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Peter Murphy's Carver Combo

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About Me

"Murder of Crows" - Coming Soon!
Staffan Johansson and Peter Murphy first met in the fall of 1999. After half an hour in rehearsal, they performed their first gig together in a small club in stockholm and have just kept going on ever since. Wanting to add a bit more diversity to their music, they decided to call the best. Stefan Cronebck had been playing with Staffan before and Andreas Nordell with Peter and by springtime 2000, Peter Murphy's Carver Combo was a fact. Very quickly everything fell into place and they developed a way of making music that was both fast, rewarding and very exciting. Peter writes the songs and the whole band brings what they've got to the arrangements. With Andreas inventive upright bass playing and beautiful backing vocals, Stefans dynamic drumming and Staffans characteristic and unpredictable guitar playing combined with Peters songs, they found a sound of their own. This sound has been described in various ways and will hopefully continue to be described in various ways. Even though having many songs is one of the strengths with this band, it can make it difficult when it comes to picking out the right ones for a debut album. After playing the clubs in Stockholm (one highlight being a gig with Rufus Wainright) for about a year and a half, making demos and plans our boys entered the Eastman Studio in 2003 to record "One sin between me & the Lord". With a little financial help from Sony Publishing and a truckload of help from their co-producer Jerker Eklund it was finished a year later. The record is full of guest musicians and one of them, the fabulous Markus Olsson, who plays sax and bass clarinet on the album, is now a permanent member of the band, adding further to the Carver Combo sound with his feverish organ playing. A man of many talents! So with Markus in the band and a brand new record up their sleeve, I give you: Peter Murphy's Carver Combo!
GET YOUR COPY OF "ONE SIN BETWEEN ME & THE LORD" AT WWW.CDON.COM IF YOU LIVE IN EUROPE. IF YOU DON'T JUST CLICK THE CDBABY LINK BELOW...
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/27/2006
Band Website: carvercombo.com
Band Members:
Peter Murphy - Vocals

Andreas Nordell - Upright Bass

Stefan Cronebck - Drums

Marcus Olsson - Organ, Piano

Staffan Johansson - Guitars

Jerker Eklund - Whatever, Soul

Influences:
Bo Diddley
Bessie Smith
Andre Williams
Screaming Jay Hawkins
Link Wray
Bunker Hill
Hank Williams
The Clash
Kitty Wells
Lee Perry
Phil Spector
Roy Orbison
Reigning Sound
Tom Waits
Lavern Baker and so on....

Sounds Like: All of the above with a twist of soul. www.myspace.com/gravewaxrecords
Record Label: GraveWax Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Is it true?" Carver Combo FAQ

Oh the rumours!!! Fear not. We've worked it all out for you.     "Is it true?".... Carver Combo Q & A. Q: "Is it true that Staffan Johansson was raised in a suburb outside of Vladivosto...
Posted by Peter Murphy's Carver Combo on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:50:00 PST

More Liz!

Yes. May 31st Liz will make a guest appearance at Club Killers Debaser.
Posted by Peter Murphy's Carver Combo on Mon, 29 May 2006 05:22:00 PST

Nuttall

Staffan Johansson is playing with the fantastic Katarina Nuttall at Dancin' Dingo on friday the 12th of may. Amazing voice, great music. Don't miss it!
Posted by Peter Murphy's Carver Combo on Thu, 11 May 2006 02:37:00 PST

Selfsigned

Peter Murphy's Carver Combo at Alcazar Tuesday 9th of may 8pm. See you there!!!!
Posted by Peter Murphy's Carver Combo on Mon, 08 May 2006 05:28:00 PST

Liz Heiner

On saturday the 29:th of april Liz Heiner is performing songs from her debut album "too weak to stop the show" at Maria,Lisa,Sofie tengdahls gatan 32.   The show starts at ten. Liz and Peter...
Posted by Peter Murphy's Carver Combo on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:14:00 PST

not a common bird

Go checkout the fabulous Wendy McNeill at Mosebacke Tomorrow Night (25/4)! Your Carver Boy Andreas on the upright bass!...
Posted by Peter Murphy's Carver Combo on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:11:00 PST