Memphis Slim, John Lennon, Tom Waits, Jimmy Rogers, Polly Harvey, Willie Dixon, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Hap & Ryder, Cat Stevens, Johny Cash, Pat McCabe, Roy Orbison, Chris Cornell, Tom Petty, Muddy Waters, Carol King, Anthony Atkinson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bjork, David Byrne, Marvin Gaye, Aaron Mathews, Ledbelly, Sam Cooke, Beethoven, Morrice Cowie, George & Ira Gershwin, Prince, Cole Porter, Jaun Alban, Mark Lanegan, Barry Gibb, Smokey Robinson, Tori Amos, Kurt Cobain, the other Jimmy Rogers, Jolie Holland, Giacomo Puccini, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kieren Carrol, Kris Kristopherson, Ben Jonson, Samuel Johnson and Robert Johnson (no relation), Leo Burke and Joe Raposo.
There's only one kind of blues.
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Earl Leonard has been playing guitar since he was sixteen, but writing and singing songs for as long as he can remember. As the singer and rhythm guitarist for Melbourne blues/folk band The Red Cents, the Ballarat rock-band The Rye Catchers and as a solo performer he has toured all around Victoria, much of Australia and parts of the UK.
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Between his two bands Earl has released two albums, two Eps and three singles, writing slightly more than half of the songs. Both bands have featured on various compilation disks too and received generous airplay on radio stations such as Melbourne's Triple R & PBS, the national youth network Triple J and Ballarat commercial station Power FM. Actually the Rye catchers Yeahnah single (that reached number 5 in the national AIR chart) was played on community stations in every state and territory except for the ACT (but that's pollitics for you). ________________________________________________________________
Earl has supported The Brian Fraiser Trio, Spencer P. Jones, Dan Kelly, Matt Walker and many more of Australias best blues/roots and rock acts. He also recently discovered that he'd like to write comics and/or short stories for children of all ages and will be looking for a literary agent soon (if you are or know of one, let Earl know). But he really likes writing songs. He'd like to thank his wife, Rachel, not only for marrying him but also for doing the artwork for his new CD, and everyone else that helped him make this recording possible especially; Jarrod, Renae, Josh and Paddy O. Two of the above songs are samples of what you'll get.
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My debut solo CD, `Wednesday grave fishes encyclopedia Belly', is available at gigs or via mail-order (just message me) or in MP3 format (192kps) on my Blast My Music Internet Store on this page.
yeah life's been good man in Melbourne working part time when i can be bothered trying to record a solo album before i go to UK later in the year. Ive got stacks of half written songs i cant seem to finish
Thank you for your support Earl! Please watch my Scarred For Life child abuse video and PLEASE take a minute to add a comment on YOUTUBE, please!
Please ask all of your friends to watch it so we can get a million viewers. Take care, Jimmy Browder jimmy@grip33.org
How is all going? Well its a fact that i turn legal on the 12th of march, and another fact im having a party on the 14th which will be held at mums house, im pretty sure auntie rhonda and david would make an appearance itd be awesome if you could swing by, oh and im definitely there on the 13th for the john lennon tribute on the 13th (Y)
ATTENTION all Melbourne Rockers !! Recently crowned "Sydney's best live rock act" - OOH LA LA are hitting The Ding Dong next Thurs 12th March supported by Electric Mary. Come check out Sydneys hardest rock n roll soul band !
Hey:)Na we havn't been gigging much at all, ppl been busy with summer jobs and such, but hopefully going to get back to work soon! What about yourself, been gigging much?
Well guys, It is all moving pretty quickly for us right now. The Vagrants have signed a world wide deal with Warner Chappell publishing. The Vagrants new "Be True" CD is coming out into shops hard copy in various territories shortly, but you can get an advance copy at i Tunes if you want a copy. Check out the new songs on Myspace and drop me a comment on which you like, or don't like!!!
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