Member Since: 5/11/2006
Band Website: www.nicolerusso.co.uk
Influences:
My influences are.. firstly and most importantly Jeff Buckley ever since I dreamt of him on my birthday May 29th... he has always been my muse.
Also Nina Simone, Lou Rawls, Quincy Jones, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Betty Davis, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson, Etta James, Sam Cook, Sarah Vaughan, Minnie Riperton, Chaka Khan, Rufus, Philly Jo Jones, George Benson, Roy Ayers, Kool and the Gang, The Roots, Wah Wah Watson, Neptunes, Muddy Waters, Sly Dunbar, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, The Beatles, Hendricks, Muddy Waters, TY, KRS-ONE, Bootsy Collins, Eric Benet, Roots, Isley Brothers, Jackie Wilson, Jill Scott, Soul II Soul, Arrested Development, Isaac Hayes, James Brown, The Meters, Teddy Pendergrass, Smokey, Earth Wind and Fire,RUN-D.M.C., DJ Jazzy Jeff, Simon and Garfunkel, Roots Mauva, Parliament, Duke Ellington, John Hodges, Parliament, India Arie, Busta Rhymes, D'Angelo, Bobby Womack, Wynton Marseillis, Branfors marseilles, Tony Royston Junior, Jeff Buckley. . . I could go on and on. .
......Oh had to mention 'The Mighty Boosh' which I recently discovered, probably one of the funniest things to come out of England in years.. pure genius.. please check out the clip...
On the Movie front; Kevin Spacey,
Meryle Streep, DeNiro, Pacino, Edward Norton, Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker...