On "Undercover": Burke Ingraffia - vocals; Ted Ludwig - guitar; Mark Anderson - bass; Cale Pellick - drums, B3 organ.
On "Woodpecker's Song": Burke Ingraffia - vocals; Dr. Danny Acosta - guitar; David Ellington - piano; John Gros - keyboards; David Hyde - bass; Cale Pellick - Drums; Michael Skinkus - percussion.
On "Divine Mercy": Burke Ingraffia - vocals, electric guitar; Grayson Capps - background vocals, slide guitar; John Gros - keyboard; Cale Pellick - Drums; David Hyde - bass.
On "What Can I Do For You?": Burke Ingraffia: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar; Theresa Andersson - Background Vocals; David Ellington - piano; Cale Pellick - drums; Matt Rhody - violin; Dave Rebeck - viola; Eloise Chopin - cello; Jesse Boyd - bass.
Influences
David Wilcox , James Taylor, Paul Simon , Tracy Chapman , The Meters , Mose Allison , John Gorka , The Police , The Beatles , The Grateful Dead , CSN and Y , the first 4 years of MTV, G.K. Chesterton , Homer , Virgil , Dante , Hans Urs von Balthasar , Jacques Maritain , Christopher Dawson , William Faulkner , Walker Percy , Pope John Paul II, Thomas Merton , Flannery O’Connor , Josef Pieper , Augustine of Hippo , C.S. Lewis
Sounds Like
"Cassandra Wilson and Jimmy Scott" - Vancouver Sun;
"Tracy Chapman" - New Orleans Times Picayune;
"Nick Drake" - Offbeat Magazine;
Paul Simon;
Michael Franks
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The Burnin' Smyrnans are coming back through town on their way back home to Florida. They will be at the Soul Kitchen on Tuesaday October 21st.
Prime Suspect Productions in coordination with Bear Creek will be giving away two tickets to this years 2nd Annual Bear Creek Music Festival.
All you have to do is show up at the Soul Kitchen and enter your name in the drawing to win. One lucky winner will go home with two tickets to the last but not least rockin festival of the year. This years line up will include:
Yonder Mountain String Band The Everyone Orchestra featuring Jon Fishman and Michael Kang JJ Grey & Mofro Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk x2 Soulive Perpetual Groove x2 The New Mastersounds x2 Lettuce x2 The Motet with Kyle Hollingsworth x2 Dirty Dozen Brass Band TR3 featuring Tim Reynolds Big Sam’s Funky Nation Sam Kininger Band DubConscious x2 Robert Walter Trio John Brown’s Body x2 Zach Deputy x2 and many more..... Check it out at www. bearcreekmusicfestival. com www. soulkitchenmobile. com www. primesuspectproductions. com
miss you sumtin terrible- burke!! hope all is well-- just to let you know- we boilin dem crawfish for scrawberry fest mayeah! thais and wilsons lator!!!
You are the best! ...and WE MISS YOU!!! We were thinking of you enjoying your music just yesterday :) All our best to you & that beautiful wife of yours!