Johnny Zabala

Bio:

singer, guitarist ,producer,actor,he draws as well.

Member Since:

September 16, 2006

Members:

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 // adam chalk:drums // elmo lewis: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 /chet baker/harpo marx/ 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 / robert mitchum / can / eugene chadbourne / bongwater / butthole surfers / ween / the tinklers / bob dylan until the early / mid 70 .. s / tom waits / nikki sudden/jacobites/thelonius monk/howie gelb of giant sand / will oldham / swans / 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 / jonathan richman/ hound dog taylor / dean martin / nico / the velvet underground / herman halb / elvis presley / chuck e. weiss / lee hazelwood / johnny dowd.....

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.

Record Label:

not at the moment