Member Since: 09/04/2006
Band Website: www.andreastranso.com
Band Members: ..
Influences: LIFE! ENERGY! PEOPLE!
I love and take great inspiration from the energy of many things. Some of my favorite musicians and their bands include: Paul Brady, Dick Gaughan, Christy Moore, Ronnie Drew, MáirtÃn de Cógáin, Pat Dermody and Steppin Out, Luke Kelly, John Spillane, Eric Bogle, Stan Rogers, The Corries, The Dubliners, Planxty, Andy Irvine, Steve Tilston, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, John Lennon, John Coltrane, Fairport Convention, Karl Busch and the whole Busch clan of musicians, Steeleye Span, Dervish, Danu, The Pogues, Deanta, Grada, Flook, Athas, Lia Luchra, Lunasa, The Chieftains, The Fuchsia Band, The Tea Merchants, Gaelic Storm, Tommy Makem, Liam Clancy and the Clancy Brothers, Ewan MacColl, Tony Byrne, Chris Wood, Andy Cutting, Karen Tweed, Ian Carr, Peter Yeates, Billy Leatham, Tim Jenkins, Luka Bloom, Tommy Sands, Frogwater, North Cregg, Karan Casey, Cara Dillon, Solas, John Doyle, Liz Carroll, Cherish the Ladies, Boys of the Lough, The Battlefield Band, Silly Wizard, Michael McGoldrick, Patrick Street, At First Light, Gráda, Old Blind Dogs, Jim Malcolm, Johnny Cash, The Boulder Acoustic Society, Kris Drever, Lau, Kate Rusby, Millish, Scythian, Rising Gael, Slide, Beoga, 9 Yards, Ce, The Barra MacNeils, De Danaan, Altan, Arcady, The Incredible String Band, Bach, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, Radiohead, Tim Reynolds, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Paul Simon, Gogol Bordello, Fat Maw Rooney, The Underground Trio, DJ Food, Bjork, Sigur Ros, The Decemberists, Bob Marley, Dougie MacLean, The Skillet Lickers, Bela Fleck, The Flecktones, Greg Brown, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Hedningarna, Iris Dement, Johnny Cash, Le Vent du Nord, Digable Planets, Modest Mouse, Tom Waits...all my friends in the traditional music scene of southwestern Wisconsin and the tri-state area, from the southern Driftless and the Palisades to the Kickapoo Valley and the Ocooch and up to the Lacrosse Coulee, all the great players in the Madison area and over on the east coast of Wisconsin in the mighty Cream City (Milwaukee)...all those fellow buskers out there really going for it...and many many more...
FOR BOOKING, PLEASE CONTACT ANDREAS TRANSØ @
[email protected]
or through this myspace account
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THANK YOU!
Sounds Like: I play:
-a 19'' Brock Robinson bodhrán (Green Bay, Wisconsin maker)
-a Paul Hathway mandola (London, England maker)
-Rob Forkner's Metloef bodhráns (www.metloef.com)
-a late '70s/early '80s Yamaha FG-375 SII guitar (formerly Steve Twigger's of Gaelic Storm...brought to America in early '80s from Coventry, England - www.gaelicstorm.com)
-a 1994 Gordon Bischoff 2JR-078 guitar (an Eau Claire, Wisconsin luthier - www.bischoffguitars.com)
-Will Kilkeary bones (a LaFarge, Wisconsin maker - www.willkilkeary.com)
-tin whistles...any that survive the road
-various spoons, preferably of the soup variety
-my faceCHECK OUT www.bodojo.com for a fantastic online bodhrán community!
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Type of Label: Indie