Member Since: 6/7/2006
Band Website: daveflynn.com
Band Members: I play with various musicians at different times including the following peopleAisling Agnew - Flute Hugh Buckley -Jazz Guitar Liz Coleman - Fiddle Mick Dunne - Banjo/Mandolin Aidan Dunphy - Drums Percussion Conan McConnell - Bodhrán/Accordion Cion O'Callaghan - Drums/Percussion Brian O'Toole - Bass Ciarán Swift - Guitar/Mandolin Martin Tourish - Accordion
Influences: Where to begin? I listen to so much music in different genres, all of which has probably influenced me. Here are the most prominent ones in my iRiver/Cd Collection.TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSICIANS -Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Dervish, Paddy Glackin, Donal Lunny, bothy Band, Planxty, Altan, Andy Irvine, Steve Cooney, Matt Molloy, Mairtin O'Connor, Chueftains, Harry Bradley, Paul O'Shaughnessy, John Doherty, Liz Carroll and John Doyle, Mick O'Brien and Caomhin O'Raghallaigh, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples, Ronan Browne, Pat O'Connor, Tulla Ceilà Band//////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////POP/ROCK BANDS -Beach Boys, Beat, Beatles, Big Country, Black Sabbath, Blondie, Blur, Cardigans, Cocteau Twins, Cure, Depeche Mode, Doors, Fine Young Cannibals, Fleetwod Mac, Go-Betweens, Iron Maiden, Joy Division, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Madness, Massive Attack, Merz. Metallica, New Order, Pixies, Pink Floyd, Police, Prefab Sprout, Pulp, Queen, Radiohead, REM, Roxy Music, Simple Minds (early stuff before they went all stadium rock!) Smiths, Stone Roses, Stranglers, Strokes, Sundays, Talk Talk, Talking Heads, Tears for Fears, The Four of Us, The The, Thin Lizzy, U2 (up until Zooropa, after that its all gone bland), UB40 (early stuff before they went bland too), XTC, Yes.//////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////SINGER-SONGWRITERS - Burt Bacharach, Beck, Bjork, Bob Marley, Damien Dempsey, David Bowie, David Byrne, Isaac Hayes (just for Shaft alone the man is a legend!), James Brown, Johnny Cash, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Lou Reed, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson (up until Bad), Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Prince (80's stuff mostly), Scott Walker, Stevie Wonder, Sting (hit and miss since the Police really), Tom Petty.//////////////////////////////////////////////////AFRI CAN MUSICIANS - Baaba Maal, Bembeya Jazz, D.O. Misani, Fela Kuti, Four Brothers, Franco & TPOK Jazz (best band ever!), Jonah Sithole, Orchestre Baobab, Papa Wemba, Robson Banda, Rochereau, Salif Keita, Super Rail Band, Thomas Mapfumo, Toumani Diabate.////////////////////////////////COMPOSERS - John Adams, J.S. Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Claude Debussy, Philip Glass, Henrick Gorecki, Gustav Holst, Georgy Ligeti, Arvo Párt, Perotin, Krystof Penderecki, Maurice Ravel, Steve Reich, Dmitri Shostakovich, Jean Sibelius, Igor Stravinsky, Kevin Volans, Iannis Xennakis./////////////////////////////////////JAZZ AND WORLD MUSIC ARTISTS - Hugh Buckley, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Elis Regina, Django Reindhart, Marta Sebastien, Louis Stewart. ////////////////////////////////////////////
Sounds Like: My music sounds like a combination of all my influences.
Record Label: Frisbee Records
Type of Label: Indie