Member Since: 14/01/2006
Band Website: http://www.joewhitemusic.com
Band Members: The music on my player to the right there is from my album "Trials Along The Trail"
* On the Album Trials Along The Trail I was blessed with a mess of fine contributors.
* Sean Hopper from Huey Lewis and the News on Organ (One of the finest people you will ever meet)
* Roy "Rocky Boom Boom" Blumenfeld from the famed and acclaimed "Blues Project" on Drums as well as the Dobro on "Won't Go Back" (A gentle soul and great companion while making the record)
* Jude Gold (Those were good times Judah!) on Guitar on "Better Days"
* My brother and friend - The amazing Mario Cipiollina on Bass on "Better Days" (Also from Huey Lewis and the News..He was the coolest member - sorry Sean - he's cooler than both of us!)
* The fantasic Eugene Huggins on Harmonica
* Beth Reynolds, Janette Sartain and Cillette Swan on BV's on "One Field Of Love" (ANGELS!!).
* And last but certainly not the least...Roman Morykit.
I met Roman at my studio in Sausalito - At the time I was listening a bunch to Daniel Lanois "ACADIE" It spoke to me and I REALLY wanted my record to sound like that. Roman and musical partner and bride Cillette Swan played me some of their music, and it totally had the Lanois vibe. I asked who produced it and Low and Behold - It was Roman himself. If it weren't for Roman this record would sound entirely like "Who do I gotta Kill" and "Won't Go Back" all of the dreamier stuff was either directly produced by Roman (Fretless bass, whammy strat trippy guitar) or influenced by him.
Thanks Roman...
Terrell Thornhill and myself have new band called "Cold Stone Soup"
Influences: First off I want to mention my biggest musical influence... My Dad Ralph Everett White. He was not the best Dad on the "Leave it to Beaver" scale, he drank and smoked and caroused. We were always poor and I was never spoiled like other kids. But I know he loved me and tried to the best of his ability everyday. * Ralph had a fearless tenor and was never afraid to use it. He taught me it's OK to sing out loud and proud. He played George Jones, Ray Charles and Hank Sr. in an endless loop on the HiFi. * He is missed every damn day.And you know he doesn't hear it enough from me so... my big brother Greg who has been, still is, and always my biggest supporter, protector, best friend and inspiration...starting to sound like a Grammy speech here. - Mom, you're list is too long - I'll have to just call you :)Joseph Campbell - "Tat Tvam Asi" Desmond Tuttu "Religion is like a knife. If you use it to cut bread, it's great. If you use it to cut your neighbor's arm off, it's bad"Albert Eienstein "There remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion." "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds... "Theodore Roosevelt “To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.â€
Type of Label: Indie