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The Moriartis

esoteric indie not a clue soul jazzy blues folk?

About Me

Well Im Mike Dearing and I these are the songs that my old band the Moriartis did. I currently play in an acoustic trio (THE LOS DAWSONS) http://thelosdawsons.blogspot.com/ and I have also been known to go out as a singer songwriter or as a duo with Dennis Greaves (Nine Below Zero) or Dave Burrluck (Los Dawsons).
THE LOS DAWSONS (HERE ON MY SPACE) RUN AN ACOUSTIC LIVE MUSIC NIGHT ON SUNDAY EVENINGS IN CHARLTON AND WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ACTS TO SIT IN..... so get in touch

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/27/2006
Band Website: moriarti.co.uk
Band Members: The CD has the following mob on it: Simon Strevens, playing Drums percussion and singing backing vocals, Phil Dearing playing Hammond and some piano other essential and haunting vocal work is completed by Cecelia le Poer Power, Im Mike Dearing and Im playing all guitar work, bass, Synths Hammond, Rhodes, Drums and signing oh a melody musical saw, Dennis Greaves sings on Trampling on my Soul
Influences: in no particular order: Robert Johnson Tom Waits Miles Davis Beck Hansen John McGeoch Johannes Brahmes Ezio Eric Satie Mingus The Comsat Angels XTC Dennis Greaves Johnie Marr & Greenwood Glenn Tilbrook Graham Coxon STAX Mark Nevin Barney Kessel The Sex Pistols Eddie Reader Big Joe Turner Davey Graham Japan Little Feat The Kinks Jackie Wilson Peter Shelley Otis Redding Jimi Hendrix New Model Army The Monkees The Clash Eric Gale and Idle Ska Music and 1970s dub Reggae Howard Roberts and De Voto X-Ray Specs Peter Gabriel Joe Jackson Hungarian Gypsy Music SRV Percy Grainger Staple Singers Josue Martin Andy Purkiss Jerry Garcia Cherry Garcia Accordian Music Led Zeppelin Django Reinhardt and Bates Tom Robinson Charlie Parker Honeyman-Scott Tom Petty Neil Young Ry Cooder Keef Richard Phil Dearings Bluetrain The Blockheads David Bowie Stray Cats Elvis Costello and Presley Hank Williams Richard Thompson Harry Parry Turin Brakes Steve Morrison Captain Beefheart and Pugwash Carl Orff 1930s German cabaret John Watts Ella Fitzgerald Siouxsie and the Banshees Counting Crows Billie Holiday Billy Clift Small Faces Nina Simone Radiohead The Canonball Adderley quartet Jimmy Smith Wilko Johnson Wilson Pickett and last and by no means least Kenny Burrell
Sounds Like: "elements of XTC, meets Beefheart meets Nat King Cole, meets Gypsy meets goodness knows what... oddly english sarf east london with european flavours, eclectic"
Record Label: whats one of them?
Type of Label: None

My Blog

May 07

well Im playing with the los dawsons every other Sunday at Chu and Chos, I wonder whether its time to go mainstream jazz there...  having listened to "the Jazz" on DAB Im in two minds. currently ...
Posted by The Moriartis on Wed, 16 May 2007 02:53:00 PST

May 07

well Im playing with the los dawsons every other Sunday at Chu and Chos, I wonder whether its time to go mainstream jazz there...  having listened to "the Jazz" on DAB Im in two minds. currently ...
Posted by The Moriartis on Wed, 16 May 2007 02:55:00 PST

thursday - just

well Im currently trying to put an acoustic CD together with Gus Glen, Mark Walker Phil Dearing Dennis Greaves and hopefully Steve Morrison,  so Gus and I have run through seven songs and we...
Posted by The Moriartis on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:12:00 PST

Internet radio unsigned music, live acoustic music...

Well its proving very hard to run a radio station on top of everything else so Ive put it on hold for a bit, the shoutcast qc1 people are very good if youre interested in this technology... Ive invest...
Posted by The Moriartis on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:17:00 PST

Progress of sorts, internet radio station a go go

well Radio Moriarti is now up the link is http://www.moriarti.co.uk/radio.htm click on the button there to listen or put this in your browser http://mikedearing.qc1.net:8096/listen.pls or cl...
Posted by The Moriartis on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:01:00 PST

Music as ever

The Star and Garter has got a good vibe to it after 3 shows so thats good., slowly amassing copyright free (or at least with owners permission to broadcast) material for Radio Moriarti, sussed out t...
Posted by The Moriartis on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:01:00 PST

the start

well I guess its about time, Ive written tons of muisc and played in lots of bands, Im running a Shoutcast radio station - Radio Moriarti, Ive been listening to Tom Robinson on BBC Radio 6 and he play...
Posted by The Moriartis on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:22:00 PST