Music:
Member Since: 17/07/2006
Band Members: These are the insanely talented folks who just finished making my new record "Blood & Dust":BRIAN WRIGHT - lead/rhythm guitars, bg vox, percussion, mandolin, producerBILL LEFLER - rhythm guitars, percussion, producerJON FLAUGHER (JONNY FLOWER) - bass guitarJOE AYOUB - bass guitar, upright bass, arco bass, bg voxSTELLA MOZGAWA - drumsTHE DEACON - drums, percussionKENNY ARONOFF - drumsPAUL ALLEN - drums, percussion, bg voxKENNY LYON - lead/rhythm guitarsJASON "ACE" GONZALEZ - rhythm guitars, mandolaBEN PEELER - pedal steelKAMASI WASHINGTON - tenor saxJAMES "I AM THE" KING - baritone saxSAL - lead vox, bg vox, piano, vibraphone, rhythm guitars, percussion, keyboards, producerFIL KROHNENGOLD - organs, accordionJEN KUHN - celloMICHAEL STARR - fiddleand all these folks contributed their bg vox stylings to one or more of my tunes:
GREG LASWELL, JIM BIANCO, LINDSEY RAY, SALLY JAYE, TIM JONES, SCOTT KINNEBREW, WILLIAM "LORD" BYRON "SMITTY" SMITH, DR. WALKER YOUNG & last, but certainly not least, MATT RAMSEY
Influences: My Grandmother, the old man who led singing at my church when I was 8, Oscar Peterson, The 2nd Chapter of Acts, Sam Cooke, the Band, Andrae Crouch, Bob Dylan, Wilson Pickett, the Beatles, Chico Marx (and the rest of the Marx Bros. for that matter), Alfred Hitchcock Presents..., Red Garland, Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson, Nick Lowe, Randy Newman, Ray Charles, Leonard Cohen, Harry Nilsson, Fats Waller, Sonny Rollins, Bowser from Sha-Na-Na, Vinnie Barbarino from Welcome Back Kotter, and most definitely, The Fonz, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, the Meters, Neapolitan love songs, Jerry Vale, New Orleans piano playing by way of Professor Longhair by way of Fats Domino by way of James Booker by way of Dr. John, Van Morrison, Roy Orbison and last, but not least, Wolfie.
Type of Label: Major