smile. Apparently some Thin Lizzy thrown in for good measure.
Sounds Like: A man with a lot on his mind and maybe one or two screws loose.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Have you seen this man?

Guilty as charged! Self portrait. It tells a lot about me. What do you think it says?Gerry
Posted by on Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:43:00 GMT

There's something happening here

As promised, I've moved most of my Damngivers songs to the band's website. I've put up just simple acoustic and drum tracks versions of some songs I'd like to record eventually. Actually, I'm always i...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:09:00 GMT

Mission Accomplished

My wife said, "You came to bed late last night - and why didn't you wake me up!"She was sleeping in bed with our son. She looked so comfortable, that I didn't want to wake her. I grabbed the dog inste...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:03:00 GMT

RIP Melody Ross - a tribute/protest song

There was a senseless drive by killing in my neighborhood just last Friday night. It makes me more upset thinking that on Saturday, my wife and our 6 year old were out on the nearby streets trick or t...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:15:00 GMT

Where have all the protest singers gone?

When I think of giving a damn about something, it usually involves politics or something about my family, son or where the next dollar is going to come from. I have always intended to speak my mind ab...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:21:00 GMT

The first day of the rest of your life.

After months of being in a rut, the Damngivers are finding some inertia again. It feels good. New songs are flowing and shoring up our bass neglect is bearing tasty fruit. We're looking forward to upc...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:26:00 GMT