Member Since: 11/5/2007
Band Website: lekiwi.com/ myspace.com/lekiwidougthomas
Band Members: Various members record with Doug Thomas & Le Kiwi including Mike McCarthy, Stu Pearce, Larry Morris, Harvey Mann, Ronald La Pread, Billy TK Snr, Brian Hatcher, Johnny Dylan, Truda Chadwick, Larry Killip, Sonia Saints, DJ Tonton, Sheldon Healey, Jo Smither, plus more to come.
Influences: My aim is to compose & record music of very high standards that is different & has my mark, whether it be ambient mystic, Latin to techno club music or even other genres. I'm not interested in being the best at anything...I just want it to be me.........................................ABOUT ME:
please view www.lekiwi.com I was a member of top professional New Zealand 60s bands: Le Frame, Breakaways, Underdogs, Hamul...before leaving the NZ & Australian music scene in the early 70s to pursue my own importing wholesale ventures...until the mid 90s when LA music legend & genius Arthur Lee of LOVE fame asked me to become his business advisor.
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Sadly ARTHUR LEE passed on in August 3rd 2006 but left a huge music legacy. One of his better songs is called August. He did, however go out on a great high after very successful tours of Britain, Europe & the US during the last few years of his highly publicised controversial life. My song writing took a more serious turn after much encouragement from Arthur.......................................
MY HEROES:
The oppressed indigenous peoples of the world who will all rise again....and
it's coming to town near you...sooner not later...so y're all welcome to
join the peace and love train...get onboard while you can...!!! Another
interpretation of two of the great soul classics "People Get Ready" by the
irrepressible Curtis Mayfield and "Love Train" by the unstoppable Mighty
O'Jays
Sounds Like: I'm not interested in other sounds & styles....just mine. But I do have enormous respect & love for the likes of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Quincy Jones, Louis Armstrong, Arthur Lee, Jimi Hendrix, The Commodores & the other pioneers who kicked the doors down & gave their great music to all the peoples of the world.
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WHO I'D LIKE TO MEET:
Likeminded souls who love life, music & having fun. "Deep within our DNA we all have our own love song; this song or prayer is the love song we've forgotten how to sing." Roughly "translated" in my own words from Mary Sparrowdancer's newly released book, The Love Song....a must read if there ever was one. The Truth is within us all....it's the place where God dwells........& it's much closer than you think
Record Label: who cares...I seek not fame nor fortune
Type of Label: None