(In no particular order; some of these bands I like a certain song or a few or a particular record or period) Blind Blake, The Troggs, Paul Bley, Celia & the
Mutations, Catpower, P.I.L., Chet Atkins, Fred Frith, The Pentangle, The Carpenters, The Four Tops, The Beatles, Brian Jones era-Rolling Stones, The Who (pre 71) The Clash, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan, Beeffalo Springfield, The Band, Stereolab, VU, Blondie, Royal Trux, Lothar & the Hand People, early Meat Puppets, ELO, Sun City Girls, Joy Division, Martin Hannett, Can, Hank Snow, PJ Harvey, Pentangle, Tim Buckley, Nilsson, Quixotic, Jane Birkin, April Stevens, Joseph Spence, The Four Tops, Shangri-La's, Motown, early 70's Funk, Disco, New Wave, No Wave, Abba, The Undertones, Black Flag, Minutemen, "Not So Quiet on the Western Front N.Cal comp. Blast Off Country Style, Electrocute, Bikini Kill, Casual dots, Bratmobile, Huggy Bear, K, Leonard Cohen, Tim Hardin, Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Gang of Four, "Boston Not L.A." + "Unsafe at Any Speed" comps, Minor Threat, Process of Elimination EP (touch 'n' go) Why Are We Here? (NC comp) America's Dairyland (Wisc. cassette comp) Jerry's Kids, Impact Unit, F.U.'s, DYS, Charlie Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Snakefinger, Hank Williams, Neil Sedaka, Desmond Dekker, Gordon Lightfoot, Lush, Stiff Little Fingers, Sex Pistols, The Impressions, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith.. The Kinks, Them, Gong/Daevid Allen, Soft Machine, Electric Prunes, Music Machine, Ultimate Spinach, Love, early Captain Beefheart, Alice Cooper Band, Nuggets comps, Iron Butterfly, Blind Lemon Jefferson, MBV, Shockabilly, The Faces, Roxy Music, Belle & Sebastian, Wilco, Beachwood Sparks, Ultimate Spinach, Vanilla Fudge, Blue Cheer, Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd, Astrud Gilberto, Junior Wells, The Pretenders, The Chills, Pavement, Englebert Humperdink, Chambers Brothers, The Runaways, Electrelane, Blast off Country Style, Tiger Trap, April March, Julie Ruin, Flipper, Rudimentary Peni, Jerry's Kids, Toxic Reasons, Proletariat, Buzzcocks, Throbbing Gristle, early Pink Floyd, Moving Targets, Public Enemy, Gene Krupa, Blind Willie Johnson, John Coltrane Quartet, Ornette Coleman, Albert King, Sly & The Family Stone, The Balloon Farm, Wings, John Lennon, Broadcast Ha Ha, Linton Kwesi Johnson, and thousands more...
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Everything and nothing; the windshield wipers on, 7:30 am rainy morning
>Been doing home recording since 1980, performing since 1983. guitar player, songwriter, drummer, and whatever else. I played in alot of western mass. bands (GREY MATTER, BLACK CHRISTMAS, NO PRESERVATIVES, CATHARSIS, GRACEFULLY AGING HIPPY SOLOISTS WITH FOUNTAINS TURNED BACKWORDS, GOBBLEHOOF) from 1983 to 1989, then started SEBADOH with Jason + Lou in my garage and house near the casket and magnet and pizza factories off RT. 9 in Florence, Massachusetts (Summer, 1989)
FIELDS Of GAFFNEY (Rel: "NATURE WALK" & "COSMIC CHICKEN & EGG" CD-R's, 2002-2003) -10- years going, on & off with various east and west coast line-ups, but perpetually remaining a trio = gtr/bass/drums, 1998-2008 (Toured the Northwest twice = portland, seattle, olympia, eugene, played South by Southwest 2003 + new mexico, arizona, texas,
& oklahoma. Noise Pop Festival 2002 + 2004 (San Francisco) L.A., New York City/Brooklyn (2002-2006) & Northampton/Easthampton, MA. 1998-2008)
WEBSITE; (MP3's, Shows, Interviews, Reviews, links, how-to-order "uncharted waters" (old gold/handmade records) and fields of gaffney's 'nature walk' and "cosmic chicken & egg" + solo debut: "brilliant concert Numbers")
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/ericgaffney.com/
"UNCHARTED WATERS," You can buy the CD from CARROT TOP DISTRIBUTION, Chicago or from OLD GOLD, Atlanta, and HANDMADE RECORDS, Oslo, Norway. fields of gaffney + individual songs can also be purchased from I Tunes. )
thanks for the support! if you get a chance, please visit the official OVFA website now up and running at www.ourvoicesforanimals.org
most people already know about the animal rescue site, but if you don't, please visit it, especially on the weekends, their numbers drop by thousands fri-sun. with 1 simple and free click you can know that you helped feed shelter animals! just think of all those furry, feathery, and sometimes scaly happy faces after a nice tasty bowl! :P
Hey Thanks for the Add Eric!!! We loved your show(Sebadoh) here in Vancouver! And it was great to talk with you outside after the show! Great work! As always. We'll catch you again I'm sure! If you get a chance? Swing by sometime and have a listen to our jams? Please feel free to leave a comment if you wish? The same goes out to everyone... and remember... “ Be The Change You Want To See” All the Best... Cheers...
"Love has gone and left me and I don't know what to do; This or that or what you will is all the same to me; But all the things that I begin I leave before I'm through,— There's little use in anything as far as I can see"
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