Vocals: On the Missing Lincoln record: Greg Frazier; on my demos: Kenny Gott
Guitars: on the Missing Lincoln record: Kenny plays about half the rhythm guitar and all but one solo; Greg plays about half the rhythm guitar and the solo on "Paparazzi And Panties." On my demos: me.
Bass: me
Drums: On the Missing Lincoln record: the fabulous Bart Kelley; on my demos: license-free single-hit samples (studio recordings of actual drums and cymbals being hit once each) painstakingly arranged by Kenny to sound like a competent drummer who loves Kenny's ideas and lets Kenny push him around like a shopping cart. (That's the opposite of Bart Kelley, who is so good I just turn him loose and he does the right thing for every song.)
Influences
The short version is: Fiona Apple and the song "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO. The medium version is: me wife and girl, me sis, Grandma and Grandpa McFadden, Bach, Schubert, Paganini, Django Reinhardt, Ella Fitzgerald, Hank Williams Sr., Chet Atkins, Etta James, Patsy Cline, Bob Dylan, Tom T. Hall, Leonard Cohen, the Cohen brothers, The Vahldicks, Johnny Cash, Charlie Pride, Beatles, the Faces, Janice Joplin, Elton John, Paul Simon, Mom, Abba, Aerosmith, Kiss, George Clinton, Stevie Wonder, Led Zeppelin, The Babys, Rene Hadley, Edward Gorey, the late and sorely missed legendary Springfield guitar hero Bill Brown, Dale McCoy, Kevin Brashears, Magnum Load, The Edge/Sneak Preview, Bart Kelley, Hugh Walpole, Bud Johnson, the Peppercats, Johnny Rocker, Dave Vincent, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, The Sweet, Thin Lizzy, Greg Frazier, David Bowie, Bon Scott era AC/DC, ELO, Queen, Yes, 70's Genesis/Peter Gabriel, Cheap Trick, Elvis Presley, The Elvis Brothers (sometimes I'm piecing a drum bit together and think, "what would Brad Elvis do?"), Elvis Costello, Blondie, Cyndi Lauper (you heard me, she's great), Go-Go's, Bangles, Talking Heads, U2, Prince, Squeeze, Missing Persons, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sinead O'Connor, Cure, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Smashing Pumpkins, Andy Merrill, Ben Folds/Ben Folds 5, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Strokes, No Doubt, White Stripes, Kings Of Leon, Vampire Weekend, Jeff Beck, Tiny Tim.
Sounds Like
I guess it sounds like some descendents of the blues forms. There are a couple of fancy chords so perhaps it sounds like jazz when those happen. Mostly shameless pop.
I'm a songwriter from the U.S. midwest. I play guitars and basses...I've performed in working rock bands off and on, and my long-time singer/buddy Greg Frazier and I co-wrote and co-produced an album titled LID under the band name Missing Lincoln. We're very proud of it, listen to samples above and buy one while there's still time.
The tunes above in the myspace player are a few I wrote and demo'd at home over the last couple of years. As I get new songs registered at the copyright office I'll rotate them in here periodically.
Thanks to all of you who have stopped by to listen to my songs and check out my laughing baby video. Really nice to see the level of musical activity in Springfield as evidenced by the number of acts from here with myspace pages, just astounding. Support the local music scene wherever you are, and best wishes.
So I am cleaning up some boxes (because basement flooded last night) from 3 years ago when moved here and what do I finally come across? The vid. from a Fletchers night that Riff Raff played a couple songs and then both you and Naked Zoo played together! Great stuff! If I could find a way to edit and transfer to dvd I'd love to share some of the old stuff w/everyone.
