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Member Since: 6/15/2006
Band Members: Always with the "King of My Heart" in my heart, "Dad"-I sure miss you. I've taken the stage with many, they all know who they are, THANKS, but how many can claim to have been on stage with their dad, their son, and their grandson.
Influences: Zimmy, Ignatius J. Reilly's banjo (dat wadn't no banjo), Van Morrison, Robbie-Levon-Richard-Rick-Garth-John Simon & the entity THEY created, the beautiful Lara Nyro, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Clarence White, John-Boy Lennon & his mates (goodnite ringo, goodnite george, etc....), The Rollin' Ugly's, The Grateful Pigpen, Roy Brackett (my dad), Loretta Lynn's realness, the shear power of Tammy Wynette's voice and the colors she chose to paint with it, Jimi Hendrix (can you believe how much he did toward guitar liberation in 27 short years!), "who are those guys" from Macon?- Duane A and the Bluesgrass Brothers, Bill Monroeziers of the world, and the Ralph Stanleizers, The one and only Otis Redding, The soul of James Brown's feet, and that young boy from Memphis- you know he ran for some office and won more than he could handle, Ry Cooder, The Staple Singers, The British Invasion, Mr. Johnny Cash (he nailed me to the wall with "Big River", and part of me is still hangin' in that room), Aretha Franklin oohwee! what a woman!, Hank Haggard meets Merle Williams, Jimmie Rogers, Woody Guthrie (esp Bound for Glory), those late bloomers-Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, Emmylou-whohasgivenmesomuchforsomanyyears, Howard Finster & Paradise Garden, blues blues blues (thanks Hal), John Steinbeck, Jimmy Stewart, Mr. Hud himself (down at the Iron Horse and his girlfriend that lived in my hometown for a while), Henry Fonda, Jonathan Winters, Laurel & Hardy, Red Skelton and Pollyanna. The great Jesse Winchester, (openning for him was a moving thing), he picks words for the heart while balancing the ladder, cradling them ever so gently, placing them with either a tear or a smile for lubrication. The three men that taught me to listen to music, Rick Richards, my son-Josh and my dad-Roy. My wife who taught me to read. Mom who taught me to believe.
Sounds Like: countryrockahillbillybluzegrass (the little rascals meet boris karloft with twang)
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