Member Since: 3/26/2006
Band Website: ronanmurraymusic.com
Band Members: Me on piano and vocals, Pete Maguire on guitars and bass, Lynette Maguire on clarinet and Kevin Mullins on drums.
Influences: Where to begin... Bach, Franck, Debussy, Ravel, Vierne, Rachmaninov in the arena of "classical" and organ music. A great influence was Pierre Cochereau, organist of Notre-dame Cathedral, Paris until his premature death in 1984. He was a staggeringly gifted interpreter and improviser and a fine judge of whiskey. Getting closer to the present day, Gershwin, Kern, Bernstein and the Tin Pan Alley guys exerted their effects. I'm a huge fan of Motown and sixties soul music. In terms of modern songwriters, I owe a huge debt to Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb, James Taylor, Carole King, Van Morrison, Elton John, Jools Holland, Laura Nyro, Nick Drake, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Kate Bush, Tori Amos and more. Bands I've loved include The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Cream, Traffic, Mamas and Papas, Pentangle, Fairport Convention and loads of others... My good mates Josh Johnston and Pete Maguire have also been an unending source of ideas and inspiration.
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