Russell Warby - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I have been a concert booking agent for 19 years.representing many extraordinarily talented and exciting musicians including but not limited to;Nirvana Foo Fighters The White Stripes The Strokes The Shins Gillian Welch Elliott Smith Ryan Adams Stereolab The Libertines Jet The Vines The Thrills Lemonheads The Kills Peaches Be Your Own Pet.All of them unique.Last year I started a record label which goes by the name of Ark Recordings, with Jamie Davis (who ran Transcopic) - we have/will release records by 747s, Turbo Fruits, Tacks the boy disaster and Sparkadia.I am married to Marion and I have two children Laura and Huxley. They're unique too.

My Interests

Norman Wisdom and Norman Mailer

I'd like to meet:

Talented musicians (melodic and inventive) and people who know talented musicians

Music:

In no particular order...Thelonius Monk, Caetano Veloso, The Who, Prefab Sprout, Kinks, VU, Jobim, Sinatra, Roxy Music, Bowie, Kraftwerk, Dollar Brand, Django Reinhardt, Steely Dan, Charlie Mingus, Elvis Costello, Scritti Politi, Fela Kuti, Stevie Wonder, Stooges, John Barry, The Beatles, Miles Davis, Leonard Cohen, Nico, Thin Lizzy, Scott Walker, Tom Waits, Jon Holt, Rufus Wainwright, Sly Stone...and much more besides (I think it's safe to say that my tastes vary).

Movies:

high brow and low brow

Television:

Seinfeld, BBC 4, old movies, anything my son wants me to watch with him, as a rule though I'll listen to music, drink wine, talk or read before I'll watch TV

Books:

Love in the time of Cholera was a good read, Greil Marcus - Mystery Train, Herman Hesse - Journey to the East, loads of music books, Arthur Conan Doyle.

Heroes:

my friends and family