Music:
Member Since: 11/11/2004
Band Website: You're looking at it, chief.
Band Members: Jim Vitale
Influences: Magic Sam, The Beatles, Monk/Sphere, The Band, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy (before he tried to be Jimi Hendrix), Muddy Waters, Hollywood Fats, Johnny Cash, The Paladins, Kitty Wells, The Rolling Stones, James Burton, Jerry Goffin/Carol King, Miles Davis, Lee Dorsey, Rod Stewart (pre 1975), The Beach Boys (not beyond Pet Sounds), Albert King, Billy Holiday, Allen Toussaint, The Byrds, The Staples Singers (not the hits but the old shit, where you can really feel the dirt on the ground and smell the moss on the magnolias!), Sneaky Pete, Dizzy Gillespie, Sam Cooke, Roy Orbison, Lou Reed, Jimmy Smith, Otis Rush, Dwight Yoakam, David Bowie (because he always pushes it), The Allman Brothers, Prince, Motown, Herb Alpert & The Tiujana Brass (forgive me, Miles), The Meters, CSN...& sometimes Y, Crowded House, The Velvet Underground, Nina Simone, Brother Jack McDuff, JS Bach (is Jazz is Country...), Booker T & The MG's, Neil Young, Grant Green, Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Freddie King, Max Roach, Madonna('cause she makes mad bank and makes no bones about it!), Tom Petty, Warren Zevon, Leiber & Stoller, ZZ Top, Marty Robins, Dr. John (especially those early Mac guitar sides), Les Paul (Les is more!), Jimmy Bryant, Ray Charles, Elton John (not beyond Capt. Fantastic), Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil, Kenny Burrell, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, James Brown, Neil Diamond(the Jewish Elvis!)...anything with a little soul, humor, wit and or groove to it that I was lucky enough to stumble across led me to pick up a guitar and has helped shape how I do what I do.
This list is infinite and is always morphing as I move along: The Yeah-Yeah-Yeahs, OK GO, Beck, U2, Ryan Adams, Depeche Mode, Flogging Molly, Allison Krause, Neil Finn, Sublime (with Brad, natch), The Counting Crows, Tom Waits, The Clash, Lyle Lovett, Portis Head, The White Stripes...ah, there's just so much to discover and enjoy...
Sounds Like: A swirl of all the above mentioned and then some...
Record Label: Goat Hill Records
Type of Label: Indie