Member Since: 5/16/2006
Band Website: corinraymond.com
Band Members: The Sundowners are Corin Raymond, singing his songs with unadulterated joy, David Baxter tearing up his Gibson, tortoise-shell pick jumping, Treasa Levasseur squeezing that giant Hohner and being the laughing songbird that she is, Joe Phillips, drawing tears and goosebumps all the way, and Darcy Yates, the man who lives in the pocket. I love this band. Honorary Sundowners: Sahra Featherstone, Sean Cotton, Marc Roy.
Influences: Rod Serling, Ray Bradbury, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Howlin' Wolf, Robert Frost, Alan Jay Lerner, Lorenz Hart, Sam Cooke, John Prine, Leonard Cohen, NIE, Marvel Comics, Sunday Afternoon Twilight Zones on City TV, Claire Jenkins, The D. Rangers, the songs of Jaxon Haldane, Doug Norquay, Justin Rutledge, Bob Snider, Tom Waits, Jesse Winchester, Evalyn Parry, Nancy Dutra, Madrigaia, Romi Mayes, The SunParlour Players, The Swiftys, The Perpetrators. Dennis Potter. Movies. Keith Maillard's books. Ontario North of Superior. Charles Frazier, James Ellroy, Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler, Ridley Bent, John Steinbeck, Mervyn Peake. Anything from Stax. Ann Peebles (anything from Hi). Ursula Le Guin. DylanThomas. William Stafford. James Fenton. Paul Newman. Gregory Peck. Ned Washington. Elvis Presley. The Stones, Keith Richards. Treasa Levasseur. Roger Miller, Guy Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen. For starters. Did I mention Sean Cotton?
Sounds Like: Something I wish I'd written, which is why I am happy.
Record Label: Ole Mr. Grapevine (as in None)
Type of Label: None