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TheRedCents

Roots Rock Revolutionaries!

About Me

The Red Cents are revolutionaries, always ready to ride out across the semi-temperate tundra of urban Melbourne and outlying districts, spreading the word of chops-laden roots rock. Described as `Quentin Tarantino’s Wedding Band’ the four Red Cents are worth more than the sum of their discontent. “Wyatt” Earl sings like Smokey Dave plays guitar, when nothing else in the world makes sense, you play some music. Big Andy T is a veritable bass doctor and Jamie the Frog O’Neill knows all about them drums. Barely a year old the lads have already played along side such bands as Carus and the True Believers, CWQ, Cliffy Davis Good Time Band, The Vasco Era, The Woulds and CW Stoneking. Beat Magazine described their “For As Long You Like” demo (recorded at PBS Studio 5, with Steph O’Hara from the Blue Grassy Knoll) as ` bluesy’ and `gospel tinged’ but more importantly as `flawed but endearing’. The Red Cents understood that to be the highest of compliments for their gaze is fixed on the horizon, on pleasing the punters, on the next heartfelt tune.

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Member Since: 3/23/2006
Band Website: theredcents.com
Band Members: "Wyatt" Earl Leonard- Vocals/Guitar, "Smokey" Dave Ruddick- Guitar/Vocals, "Big Andy T." Tigges- Bass, Jamie "Frog" O'Niell- Drums.

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Influences: Bob Dylan, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Mazzy Star, The Spoils, The Mables, The Dead Salesmen, The Band, The Dirty Three, Neco Case, Jolly Holland, Tom Waits, Hothouse Flowers, Django, Miles Davis, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, Elvis, Roy Orbison, The Woulds, Matheson, Epicure, Mark Lanegan, Jimmy Smith, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dr. John, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, Temple of The Dog, Talking Heads, Carl Perkins, Johny Cash, Tom Petty, The Rye Catchers, The Silmarils, The Two O'Clock Shadows, Split Enz, CWQ, Matt Walker & Ashley Davies, Mighty Servant, Pucinni, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Scott Joplin, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kurt Veil, Woody Guthrie, Wilco, Cowboy Junkies, Kieth Jarret, Charlie Parker, Leonard Cohen, MArvin Gaye, Curstis Mayfield, Mettalica, Iron Maiden, Cindy Lauper, John Lee Hooker, Soundgarden, Black Eyed Susans, Ledbelly, Hank Williams, Pulp, The Beatles, Adam Ant, Grant Morrison, William Gibson, Niel Gaiman, Douglas Adams, Christopher Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Batman, The Riddler, but our greatest influences are our friends and family and those little everyday things that happen and make you wanna play some tunes.
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