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Van Buchanan

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About Me

Van Buchanan has come full circle in his artistic journey.Born in Houston, TX to a music scene, he thought records and kolaches were everyone's way of life. Early on Van noticed that songs determined whether or not he enjoyed a record—not necessarily the quality (or lack thereof) of the recording.Jumping into the fray himself, he became rather picky about the quality of the song. “The words and music aren’t the only factor, you know,” states Van unequivocally, “the feel has to be there.”Well, after years of building a catalog mixed with clever hook-ridden “feel” songs and just good ol’ “feel” songs (or mood music—as some publishers described it), Van Buchanan is still in pursuit of great songs—period. “I’m just gonna write what I feel—hook or no hook.” Van continues, “you know with all this talk of hooks, it’s no wonder there’s so much pirated music.” Arrrr!Buchanan has most recently had his song, “Suitcase Gonzales”, recorded by the Austin band ‘LIX (2005), won Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year, “Motherlode”, with the Houston Songwriters Association (2006) and had two songs, “Six Feet Understood” and “Waltzing Matilda”, win Honorable Mention in the 2008 Woody Guthrie Songwriting Contest.Currently Van continues to write, record and “eat kolaches”.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/31/2007
Band Website: soundclick.com/vanbuchanan
Influences: stephen foster, dan emmett, sunny ozuna, eddie noack, link davis, larry butler, herbie treece, red mansel, bob luman, wiley barkdull, adrian roland, rusty gabbard, john lennon, paul mccartney, george harrison, ringo starr, buck owens, bobby bare, ian tyson, jack clement, johnny cash, mike nesmith, peter tork, davy jones, mickey dolenz, larry kane, frank sinatra, dean martin, jack greene, ernest tubb, b.j. thomas, ray salazar, gary puckett, the doors, gerry dorsey, barry gibb, maurice gibb, robin gibb, robert nelson, lenny bruce, tony graham, david cassidy, john fogerty, hank williams, leon payne, ted daffan, vic mcalpin, wayne walker, donny young, harlan howard, hank cochran, mel tillis, roger miller, tom t. hall, curly putnam, neil sedaka, paul anka, paul williams, hoyt axton, paul simon, art garfunkel, pete townshend, america, mick jagger, keith richards, david gates, carly simon, james taylor, jim croce, elton john, harry nilsson, lobo, neil young, carole king, pete ham, albert hammond, don mclean, melanie safka, jesse colin young, dickey betts, eric clapton, van morrison, cat stevens, leland sklar, nicky hopkins, rod stewart, george carlin, bobby darin, tim hardin, phil ochs, neil diamond, jimmy buffett, bob dylan, john denver, daniel james, tommy gorsuch, jimmie lunceford, cole porter, johnny mercer, johnny burke, sammy cahn, jimmy van heusen, phil everly, don everly, dick clark, patti dahlstrom, vern gosdin, doug sahm, townes van zandt, willie nelson, johnny bush, lefty frizzell, joan jett, kim fowley, elvis presley, linda ronstadt, sam phillips, don henley, glenn frey, j.d. souther, jimmy webb, irving berlin, ted weems, bob monaco, james riordan, glen campbell, brian wilson, phil spector, george martin, geoff emerick, ray doggett, eric idle, david clayton thomas, terry kath, robert lamm, tim moore, dominic behan, harry chapin, tony hatch, kenny laguna, ritchie cordell, tommy james, burton cummings, randy bachman, leo o'neil, kim carnes, marc benno, mark charron, anita charron, glen spreen, mark james, balde silva, mickey newbury, amos coulanges, chrissie hynde, christopher neil, austin roberts, neal hart, kenny rogers, john holt, spencer proffer, huey meaux, greg ladanyi, ian samwell, george strait, dwight yoakam, steve michaels, kathleen hayslip, buddy holly, bill kilgore, don westmoreland, kelly schoppa, prince buster, joe ely, butch hancock, jimmie dale gilmore, jerry jeff walker, b.w. stevenson, marion dulin, guy clark, rick campbell, t.j. worth, c.l. milburn, leon beck, andy bradley, john stuckey, natalie zoe, rusty wier, shake russell, leonard cohen, sherwood cryer, george jones, mack vickery, the police, roy orbison, carl perkins, bruce springsteen, david skepner, emmylou harris, rodney crowell, sara young, sherrill blackman, maggie cavender, shelby kennedy, dean dillon, rosanne cash, sonny throckmorton, jim sales, david chamberlain, sterling whipple, bob mcdill, j.j. hatfield, bill hatfield, diane warren, jack saunders, billy joe shaver, steve earle, lucinda williams, garth brooks, dan seals, jimmy bowen, ron haffkine, mike daniel, billy dee donahue, john briggs, mike porter, milton nascimento, eva cassidy, lynette louise, deva premal, toni price, stephen bruton, delbert mcclinton, jesse taylor, terri hendrix, leeann atherton, shelley king, spencer perskin, monte warden, autumn house, ann everitt, jerry rigged, debo portie, susie nelson, marshall may, suitcase gonzales, jimmy lafave, napoleon hill, tony robbins, deepak chopra, stuart wilde.
Sounds Like: a Texan.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None