Music:
Member Since: 7/26/2006
Band Website: blakesbeats.com
Band Members: Blake Colie, 2000 BC, DJ Donovan, Chango, Billy, and the Captain
Influences: ANY and ALL PIONEERS, old and new, of ANY ARTFORM where Integrity, Wisdom, Creativity, Soul, and/or Passion went into the Inspiration of the Outcome. In a phrase,"PURITY OF INTENT."
ie:
Bob Marley,
James Brown,
Fela Kuti,
Thelonious Monk,
Squarepusher,
Augustus Pablo,
Ravi Shankar,
Robert Johnson,
Stanley Kubrick,
King Tubby,
John Coltrane,
Cachao,
U-Roy,
Son House,
Billie Holiday,
Coxone Dodd,
J-Dilla,
Curtis Mayfield,
Jimi Hendrix,
Lenny Hibbert,
Meshuggah,
The Upsetters,
Ahmad Jamal,
Igor Stravinsky,
Prince Far I,
The Meters,
Ansel Adams,
Peter Tosh,
Sam Cooke,
Antonio Carlos Jobim,
Bud Powell,
The Aggrovators,
Tribe Called Quest,
Pink Floyd,
Duke Ellington,
Barrett Brothers,
Matt Groening,
Thomas Mapfumo,
Jack Ruby,
Ray Barreto,
Bootsy Collins,
Jackie Mittoo,
Keith Hudson,
Muddy Waters,
The Beatles,
Rage Against The Machine,
Johnny Cash,
Miles Davis,
Yabby You,
Hank Williams,
Charles Mingus,
The Soul Brothers,
Black Star,
Mongo Santamaria,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Hayao Miyazaki,
Jacob Miller,
The J.B.'s,
Duke Reid,
Nikhil Banerjee,
Marvin Gaye,
Linval Thompson,
J.S. Bach,
Stevie Wonder,
Machito,
The Supersonics,
Willie Nelson,
Edgar Allen Poe,
Sly & Robbie,
Ivo Papasov,
Ray Charles,
Theodorus Bafaloukos,
Aswad,
The Carter Family,
Alton Ellis,
BB King,
Doudou Rose,
Hi-Tek,
Bunny Wailer,
Bela Bartok,
Jimi Hendrix,
Glen Brown,
Jackson Pollack,
Charlie Parker,
The Roots,
Jeff Buckley,
Roots Radics,
Eddie Palmieri,
King Sunny Ade,
Flatt and Scruggs,
The Funk Brothers,
Lee Perry,
Pablo Picasso,
Max Roach,
Led Zeppelin,
Los Van Van,
Spinna,
Robert Johnson,
The Revolutionaries,
Count Basie,
Frank Zappa,
Barrington Levy,
Howlin' Wolf,
Benny More,
Kakraba Lobi,
The Skatalites,
Nick Drake,
George Clinton,
Jimmie Rodgers,
Hossein Alizadeh,
Burning Spear,
Pete Rock,
John Cage,
Scientist,
Ya Hear Me!?!
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.................................. Now On the Drum-Side of Things:Carlton Barrett,
John Bonham,
Lars Ulrich,
Vinnie Colaiuta,
Horsemouth,
Swapan Chaudhuri,
Clyde Stubblefield,
Ringo Starr,
Santa Davis,
Alfred Ladzekpo,
Sly Dunbar,
John Densmore,
Stewart Copeland,
Lloyd Knibbs,
Max Roach,
Tony Allen,
James Gadson,
Doudou Rose and Family,
Dennis Chambers,
Steve Shelton,
Tito Puente,
I Nyomen Wenton,
Tony Williams,
Percussion De Guinea,
Philly Joe Jones,
Mongo Santamaria,
Art Blakey,
Style Scott,
Elvin Jones,
Jabo Starks,
Vernell Founier,
Questlove,
Lloyd "Tinleg" Adams,
Joe LaBarbera,
Tomas Haake,
John Bergamo,
Anindo Chatterjee,
Earl Palmer,
Big Gene Hoglan,
Tito Puente,
Airto,
Sean Reinert,
Winston Grennan,
Manu Katche,
Manny Oquendo,
Zakir Hussien,
Dave Lombardo,
Pak Djoko Walujo,
Roy Haynes,
Nicko McBrain,
Zigaboo Modeliste,
Willie Bobo,
Poovalar Srinivasin,
Steve Jordan,
Pete Rock,
Jack Dejonette,
Buddy Miles,
Reed Mullin,
Steve Gadd,
Mickey "Boo" Richards,
Giovanni Hildago,
Terry Bozzio,
Hugh Malcolm,
Nick Mason,
Buddy Rich,
Mitch Mitchell,
Potato Valdez,
Tim Alexander,
John McEntire...I could just keep going, and going, and going
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Anything past or present from anywhere with heart and soul and a PHAT GROOVE!!!THE BEAT NEVER STOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds Like:Rocky Dawuni Feat. Stevie Wonder LIVE!
Record Label: Ubiquity Records
Type of Label: Indie
