On record, we are: Buick Audra, Mario Quintero, Boey Bertold, Levi Fuller, Brian Pearl, Mike Pereira, Nate Edgar and Late Night Magic.
In Buick's head, Freddie Mercury and Prince are always singing back-ups.
Influences
The Good, the Bad, and the Never-Going-Back-Again.
A permanent imprint has been made on the psyche by:
Catherine Huebsch + Randy Prentice, Fred Neil, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Rickie Lee Jones, Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, Blondie, Pretenders, Freddie Mercury, Cyndi Lauper, Mariah Carey, The Cure, The Smiths, Descendents, Nirvana, Layne Staley, Mike Patton, Ian MacKaye, J. Robbins, Quincy Jones, T-Bone Burnett, Steve Albini, Rick Rubin, Babyface, Divine, Dr. Teeth + The Electric Mayhem... All John Hughes and John Waters films... Charles Schultz, Jim Henson, Shel Silverstein... Flowers... Polka dots... Lace... Love love love love love love.
Right now, there is obsessive behavior surrounding the following bodies of work:
First of all, "Minute By Minute" by Michael McDonald is being listened to on repeat, indefinitely. Ok, it's the Doobies, but, come on. We all know what's up.
Other than that:
Wildflowers - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers,
The Black Album - Jay-Z,
For The Roses - Joni Mitchell,
Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden,
Another Side of Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan,
Highway of Dreams - Bradley Walker,
Mother's Milk - Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Solo Acoustic Volume 1 - Jackson Browne,
Babylon by Bus - Bob Marley and The Wailers,
Tango In The Night - Fleetwood Mac,
The Traveling Wilburys - The Traveling Wilburys,
Spirit Electricity - Bad Brains,
Overdrive - Microphone Mike,
Dirty Mind - Prince (always),
E=mc2 - Mariah Carey,
My brother's unreleased album... So so so good
Just a girl from Miami, singin' and sewin' in Nashville, and surfin' in water way too cold.
Buick has two brothers, one in blood and one in soul; Both in heart. They are Boey and Levi, respectively. Levi looks like her twin, but, no. Boey is the Real Deal. She also has a Mario, with whom she makes records, and just likes all around. Her best friend is a pretty girl named Eliza Jane, who is rivaled by none in the categories of Bad Ass and Fun. Buick has a musical family and magical friends. Every single one of the aforementioned folks has made it into her music. Buick is working on 3,000 projects at all times, in random rotation... With quick breaks to dance around her little house, Fort Knockout, which she is slowly painting to match a roll of Smarties, chromatically speaking. Sadly, her home is where flowers go to die. This breaks her heart, as she loves daisies and roses beyond explanation. In lieu of Real Life flowers, she draws them all over her stuff, including the dresses she makes. It all works out in the end.
Her full time job is doing her best to love those around her. And figuring out how to tell them that. Not just in songs.
Also, she really, really loves Michael McDonald. She's gonna tell him first chance she gets. Oh yes, she sure is. Stay tuned for the raging duet that will inevitably ensue.
To see what else she does, check out myspace.com/xxxiii and myspace.com/33slade...
xoxo
Singer,
the debut full-length release by Buick Audra, out now!
in this room i'll let you do the talking for when you talk there is no room and in this bed i'll let you do the lying and swallow lies like swords before bed
I should be singing, I gotta get back to that, thats where my heart is. I'd love to sing with you again someday...you're a big star now, and you deserve it! Let me know when you have T shirts so I can wear mine everyday!!! yay!
Ninja sign is progressing. Sorry for the slowness. Been busy at work and the sweltering heat of NYC summer is draining much of my artistic will. Miss you! Talk soon! xoxo
you may "have" a song called valentine, but it ain't on yer myspace page and it ain't on your CD, whereas MINE has a whopping 82 listens, so I don't know what kinda rumble you think this is gonna be...