Just Another Bird
Dan Smolla - Guitar and Vocals
The Lovely Miss Juli - Vocals and Percussion
Me on Bozouki, Mandolin and Zither
Pitchy and the 44’s
Rick Fazio - Guitar, Mandolin
Steve Brownstein - Washtub Bass
Me on various soundmaking devices (harp, concertina, guitar)
Bob Melville on Percussion
Influences
Van Morrison, Rickie Lee Jones, John Hiatt, Nick Drake, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello ---however, those fine artists only represent the most obvious and one such as I beieves that we are all infected, infused, confused and diffused by many sources such as.....Kandinsky, Albright, Miro, Klee, Jack, Dada, Modigliani, Monk, Hesse, Kundera, Sedaris, Django, Monet, Miles motherfucking Davis,Tal Farlow, Jim Hall, Dave Grisman, Tiny Grimes, John Doe, Mingus, Young Fresh Fellows, Dinah Washington, Henry Threadgill, Art Farmer, Ben Webster, Ornette Coleman, Coleman Hawkins, Cannonball, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Jimmy Shirley, Jim Roll, Brian Lillie, Sari Brown, Stan Getz, Jobim, Art Tatum, Grant Green, X, Dave Alvin, The Paladins, early T-Birds, Otis Rush, BB, Gatemouth, Jimmy Reed, The Kronon Quartet, Astrud Gilberto, Los Lobos, Nick Lowe, Maria Callas, Lambert Hendricks and Ross, Ben Folds, John Mayer, Gato Barbieri, Horace Silver...........all so great....and so many more.
It is silly to even try and list them all.
Sounds Like
Van Morrison, Nick Drake, John Hiatt, Elvis Costello
Currently playing in two fine ensembles - Pitchy and the 44’s and Just Another Bird.
Just Another Bird is an original ensemble playing original songs and odd covers - Dan Smolla on Guitar, The Lovely Miss Juli on Vocal and myself on Bouzouki, Mandolin and Zither.
Pitchy and the 44’s play some of Dave’s originals but mix in a lot of other off-beat oddities. Rick Fazio on Electric and Slide Guitar , Steve Brownstein on Washtub Bass, Dave plays guitar and anything else he can find in his bag of tricks.
At times Pitchy and the 44’s are lucky enough to serve as back-up to poet Dean Hacker.
I hope everyone can come to my going-away show before I move to Vermont! I need you all there to help me create a Joyful Noise and a Big Love to vibrate all around us & send up to heaven.
Even more importantly, this is a benefit for an awesome organization called Re-Member, which is providing crucial humanitarian aid as well as engaging in healing cultural exchange with the Oglala Lakota people of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Pine Ridge is the second poorest county in the US and has the lowest life expectancy outside of Haiti in the western hemisphere. It is time to stop ignoring the horrible injustice our Lakota brothers and sisters have experienced and continue to experience today, and I hope you'll join us in doing all that we can to stand by them. Please click here to see a video about Re-Member's work on Pine Ridge.
Wanted to let you know that Butte La Rose's song "Sunday Afternoon" will enter heavy rotation on Joey Stuckey's Audio Style beginning Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at 7 PM EST.
Joey Stuckey's Audio Style can be heard either by going to www.audio-style.com and clicking on the "Listen Now" button or by going to www.evolvingartist.com and clicking the "Engage Internet Radio" button in the upper left hand corner of the homepage. Either of these will take you directly to the show.
Also, in case you miss the show, every show is archived on www.audio-style.com along with playlists and contact information. In addition, each show can be heard "On Demand" at www.evolvingartist.com up until the time that a new show airs.
just thought i'd let you know that i'm heading to the states in may to play a couple of shows in New York City and another in Chicago. All shows are free entry, so stop by my page for all the details, and if you find yourself near near one of the shows (or you just feel like a roadtrip!!) then come on out and show your support!!
I havenet left you a message in a while so thought Id drop by and say hello....So hello. We have bee busy working on the new record and stoked to share it with you hopefully soon.
Just wanted to stop buy and say hello and let you know we have a new video clip of " Three Quarters Deep" from an Aids Benefit show we did a couple weeks ago up on our profile. Hopefully it holds you over until the record is done.
Just wanted to stop buy and say hello and let you know we have a couple new tracks up and a video clip of an acoustic version of one of the songs that will be on our record.
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