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Skels

About Me

Past projects include Written Prisms, Niki Barr, Rootdown, Left in Ruins, Deadfall, and Celestial Medians. Currently rockin with Higher Hands, Groove Killers, Sol Edler, Zwei, and some occasional free lance projects. The Higher Hands debut album "Grab Hold" is available on itunes and cdbaby. The album features some funk, hip-hop, jazz, go-go, and afro-beat flavor. Like Grover, we Locked it in the Pocket

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Member Since: 29/11/2005
Band Website: www.myspace.com/thehigherhands
Band Members: Higher Hands, Groove Killers, Zwei, Sol Edler
Influences: Herbie Hancock, Tower of Power, Lettuce, Fela Kuti, Michael Jackson, Budos Band, The Mars Volta, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Aesop Rock, Chuck Brown, MMW, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Cannonball Adderley, Sam Kinninger, Bill Withers, Antibalas, AWB, Meters, Hiromi, Funkadelic, Frankie Beverly and Maze, James Brown, Bamboos, Poets of Rhythm, Isley Brothers, Breakestra, Cinematic Orchestra, RH Factor, Dave Holland, Bob Marley, Chris Potter, Beastie Boys, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Candiria, Karl Denson, Freddie Hubbard,Ohio Players, Paul Henderson, Weather Report, Curtis Mayfield, Earth Wind and Fire, Atmosphere, Blackalicious, Anticon, Jel, Blackstar, El-PDrummers: Billy Cobham, Dennis Chambers, David Garibaldi, Jon Theodore, Tony Williams, Steve Jordan, Zigaboo Modeliste, Brian Blade, Jack Dejohnette, Lenny White, ?uestlove, Stanton Moore, Mike Clark, Harvey Mason, Steve Gadd, Adam Deitch, James Gadson, Billy Martin, Terreon Gully, Idris Muhammad, Peter Erskine, John Bonham, Tony Allen, Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks, John Thomakos, Todd Harrison
Sounds Like: Supersyncopatedfunkafidefilth
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Higher Hands Low Down (March 6th edition)

El Duderino,                ¿Que pasa? We interrupt American Idol to bring you this urgent message from the Higher Hands&     ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:45:00 GMT

Higher Hands in the Studio

once a funk cover band, the higher hands are takin it to the next level.  we've been workin on original material for the last couple of months and were super anxious to get in the studio.  w...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:29:00 GMT