Member Since: 5/29/2006
Band Members: Lotte Mullan – Procrastinates, writes, sings, strums, slides - Resonator/acoustic Guitar
Will Rutter - Ponders, picks, rips it up and sometimes sings- Electric Guitar
TRICKard - Beat detective, off road driver and keeper of the groove - Drums
Marcus Bonfanti - covers my mistakes, sings the blues and brings the riffs - Guitar
Influences: A good story...fact/fiction, turns of phrase, highs and lows, Beautiful melodies/toneless chanting, wonderful words/people that say the words... I like: Tom Waits, DOLLY!..Eric Bibb, Pearl Jam, John Martyn, Bob Dylan, Nina simone, Elvis, Beck, The Stones, Paul Simon, Ben Harper, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, Rickie Lee Jones, Gomez, Dee Dee Bridgewater, The Pretenders, Van Morrison, Ray Charles, Lucinda Williams, Bobbie Gentry, Liane Carrol, Patti Smith, Alison Krauss, John Butler Trio, Burt Bacharach, Cole Porter, Randy Newman, Po Girl, The White Stripes, Hank Williams, PJ Harvey, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin...recently I've developed a weakness for the early 90's power balled (much to my housemates dissapproval!)
Sounds Like: “Slide guitarist and husky voiced Blues Chanteuse†(The Guardian)
"Huge smokey bluesy tones...her vocals are both sweet and raw, her songwriting is exemplary" (Nashville Songwriters Association)
"London's answer to Janis Joplin" (RunningJump Records)
"Truly beautiful songs" (Girls with Guitars UK)
Type of Label: None