Jim Condie - slide guitarist

Music:

Member Since: 2/13/2006
Band Website: http://www.jimcondie.co.uk"http://www.jimcondie.co.uk
Band Members: In concert:

Jim Condie - lead vocals, electric, acoustic and baritone guitars, Dobro, mandolin, lap steel;
Leo Condie - backing vocals, guitar;
Heather MacLeod - backing vocals;
Roy Martin - bass/ backing vocals;
Andy Munro - drums, backing vocals

and on the recordings:
Jim Condie (acoustic, electric, baritone, slide, lap steel, resonator, 12-string guitars, mandolin, bass, double bass, piano, organ, percussion, lead vocals, backing vocals)

Helen Ross - violins;
Tom Brogan - saxes;
Mose Scarlett - backing vocals;
Andy Munro - drums

Influences: Ry Cooder, Warren Zevon, John Hiatt, Leo Kottke, Little Feat, esp. Lowell George, Bonnie Raitt, Sonny Landreth, David Lindley, Steve James, Amos Garrett, Bumblebee Slim, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Blake, Mississippi John Hurt, Rev Gary Davis, Robert Johnson, Clapton, Hendrix, Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, John Hammond, Johnny Cash, Michael Jerome Browne, Mose Scarlett, early acoustic Blues, mainly American guitar music really, my son Leo, Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Django Rheinhardt, Richard Thompson, Rory Gallagher, Bob Dylan, Dick Gaughan, Davy Spillane, Nils Lofgren, Arty McGlynn, Tony Rice, Doc Watson, Blind Boy Fuller, 5 Hand Reel, Martin Carthy, The Easy Club, Lunasa, Norman Blake, Martin Taylor, Tony McManus, Bothy Band, Django Reinhardt, David Grier, Emily Remler, Donal Clancy, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Tony Cuffe, Ossian, Soig Siborell, Robin Trower, Dan Crary, Kate Bush, Big Bill Broonzy, John Coltrane, Dr Feelgood, Paddy Glackin, Donal Lunny, Janice Clark, Peerie Willie Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Runrig, Talking Heads, Orange Juice, David Bowie, Josef K, Richard Thompson, Bruce Springsteen, David Byrne, Warren Zevon, Jim Condie, Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Kraftwerk, Joe Hisaishi, Albert Ayler, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Scott Walker, Jacques Brel, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler, Bob Dylan, Bert Jansch, Leonard Cohen, Martin Carthy, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Gang Of Four, Atmus Tietchens, David Sylvian, Japan, Ryuichi Sakamoto, The Beach Boys, Television, James Chance & The Contortions, Mars, Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca, Tom Waits, Gavin Bryars, Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Joao Gilberto, Gal Costa, Os Mutantes, The Smiths, Morrissey, John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, The Beatles, Fennesz, Tom Verlaine, Patti Smith, The Fall, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Shostakovich, Chopin, Johnny Cash, John Hiatt, Steve Reich, John Cage, Philip Glass, Frank Sinatra, Ry Cooder, Ennio Morricone, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, KLF, Delia Derbyshire, Nic Jones, John Martyn, Captain Beefheart etc etc., and of course anyone I've ever worked with!
Sounds Like: You'll have to decide for yourself! But there's lots of slide guitar on there, and the influence of popular American music is obvious!
Record Label: Redberet Records - buy from CDBaby.com, iTunes,etc
Type of Label: Indie