Colin Allured: Guitar and voice...
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Influences
Willie Nelson, Van Morrison, Sam Cooke, Nina Samone, Leonard Cohen, Buffy St. Marie,Johny Hartman, John Coltrane, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan, Tim Buckley, Jeff Buckley, Fred Neil, Bjork, Hank Williams, Radiohead, Billie Holiday, Digable Planets, Paul Simon, The Beatles, the Innocence Mission,
Tom Waits, Ravi Shankar, Solos, Wagner, Bach, Jurassic 5, Brahms, Vaughn Williams, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald....
Sounds Like
A thorough mixture of all these influences to create a unique "style that changes styles", while at the same time being focused on the universal aspects of musicianship in each style. The voice has a tamber resembling a cello or an alto flute, guitar has roots in classical technique, jazz and Indian classical music.
Colin Allured is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts in classical guitar. He has also performed and recorded with the original rock group Thinking Plyers for the past 13 years. He plays solo in Winston-Salem weekly and is available for gigs and recordings.
Family Tree: If Van Morrison and Willie Nelson had a baby, with Sam Cooke and Nina Simone the grandparents on the Morrison side, and John Lennon and Steely Dan(use your imagination) the grandparents on the Nelson Side, and the abundant cousins including Paul Simon, Bob Marley, Leonard Cohen, Bjork etc. You get the Lineage that birthed Colin Allured musically. But this is simply the last generation. Founding Fathers of Classical Music both Western and East Indian as well as all the folk musics of all cultures are the great ancestors of this musician.
Writing Lineage is Sufi Mystic Hazrat Inayat Khan, Walt Whitman, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.
One learns from true teachers not by mere imitation, but by imbibing the essence of the teacher and then using it the context of the pecularities of ones own life and mind and thoughts and heart and time.
The natural result in relating to ones teachers in this way is originality.
Lullabye by George Gershwin. Composed 1919 for String Quartet. First performed, Julliard String Quartet, 1967. Here transcribed for four electric guitars, 1987. They do not change a note!
Hey Collin.. Thank you for sharing the Joy of bedroom dancing .. I just want you to know that it inspired my child to do more of the same .. ;) good times.
Friday May 15th The Old One-Two Linus Van Pelt Dylan Gilbert Irata Taradactyl @ Campus Crossing Clubhouse 705 Milton Street Greensboro NC 27403 $5 For Campus Cross Residents $7 for non-residents Doors @ 6:30
we got to do this! 2 shots Russian Standard Vodka maybe 3? 1 shot of peach schnapps 3 shots of OJ 3 shots of cranberry juice believe me the best summer ever!
We hope you can make it to the Blind Tiger next week for our show! We're playing with No Strings Attached on Thursday April 9th at 10pm. C'mon out and enjoy some great music as well as some Highland Brewing Beer on special just for our show! We'll see you there
Hi Colin, It was so good to hear from you, you have no idea. Unfortunately, the message that was posted on your myspace was a spam thing that someone used my account & sent it to all 2 of the people on my friend list. I have no idea what that craziness is supposed to accomplish.
I miss you everyday & wish you all the very best. Send my love & greetings to your family as well.
Hey Colin, Your mom may be one of the greatest people I have ever met in my entire life. She just shines. By the way, I listened to all of your music on your page. It is really great! Jodi
Hey Colin! Happy New Year to you! Sounds good...I'll see if I can make it to that. This week I'm going to put some of my stained glass panels up at Atlier Studios so I'll be at the gallery hop every month. Hope to see you around.
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