Member Since: 3/12/2006
Band Website: thefritters.com
Band Members:
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I'm just another singer-songwriter from south Texas that writes kick ass songs and is entertaining as hell. I went to the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico. I have waited tables at the infamous Leon Springs Cafe, I helped build the southbound bridge and retaining wall over the Union Stock Yard, worn a huge heart while singing telegrams, and produced in local television since 1992. Music is new to me
and I'm here to learn all I can. And, if you want to hear me, I probably want to play for you!
I wasn't five years old when I picked up the guitar. My family hasn't been in the music business for generations. My first guitar was stolen. I have broken my ankle and been stabbed. If you want to see my scars you have to ask. Nicely.
I took the background photo of the ladies room in Luckenbach. There's lots of groovy stuff in the blog area.
The Fritters are me, KELLI KING & JIM BOUCHARD. Jim lives in Boston and produces the music, I live in SA and solve the lyric puzzles. We record and create on APPLE Computers using GARAGEBAND. I perform my original music locally.
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Influences: Lucinda Williams, Nancy Griffith, Terri Hendrix, Ruthie Foster, Marcia Ball, Claude "Butch" Morgan, Doug Sahm, Rickie Lee Jones, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Emmy Lou, Patsy Cline and Montana, Dolly Parton, Robbie Fulks, Danny Barnes, Patty Griffin, Freddie Fender, Tom Waits, Ani Di Franco, Ed Hammel, James "Slim" Hand, Slim Roberts, Wilco, The Flaming Lips, Chrissy Hynde, The Kinks, Ella Fitzgerald, Wayne "the train" Hancock, Alejandro Escovedo, True Stories, Linda Rondstat, The Carpenters, Blondie, cute little dogs, The Clash, The Beatles, Joan Armatrading, Janis Ian, Michelle Shocked, KD Lang, The Indigo Girls, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Sam Cooke, Billy Blue Bland, Stevie Wonder, The Bee Gees, Donal Fagan, Tracy Chapman, Nina Simone & Nastasia, Heart, Billy Holiday, Dusty Springfield, Chicago, America, Bread(un-huh, you want to make something of it?), CCR, Shawn Colvin, Ms. Crow, et cetera, et cetera. Too many to mention.... I'm influenced mostly by heart, melody, lyric, soul. It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.
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Record Label: Do It Yourself
Type of Label: None