Music:
Member Since: 28/04/2006
Band Website: http://www.indiestore.com/denovablues
Band Members:
Honky Tomkins - Guitar/Vocals.
No one takes it more personally, finds deeper levels to explore, or lifts the sound to greater heights. Skilled in Blues, Jazz and European Folk, it all starts here.
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Blues Andrade - Bass.
Natural and uncompromising, blurring Blues and Jazz lines, he sits at the heart of the action under pinning each musical movement.
www.myspace.com/bluesandrade
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Sly le Feuvre - Keyboards.
Main man of many a well written tune and sitting in to the pleasure of the band; inspirational and elite, he has it all in spades.Machine Gun Querée - Drums.
With credentials beyond inquiry and renowned abilities in Pop, Blues, Jazz, Swing, and Country, he infuses every beat with a steady and decisive pulse.
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Influences:
Over the years the band has traveled through a number of musical guises and been under the influence of more than a few great musical pioneers.
From the Blues world these include John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Freddy King, Guitar Slim, Canned Heat, Jimmy Reed, Jonny Shines, and many, many more.
From the areas of Soul and what is now-a-days called R'n'B we've been into Marvin Gaye, Rick James, Teddy Pendergrass, David Ruffin etc.
From the land of Country there are Gene Clarke, Gram Parsons, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Carl Perkins, Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson etc
From Hip Hop there are The House of Pain, Public Enemy, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Cypress Hill, Dr Dre, Missy Elliott, Prefuse 73, Wu-Tang Clan, The Beastie Boys, etc
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Sounds Like: Remember when music had an unpredictable sense of danger? Recall when the sound came to you in a willfully impressive manner of solid rhythms and monumental solos?___________________________________________
Record Label: Unsigned
