Me myself and I. All written played and recorded by myself at this juncture....
Influences
Tom waits, Bob Dylan, Music Hall, friends, Jane's addiction, Led Zeppelin, Skiffle, PJ Harvey, Juby, Tim (and Jeff) Buckley, Soul singers (Marvin, Otis, Al Green), Secrets, Peaceniks, The Beatles (John not Paul), The White Stripes, Fat Dragon, Blues (Son House/ John Lee Hooker, not Eric Clapton), My family,Pixies, Bowie, Springsteen, Nina Simone, good movies and good books (the Coen brothers, Pahalniuk, Coupland, Easton Ellis) and anything that you say to me....
Sounds Like
The soul singing bastard son of Leonard Cohen and Lonnie Donegan.....
(from the days when then that didn’t mean standing on stage with half of the White Stripes).
I draw on skiffle, soul, dark folk and vaudeville, amongst other things, but mostly it’s whatever story I’ve got to tell you that matters. I like to write about romantic things like the crossroads of Blues and martial arts, young lovers on the run, escapology and such.
Puttin’ it down on wax…
I record…quite a lot.
I see recordings as a document of a moment in time. I guess part of me hankers for the days when Alan Lomax recorded artists and sounds in order to preserve them, predicting that one day they would be gone, never to be heard again. Folk songs, telephones ringing, train whistles, all gone.
In fact I have an album in the lab right now, but that’s another story.
Live in the flesh is different, I can do anything I want….
Dead or Alive…
I try to display as much as I can in performance.
Sometimes I perform alone without instruments, another day I’ll bring up to six musicians with violins, synths and electric guitars. Sometimes they’ll be forced to play pots and pans,
‘cause I love to challenge the friends who play music with me. They seem to like it.
I even have a midnight band called the shadows,
(you shoud see their fancy footwork). Sometimes I wake them up in the middle of the night to play an all night burger van, a carpark, or a wood, maybe outside a train station, or some party we haven’t been invited to. You should see them dudes dance… Maybe we’ll throw our own, put in a few calls, see who turns up. I’ve even played in a burning building, can you beat that?
Last Breath…
I enjoy the writings of
Jack Kerouac, Douglas Coupland,
Alexei Sayle and Chuck Palahniuk
amongst others.
I drive a black MGB GT
that runs at about four miles to the gallon, and have no intention of moving to Spain. I am an uncultured guitar player with questionable touch, but with great intensity when singing.
I was not born in a crossfire hurricane, but in a sleepy town in the South East, at least twenty five years ago just like a gypsy told my mother (really!)
My idea of a good time is picking flowers for my true love. I’ll see you around….
Had "For Her" on my ipod as I touched down Dublin......... That song is eternal. Hope you are well. So busy man......... but I hope to find you both when I get home in october mate.
Ive met Kim Wilson of The Fabulous Thunderbirds Sunday April 20th in London & gave him the Picture of Haakie & Kim & The Fab Thunderbirds & Canned Heat with Henry Vestine & Fito that has been on my Wall.
Also Ive learned how to Download Videos to Haakie Tribute Site So Now there is over 100 Blues Videos.
Its a Living Breathing Site & Iam Planning to go to LA for LITTLE RICHARD & CANNED HEAT on Avila Beach California 25th May WOW MAN I AM SO EXCITED !!! I hope you & Juby are well ? KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON & DON'T FORGET TOO BOOGIE. Dave (They Nicked Me Bag)
just under 50 diverse acts will be performing rock, indie, pop, folk, funk, jazz, blues, acoustic and all sorts inbetween.
playing this year are: Sub Pop Sunday (winners of XFM unsigned), REVERE (playing Glastonbury festival this year), Caimbo (included in this month’s Q magazine’s 'Tracks to Download'), The Raid (tipped in The Mirror as a band to watch in 2008), Mozzy Green (currently featuring as part of a West End theatre production), AloneMe (about to release highly anticipated debut album), NoID (winners of many awards), local favourites such as Happnin' Boy & Mike Rasmussen, The Strangerhood, Ed Hope & Friends, The Spores plus many, MANY more.
there's 2 main stages, a beer tent, plenty of craft and food stalls, an arts marquee and more to check out.
tell all your friends and come join us this weekend!
Ive just been in Portugal with "BLUE SKIES ALL AROUND" I met this "CITY GIRL" with "YOUNG LOVE" in her eyes,but she never turned up for dinner So I felt like a "KICK ARSE KARATE MAN".
Hope you & Juby are well. Hope to see you before I move.
Yesterday, I put my copy of Blonde on Blonde back on the shelf and, in doing so, noticed the significance of your profile picture. Duh... Better late than never, I guess.
Thanks for the feedback; any comparison to Dylan is welcome. =]
I now have four tracks up on my page, the latest being “Kung Fu Sue”. It’s a familiar story: boy meets girl; boy falls in love with girl; girl threatens to put boy in hospital.
my name is danny and i play guitar in a band called Fortunes Lost.
Fortunes Lost play rock music.
we like to rock and drink beer.
we also like ice cream.
if you like to do the same then you should come to our forth-coming gig at The newly refurbished hogs wine bar! in braintree, essex on the 15th september 7pm ish.
we our playing with CRAZY(mutha)88, SO ITS GONNA BE BIGGER THAN A BIG THING ON TOP OF A BIG MOUNTAIN
Have quit college and dedicating my time to gigging, and putting on gigs Will be running the Wednesday nights at Hogs if you fancy a 45 minute / hour set at the first one on Aug 29th? Also there's another on th e26th at the "Inn on the Green" if you fancy another similarly sized set?
Hiya Jamie, Great weekend. Thanks.
Here's a link to browse. You may find a familiar face there although it'll help if you read German.
http://www.wewillrockyou.ch/
Best wishes to you & Graham. - Paul
just 1 final shout out on tonights gig at Hogs Wine Bar in Braintree, Essex! Fortunes lost will be tearing up the gaff around 8 pm so if your at a loose end and want a loud evening then get ya arse down there. Its on Bradford Street near the college. If your from out of town you can route find it with the following post code, CM7 9AU.
just to let you know the following gigs have been pulled....... For reasons Un-Known haha.
Purple turtle 26th May and the Rock fest (ULU) on the 30th June. so sorry to all those who were coming down to see us. however we have got other dates on our page so check em out and hope to see you there instead! Speaking of which, we are playing this friday 18th May at Hogs Wine Bar in Braintree Essex. Try and make it as its gonna be a top night!
Thank you for being our friend!
Keep checking back for new songs coming soon and details of our forthcoming trip to LA...
You won't be disappointed!
Love CC X
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