Member Since: 1/8/2006
Band Website: WWW.FOLKMUSICINNEWYORK.COM
Band Members: Feral Foster
Influences: IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AFTER THESE FIRST TWO...CHARLEY PATTON, BOB DYLAN... MIGHTY SPARROW, RITA ABADZI, ROZA ESKENAZI, ANDONIS DALGAS, MARIKA PAPAGIKA, ANYTHING OFF OF PAT CONTE'S "SECRET MUSEUM OF MANKIND" COMPS, ANYTHING OFF OF "THE ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC," ANYTHING OFF OF R CRUMB MUSIC COMPS (ESP. "HOT WOMEN"), SAM COOKE, MUDDY WATERS, CAB CALLOWAY, THE CARTER FAMILY, SKIP JAMES, HOWLIN' WOLF, OUM KALTHOUM, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, HENRY THOMAS, WOODY GUTHRIE, LEADBELLY, RAY CHARLES, BILL MONROE, HANK WILLIAMS, ROARING LION, TONS OF CLASSICAL SHIT, LOTS OF STUFF OFF OF JOHN FAHEY'S "AMERICAN PRIMITIVE" COMPS, LOTS OF STUFF OFF OF YAZOO'S "MYSTERIES OF THE SABBATH" AND EARLY KLEZMER COMPS, LORD BUCKLEY, LORD INVADER. LORD MELODY, LORD MACBETH, UNCLE DAVE MACON, TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS, LIONEL BELASCO, JIMMIE RODGERS, BLIND WILLIE MCTELL, BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON, ALLL THOOOSE BLIIIIIIIIIIIND MOTHERFUCKERS, DESMOND DEKKER, JOHN LEE HOOKER, JESSE FULLER, JOHNNY CASH, ROBERT JOHNSON, SON HOUSE, SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, TALKING HEADS, THE BEATLES, THE ROLLING STONES, THE CLASH, ROSCOE HOLCOMB, MISSISSPPI JOHN HURT, THE MISSISSIPPI SHIEKS, GOYA'S POTTED MEAT FOOD PRODUCT, BUKKA WHITE, TOMMY JOHNSON, THE REVEREND GARY DAVIS, DOCK BOGGS, MARKOS VAMVAKARIS, KOKOMO ARNOLD, AND TONS OF OTHER SHIT. UHHHHH....KHAN SHUSHINSKY?
THE ATTEMPT
THE REAL THING (Roza Eskenazi at almost 90!)
WILD THING (Oum Kalthoum dissected)
Sounds Like: THOSE GUYS
Type of Label: None