| Member Since | 10/27/2005 | | Band Website | http://www.belissmusic.com | | Band Members | belinda underwood: upright and electric bass, ukulele, oud, violin, vocals, percussion, field recordings; melissa underwood: acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele, vocals, harp, saxophone, lap steel, melodica, percussion | | Influences | Bobbie Gentry, Karen Dalton, Bjork, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, Dolly Parton, The Coup, Marvin Gaye, Rilo Kiley, Love, Carol Kaye, Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield, Outkast, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, The Electric Prunes, Bo Grumpus, Calexico, Joanna Newsom, Beach Boys, The Kinks, David Axelrod, Goldfrapp, The Poppy Family, Benny Green, Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, Mos Def, Bob Dylan, Cat Power, Nancy Wilson, Vaughan Williams, Jill Scott, Beck, The Beatles (as a group and as John, Paul, George and Ringo), Bobby Brown (the 60's Hawaiian dude), Miles Davis, Milton Nascimento, Roy Ayers, Nancy King, The Flaming Lips, Mason Jennings, The Common People, Billy Strayhorn, Dhani Harrison, Curtis Mayfield, Nick Drake, Ennio Morricone, John Cage, Mary Timony, David Bowie, and many, many others.... Non-musicians, per say, include Don Juan de Marcos, Dave Chappelle, Edward Abbey, Great God Pan, Randi Rhodes, Mike Malloy, Martin Luther King, and other enlightened and forward thinking beings... | | Sounds Like | None other than ourselves | | Record Label | Cosmik Muse Records | | Type of Label | Indie |
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happy birthday, melissa! wish i could be there to celebrate. perhaps i should go to my local dive and have a dirty martini in yr honor!!! hope this next year brings you much joy, happiness and good times! can't wait to see you guys in september...should be way awesome!!