Member Since: 2/6/2008
Band Website: toeininthedark.co.uk
Band Members:
Jenny Fox (piano, accordion, vocal harmony)
Andrew Hoult
(vocals, guitar, harmonica, mandolin)
Bob Meakin
(fiddle, mandolin, drum, vocal harmony)
Carmel O'Toole
(vocals, whistle, recorder)
Influences: Jenny: My Mum and Dad, my late husband Malcolm Fox, Bob Davenport & The Rakes, Christy Moore, The Copper Family, The Carter Family, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Buttons & Bows and all the great Irish bands, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Mozart and many more
Andrew: My Mum and Dad, Ray Hearne, Josh White, Billie Holliday
Bob: Sugar Cane Harris, Dave Swarbrick
Carmel: Bessie Smith, Billie Holliday, Judy Garland, Roy Orbison, The Clancy Brothers, Dusty Springfield, Bruce Springsteen
Sounds Like: Toein' in the Dark
such a long way back home
Arrival/Midnight Special (Andersson & Ulvaeus/Huddie Ledbetter)
Broken Things (Julie Miller)
They Can't Take That Away From Me (Gershwin & Gershwin)
I Wish It Would Rain (Nanci Griffith)
A Song For Ireland (Phil Colclough)
Flatbush Waltz/Tam Lin (Andy Statman/Davey Arthur)
Across The Borderline (Ry Cooder/Jim Dickinson/John Hiatt)
Doh Ray Me (Woody Guthrie)
Down & Out Blues (Jimmy Cox)
Larwood (John Young)
Please Please Me (Lennon/McCartney)
Gulf Coast Highway (James Hooker/Nanci Griffith/Danny Flowers)
I Used To Be A Blues Singer (Andrew Hoult)
The Days Of '49 (Traditional)
Steelworks Game (Keith Jones)
Such A Long Way Back Home (Andrew Hoult)
Record Label: Gherkin (own label)
Type of Label: None