Member Since: 12/2/2004
Band Website: gordogringo.com
Band Members: Philip A. Jimenez: - vox, guitars, banjo, mandoline, keys, loops/sequencing
Dom Dorman: - electric guitar, baritone guitar, vox
Orlando Torres: : - electric bass, upright bass, vox
Jim Mansfield: - drums, percussion, electronics
Influences: These folks are big in my book-:
Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, Soul Coughing, Lou Reed, The Frames, Bright Eyes, The Tragically Hip, Bob Marley, Nick Drake, The Beatles, U2, PJ Harvey, The Cure, Finley Quaye, Daniel Lanois, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Latin Playboys, Los Lobos, Johnny Cash, Beastie Boys, Beck, Ali Farka Toure, The Flaming Lips, Morphine, Mazzy Star, Wilco, Ron Sexsmith,
Neutral Milk Hotel, Postal Service, The Smiths, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, Sparklehorse, Ryan Adams, Ry Cooder, The Police, Cake, Peter Gabriel, Broken Social Scene, Modest Mouse, eels, Jon Brion, Katell Keineg: -(PJ):
Orlando digs all of the above plus: Blur, James Brown, Morcheeba, Massive Attack, Danger Doom, Motown, Led Zeppelin, Ben Harper, Pixies, Pearl Jam, Miles Davis, everything Cuban, Charles Mingus:
Dom has been influenced by alcohol and drugs and :
The Allman Brothers and Motown, along with Otis Redding, Cake, Cream, Phish, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, R.E.M., James Taylor, Portishead, Daft Punk, and your mom.:
Jim's listening to :
amulet records, joseph arthur, derek bailey, beastie boys, beatles, han bennink, bjork, blockhead, blue note records, ry cooder, miles' 60's quintet, brian eno, the frames, milford graves, susie ibarra, hilmar jensson, kitchen motors, kronos quartet, daniel lanois, love slave records, matador records, nonesuch records, radiohead, real world records, terry riley, sparklehorse, songlines records, tzadik records,:
Sounds Like: Broken Social Scene, Death Cab For Cutie, Wilco, Sparklehorse, The Frames, Daniel Lanois, Bright Eyes, The Cure
Record Label: Actively pursuing the right deal .
Type of Label: None