Member Since: 4/9/2006
Band Website: michaeldimitri.com
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Influences: At the risk of loosing my street cred (that is if I have any) I'd have to say the first person to influence me musicaly was my mother. I remember her singing through the house and me playing a broom like it was a guitar. She was a fantastic singer and not just according to me, Decca Records thought so as well and that’s probably why they signed her, unfortunately a short time later she was diagnosed with breast cancer and passed in to spirit she was 23, she was born, Shpressa Dhimitri but she performed under the name 'Vicki Lynn'. It is mainly because of her that I went on to discover;
Elvis,
Little Richard,
Fats Domino,The Everly Brothers,
The Platters, and
just about every Do-wop group,The Supremes,
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles,
Martha and the Vandellas,
James Brown,
The Temptaions,
The Four Tops,
Marvin Gaye,
Otis Redding,
Peter Paul and Mary,
Bob Dylan,
The Rightous Brothers,
The Isley Brothers,
Steve Wonder,
The Byrds,
Buffalo Springfield,
The Beatles,
Joe Cocker,
The Young Rascals,
The Rolling Stones.
The Animals.
Roy Orbison,
The Beach Boys,
Led Zepplin,
Santana,
Jimi Hendrix,
Cream,
Jethro Tull,
Yes,
Johny Cash,
The Allman Brothers,
The Eagles,
Jesse Colin Young,
Waylon Jennings,
George Jones,
Dean Martin,
Sarah Vaughn,
Cat Stevens,
Crosby Stills Nash and Young,
Joni Mitchell,
James Taylor,
America,
Seals and Crofts
There are many more great artists that I have enjoyed listening to but I think the ones listed above have had the most influence on my writng and or my performance
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Record Label: Optimum Records
Type of Label: Indie