In no particular order... Dwight Yoakam, Jackie Wilson, Tom Waits, James Brown, Mike Nesmith, Charles Mingus, Bob Dylan, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Duke Ellington, Bruce Springsteen, Outkast, Faith No More, Merle Haggard, Wynonie Harris etc. ad inifitum...
Sounds Like
Great Britain's most dazzling Country Blues & Soul artiste unrivalled his own field and envied in every other. If it was possible to sound unfailingly modest I'd sound like that too.
As this is the digital age and no one can concentrate for more than a few seconds I shall attempt to write a non linear biography in the 3rd person with bulletin points. That way you can dip in and out at your leisure from some where in the middle while continuing to view dwarf porn/ download live Weather Report rarities.
*Country Al has not lived in the country for 6 odd years.
*Country Al will not indulge in comedy yee-ha-ing himself, but doesn't mind audience members doing so if in the spirit of appreciation & enjoyment.
*Country Al was born in Portsmouth in 1977.
*Country Al attempts to write a song a month. Sometimes they are complete rubbish.
*Country Al has a largeish repertoire of country, blues, celtic folk and even occasionally gospel songs all of which are at least 40 years old.
*Country Al rarely leaves the house in anything other than a suite.
*Country Al can sort of play harmonica & piano too.
*Country Al has a phobia about sandals.
*Country Al is incurably pretentious.
*Country Al may yet give up smoking but is no massive hurry.
*Country Al works in a record shop where he listens to jazz all day and palms off customer requests for 'nice jazz' with copies of Kenny G's greatest hits, with which they are invariably delighted.
*Country Al once lived in Gibraltar.
*Country Al has pretty much conquered his telephobia.
I would suggest that arranging this into chronological order might make for a fun game, but really life is too short.
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Hello Al. With the passage of time since we recorded the demos I have to say you were right and they do sound pretty good. Now all we have to do is sit back and wait for fame and riches to come our way!
Hello again, Alan! I've pretty much finished doing the guitar and mixing on those songs we recorded so am fully confident of presenting them to you in a few weeks providing I survive my upcoming trip to the far reaches of Scotland...
Greetings, Alan! Just thought I'd say hello as I have repeatedly broken promises to myself to be at the Stage Door. Hope the demos for 'Ra Ra Rasputin (Lover of the Russian Queen)' have proven useful.
..."The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh. I sure hope he makes the finals."...
..."The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh. I sure hope he makes the finals."...
Al ye madman! Get in there-anywhere Well ye just missed my page in all its raging glory It was looking real together till I bored of it last night and in an effort to pull back away from nonsense I deleted everything-it worked!! No this is no fib ask all Londoners and they'll tell ye about my well together page of the recent past Well now I get to see ye and hear all at once so fuck London-now I don't need to go there! ha ha Dylan
