Member Since: 2/21/2005
Band Website: you're on it
Band Members: Brian Kees (banjo, guitar) . Daniel Kirschner (upright bass) . Ceighton Durrant (drums, bells) . Joseph Kees (accordion, guitar, vocals) . Aaron Thomas (euphonium, valve trombone, kazookaphone)
Influences: Boredoms, John Zorn, Jimmy Rodgers, Marc Ribot, Mike Patton, Hank Williams Sr., Sex Mob, Tin Hat Trio, Melt Banana, Bill Frisell, Ornette Coleman, Yamataka Eye, Secret Chiefs 3, Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant, Naked City, Morricone, Mancini, James Chance, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Liquidrone, Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, Captain Beefheart, GG Allin and The Murder Junkies, Leon Redbone, Jelly Roll Morton, Cheap Suit Serenaders, The Cramps, Roy Smeck, Andre Williams, Gene Autry, Hank Snow, Slayer, Misfits, Bob Dylan, Count Basie, Blind Willie Johnson, Cecil Taylor, Sam Rivers, deerhoof, the books, The Castenets, mum, Cyann and Ben, Tom Waits, Ikue Mori, Jolie Holland, Howlin Wolf, Robert Johnson, New Orleans Klezmar All-stars, Sephardic Tinge, Sonic Youth, Harry Partch, Kronos Quartet, Anthony Coleman, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Chuck Berry, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Nick Cave, The Pixies, The Pogues, Django Reinhardt, Beat Circus, Crooks and Nannies . . .
Sounds Like: Vaudeville junkies performing waltzes for a crowd of bone-dead, starving dogs. Hot jazz, tin-pan alley, blue heart. Marvelous pigs in satin. Looking for whores on Tuesday night. Whiskey-drunk. Angry banjo, junk drums. Cocaine voice and cheap pistols.
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