Member Since: 13/04/2006
Band Website: www.mattbeckler.net
Band Members: Singer/Songwriter, Matt Beckler
Influences: MUSIC: The Innocence Mission, Aorta, Brian Hall, Beth Gibbons/Portishead, Nick Drake, Mason Proffit, Big Star, Beirut, Doc Watson, Johnny Cash, Steeleye-Span, Roscoe Holcomb, Richard and Linda Thompson, Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly, Vashti Bunyan, Sigur Ros, Wilco, Loose Fur, Gillian Welch/David Rawlings, The Carter Family, Lovecraft(Valley of the Moon), Woody Guthrie, Mahalia Jackson, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, The Sundays, Muddy Waters, Fairport Convention, Neil Young, Scott Joplin, Etta James, Coleman Hawkins, Hank Williams, Jackson Browne, The Jayhawks, Paul Simon, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, John Doyle, The Rolling Stones, The Verve, Spiritualized, Elliot Smith, Bing Crosby, (early)YES, On-Fillmore, The Cure, The Inkspots, Miles Davis, Sun Kil Moon, T-Rex, Bill Monroe, The Everly Brothers, Brian Wilson(and the Beach Boys), Big Bill Broonzy, Great Lake Swimmers, New Order, The Shins, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Grizzly Bear, Mazzy Star, Vetiver, Radiohead, Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke, Robert Johnson, A. Segovia, Chopin, Django Reinhardt, The Stanley Brothers...WRITERS/POETS/TEACHERS: Jesus, My Father, C.S. Lewis, Sherwood Anderson, Dylan Thomas, W.B. Yeats, Martin Luther, Walt Whitman, King David, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Albert Camus, Jack Kerouac, Thomas Watson, Emily Dickinson, Soren Kierkegaard ...
Sounds Like: Matt Beckler.
Record Label: Sleepingday Music
Type of Label: Indie