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Jan Culver

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About Me


I'm also a member of the mudlarks with Tommy and Paul from RRF. We're Roy Orbison and CCR with a dash of Johnny Cash combined to make a swampy mess. Swing by and make Tommy a happy man.

Here's a review of my former band Red Radio Flyer. We got shut down by the company that makes the wagons.

Pop Culture Press -
Red Radio Flyer - Gettin' Somewhere This New York quartet plays rootsy passionate rock liberally seasoned with pop hooks, not all that different from that proffered by combos like Hootie and the Blowfish, Matchbox Twenty and Sister Hazel. Two things, though, help them avoid the blandness of those bands and stand out in a fairly anonymous crowd. This first is the songs themselves, which sound like big statements but instead zero in on little details; the protagonists may be passionate about their lives, but they know full well the universe doesn't care. Songwriter Janardana Culver injects a bit of grit into the tunes, as in "San Antonio (Gettin' Somewhere)," which chronicles the trips of desperately bored kids out for kicks: "Driving for hours like we were gettin somewhere." The second thing is Culver's remarkable pipes, clear and soaring but never over- the-top, like Loose Diamonds' Troy Campbell crossed with Jeff Buckley. Red Radio Flyer doesn't hide any of its emotions behind widescreen, radio-ready productions like its contemporaries, so its unlikely it will find the large audience inferiors like Hootie have- a shame, that. Songs like the dramatic opener "The Story of Angel," the two steppin' "James Henry," the 12 string-driven "I Got A Way" and the sublime soul ballad "The Last Time" deserve to be hits far more than any babblings about holding your hand. (Michael Toland)

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Member Since: 7/10/2006
Band Members: Jan Culver, Tommy Allen, Paul Carbonara
Influences: Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Jimmie Rodgers, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tommy Allen, Bruce Springsteen, Ronnie James Dio, Bruce Lee, John, Paul, George, Ringo
Type of Label: None