Depends on the gig, who is available etc. ... but you are always guaranteed the Shakers to be sharp shooting gun-slinger musicians with the Butcher bringing out a couple of crazies in between the songs.
Influences
The Band. Han Solo. Bobby Dylan. Tom Waits. Big Star. Elvis Presley the King of Rock and Roll.Dinosaur Jr. Talking Heads. The Beatles.The Radioheads.Wilco.U2 (Eveyting up to last couple of records...What the fuck lads?).Uncle Springsteen. Johnny Cash. Neil Young. Hank Williams (The first and thrid one, not crazy about the one in the middle.) George Jones. Jimmy Webb. Jape. Waylon Jennings (especially Long Way From Home). Glen Campbell for his amazing singing and also for his drunken disorderly behaviour. Balfa Brothers. Motown/Stax. NonSuch Records. The Carpenters. Emmylou Harris. Eddie Cochran. Gram Parsons. Flatt & Scruggs. LSD & Cocaine era Fleetwood Mac. Burt Bacharach. Grandaddy. The Everly Bros. The Flying Burrito Bros. Townes van Zandt. Jelly Roll Morton. Blind Wille McTell John Voight in Midnight Cowboy and especially in the Champ. Canned Heat. Woody Guthrie. Ted Danson's character from Cheers. Prince. Randy Newman (esp. Good ol' boys), Rocky I and VI. Rory Gallagher live albums, Roy Orbison. "let the big O flow." Grant Lee Buffalo/Phillips. dEUS. Dr. Millar. Brian Roche. Sigur Ros. Jeff Buckley.Talk Talk.Odetta. Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Ry Cooder. Sonic Youth. Rolling Stones.The Staples. Teenage Fanclub. Kate Bush(Hounds of Love in particular). Neil Finn. Little Richard, Iggy Pop. Iron & Wine. Wine & Dope. Wine and Expensive Cheese. Fats Domino. John Martyn. Buddy Holly. Jim O'Rourke. Ralph Stanley. Our Ma's & Da's. Mountain Music like Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys, Ragtime, Leadbelly, The Carter Family, Van Morrison. We love all that music shit.
Hi Gavin, don't know if you'd remember me but i played with you wit Matt Before in crawdaddy. ..check out my song on Balcony tv today. Love your music ;)
the cobblestone eh?? never seen anyone there. could be interesting! we just added two new tracks from our upcoming EP, hopefully you could listen to them!!
