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Over time I've soaked up influences from every source imaginable, so it would be pointless to name them all. I could start with naming the Beatles, but I guess the same goes for most musicians these days. Any songwriter you can imagine who plays an instrument and performs their own material has probably made an impression on me in some way, but some of the more prevelant influences though would be Nick Drake, Ink Spots, Elliott Smith, Joni Mitchell, Irving Berlin, Elvis Costello, Patty Griffin, Steve Earl, The Everly Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, Ella Fitzgerald and Jim Croce.
(I could go on, but won't)
Sounds Like
The Jayhawks, Nick Drake, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Wallflowers, Elliott Smith, & Wilco.
After a year-long hiatus from music, Houston songwriter Lee Alexander is back again and poised to release his second CD “Mayhaw Vaudeville” later this year. A quasi-conceptual album, “Mayhaw Vaudeville” is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut album “Out of Place” of 2006. Like previous works, the new album contains the same lyrical depth and poignant wit. “Mayhaw Vaudeville” is almost entirely acoustic and saturated with a distinctively rustic Texas flavor by drawing on the grass-root forms of rag-time jazz, country swing, blues, and folk music that dominated the southern music scene in the 20’s and 30’s.
Drawing from an influential palette of Elvis Costello, Ink Spots, Patty Griffin, Steve Earle, and The Beatles, Alexander’s catchy melodies and razor sharp lyrics have placed him as winner in the 2007 Independent Music Awards, a regional finalist in the 2007 Mountain Stage Newsong Folk Festival, and a semifinalist in the 2005 UK Songwriting Contest. Alexander has also been a featured artist in Performing Songwriter Magazine, the 2007 Mardi Gras Festival, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus 2006 Summer NAMM Showcase, the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Houston Press Music Awards, the 2006 Houston Fair Compilation, and the 2006 Houston International Music Conference and Festival, as well as being a featured artist on Sonicbids.
A conscientious observer, Alexander's songs do not shy away from addressing political issues. He also continues to donate a portion of performance proceeds to human rights initiatives through Amnesty International, The Adopt-A-Minefield program, the Disabled American Veterans organization and Pacifica Radio.
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Hello everyone, we are posting this comment to let you all know we allready finish the recordings of our new material. These new songs are uploaded in our myspace. Thanks. ROTENGROTH Metal/Orchestral/Experimental
Hey, you should come check us out Thursday night, May 14th at the Continental after Beetle - There's a BIG screen TV there so you can keep up with the Rockets too! Oh, and its FREE to get in.
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