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Nevada Newman

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Member Since: 4/5/2006
Band Website: asylumstreetspankers.com
Band Members: The following Austin musicians played on "Why Do It Right"Vocals, guitars and mandolin: Nevada Newman Clarinet: Jon Doyle Slide guitar and harmonica Guy Forsyth Banjo: Charlie Rose Bass: P.B. Shane Drums: Paul Schlichting Rythm Guitar and fiddle: Sick Washboard and percussion: Wammo
Influences: Ry Cooder, Mark Knopfler, Taj Majal, Proffessor Longhair, The Edge, Django Reinhart, Lonnie Johnson, Check Berry, T-bone Walker, Chet Atkins, George Thorogood, Mississippi John Hurt, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, Albert King, Elmore James, Danny Gatton, Scotty Moore, Chuck Hall, Fats Domino, Louis Jordan, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Rapp, Jimmie and Stevie Vaughn, Jimmy Reed, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Christian, Lord Ivanhoe, Buck Owens, Tampa Red, George Harrison, Rick Chapman, Mance Lipcomb, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, B.B. King, Bob Dylan, Leon Redbone, Fats Domino, Proffeser Longhair, Willie Nelson, Jimmie Rodgers, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Bo Diddley, Bill Haley's Comets, The Beatles, The Ventures, Herb Albert and theTiajuana Brass, Skip James, Hank Williams, fck it you get the idea
Sounds Like: You tell me
Record Label: Spanks-a-lot
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Wide Awake in Poland

It's 3:30 am in Katowice, Poland. We got here yesturday afternoon and I was tired-so tired. I tried to stay awake as long as I could but only made it to about 8:30pm and then crashed hard only to wake...
Posted by Nevada Newman on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:59:00 PST

I got jacked.

I had a bit of a catastrophy happen to me this past saturday. After our show at Golden Gate Park in San Fransisco I was on an errand using a car that our host had lent us for the day. We were away fr...
Posted by Nevada Newman on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:52:00 PST

bad tattoo--good tattoo

When I was in 20 almost 20 years ago I got my second tattoo from a biker in Lexington Park Md.  I was in the navy at the time stationed at Pax River NATC.  Tattoos were not cool and stylish ...
Posted by Nevada Newman on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:50:00 PST

Proper Spanish

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Illiterate, complacent folk of one of my favorite cities.  It's  Manchaca not Manshack.  Manchaca you know, like man--cha--ca.  How the fuck do you get mansha...
Posted by Nevada Newman on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:58:00 PST

computerese

I'm so fucking computer stupid! I can't figure out how to take "Smokey Dokey" from windows media player and turn it into an MP3 so i can upload it to myspace. I want to change all those songs. "Cand...
Posted by Nevada Newman on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:31:00 PST

classical music

Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh..... I just gave myself a good fix of classical music.  The set consisted of: Shubert's  "Serenade" Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B flat major" Gottschalk's "Variations...
Posted by Nevada Newman on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:12:00 PST

monotony

    Alright, I've been bothered long enough about blogging so here's a little nonsense from my current mood.  I'm bored.  Totally fucking bored.  I'm actually in the midd...
Posted by Nevada Newman on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:41:00 PST