Member Since: 5/21/2006
Band Members: Chris McGovern- piano, vocals (I did play the drum parts on the CD as well, but very painstakingly--I also did the bass parts, but from the keyboard)
Influences: Ferenc Liszt;
The Beatles;
Brian Wilson/Beach Boys;
Billy Joel;
Ben Folds;
Joe Jackson;
Ray Charles;
Thelonoius Monk;
Stevie Wonder;
Bob Dylan;
Neil Young;
David Bowie;
Elvis Costello;
R.E.M.;
Elton John;
Jimi Hendrix;
Pete Townshend/The Who;
Ray Davies/The Kinks;
Bruce Springsteen;
Woody Guthrie;
Leadbelly;
Robert Johnson;
Muddy Waters;
Fats Domino;
Jerry Lee Lewis;
Carl Perkins;
Elvis Presley;
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps;
Johnny Burnette;
Eddie Cochran;
Johnny Cash;
June Carter Cash;
Patsy Cline;
Buddy Holly;
Chuck Berry;
Little Richard;
James Brown;
Sam Cooke;
Bo Diddley;
Charles Brown;
Huey 'Piano' Smith;
Bill Doggett;
Booker T. & The MG's;
Duane Eddy;
Link Wray;
The Drifters;
The Coasters;
Roy Orbison;
Otis Redding;
Aretha Franklin;
Marvin Gaye;
Smokey Robinson;
BB King;
Santana;
The Band;
The Byrds;
Buffalo Springfield;
Simon & Garfunkel;
Felix Cavaliere/The Rascals;
Van Morrison;
Harry Nilsson;
John Lennon;
Yoko Ono;
Captain Beefheart;
Frank Zappa;
Michael Nesmith/The Monkees/1st Nt'l Bnd/2nd Nt'l Bnd;
Gram Parsons/Int'l Submarine Band/Flying Burrito Brothers;
Emmylou Harris;
Tim Buckley;
Nick Drake;
CSNY;
Carole King;
James Taylor;
Joni Mitchell;
Jackson Browne;
Jim Croce;
John Prine;
Don McLean;
Cat Stevens;
Pete Seeger;
Bob Marley;
Bill Withers;
Tom Waits;
Bette Midler;
Hank Williams;
Flatt & Scruggs;
The Louvin Brothers;
The Osborne Brothers;
Bill Monroe;
J.S. Bach;
Mozart;
Beethoven;
Schubert;
Paganini;
Berlioz;
Wagner;
Chopin;
Bartok;
Stravinsky;
George Gershwin;
Scott Joplin;
Eubie Blake;
Jelly Roll Morton;
Fats Waller;
Art Tatum;
Bud Powell;
Horace Silver;
Vince Guaraldi;
Herbie Hancock;
Chick Corea;
Ramsey Lewis;
McCoy Tyner;
Cecil Taylor;
Keith Jarrett;
Brian Auger;
Oscar Peterson;
Dave Brubeck;
Mose Allison;
Nat 'King' Cole;
Harry Connick, Jr.;
Frank Sinatra;
Lou Reed/The Velvet Underground;
The MC5;
Iggy Pop/The Stooges;
David Johansen/New York Dolls;
Patti Smith;
Television;
The Ramones;
The Rolling Stones;
The Hollies;
Dave Clark Five;
The Animals;
Pink Floyd;
The Small Faces/The Faces;
The Yardbirds;
Eric Clapton/J.M.B./Cream/Derek & The Dominos;
Steve Winwood/S.D.G./Traffic/Blind Faith;
Tchaikovsky;
Debussy;
Ravel;
Respighi;
Rachmaninov;
Shostakovich;
Duke Ellington;
Louis Jordan;
Count Basie;
Louis Armstrong;
Dizzy Gillespie;
Charlie 'Bird' Parker;
John Coltrane;
Miles Davis;
Charles Mingus;
Art Blakey;
Max Roach;
Buddy Rich;
Lionel Hampton;
Cal Tjader;
Milt Jackson/Modern Jazz Quartet;
Wes Montgomery;
Ornette Coleman;
Sun Ra;
Billie Holiday;
Ella Fitzgerald;
Sarah Vaughan;
Chris Connor;
Blossom Dearie;
Nina Simone;
Etta James;
Ruth Brown;
Preservation Hall Jazz Band;
Jean-Luc Ponty;
Ravi Shankar;
Teiji Ito;
Edgar Varese;
John Cage;
Phillip Glass;
Samuel Barber;
Charles Ives;
Aaron Copland;
Leonard Bernstein;
Stephen Sondheim;
Burt Bacharach;
John Fogerty/CCR;
Led Zeppelin;
Black Sabbath;
Joe Walsh/The James Gang;
Leslie West/Mountain;
Chicago;
Supertramp;
Boz Scaggs;
Steve Miller;
Paul McCartney/Wings;
The Eagles;
Little Feat;
Lynyrd Skynyrd;
ZZ Top;
The Allman Bros. Band;
Paul Rodgers/Free/Bad Company;
Badfinger;
Big Star;
George Harrison;
Phil Lynott/Thin Lizzy;
Marc Bolan/T. Rex;
Sweet;
Yes;
Peter Gabriel/Genesis;
ABBA;
Tom Scholz/Boston;
AC/DC;
Van Halen;
Rush;
Peter Frampton/Humble Pie;
Jethro Tull;
Steely Dan;
The Doobie Brothers;
Lindsey Buckingham/Fleetwood Mac;
Robert Fripp/King Crimson/League of Gentlemen;
Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits;
Bob Seger/The System/Silver Bullet Band;
Queen;
Prince;
Sly & The Family Stone;
Curtis Mayfield;
Al Green;
Issac Hayes;
The Temptations;
The Supremes;
Parliament/Funkadelic;
Saint-Saens;
Alkan;
Busoni;
Mussorgsky;
Daniel Johnston;
The Shaggs;
Jad Fair/Half Japanese;
Graham Parker;
Squeeze;
Talking Heads;
X;
The Germs;
Pere Ubu;
The B-52's;
The Specials;
The English Beat;
The Slits;
The Sex Pistols;
The Clash;
Mick Jones/BAD/BAD II;
Joe Strummer/The Mescaleros;
XTC;
Paul Weller/The Jam/Style Council;
Gang of Four;
The Buzzcocks;
The Police;
U2;
Robert Smith/The Cure/The Glove;
Siouxsie & The Banshees;
Kate Bush;
Simple Minds;
The Smiths;
a.p.b.;
Dexy's Midnight Runners;
Echo & The Bunnymen;
Depeche Mode;
Vince Clarke/Yaz/Erasure;
OMD;
The Human League;
Ultravox;
The Pretenders;
Blondie;
The Cars;
Cheap Trick;
The Go-Go's;
The Waitresses;
Sonic Youth;
The Pixies;
Kim Deal/The Breeders/The Amps;
Trent Reznor/Nine Inch Nails;
Kurt Cobain/Nirvana;
Bob Mould/Husker Du/Sugar;
Paul Westerberg/The Replacements;
Matthew Sweet;
Beck;
Lenny Kravitz;
The Bangles;
Barenaked Ladies;
They Might Be Giants;
Kim Shattuck/The Muffs/The Beards;
Shonen Knife;
Zuzu's Petals;
The Dixie Chicks;
Aimee Mann;
Tracy Chapman;
Bjork;
Fiona Apple;
Sarah McLachlan;
Tanya Donelly/Throwing Muses/Belly;
Jeff Buckley;
Jeff Tweedy/Uncle Tupelo/Wilco;
Green Day;
Squirrel Nut Zippers;
Brian Setzer;
John Hiatt;
Bela Fleck/The Flecktones;
Ladysmith Black Mambazo;
Sweet Honey in The Rock;
De La Soul;
Arrested Development;
Run D.M.C.;
Public Enemy;
Weezer;
The Posies;
Robert Pollard/Guided By Voices;
Dr. John;
Leon Russell;
Johnnie Johnson;
Nicky Hopkins;
Alan Price;
Al Kooper;
Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan;
Garth Hudson;
Ray Manzarek;
John Paul Jones;
Ian Stewart;
Ian McLagan;
Rick Davies;
Rick Wright;
Tony Kaye;
Tony Banks;
Richard Tandy;
Gregg Rolie;
Gregg Allman;
Chuck Leavell;
Bobby Whitlock;
Billy Powell;
Billy Preston;
David Sancious;
Danny Federici;
Roy Bittan;
Christine McVie;
Larry Knechtel;
Bob Mayo;
Benny Andersson;
Chris Stainton;
Steve Nieve;
Jools Holland;
Michael McDonald;
John 'Rabbit' Bundrick;
Raphael Rudd;
Vladimir Horowitz;
Artur Rubinstein;
Sviatoslav Richter;
Gyorgy Cziffra;
Jorge Bolet;
Martha Argerich;
Leon Fleisher;
Van Cliburn;
Leslie Howard;
Lang Lang;
Evgeny Kissin;
E. Power Biggs;
Virgil Fox;
Jascha Heifetz;
Nathan Milstein;
David Oistrakh;
Yehudi Menuhin;
Issac Stern;
Itzhak Perlman;
Anne Sophie-Mutter;
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg;
Hilary Hahn;
Yo-Yo Ma;
Chris Thile/Nickel Creek;
Jack White/The White Stripes;
Rufus Wainwright;
Lisa Germano;
Norah Jones;
Nellie McKay;
Regina Spektor;
Feist;
KT Tunstall;
Joss Stone;
Josh Ritter;
The Avett Brothers;
various Broadway recordings;
the sounds of the shore;
the sounds of birds singing;
the sound of running water;
the sound of hearts beating;
the sound of people laughing (FOR me, not AT me :))
Sounds Like: Billy Joel fronting R.E.M.
Record Label: Frump Records
Type of Label: Indie