Member Since: 4/20/2006
Band Website: hankvansickle.com
Band Members:
Influences: Like you see in every low budg bio; "Just to name a few":
John Mayall, Joe Yuele, Buddy Whittington, Alex Schultz, Jerry Angel, Jay Work, Willie McNeil, Denny Freeman, Edwing Sankey,Josh Sklair, James Intveld, Rosie Flores, John Marx, Barry Levenson, Jake LaBotz, Jimbo Goodall, Craig Chambers, William Clarke, Bob"Pacemaker" Newham, Mike "Soupy" Sessa, Bill Bateman, Steve Mugalian, Kevin Jarvis, DJ Bonebrake, Denny Croy, Blake Watson,Barry Beihoff, Dave Jackson, Larry Taylor, Jeff Turmes, Rick Reed, Willie Brinlee, Bobby Tsukamato, John Bazz, Mark Goldberg,Dave Gore, Jack Kennedy, Lucy Van Sickle, Rodney Van Sickle, Duane "Irate" "Skinny Girl" "Stackhouse" Jones, George Lardis, Art Gruskin,Mike Sallows, Franz Simandl, Frederick Zimmermann, Sebastian Lee
And a few from the record shelf:
Blues:
Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson, Albert Collins, Albert King,Freddie King, Slim Harpo, Jimmy Reed, Magic Sam, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Ike Turner, T-Bone Walker, Chuck Berry, TheFabulous Thunderbirds, The Silvertones, Jimmy Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Real RnB and Soul:
James Brown, The JB's, The Meters, Booker T and the MG's, Hank Ballard, Charles Brown, Ray Charles, Louis Jordan, Dan Penn,Aretha Franklin, The Bar Kays, Solomon Burke, Percy Mayfield, Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, Joe Tex, ZZ Hill, Bobby "Blue"Bland, Don Covay, Al Green, Wille Mitchell, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Sam and Dave, ArthurAlexander, Junior Walker, Professor Longhair, Fats Domino, The Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley
Rock:
The Allman Brothers, The Beatles, Cream, Elvis Costello, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Prince, The Ramones, The Rolling Stones,AC/DC, ZZ Top
Kinda Country:
Elvis Presley, Speedy West, Jimmy Bryant, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Spade Cooley, Hank Thompson, Johnny Cash, Bill Frisell,Woody Guthrie, Wille Nelson, Hank Snow, John Prine, Charlie Rich, Merle Travis, Hank Williams
Jazz:
Theolonius Monk, Bill Evans, Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Fats Waller, Hank Jones, MilesDavis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Morgan, Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, BenWebster, Coleman Hawkins, Dexter Gordon, Milt Jackson, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Johnny Smith, JohnnyHartman, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Smith, Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Lou Donaldson, Shirley Scott, RaymondScott, Spike Jones, Cal Tjader, Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Weather Report, Larry Goldings, Medeski Martin and Wood
Bass Players:
Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Blanton, Scott LaFaro, Paul Chambers, Charlie Haden, Charles Mingus, Ray Brown, George Mraz, PercyHeath, Jaco Pastorius, Donald "Duck" Dunn, George Porter, Tommy Cogbill, David Hood, Leroy Hodges, Willie Weeks, BernardOdum, Fred Thomas, Chris Wood, James Jamerson, Johnny B. Gayden, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Keith Ferguson, Preston Hubbard,Ronnie James Weber
Real Old Timey Stuff:
Pablo Casals, Glenn Gould, Itzhak Perlman, Janos Starker
And a few from the book shelf:
Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, John Fante, John Steinbeck, Ken Kesey, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, James Fenimore Cooper,Hunter S. Thompson, Erskine Caldwell, Peter Guralnick, Jean Sheppard, Patrick O'Brian, C.S. Forester, P.G. Wodehouse,Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alexandre Dumas, Sherman Alexie, David JamesDuncan, James Ellroy, Michael Connelly, Patricia Highsmith, Ross MacDonald, Mickey Spillane, Dashiell Hammett, RaymondChandler, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alfred Steiglitz, Ansel Adams
Just to name a few. There's lots more.
Sounds Like: Tennis shoes in the dryer. Oops no wait, that's the drummer. I sound like thump dadump dadump (breath here) thump dadump dadump. All night long. Except when I'm drinking. Then I sound like glug de glug de glug.ba dump dump crash. How's that steak folks? Don't forget to tip your bartenders and waitresses.With bass in hand I'm trying to be: Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Blanton, Scott LaFaro, Paul Chambers, Charlie Haden, Charles Mingus, Ray Brown, George Mraz, Percy Heath, Jaco Pastorius, Donald "Duck" Dunn, George Porter, Tommy Cogbill, David Hood, Leroy Hodges, Willie Weeks, Bernard Odum, Fred Thomas, Chris Wood, James Jamerson, Johnny B. Gayden, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Keith Ferguson, Preston Hubbard, and Ronnie James Weber.When I listen to the playback it still sounds like Danny Partridge. Argggghhh.
Back to the drawing board. Glug de glug de glug.
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