Kathy Zimmer, vocals, guitar;
Steve Elliott, guitar;
Lizanne Lachat, backup vocals;
Nathan Peck, bass;
Holly McCormack, backup vocals;
Brian Wolfe, drums.
guests:
Lisa Bianco, flute;
Timothy Dark, rrrap
Influences
The Beach Boys, The Bangels, Simon & Garfunkel, Bright Eyes, the Mamas & the Papas, Merle Haggard, Gillian Welch, Patty Griffin, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Kate Bush, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Loretta Lynn, Lucinda Williams, Julian Velard, Queen, Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Aretha Franklin, Floyd Cramer, John Prine, e.e. cummings, Ogden Nash, Dylan Thomas, Helen Dore Boylston, Janis Joplin, Davie Bowie, Phoebe Snow, Elly Ameling, Elisabeth Schwartzkopf, Margaret Price, Richard Strauss, Hugo Wolf, Carlisle Floyd, John Jacob Niles, Eminem, Regina Spektor, Beastie Boys, Tim Buckley, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, John Duke, Stephen Foster, Harry Nilsson, Laura Nyro, Nico, Glen Campbell, Crowded House, Prince, Eddy Arnold, The Cars, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Petula Clark, Linda Ronstadt, Sufjan Stevens, Carole King, Radiohead and... all right all right, THE BEATLES!! And Sam Cooke, Judee Sill, Waylon Jennings, The Moody Blues, Patty Scialfa, the Andrews Sisters and Kris Kristofferson.
Sounds Like
Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Kate Bush, Rilo Kiley, Feist, Keren Ann, Linda Perhacs, KT Tunstall, Maria Taylor, Martha Wainwright, Joanna Newsom, Laura Nyro, Carole King, Cat Power, A Fine Frenzy, My Brightest Diamond ... whatev, I sound like me.
BIO for KATHY ZIMMER
Raised in a rural Nebraska town with an entire population of 160 people, Kathy Zimmer grew up singing folk music with a musical family. She learned guitar at an early age and accompanied herself as she sang for church services and various small town gigs, including rodeos, parades and county fairs.
Determined to travel the length of Nebraska State Highway 2 in order to experience the rest of the world, Kathy Zimmer’s winding road of musical explorations eventually led her to classical music. With that layer of influence she now creates music she calls “cosmopolitan folk”—music that is sophisticated yet naïve, polished yet quirky. “Cosmopolitan folk” ends up sounding reminiscent of the days when female singer/songwriters were at the height of their creative powers (think 1970s folk-pop warblers Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and Laura Nyro.)
Kathy Zimmer is astonished to wake up every morning and find herself now a resident of New York City. She performs often with her two backup singers, the Sugar Bowls, and her band, the Sunshine Banned. She has independently released three albums, all to critical acclaim--Under Your Spell, dreamin’ and Spare Key (produced by Julian Velard). She is a featured artist on www.jeffbuckley.com.
KATHY ZIMMER: Spare Key
Fanciful and sweetly regretful, this album is what you get when you cross 70's singer-songwriter sensibilities with modern perspectives, all the while trusting a whimsically unique girl to dish out the colorfully tasty results.
'showing some leg'! LOL i was leaning towards 'sexy' Einstein, but at around 6pm, i somehow turned into 'boring, old man who didn't go out'!! boo-hoo on me :)
hey, im on the virtual street team for my favorite band, STS9. their new single Phoneme is an amazing electronic jam. check out the link and thanks SO much for the support. the song is available for free stream here http://bit.ly/soundtribe
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Hey there Kathy, just passin' by to say hi! Hope you are doing well...if you have free time, drop by Joe's Pub tomorrow night, my FAVORITE band, Blame Sally, is gigging there as part of an east coast tour to promote their new CD, you would LOVE them! Hope your week is going great! Love, Nusi xo
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