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Rachel Roberts

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Member Since: 12/12/2005
Band Website: rachelroberts.info
Band Members: Rachel Roberts - Songwriter, vocals, guitar, trombone, tambourine, Udu, autoharp, and stuff like vibraslap and penny whistle, and the sound of my own hand slapping my... knee.The Family Band AKA Rachel's Secret Stach-Joe Golden- Bass and Guitar/funny facer/skin fluter; Brian Parsons- Drums/crazy mad artist/best kisser; Ryan Beke- Lead Guitar/panty screamer/cloud bouncer (excuse him while he kisses the sky); Nate Frimmel- Keys and Trumpet/unbelievable composer/Chevy lover; Dave Andrews- Guitar/the mighty stabilizer/hidden trickster
Influences: hmmm...my mom, Mozart, Beethoven, J.S.Bach, Borodin, Gilbert and Sullivan, Gershwin, Shostakovich, John Philip Sousa, Rogers and Hammerstein, old hymns, Shirley Temple, Ella Fitzgerald, Griff Williams, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, 50's musicals, Elvis, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Julie Andrews, James Brown, Diana Ross, Janis Joplin & Big Brother and the Holding Co., The Beach Boys, The Beatles, John Williams, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Carole King, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Taj Mahal, Sly and The Family Stone, Funkadelic, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, The Gypsy Kings, Chicago, Billy Joel, Earth Wind & Fire, David Bowie, Queen, Prince, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Seal, Sting, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Michael W. Smith, DC Talk, Tori Amos, Des'ree, Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette, Nirvana, Morphine, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Elliot Smith, Jeff Buckley, Beck, Cake, Jamiroquai, Tribe Called Quest, Radiohead, Coldplay, The Unicorns, Animal Collective, The Raconteurs, Robert Randolph and The Family, Jill Scott, G-Love, Roger Hoover and the Whiskeyhounds, Greenleif, Burning River Band, Mike Lenz, Beast and last but not least... WEEN! (I love Gene and Dean!!)I like comedians too! I like Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Mel Brooks, The Chistopher Guest Troop!!, Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, ok- pretty much all cartoons (That especially includes Harvey Birdman), Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, John Candy, Dan Akroyd, Martin Short, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Will Ferrel, Weird Al, Dave Chapelle, Jack Black, Jeanine Garafolo, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Sarah Silverman, Ben Stiller, Seth Green (and all creators of Robot Chicken), Ellen Degeneres, Conan O'Brien, Dennis Leary, Samuel L. Jackson (have you ever seen "Loaded Weapon"?), John Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Amy Sedaris.Don't ask for the list of books, it could go on forever.Same goes for actors, actresses and movies.
Sounds Like: Me
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My Blog

Essential Self Defense

..> Tonight we open the show Essential Self-Defense at the Bang and Clatter Theatre. It's funny.  It's weird.  It's right up your alley. The title is fitting as I am still defending my t...
Posted by Rachel Roberts on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:50:00 PST

This is some good stuff

..>..>..>..>..> ..> We are all people leading different lives.  If you have your road and I have mine, I pray we eventually meet at the same destination.  P.T.   Rachel Rob...
Posted by Rachel Roberts on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:06:00 PST

YES

DISCLAIMER:  after reading this I thought "Jeez.. I sound so conceited and stupid..."  But I wrote this as a reply to a guy that emailed me and wanted to know if I was a serious musician.&nb...
Posted by Rachel Roberts on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:51:00 PST

SOME GIRLS

Yes, tis true, I am putting my music on pause for a month to be an actress!  This acting stuff is pretty fun- I have to be kinda slutty....  Hey!!!  Who said that???  I am NOT al...
Posted by Rachel Roberts on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:09:00 PST

Santa Fe

the journey is 5/19/07the city of Santa Fe is camoflouged into the landscape. and the people around here are like that too. everyone fits. Am staying with my friend Sara Ruiperez, a truly amazing co...
Posted by Rachel Roberts on Sun, 20 May 2007 10:28:00 PST

Coffee and a dead mouse

I got home with my delicious coffee this morning and found a dead mouse in my room. Ode to the dead mouse once you needed food and you came to find my chocolate but I put up warning signs stay the hel...
Posted by Rachel Roberts on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:10:00 PST