My original music is influenced by Gram Parson, Burrito Brothers, Byrds, The Stones, Gary Stewart, David Allan Coe, Jackson Browne, Gin Blossoms, Jason and the Scorchers. I was heavily influenced by country music as it was interpreted by the rock musicians of LA during the Cosmic Cowboy period.
My style is called by a number of names - alt country, americana, roots-rock, roots-country . . .
About me: "If there really is a 'next Gram Parsons' sweepstakes, he could certainly be a front runner. In fact the voice itself might have been enough, but there is a lot more here than that." -- Marc Bristol, Blue Suede News ---
I grew up in east Texas, have worked on the oil pipelines and owned several cabinet shops. What I really do is write and play songs - beer joint, roadhouse music. My music is influenced by the Byrds, Rolling Stones, Gram Parsons, Buck Owens, George Jones, Kris Kristofferson, and all the underground cosmic cowboy bands of the early 70's. I guess I was heavily influenced by country music as it was interpreted by rock musicians from Los Angeles and San Francisco. -----
You can find my music on my three indie albums:
Something's Going On (Music Lane 1995);
Trailer Parker Angel (Dusty 2001);
Amped Out (Errant Records 2006). ------
"Something's Going On" is hard to find these days, but there are some European sources. "Trailer Park Angel" is easily available on the internet. The very recent "Amped Out" is not only available everywhere, but you can also buy individual tracks on all the music download sites.
Who I'd like to meet: I'd like to meet the waitress who is bringing the drink order.
This month we mostly have Catie Curtis (with a Richard Thompson cover), Lindsay Fuller and The Cheap Dates (and who amongst us isn't?), Josh Fix with a track from the well-titled album This Town Is Starting To Make Me Angry and the rather lovely Red Rooster.
Four more little sonic gems for your August pleasure are now available on the site. Blitzen Trapper, Boulder Acoustic Society, Jay Brannan and The Wiyos. Yet another fine quartet even though we say so ourselves as picked them out.
Hello, after an unfortunate hiatus, the reasons for which are probably best not gone into here, we finally have some new music on the AUK MySpace site. For your listening pleasure this month we offer Nathan Oliver, Conrad Ford, the irrepressible Todd Snider and the delightful Beccy Owen. Don't forget too, for those of you within striking distance of Leicester, Electric Dustbowl 2 on 19 September.
The musician you are, I figured youde get a kick out of this. If they break it and wont fix it.. just make a hit music video about it! Lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo
Hey!! Tried to call last time I came through Austin.. think you were still out of town. Give me a shout sometime soon. Ive got one of your tunes on my page now :P
Hi, just wanted to let you know we are excited that our songs are now on I-Tunes, Rhapsody,E-Music, Amazon, and Napster for .99 cent downloads. Much love to you, and thanks for listening and hanging with us on myspace! anne-marie and green bracelet
Hello, it's that time of the month again when we add more lovely music to our site. This month's happy foursome are The Barker Band in wistful mode, the summer of love-ish Old Californio, the anything but summer love-ish Christopher Rees and, wait for it..."Travelling Salesman's Young Wife Home Alone On Christmas In Montpelier, VT" from Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, which evenr if it was rubbish (and it's not) just had to be included for the names alone.
Itâs that time of the month and our site has four new tracks up for your listening enjoyment.
This monthâs box of delights include the swaggering groove of Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, the insanely catchy folk-pop of Antje Duvekot, the languid Great Lake Swimmers and, a little belatedly but better late than never, The Young Republic.
A particularly strong month, even if we do say so ourselves. Check them out, you won't regret it.
Hello, we're back again with great new tracks on our page. This month we have some rural bleakness from The Roe Family Singers, the dark intensity of Eamon Dowd, a new song from roots legend Neal Casal and frenetic but compelling from Novillero on the delightfulyl titled but not-at-all-smelly Paco Rabanne. Hope you like them all.
Hello and a Happy New Year to you. An eclectic bunch of songs new to the site this month. The frankly uncategorisable Icelandic band Storsveut Nix Noltes, the sardonic lyics (plus ukelele) of Dent May. some dark folk from The Deep Dark Woods and emerging US singer-songrwiter Israel Nash. Hope you like them all.
Hello. For our final update of 2008 we have a track from the wonderful Todd Snider, classic sounds from The Snakes, the spellbinding voice of Kate Campbell, the atmospheric Iguanas and some leftfield rock'n'roll from Slithering Beast. Merry Christmas/Solstice/whatever and a Happy New Year!
