Tracks In Progress

Bio:

Trained in the East Village clubs of New York since age 14, performer and composer James Caran is now making his way into the world via San Francisco. His music spans genres and ranges from delicate and sublime to fierce and defiant, but is always searching and open for personal interpretation.

With a large cast of characters often intertwining, James' ensemble has landed in quartet form- with each member adding their own taste and strength to a common vision that conveys emotion, energy, and thought. ..

Member Since:

September 28, 2005

Members:

The Usual Suspects:

James Caran: voice, guitar
Brian Rodvien: drums, percussion
Ron Guensche: bass, suitcase
(spidermeow)
Paul Eastburn: el/up bass
(no origin, nobody from ipanema)
Joshi Marshall: saxophone, rhodes piano, percussion
(mingus amungus, santana, the black crowes, self)

The Special Sit-Ins:

Eric McFadden: guitar
(emt, p-funk, self)
Chris Brown: trumpet
(albino)
Aaron Saul: saxophone
(vinyl, monophonics, jclb)
Ken Flagg: keys, voice
(self)
Annie Bacon: voice
(annie and her ocean, the folk opera)
Samrat Chakrabarti: tabla, keys
(the hyannis sound, silver screen)


and a large rotating cast of additional fine friends n folks....

Influences:

In no particular order: Paul Simon, Jeff Buckley, Bjork, Nick Drake, Zakir Hussein, Ani DiFranco, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Bill Withers, Fela Kuti, Claude Debussy, Joni Mitchell, John Lennon, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, The Police, Tom Waits, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Eva Cassidy, Led Zeppelin, Habib Koite, Maurice Ravel, Pope Hogan, Miles Davis, Eric Mcfadden, Martin Sexton, Michael Franti, Freddie Hubbard, and James Taylor.

Sounds Like:

Laying on a red velvet pillow while watching a raging storm.

Record Label:

Free Measure