GARLAND RAY PROJECT

Music:

Member Since: 3/14/2006
Band Members: Kaetlin Kennedy is the vocalist, pianist, and composer..... Fiona Petra plays live violin, and banjo also adding second vocal harmonies... and Mr. Larry Yes is the genius on the vibes, violin, and pots and pans on these current recordings.... (NEW SONGS SOON w/ Kaetlin & Fiona)
Influences: I am obsessed with time & space, and watching the beginning & end of the world, w/ physics & GOD, w/ Tennesse Williams, Sam Cooke, La La La Human Steps, Alejandro Jordowosky, all the Capricorns... Elvis, David Bowie, Faye Dunaway, Janis Joplin, Alvin Ailey, and most importantly Cassius Clay & J.D. Salinger. I speak the gospel of "Network" the 1976 film that foreshadows the evils of television and the global corporate takeover. I WORSHIP David Lynch....everything he has done w/ film and SOUND.... and TWIN PEAKS is my religion w/ Major Garland Briggs as the prophet. I wish we could all go to the school of Werner Herzog or Isadora Duncan's School of Life... Buster Keaton makes my heart ache... Matthew Barney is fascinating... NWA is my punk rock (but I love the Misfits, too.) The Brothers Quay are perfection & Kate Bush, Yoko Ono, Miranda July, Diamanda Galas, Nina Simone, Patti Smith & the queen Tina Turner are the ladies I bow down to..... I was raised on all the 4AD (This Mortal Coil, His Name Is Alive, Cocteau Twins, Throwing Muses, Tarnation, & Birthday Party)....I walk the path of all the Soul, Gospel, and R&B (Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Freddie Scott, Smokey Robinson, Etta James, Staple Singers, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Martha Reeves, Curtis Mayfield, the list goes on...) I love the Smiths (I want Morrisey to be my buddy), I want to have Nick Cave's children, love Nina Hagen, PJ Harvey, the Stooges, Brian Eno, the Cure, Blondie, Alice Cooper, MC5, all the girl groups, Love, Kinks, John Lennon is THE MAN, and the Beatles are good too, etc. etc......and Finally JAZZ! I believe Sun Ra came to save the world, Duke Ellington is the King, Charles Mingus is the rythm in my heart, and Thelonius Monk is the rebel inspiration! Finally, I will fight to the death for free speech, love, peace, & happiness, and am inspired daily by the bravery of the human heart, and all of the unrecognized soldiers for LOVE! I also like when strangers smile at each other.... that is nice. (Performed by Family Sampler Dancers... It is another group Kaetlin and Fiona are in... the other dancers are Angela Campbell & Karin Lehman... we love heaven)
Sounds Like: We are currently trying to create modern gospel music... the sound on the streets.... of protest songs for the people... and machinery...Garland Ray Project is a hybrid love child of This Mortal Coil, Ike & Tina, sound for a David Lynch film, and all the old gospel traditionals..... It is beautiful music w/ a punk rock undercurrent... It is about Freedom!
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None