Hirth Martinez

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These Days

Album: I'm Not Like I Was Before

Released: Jan 20, 2006

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These Days
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Nothin' Iz New (Album Version)
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Altogether Alone (Album Version)
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Pity On The Fool (Album Version)
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Feeling So Fine
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General Info

Genre: Folk / Folk Rock / Jazz
Location LOS ANGELES, California, US
Profile Views: 25321
Last Login: 2/13/2012
Member Since 1/16/2006
Website http://www.hirthmartinez.com
Record Label Dreamsville & Warner Bros.
Type of Label Major
Bio
Legendary guitarist, singer, songwriter whose songs run the gamut from Jobim-styled sambas, to melodic ballads, blues and jazz. Hirth's resume reads like a drunkard's dream. His career as a solo recording artist began with a helping hand from Bob Dylan which led to the release of two critically acclaimed albums: "HIRTH FROM EARTH" and "BIG BRIGHT STREET", both released on Warner Bros. His latest CD's are released on Dreamsville, Japan. .... LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR? WANT MORE?..YOU CAN FIND HIRTH'S SONGS & MUSIC ON ITUNES, RHINO RECORDS, AND AMAZON.COM. – GO CHECK IT OUT! HIRTH IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR BOOKINGS! Contact: hirthmartinez@gmail.com .. .. .. ....
Members
Hirth Martinez: guitars, vocals, lyrics, electric bass, piano...he does it all! Hirth has also performed/recorded with: Donald Fagen, of Steely Dan, John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful and the colorful members of Japanese band, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Valerie Carter and Teresa Bright. .. ....
Influences
Bob Dylan, Jackson Pollock, Picasso, Mirot, Joe Pass, Bob Dorough, Johnny Mercer, Jean Genet, Richard Rogers, Al Hendrikson, Jack Kerouac, Barney Kessel, Henry Miller, Kenneth Patchen, Walt Whitman, Wes Montgomery, Chet Atkins, Julian Bream, Slim Gaillard, Clif "Ukelele Ike"Edwards, Joe Liggins, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Ornet Colman, Wynton Kelly, Hank Jones, Allen Ginsberg, and Monnot Lawrence and Rouzard who wrote "The Poor People of Paris" which was Hirth's favorite song as a kid.
Sounds Like
Starlight and showers, long, lonely hours upon some mountain high inches from the sky watching time go by, strolling on a late afternoon, got nowhere to be pretty soon, like some free flowing stream, all things are free in a dream.