Member Since: 1/3/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/leslieaddis
Band Members: LESLIE ADDIS - Vocals and Guitar on all songs....+djemba, extra guitar, bamboo hotpad, and change in my pocket (pinball quarters) on...."In my pocket". (Warning: panties may be thrown)2005 Demo recording.......by Kevin Finn of Polar recordings yo....
"Stone Cold fever" and "Faster" has Spat Cannon on the Stand up bass. Kevin Finn plays snare on "Stone Cold Fever" and throws down a little lead on "Faster". Kev plays banjo on "mountainside"....oh kevin and spat both lend there clapping skills on that one too. I have the washboard solo, oh yes indeed. And on "Mojo" Kevin plays some electric lead. Marie plays djemba on "mountainside" and "mojo"I play with people here, there, and everywhere. Always looking for some rusty nails........
Influences: Etta James, Lightnin' Hopkins, Robert Johnson, Ella Fitzgerald, Bessi Smith, Ani Difranco, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Mississippi John Hurt, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Nick Drake, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Velvet Underground, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, Ween, Stevie Wonder, CCR, Ravi Shankar, Ali Farka, De La Soul, Herbie Hancock, Ma' Rainey,The Who, Koko Taylor, Heart, The Band, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Big mama Thorton, Liz Phair, Gillian Welsh, Lucinda Williams, Django Reinhart, Marvin Gaye, The Allman Brothers, Sarah Vaughn, Woody Guthrie, David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler(Believe it or not), and jug bands....any and all kinds of jug bands...especially them hell razin' foot stomping ones.
Sounds Like: A fresh-rustic sound
Record Label: Rusty Nail Records/TBA records/Polar Recordings
Type of Label: Indie