tom diesel : drums, washboard
joe stone :drums,backing vocals
herman halb :bass,lapsteel
giles schum:guitar,blues harp,organ,
backing vocals
chris hughes:drums
johnny zabala:vocals,guitar,organ,bass
hank rivers aka doctor electro :guitar,organ
norbert denger aka notorious norbert:bass
Influences
20..s onwards blues and white american traditional music of all kinds, east european& asian folk music, birds(the ones in the trees), hawaiian music
read"robert crumb draws the blues " and you..ll get an idea.
LABELS: shimmy disc / yazoo / chess / motown / crypt / voodoo rhythm /
epitaph / hangman / sun / "K" / bear family / mute / CBS / folkways /
revenant / verve / buddah / capitol / island / riverside / glitterhouse /
hidden / exile / normal / blue rose / norton /
charley patton / bukka white / bo chatmon / son house / jimmy rodgers /
big joe williams / joe turner / guitar slim (the senior) howlin..wolf /
chuck berry / eddy cochran / very early johnny cash / hasil adkins /
hank williams / charly rich / the godz / captain beefheart / can /
bob dylan until the early / mid 70 .. s / tom waits / howie gelb of giant sand /
nick cave and the bad seeds (all of them) tex perkins of the beasts of bourbon
& the cruel sea / billy childish /thee headcoats / the gories / gallon drunk /
cocktail international / the fatal shore / james brown / charly parker /
oscar peterson / ennio moriccone / bruno adams / link wray / the beach boys
maurice ravel / claude debussy / charley feathers / the swans / jonatan richman/
dean martin / nico / the velvet underground / herman halb / elvis presley /
chuck e. weiss / lee hazelwood /.....
Sounds Like
Sounds like Lenoard Cohen drinking meths with Toulouse Lautrec, Vincent Van Gogh, Charles Bukowski and Adriano Celentano on top of the Eiffel Tower dropping pennys.
