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Brent Heckerman

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

About Me

Brent Heckerman has played in the Cincinnati and surrounding area for the past few years, developing his craft and wreaking general musical mischief. Brent's skilled genre-weaving infusion of folk, country, R&B, rock and blues cooks up a groove-immersed sound that will get you in touch with your inner soul man.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/18/2006
Band Members: Brent Heckerman guitar, vox, harmonica
Influences: Hank Williams, Jesse Winchester, Willie Nelson, Greg Brown, Robbie Fulks, David Gray, Bob Dylan, Jimmie Rogers, Brian McNeil, Flannery O'Connor, Joseph Campbell, John Prine, William Blake, Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Walker Percy, Alejandro Escovedo, Sherwood Anderson, Merle Haggard, Neil Young, Albert Camus, Bo Ramsey, Geoffrey Chaucer, Richie Havens, Mark Twain, Nick Drake, Annie Proulx, Queen, Julio Cortazar, Jeff Lebowski, Steve Goodman...
Sounds Like: A foghorn in a field of flowers...
Record Label: Independent
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Death of the Novel

As it often goes with creative ventures, Great American Novel is no longer a performing duo. Not that we will be missed by many, but thanks to those few of you who supported the act for the past year....
Posted by Brent Heckerman on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:22:00 PST

Kids Music!

I always thought I might write a children's book. Maybe some day. But recently there have been some opportunities to try out entertaining children and families on the local music scene. It's huge...
Posted by Brent Heckerman on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:23:00 PST

Levi Usurps Super Hero

Levi's Gone To Town is a tune from last year that will also appear on my debut record Lost Things (Fall 2006). In the recording sessions, Jon Eric's fanatical banjo picking emulsified t...
Posted by Brent Heckerman on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:43:00 PST

Old Tunes, New Tunes

First blog entry. I posted a couple of new tunes - Super Hero and Universe Burns Within - that haven't been road tested yet. The cuts are a bit rough but the core of the tunes is true. If you hear an...
Posted by Brent Heckerman on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 08:10:00 PST