Member Since: 6/7/2006
Influences: MUSIC: MAHAVISHNU ORCH/John McLaughlin, PINK FLOYD, Creedence/John Fogerty, The Police/Sting, Kate Bush, FRANK ZAPPA, King Crimson, DEPECHE MODE, Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays, Nat King Cole Trio, Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Johnny Smith, Billie Holiday, George Benson, Phil Upchurch, Eric Gale, PAUL JACKSON JR, Dominic Miller, Russell Malone, Bill Frisell, Jeff Beck, ERIC JOHNSON, Jim Campilongo, Lyle Workman, Al DiMeola, Paco De Lucia, Weather Report, Alejandro Sanz, Paul Simon, ROBERT CRAY, Donny Hathaway, LUTHER VANDROSS, Smokey Robinson, Sam & Dave, Ohio Players, Shuggie Otis, Michael Henderson, Tower of Power, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Funkadelic, Prince, Babyface, Brothers Johnson, RUFUS & CHAKA, Patti Austin, Quincy Jones, Dave Grusin, Trevor Horn, Nile Rogers, Rickey Minor, Mike Sembello, Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney, Van Halen, The Smiths/Morrissey, The Cure, Scritti Politti, Cocteau Twins, Feist, A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails, Ne-Yo, Dorinda Clark-Cole, City of Refuge, Legally Blynd, Gospel Wonders, Pharrell/Yessirs ...and of course everyone I've ever worked with!
MOVIES: Hitchock, Woody Allen, Coen Brothers, David Lynch, Tim Burton, 2001:A Space Odyssey, 'Round Midnight, Five Easy Pieces, Swingers, Wall Street, Desperado, Quentin's Death Proof, Fabulous Baker Boys, Mo' Better Blues, I Heart Huckabees, Forgetting Sarah Marshall...
TV: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry Sanders Show, Entourage, Seinfeld, Real Time with Bill Maher, Katt Williams, Blackadder, Bit of Fry and Laurie, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
Sounds Like: CORINNE BAILEY-RAE & JOHN LEGEND:
'Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)'
at Live Earth, Wembley Stadium, 07.07.07
CORINNE BAILEY-RAE:
'Put Your Records On' & 'Like A Star'
on Saturday Night Live, October '06
ROISIN MURPHY: 'You Know Me Better'
on Later...with Jools Holland, October '07
ROISIN MURPHY: 'Primitive'
on Later...with Jools Holland, October '07
Record Label: Solar Management, London, UK