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Taff

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About Me

My name's Taff (although I'm not Welsh and people often think I'm Australian, but I'm just English, with probably a hint of Viking or something and anyway my real name is Tim but I don't use it). I'm a very hairy person hailing from the flatlands of Bedfordshire. I'm bass guitarist in The Whybirds, go see our page at www.myspace.com/thewhybirds. We are the best band you haven't heard. Go listen now. I'm also the singer in the cult Lancaster band 'The Electric Psychedelic String Band' but we are on hiatus due to a band fallout over Scat's dubious dealings with other band member's mothers/brothers/pets... I believe in facial hair and music. If you have those two things then your cup run-eth over. I also write and record little ditties of my own on my 4-Track, hopefully soon I'll put some of my recordings up on here for your aural delight but at the moment I'm living in the dark ages and recording onto cassette tapes so it might take a while for me to digitise...So that's all I have to say... except "go see The Whybirds"... oh and also "grow your beards long"... unless of course you're female, in which case embrace your local beards and encourage the follicle endowment of all around you.
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Pat Sharpe, Dave Benson Philips and Fats Waller.

Music:

Where to start? In no particular order: John Martyn, Devendra Banhart, the Flaming Lips, the Band, My Morning Jacket, Presidents of the USA, the Black Crowes, Xavier Rudd, the Incredible String Band, T.Rex, Santana (at least the early stuff), the Black Keys, Little Barrie, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Blind Boys of Alabama, New Earth Mud, North Mississippi Allstars, Buddy Guy, Corey Harris, Tim Buckley, HRH Elvis Presley, Neil Young, Hank Williams, Paul Curreri, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dr John, Howlin' Wolf, Drive By Truckers, Widespread Panic, Fats Waller, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Bruuuuce Springsteen, Pantera, Nick Drake, Johnny Cash, Kelly Joe Phelps, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Jeff Buckley, Pearl Jam, the Doors, Vetiver, .moe, Kings Of Leon, Vashti Bunyan, Phil Collins, Steve Earle, G.Love and Special Sauce, Nick Cave, Grateful Dead, Albert King, Carlos Guitarlos, Flying Burrito Brothers, the Del McCoury Band, the Freddy Williams Four, Gram Parsons, the Jayhawks, Gov't Mule, Etta James, Jurassic 5, Thelonius Monk, Junior Murvin, Willie Nelson, Huey Lewis and the News, Little Feat, Taj Mahal, the Polyphonic Spree, Pavement, the Allman Brothers Band, CocoRosie, Ween, Violent Femmes, Joanna Newsom.... and of course the jaw droppin', earth quakin', heart breakin', history makin', air-conditioner shakin', legendary Whybirds!

Movies:

High Fidelity, Edward Scissorhands, Masked and Anonymous, Swingers, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Withnail and I, Dead Man's Shoes, The Last Waltz, Almost Famous, Festival Express...

Television:

The Mighty Boosh, Soprano's and Neighbours... it's everything you could ever want inside 25 minutes.

Books:

"'Cash' by Johnny Cash", 'Frank Skinner' by Frank Skinner, Bill Hicks 'Love All The People', 'Red Dust' Ma Jian, 'Long Walk to Freedom' Nelson Mandela, 'High Fidelity' Nick Hornby, 'Home Before Daylight: My Life on the Road with the "Grateful Dead"' by Steve Parish, 'Post Office' Charles Bukowski

Heroes:

Harold Bishop.