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George Cairns

About Me

on the verge of collapse, you must realise it's not too late to turn back

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/23/2008
Band Members: ???
Influences: ryan adams, andy white, neil young, bill miller, roy harper, ben grove, sting, miles davis, thelonious monk, S.I.M, bob dylan, the clash, the jam, the sex pistols, flogging molly, damien rice, hendrix, clapton, pearl jam, the cardinals, jack johnson, joy division, santana, joe cocker, country joe, and fish, canned heat, the who, janis joplin, the MF airplane!!!, sun kil moon, the velvet underground, focus, the beatles, ravi shanker, richie havens, van halen (eeeek), gillian welch, david rawlings, art pepper, john coltrane, charlie parker, lester young, to name a few
Sounds Like: ryan adams, george cairns, andy white, mysterious, bob dylan (sort of), harry smith, not quite sure...
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Emma

On Sunday evening, I met Emma. I've known Emma since we were both very young, but on Sunday, I felt as though I finally realised who she was. Ever since we both got back in touch earlier this year (it...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:34:00 GMT

to answer a question...

ok, so many people have been asking about my mood and asking why im depressed etc. so i thought id answer the question quickly, while i have the time before i attempt to tackle "Fugue in Dm" (eek). ba...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:41:00 GMT

a quick note

ok, ive pulled only in me for personal reasons, ill re-record it sometime and get it up when i think it's ready. im not a huge fan of justifications and war, so i pulled that too.     *...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:28:00 GMT

Ants on the Table

ok the new song was recorded Summer 07 with my old band "The Whales" we were together for a week before me and the lead guitarist walked out during a recording session never to return. this song was w...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 05:19:00 GMT

i thought i might get this down

A few thoughts      Someone once said to me, "Your ideas could save this world from destruction" and "But more and more do your ideas burn into my mind," I thought those were great comp...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:29:00 GMT

my days are empty, my nights are long, my heart is broken, my love is gone

oh christ, im listening to an old whiskeytown demo for "my heart is broken", which i consider to be one of my favourite songs of all time. ive been away and of course that means i have lots of catchin...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:31:00 GMT

old recordings

im just sat like a complete loner, looking at my page. im listening to morning in chicago and memories are coming back to me, i can remember the first time i played the song to an audience, at that ti...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:59:00 GMT

topical thoughts (read at own risk)

i dont know whats up with me at the moment, people keep asking me why im all down and stuff, i dont know, at the moment im experiencing mood swings, im not sure why and when they come, it’s a bi...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:11:00 GMT

feelings and thoughts etc.

ok, so ive been all over the place this week, spreading the good joy of music to all sorts of people in different places around the area. ive been playing tunes, old and new, long and short, just to s...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:07:00 GMT

some random crap about me

actually... nevermind
Posted by on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:05:00 GMT