Member Since: 11/04/2006
Band Website: http://www.chicksinga.com
Influences: Maybe not exactly influences, but I am totally into... al green, amyl justin , andrews sisters, anita baker, anita suhanin , ann peebles, annie ross, aretha franklin, art pepper, betty carter, big band, big mama thornton, bill small , bill withers, blackalicious, blood sweat and tears, bob dorough, bob florence, bob mould, bonerama, booty vortex , boswell sisters, brand new heavies, brent carter, brian setzer, brides of funkenstein, cameo, chaka khan, charlie parker, chucklehead ,
confunkshun, corey harris, count basie, crowded house, david garibaldi,
dc talk, denise lasalle, dennis
brennan , diana krall, diane schuur, dianne reeves, dirty dozen brass
band, duke ellington, dwight ritcher , e. c. scott, earth wind and fire, eddie
jefferson, eddie palmieri, ella fitzgerald, elvis costello, etta james, fink fank funk , foo
fighters, francine reed, funkadelic, galactic, gap band, george clinton,
gerry mulligan, gladys knight, groovasaurus, helen humes, horn sections, hot tamale brass band, india.arie, irma thomas, issac delgado, james brown, jamiroquai, jeff galindo, jill scott, jimmy bosch, joe jackson, joe williams, john aruda , john coltrane, johnny adams, jon hendricks, joyce kennedy, julia lee, julie london, katie webster, keali'i reichel, keb mo, kenny neal, kevin mahogany, kit holliday , labelle, lambert
hendricks and ross, lauryn hill, lil johnson, liz nickrenz , lou rawls, louis
armstrong, louis jordan, louis prima, lovely , lyle lovett, machito, macy gray, mahalia jackson, manhattan transfer, marc anthony, marvin gaye, matthew stubbs band , mavis staples, mc 900 foot jesus, me'shell ndegeocello, melonie daniels, mel torme, memphis minnie, michael franti, mighty clouds of joy, mighty sam mcclain, miles davis, miss tess , nat king cole, n'dea davenport, ohio players, olga tanon, parlet, parliament, poncho sanchez, prince, random house of soul , rebirth brass band, rickie lee jones, ricky "king" russell , rippopotamus , ruben blades, ruth brown, ryan hartt & the blue hearts , sam cooke, sarah vaughan, sax gordon , scott shetler , sister rosetta tharpe, solomon burke, spearhead, squeeze, steely dan, stevie wonder, sublime, sugar ray, superhoney , taj mahal, take 6, tal bachman, teena marie, the bar-kays, the jethros, the meters, the time, the velvet fog, thomas dolby, tim gearan , tito puente, tito rojas, todd rundgren, tom waits, tower of power, tuck and patti, victoria spivey,
vocalese, walter "wolfman" washington, willie colon, wilson pickett, xtc, yes virginia .
Sounds Like: According to many inebriated people in the clubs, Janis Joplin, Susan Tedeschi, and Bonnie Raitt. However, none of that is actually true, it's just the booze filter (beer muffs?). I've had one reference each to Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Big Mama Thornton, and (!!!!!) Gladys Knight. More likely than any of the first three, but I'm still not entirely buying it.
Record Label: Hahahahahahahaha! Oh, that's rich. Really, it is.