Townes Van Zandt, Woody Guthrie, Ramblin Jack Elliot, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Blind Melon, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Alanis Morrissette, Bob Dylan, Three Dog Night, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, The Greatful Dead, Frank Sinatra, Patsy Cline, Etta James, James Taylor, The Moody Blues, The Avett Brothers , Violent Femmes, Mississipi John Hurt, Memphis Minnie, Tom T. Hall, Bonnie Prince Billy (Will Oldham), Nickle Creek, Just About to Burn, The Kinks, The Who, Rage Against the Machine, The Red Stick Ramblers, Matt Hopper, Regina Spektor, Old Crow Medicine Show, Addrienne Young, Nathan Peek Band, Did I already say Bob Dylan?, Cee-lo Green, The Maytals, Bob Marley, Did I already say The Avett Brothers? Muddy Waters, Paul Simon, Donovan, Phish, Yonder Mountain String Band, Bela Fleck, Porter Davis, The New York Dolls, The Talking Heads, The Pixies,
Zach Galifianakis , Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Velvet Underground and Nico, The Ramones, Elvis Costello, The Everybodyfields , Langhorne Slim, The Little Country Giants , Neko Case, The New Pornographers...and anything else worth listening too that is not packaged and shined and ready to be marketed to the masses (go to youhavebadtasteinmusic.com)... I've probably forgotten a lot and this is constantly being added too, because I draw influences from everywhere... .
Sounds Like
I call it a unique blend of progressive: blues, country, folk, americana, rock-n-roll, singer songwriter........................................................music.............
Mandi Rae's EPK
HEY! Take a look at an interview done for Tapestry... a show on Birmingham, Al's local NPR station. Just click on the logo and find my interview!
Check out this map of people who are visiting this profile... cool.
Mandi Rae from Birmingham is one of the young performers who is posed to take back country music from the over commercialized grip of the Nashville establishment and give us a genuine taste of the sincere, straightforward narrative and powerful voices of the real south. Full of humor and straight to the point, Mandi Rae has a natural affinity for entertaining and has been a refreshing break in my own music listening of late. Go to www.mandiraemusic.com and to www.myspace.com/mandirae and get an earful of Mandi Rae's punchy tunes and home-made philosophy.
-- Robin Merritt of The ArtFRONT
Mandi Rae, Thank you for adding me to your list of friends. I really appreciate it. My current project is a fiction novel with CD soundtrack due out this fall. Wishing you continued success and a wonderful musical and happy weekend.
The show was great, we had a blast! I was surprised you didn't get to the Denver show. We live in Fountain, right outside Fort Carson. Aaron transferred from Fort Bragg to Fort Carson in February of '08 but I came home in November after he got deployed. We just moved back out here and the Avett Brothers show was our first big outing. We will definitely have to get together soon!
Thanks! We are definitely enjoying each others company. I've been missing you too. You guys need to come to the coast before we move and enjoy the beach. We just got a house and have plenty of room.
