I am a guitarist
Member Since: 14/01/2006
Band Members: Over the years and in no real order - Tom Greenwood - Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys, Banjo, Machines, - Jo Michell - Guitar, Bass, Keys, Banjo, Drums, Machines - Txarli Robles - Bass - Bill Henry - Drums - Tom Gillieron - Machines, Drums, Tom Hill - Machines, Keys, - Ed Calvert - Drums, - Hungarian David - Drums - Elliot Ireland - Guitar, Bass, Keys, Machines, - Alex Rizzo - Drums, Guitar, Keys, Machines, - OJ Nicholson - Drums, - Lord Eric - Percussion - Paul "Biz" Birrell - Vocals - Finley Quaye - Vocals - Dan Thomason - Bass, Machines, - Gabriel Nada - Sax - Bill Keys - Old Synths - Chris Smurthwaite - Clarinet
Influences: All music - I learned to play the Guitar by listening to Leo Kottke records and copying them as best I could. Ronnie Lane is in my ears and in my eyes. The Mills Brothers. Showbiz and AG. Pete Rock and CL Smooth's "Mecca and the Soul Brother". Gene Clark is a genius. Gram Parsons is over rated. James Carr is lost. Stevie Winwood is criminally misunderstood as is Robert Palmer - these guys contribution to programming and sampling is immense. Kraftwerk. Nice and Smooth. Pat Kelly and Monty Morris. Ronnie Lane. The Byrds "Untitled" album. Slim Smith. The Pale Saints. The Pixies. Micheal McDonald. Joni Mitchell. Edie Brickell. Ella Fitzgerald. The Ramones. Joy Division. The Smiths. John Coltrane died in vain of a Love Supreme. Josie Williams. REM. Son House. Women and Children. The Incredible String Band. Led Zep. Disney Girls. Rumors. William Blake. Larkin. Ted Hughes. Jean-Michel Jarre. Dire Straits. Bowie. Gundelero. Herb Alpert. Don Cherry. The Crudaders. Sam and Dave. Sam Cooke. Marvin Gaye. The Jam though I do blame Weller for the Retro obsession that has wrecked popular music in this country - at least he did it well. Oasis ( I thought "Be Here Now" was a top record as it goes). Traffic. Blind Faith. Cream. Mick Greenwood (no relation). Axelrod. ZZ Top. Television. Quicksilver Messenger Service. Hendrix. Astral Weeks. The Velvets. The Jesus and Mary Chain. The La's. King Tubby. Augustus Pablo. Keith Hudson. Keith Jarrett. Keith Moon. John Holt. DKs. Pink Floyd. Eurythmics. Clarence White. Karl Marx. Karl Popper. John Stuart Mill. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. The Stranglers. JJ Cale. CSNY. Guy Clark. Evelyn Waugh. EPMD. Bobak, Jons, Malone. One of our Submarines is missing. The Police. Sting. Neil Young and Bob Dylan. Springsteen. The Beatles. Wings. Tom Waits. Beefheart. Alice Donut. REM. Pylon. U2. The Wailers. Mondays and Roses. Chris Rea. Sinatra. Nelson Riddle. Ry Cooder. John Fahey. Davey Graham. Wizz Jones. The Cure. Bert Jansch. Ink Spots. Reginald Forsythe. Moby Dick. The Alexandria Quartet. Daniel Martin. Jesus. Four Freshmen. Hank Williams. There goes Rhymin' Simon. Albinoni. Massenet. Faure. Tom Petty. Mr Finley Quaye. Jo. Ed. Biz. Dan Hill. Tom Gillieron. The Small Faces. Stones. Who. At the moment I generally listen to "The Koln Concert" by Keith Jarrett and if not that then Radio 4.
Sounds Like: See above.
Type of Label: Major