Member Since: 1/5/2005
Band Website: elenimandell.com
Band Members: Eleni Mandell - Vocals & Guitar
Ryan Feves - Bass
Kevin Fitzgerald - Drums
Jeremy Drake- Electric Guitar
Has collaborated with these notables (and worked with many more great musicians):
Jon Brion, Nels Cline, Tony Gilkyson, Herbie Hancock, Greg Liesz, Andrew Borger, Ethan Johns, Brian Kehew, DJ Bonebrake, Kid Congo Powers, Melora Creager, Steve Hodges, Larry Taylor, Andy Kaulkin, Greg Kurstin, Chuck E. Weiss
Influences: The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon, Paper Moon, The Last Picture Show, What's Up Doc?, The Third Man, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Stardust Memories, Manhattan, Annie Hall, The Big Lebowski, Shadows on the Hudson by Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Graduate, The Philadelphia Story, Lost Horizon, Snow by Orhan Pamuk, Technicolor.
plus:
X,
Tom Waits,
The Kinks,
Chuck E. Weiss,
Bob Dylan,
Charles Bukowski,
The Rolling Stones,
The Beatles,
George Gershwin,
The Violent Femmes,
The Zombies,
The Association,
The Smiths,
The English Beat,
Alfred Hitchocock,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Tammy Wynette,
Ray Charles,
Nina Simone,
punk rock boys in homeroom and so much more!
Sounds Like: A cross between Hoagy Carmichael and Leonard Cohen; or
small, strong coffee with cream and one lump of sugar; or
filet mignon and mashed potatoes.
Record Label: Zedtone in North America; V2 in the UK and Europe
Type of Label: Indie