Member Since: 25/03/2006
Band Members: ***The Usual Suspects in my own bands and fill in's: Captain Kennie Fuller, Benji Franz, Yugon Chobanoff, Almore James, GBN Bushby, Drake Denyer, Geoff Bushby, Laurence "The Sheik" Petre Allen, Mark "Senior" Constable, Angus Diggs, Reggie Zar, Howie Johnson, Howie Shawcross, Johnnie "HT" Wilson, Panama Harry, Little Al Maloni, Rick Steele, Indigo Duck, Diamond Dave, Dave Brewer, Richie Pavledis...
***As Touring Bassplayer with: Lynwood Slim, Alex Schultz, Kirk Fletcher, Richard Innes, Marc Tee, Big Joe Louis, Fiona Boyes, Ivan Zar.
I've also backed Chris Wilson, Little Fi, Bob Margolin, Big Bill Morganfield, Hat Fitz and Eugene Bridges.
Influences: Dunno what I can say about influences..other than many and varied!! What I can say is that I looove Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, T-Bone Walker, Chuck Berry, Johnny Guitar Watson, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker...Tango, Bossa Nova, Mambo, the Sounds of Old Decadent Europe, Eastern European Folk and Gypsy, Arabian Wails and Jewish Clarinettes..the list goes on in all sortsa directions...Marlene Dietrich, Nina Hagen, have I allready mentioned Edith Piaf??..well, here she goes again..Edith Piaf, Billie Holiday, Johnny Cash, James Harman, Junior Watson, Lynwood Slim, Big Joe Louis, Little George Sueref, Tom Waits, Louis Prima, Nick Cave and his astonishing Bad Seeds, David Bowie, Django Reinhard, Blondie, John Lennon, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Troggs, John Barry and all his Bond soundtracks, Link Wray, George Harrison...Thin Lizzy, Motorhead...Ivan Zar, Chris Wilson, Deborah Conway, The Dirty Three, The TigerLillies, Roxy Music, The Sleepy Jackson, Little Birdy and amazing Norwegians DeLillos and Kaizers Orchestra...and while we're on Norwegians..the soundtrack to my grandparents..Jens Book Jensen, Ivar Ruste, Ingerid Vardun..so take all of that, chuck in a good dose of all stops in between and boil it all up into a pretty thick , but oh so veeery tasty sludge, and presto...there you have it...quite a steaming brew indeed!!
I think the summary of it all is that I love great songs..progressions..hooklines..great riffs, love words that capture what it's all about..life, love...the lot, and I looove interesting sound and feel...the stuff that captures the imagination and human condition..the stuff with the power to transport you to a place far away, long gone or yet to be..the stuff that takes you to the Core..!!
Raw emotion in music speaks far louder to me than musicianship..the whole head and heart thing folks!! Tom Waits stomping on a rusty piece of tin while playing his broken banjo and wheezing like an emphysaemic accordion excites me so much more than the most perfectly excecuted piece of musical virtuosity...
Yepp...that's pretty much my influences...make of it what you wish !!!
Sounds Like: Hmmm... I'd love to say Howlin' Wolf...but that would be a big, fat lie!!! ********************************************************** With
Lynwood Slim, Alex Schultz, Richard Innes @ The Pineapple, Brisbane 2005
********************************************************** With Big Joe Louis, Lynwood Slim, Yugon Chobanoff @ The Bald Face Stag, Sydney 2007, and below, at Great Southern Blues and Rockabilly Festival 2007...
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With Fiona Boyes and Blue Empress Revue @ Great Southern Blues and Rockabilly Festival 2008
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With Diunna Greenleaf, Fiona Boyes & Sue Foley "Blue Empress Revue"
Great Southern Blues and Rockabilly Festival 2008
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With Sue Foley & Blue Empress Revue
Great Southern Blues & Rockabilly Festival
Type of Label: Major