Music:
Member Since: 12/11/2004
Band Website: www.kateylaurel.com
Band Members: Katey plays Kurzweil keyboards, acoustic guitar, occasionally tambourine, triangle, shaker and water glasses, and once upon a time, various brass instruments. When she's lucky, she plays honest-to-goodness real live acoustic grand and upright pianos. She also sings. Has recorded with: Adam Rey - Lead Electric GuitarNick Zamora - Drums and Percussion Bijoux Barbosa - Upright and Electric Basses CJ Lewis - Piano/Hammond Organ/Rhodes/Jupiter 6 and Kurzweil SynthesizersJason Embry - CelloKelly Carlson - ViolinPaul Andrews - Audio Engineer and Co-Producer (Bridge Studios)Photography by Charles Crabtree, Tim Sutherland and Breck Larson with a few live shots by other talented photographers.
Influences: Most easily influenced by Over the Rhine, Ben Folds, Elliott Smith, Natalie Merchant, Sixpence None The Richer, Sarah McLachlan, David Gray, Travis, Coldplay, the Counting Crows, Amos Lee, Patty Griffin, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Denison Witmer, Susan Enan, Damien Rice, Howie Day, James Blunt and Griffin House.
Early influences included Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, the Red Clay Ramblers, Doc Watson, Tim and Molly O'Brien, Elton John, Jackson Browne, The Eagles, Tom Petty, Steve Miller Band, Little Feat, Led Zeppelin, the Who and Fleetwood Mac.
Other favorites include: Alison Krauss & Union Station, Aqualung, Arms and the Boy, Beck, Beethoven, Ben Harper, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Cake, Orff, The Cars, Citizen Cope, Collective Soul, Cowboy Curse, The Cowboy Junkies, The Cranberries, Crowded House, The Cure, Dave Barnes, Dave Matthews, Diana Krall, Dido, Dire Straits, The Dixie Chicks, Erin McKeown, The Fray, Gavin DeGraw, George Gershwin, Gerram Mathews, Holly Williams, Imogen Heap, Jason Mraz, Jem, Jewel, John Butler Trio, John Legend, JP Hoe, Keane, Kim Taylor, Kings of Convenience, Kris Delmhorst, Lyle Lovett, Martin Sexton, Matt Wertz, Meese, Micah Nightingale, Mozart, Natasha Bedingfield, Nickel Creek, Norah Jones, Oasis, Pachelbel, Pedro the Lion, Peter Mulvey, The Police, The Postal Service, The Pretenders, The Proclaimers, R.E.M., Rachael Yamagata, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rosie Thomas, Strauss, Rilo Kiley, Rob Drabkin, Rockwell Church, A Rogers/Wells Project, Ron Sexsmith, Rufus Wainwright, Sacha Sacket, Samuel Barber, Rachmaninoff, The Shins, The Strokes, Sufjan Stevens, The Sundays, Sunny Taylor, Switchfoot, The Talking Heads, Third Day, Tracy Chapman, U2, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Vivaldi, The Waifs, The Wallflowers, Waterdeep, Weezer, Wheat, The Whitlams, and Wilco.
Sounds Like: Songs from the heart.
Record Label: Roaring Twenties Records
Type of Label: Indie
