Member Since: 02/05/2008
Band Website: www.cdbaby.com/all/snipe
Band Members: Solo releases: "Honor in the Swine?" ('89); "In the Path of the Cat Chasers" ('90); "Split Brain Theory" ('91); "The Blue Shoat Special!" ('96); the spoken-word "The Rants" ('97); "Handwedge from the Trap" ('99); Le Cafard ('01); "The Feral Rugby Team Must GO!" ('03); "No Unifying Theme" ('04), "March, Scream or Cry" ('07); "The A.D.G. Project" ('07); and "Monkey Paw Situation" ('09).Releases with Snipe Hunt: "We'll Be Right Back!" ('99); "Dirty Ditties and Cover Tunes" ('00); and "I Saw the Future (But the Damn Train Hit Me Just the Same)" ('02).Releases with Los Platos (featuring Texacala Jones): "Oh, No" ('08).Ehresman plays guitars, basses, percussion, keyboards, theremin, mandolin, mandola, mandocello, bouzouki, saz, rawap, oud, setar, electric sitar, MIDI guitar.
Influences: Todd Rundgren; Peter Gabriel; Pink Floyd; Bob Dylan; the Band; Spirit; Hendrix; Johnny Winter; Stranglers; Bill Nelson, Amon Duul II, Gong, Muddy Waters, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Beatles, Stones, early Tangerine Dream, Boomtown Rats; exotica; the blues; jazz (acid and otherwise); and a constant stream of world music (eg. Habib Koite & Bamada; Oliver Mtukudzi & the Black Spirits; Fela Kuti; Brazilian and Turkish electronica hybrids; Ondar; Yat-Kha; and the Six Degrees Records catalogue).
Sounds Like: A ghoulash made from my influences (see above). Hopefully forming something new, or at least interesting.
Record Label: Snipe Bog Records
Type of Label: Indie