Member Since: 23/10/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/cactuswellproductions
Band Members: *** Igor Dimitrienko - lead guitar, vocals, songwriter *** Andrew Wightman - keyboards, vocals, guitars, drums & other things *** many times w/ Charlos Urie - on guitar, slide guitar, vocals
Influences: Widespread Panic, Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson, Blind Faith, Curtis Mayfield, Michael Stanley, Tinsley Ellis, Bloodkin, Neil Young, Mavis Staples, Roebuck Staples (Pop), Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Vic Chesnutt, (Russian legend groups ~ Victor Tsoy & Kino, DDT) Jorma Kaukonen (Hot Tuna), Bill Withers, J.J. Cale, NRBQ, Tom Waits, Cat Stevens, Son House, Charley Patton, General Echo & Winston Riley, The Meters, Drive-By Truckers, Rick James, R.L. Burnside, Aquarium Rescue Unit, North Mississippi All-Stars, Pink Floyd, White Buffalo, The Doors, Black Sabbath, Yes, Talking Heads, Professor Longhair, Jr. Kimbrough, Sid Selvidge, Jimmy Crosthwait, Mudboy and the Neutrons, The Temptations, Howlin' Wolf, Little Feat, Warren Zevon, Jerry Joseph And The Jackmormons, Van Morrison, War, Solomon Burke, BB King, Buddy Guy, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Steve Miller, Sly And The Family Stone, Bill Withers, Galactic, Neville Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Deep Purple, REM, Derek Trucks, Allman Brothers Band, Miles Davis, Beanland, Gov't Mule, Blues Traveler, The Codetalkers, Buckshot LeFonque, The Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia), Muddy Waters, Danzig, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, The Animals, Blue Oyster Cult, Wyclef Jean, Cecil Daniels, DJ Logic, Colin Butler & his Big Ass Truck, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Kenny Brown Band, G. Love & Special Sauce, The Kenny Brown Band, Drive By Truckers, The Black Crowes, David Lowery, Dottie Peoples and the People's Choice Choir, David Blackmon, Chuck Leavell, Otis Redding, Doc Watson, Eric Bibb, James Taylor, Carlos Santana, Chuck Berry, Herbie Hancock, Traffic, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Drew Emmitt, George Clinton and P-Funk All Stars (Bernie Worrell, Eddie Hazel, Maceo Parker, Walter "Junie" Morrison, and more) Johnny Cash, Cowboy Mouth, ZZ Top, Frank Zappa, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, The Gibb Droll Band, The Guess Who, Dr. John, Page McConnell, T. Lavitz, Todd Snider & The Nervous Wrecks, Sister 7, Sam Holt, David Bromberg, Barbara Cue, Drivin' N' Cryin, The Band, Taj Mahal, The Freddy Jones Band, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Warren G, Bone Thugs n Harmony, Outkast, Tu Pac, The Staples, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, James Brown, Jane's Addiction, The Beatles, Bruce Hornsby, Wild Magnolias, Vassar Clements, Metallica, Tool, Nirvana, ACDC, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, most of traditional music as well as classic/ life itself /mother nature/ morning birds/ moms, pops, sisters, brothers, plus many more, more, and just way more influences...^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Please make sure that you check out a good friend of ours, Jim O'Keeffe. He is one of the best blues/rock musicians we have heard! He delivers the meaning of true spirit and soul in music. His music is straight out of the dictionary!
Sounds Like: ~ When The World Holds Its Breath ~
Record Label: Cactus Well
Type of Label: Indie