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Brad Porter

About Me

In short- I am on a constant search for inspiration and productive creativity. My search for the heart of musical and artistic creation has led me to settle in the south for the majority of my young adult life. I grew up in Cincinnati, but cut my early chops in Birmingham, gauged the Memphis scene for a minute, and settled in Oxford, MS. I became even more enthralled--not just with specific artists, but more with-- the spirit of the music/ folk art of North MS and how the style is created and celebrated. While I have years of experience with drumming and art, I do feel as if most of my experience up until now has been based on observation and has served as a learning ground for the creations to come...2 or 3 ... Patrick Sweany Band • Minnesota Deep Blues FestThe Alcazar Hotel video for "Come On! Dig the Unified Theory!"
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Member Since: 2/25/2006
Band Members: Some of the folks I've played with: the Bluff City Backsliders, Rocket 88, Patrick Sweany, Jay Lang & Eric Deaton, Daniel Spears, the Alcazar Hotel, Katharine Whalen's Lucky, Solid Gold, the Al Hazely Band, Seth Libbey's Liberals, Maria y el Sol, Mr. Tater the Music Maker, the Captain Midnight Band, the Big Tasties, Lucas Leigh & Friends, Earthbound, all of the Kudzu Kings' members in other incarnations, George McConnell, house drummer @ the Big Truck Theater, Jim Dickinson and the Yalobushwackers, Davis Coen, Johnny Bennett, Stewart McNair, Big Wooley Mammoth, Erin Mitchell Band, Heavy Pettin', Mollie Garrigan, Buffalo Black...
Influences: What's on the i-pod playlist right now: The Danielson Family, Danielson Ships, David Cross (shut up, you f*king baby!), Blind Willie McTell (last sessions), Bob Dylan (time out of mind), Bobby McFerrin (medicine man), Buddy Miles (best of), the Buffalo Killers (let it ride), Chuck Prophet (soap & water), Dax Riggs (we sing of only blood or love), Doug Sahm (groover's paradise), the Faces (good boys while they're asleep), James Brown (live @ the apollo), Louis Armstrong (L.A. plays W.C. Handy), Memphis Slim w/ Canned Heat & the Memphis Horns, Morphine (good, cure for pain, the night, like swimming), Neutral Milk Hotel (in the aeroplane over the sea), the Pixies (sufer rosa), Professor Longhair (Mardi Gras in N.O.), Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (raising sand), Rod Stewart (every picture tells a story), Sam Cooke (soul stirrers), Sidney Bichet (summertime), T-Rex (bolan boogie), Thin Lizzy (live & dangerous), Tom Waits (rain dogs, mule variations), Van Morrison (moondance), Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis (two men w/ the blues)
Sounds Like: Espresso shots in your ears!!!
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Unsigned

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Gips juke Joint...malcolm & cedric

Best time in Birmingham, AL is had @ Gip's juke joint! Check out the hype @ Gip's Myspace page....
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