Live Band:
Thomas Juliano: Guitar/Vocals
Sean Staples: Mandolin/Vocals
Joe Klompus: Bass/Vocals
Pete Caldes: Drums,
On The Record "Broken":
Thomas Juliano: Guitar/Vocals
Milt Sutton: Drums,
Jeff St. Pierre: Bass
Sean Staples: Mandolin/Vocals
Influences
There are so many but here's a sampling of people who affected me along the way with a few comments here and there: The Beatles (Have you heard of them? O.K., it's almost a cliche now for a songwriter to admit being influenced by The Beatles but they really had an impact on me. I learned a lot about songcraft and melody from their records and still enjoy listening to them today. Especially, "Rubber Soul", "Revolver", "Abbey Road", and the recent "Let it Be - Naked"), Jackson Browne (especially the early records), Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Rod Stewart's"Every Picture Tells A Story" (this is before "Hot Legs" and "If You Think I'm Sexy"...'nuff said), Van Morrison, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen (Live Performance 101), early Aerosmith (first four records), Black Sabbath (really the "Paranoid" record. It was just so cool...and really scared my mother), Bob Dylan (pretty much everything but especially "Highway 61 Revisited"), Nick Drake, Richard Thompson, Crowded House, Neil Finn, Steve Earle (When his first record "Guitar Town" came out it changed my musical life and helped give me some direction. This was in the 80's remember and he was combining rock,pop,folk, and country and it sounded great. All of this without a hint of spandex), Lucinda Williams (what a great writer), Gordon Lightfoot ("If You Could Read My Mind", "Sundown"...come on), early James Taylor (helped out with the girls in my college days...), Daniel Lanois (I never hit the road without "Acadie" and "For The Beauty of Wynnona"), Aimee Mann, U2, Johnny Cash (I've always loved Johnny, but I just can't get enough of the "American Recordings" series he did late in his life. They're so incredibly intimate and captivating and they never leave my ipod), The Rolling Stones (again, a potential cliche but for my money "Exile on Main Street" is the best rock record ever made), The Replacements/Paul Westerberg (big fan), Gillian Welch, Graham Parker, EmmyLou Harris (sigh...), John Hiatt, Chris Whitley, John Prine (I was lucky enough to catch him live in London a couple of years ago, and was reminded just how cool this guy is. He's written so many great songs and graciously played many of them that evening, including "Angel From Montgomery". The place was jammed with adoring fans, and there was a lot of love in the room. It was just one of those special shows you experience every now and then), Townes VanZandt, Ry Cooder (check out "Boomers Story"), Tom Waits (where do I even begin?), ....I could go on and I'm sure I'm forgetting some people but you get the picture.
Hi Todd, just blew in to tell you, that your contribution to the Rich Hopkins-Tribute-Album with Markus Rill is awesome! Better than the original! ;-) Great honour for me to be on that album with artists like you! Best from Leipzig, Germany! Stefan
Hi Todd, thank you much for ur friendship here on myspace.Its great to have u aboard for the ride.I..ve been with u and ur music for a long time, so, welcome to the circle of my friends.All the best to u.All the way from Germany,GBM
Hi Todd, I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your music, it really puts me in good mood and I sincerely hope to watch your performance here in Italy! Thanks for your wonderful music! Vicky
Hey Todd! Big Thanx for the friendship! As I told you: I love your music and especially your songwriting for years! keep that up! Best from Leipzig, Germany! Stefan
OOwwwoooo,hi Todd thanks for adding me. & welcome to my page. have a rockin hot week. ynf&f dan ps.stop back some time, there is more on my page for friends to see.
Nice to meet you. All the best. Have a nice time. Many greetings from Kassel, Germany. Love and peace all over the world! Yours Def Malzan An einem Tag
thanks very much for all the fantastic shows at the German Spring Tour ;-)) You and your guys was really fantastic and enjoyed us a much with fun and good music !
Hope you arrived all well back at home ! Please give also greets to Sean, Thomas,Pete and Joe.
Hi my friend Todd, hope everything's alright and your projects are working out.
I'm asking you for your support. My song "Light on the horizon" is one of the finalists of an important german songwritercontest of Rollingstone and aspirin. You can listen to the song and vote for it on my myspace site or directly on
You guys were awesome last night, Todd. And "One Good Road" never sounded better! And "Changin' Now" and "Driftin'" and "Little Mystery" and on & on... Onto week 3!
Awesome show last night, Todd. You guys rocked! It was great to hear the new songs live. And thanks for doing "Blue Skies Back." Looking forward to next week!
We have reason to believe that the famed Cambridge venue T.T. the Bear's is actually lovingly named for this affable and intrepid musical craftsman. Why "the Bear's" you ask? Oh, the tales we could tell!
