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About Me

Welcome to Creeping Charlie! After line-up changes and switching around instruments a bit . . . we are ready to get rolling. song writing, recording and mental experimentation underway. glad to be back at it!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/19/2006
Band Website: coming soon
Band Members: Sean - drums, guitar, violin, bass and singin'
Tom - guitar, bass, drums and singin'
Jon - drums, guitar, keys, lunacy
Jason - bass, drums, guitar, keys and singin'

Influences: FROM NOW: Queens of the Stone Age, The Raconteurs, Eagles of Death Metal, Clutch!, The Black Keys, Shooter Jennings, Josh Rouse, Fred Eaglesmith, White Stripes, The Shins, Rogue Wave, Junior Brown, Beck, Robert Randolph, Flaming Lips, Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, Brother Trucker, Fu Manchu, Mastadon, Dixie Witch, everyone in the music biz that is not a selfish ass and former bandmates that inspire us to not be assholes

FOR LIFE: Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Willie Nelson, The Beatles, Sonic Youth, Neil Young, Kyuss, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Jane's Addiction, Hank Williams Sr., Motorhead, Rolling Stones, Waylon Jennings, Slayer, DRI, Jesus Lizard, Johnny Cash, Elvis, MC5, Stooges, New York Dolls, Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, CSN&Y, Stone Roses, James Brown, Parliament, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Sun Dogs, House of Large Sizes, ATDI, The Cult, Molly Hatchet, Deep Purple, Mudhoney, Allman Bros, Grateful Dead, Smashing Pumpkins, Husker Du, The Smiths, Love and Rockets, Molly Hatchet, Prince, Motorhead, Spirit, Beach Boys, Lynard Skynard, Foghat, Blue Oyster Cult, The Pixies, T Rex, Brian Eno, Pretenders, Bob Dylan, Metalica (with Clif Burton), Donovan, Buffalo Springfield,
Sounds Like: groove-a-licious rock with a thick roots in fuzzy old school jams
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

chilly ride ... raconteurs tomorrow!

a bit on the cold side this a.m.! not too bad, but I sure could use some constant warmth. had some cold days recently... May is in three days. geez. heading to KC for the Raconteurs ...
Posted by Creeping Charlie on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:32:00 PST

days go slow in anticipation

remember how time almost stood still when you were a kid? especially school days! like drive-thru time. 90 seconds in a drive-thru lane is like an eternity. heading to Kansas City fo...
Posted by Creeping Charlie on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:43:00 PST

ridin’ in the rain

...just ridin' in the rain. this morning was a rather constant soaking. but it wasing a downpour and there was no lightning, so not bad really. just very wet when I got to the Y. got a fla...
Posted by Creeping Charlie on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:02:00 PST

riding is good

so, I stole that title from my friend's blog. seemed appropriate. the rides are getting sweeter and sweeter as spring greets our part of the world. this will be a winter to remember....
Posted by Creeping Charlie on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:27:00 PST

days get longer, nights get shorter ... tune in to that NOAA radio

err something like that ... it is from a Clutch song. and this morning was a good sign of days getting longer. about half my ride was in moderate daylight. awesome. soon my who...
Posted by Creeping Charlie on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:42:00 PST

music fest on a holiday?

maybe I'm just being pissy because I'm missing a band I love AGAIN, but who the hell decides to schedule a cities inaugural music festival on a freakin' holiday? maybe I'm stupid, but it seems l...
Posted by Creeping Charlie on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:13:00 PST

velo and missing bands I love

back from LA-LA land. it was nice. warm, beutiful and bikes everywhere I looked. traffic is so used to the bike traffic that it all just works wonderfully. we have a ways to go...
Posted by Creeping Charlie on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:08:00 PST

no velo, but my ears are happy

so, I’ve needed my truck for work and haven’t been able to ride. damn I miss my bike. I really, really miss my bike. so there’s this band I really dig and they have a new...
Posted by Creeping Charlie on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:50:00 PST

sweet springtime velo

oh, this a.m. felt like spring for the first time. this winter has been hellishly long. I’m looking forward to shorts and not packing a suitcase to commute! the moon this morning was...
Posted by Creeping Charlie on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:37:00 PST

been a long time

wow, it has really been a long time since I've posted. my commuting has become more infrequent with the severe cold and tremendous snow we've had here. I rode today because it is supposed to get...
Posted by Creeping Charlie on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:57:00 PST