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Maritime Hotel
Alternative / Acoustic / Pop

Folk-Pop/Alternative/Irish Americana



Brighton via Belfast
Ireland

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Last Login:  12/21/2009
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Member Since9/6/2006
InfluencesGeorge Best, Van Morrison & Them, Them when they turned psychedelic after Van left, The Wheels, Demick & Armstrong, The Belfast Gypsies, Northern Irish powerpop (Ash and their forebearers e.g. Undertones, Rudi, Protex), Barry McGuigan's da singing 'Danny Boy', Ivor Cutler, Terri Hooley, John Peel, Banana Splits, Beatles, Rutles, Turtles, Buffalo Springfield, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Youngbloods, Zombies, Association, Joni Mitchell, Doug Sahm & Sir Douglas Quintet, Sam Cooke, Byrds, Todd Rundgren & The Nazz, Mamas & Papas, Lovin’ Spoonful, Young Rascals, Scott Walker, Monkees, Steve Ellis & Love Affair, Beach Boys, Love, Tony Joe White, The Beau Brummels, Tom Rush, Glen Campbell, Gene Vincent, John Barry, Burt Bacharach, Kinks, Bob Dylan, Springsteen, Rod & The Faces, Hank Williams, Jackie Wilson, Bobby Womack, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Bobbie Gentry, Ray Charles, A Tribe Called Quest, Talk Talk, Blue Nile, Marvin Gaye, John Lee Hooker, Nilsson, Left Banke, Curtis Mayfield, Carole King & The City, Elvis Presley, Gang Starr, John Barry, Miles Davis, Small Faces, Phil Spector, The Doors, John Fahey, Bruce Langhorne, Bert Jansch & Pentangle, Kossoff & Free, John Martyn, Karen Dalton, The Who, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood, Fred Neil, Tim Buckley, King Pleasure, Jimmy Webb, De La Soul, Eddie Hinton, Richie Havens, Nick Drake, Davy Graham, Neil Finn, Nick Heyward, Roddy Frame & Aztec Camera, The Box Tops, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Waterboys, Randy Newman, Little Richard, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Spirit, Simon & Garfunkel, Beck, Gene Clark, Tim Hardin, Chet Baker, The Band, Flying Burrito Brothers, Dion, Leonard Cohen, The Archies, Terry Callier, The Drifters, Townes Van Zandt, Bobby Darin, Bob Welch's Fleetwood Mac, Lemonheads, Teenage Fanclub, currently digging Pernice Brothers, A Girl Called Eddy, M Ward, James Yorkston, The Clientele, Matt Deighton, The Bees, Little Barrie, The Len Price 3, The Basement (Norn Iron's finest!), Candie Payne, Lucky Jim, The Aliens, Eric Matthews, Tahiti 80, Jay Farrar's soundtrack for 'The Slaughter Rule'...sweet new toon by Wilco called 'Either Way'...
Sounds Like"A more optimistic acoustic strum from the times when Fred Neil, Scott Walker and John Barry ruled the world....the songs have that innocence and grasp of summery melody...a masterpiece is imminent" - Tom Sheriff, Comes with a Smile magazine
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   About Maritime Hotel
Maritime Hotel - named after the legendary Belfast blues club/beatnik hangout of the 60's- is a vehicle for the folky acoustic pop of Brighton-based Northern Irish songwriter Brian Bell...new tracks featured on MySpace are from collaboration in Brittany with Irish producer/guitarist/all-round top fella Topher Loudon (member of folk festival faves The Churchfitters and acclaimed figure on Breton roots/rock 'n roll circuit) and American arranger/bassist Joel Bennett - Joel's career includes writing the retro soundtrack for early Leonardo Di Caprio flick 'The Foot Shooting Party' and playing bass for Randy Newman and Little Richard! Also involved in these sessions are Breton virtuoso Vassili Caillosse (pedal-steel, dobro, banjo & slide guitar) and drummer Rufus O'Callaghan. In Brighton, Maritime Hotel's music has also had input from seaside musos Simon Wilkinson, Jason Murphy, Stewy Babbs, Simon Russell, Rob McRobert, Grant Allardyce and various other hallions to whom thanks and pints are owed... I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.1

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Maritime Hotel has 605 friends.
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 Mr Tayto 


 Belfast Poets 


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 The Basement 


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 Curtis Mayfield 


 The Belfast Gypsies 


 The Monkees 


 Hank Williams 


 Vetiver 


 Monio Music 


 The Len Price 3 


 The Keepers 


 Tim Hardin 


 James Walbourne 


 BAP KENNEDY 


 Rose Elinor Dougall 


 Steve Ellis 


 Rutles 


 Lucky Jim 


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 Firebrand Project 


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 Roddy Frame 


 Henry Miller 


 Bruce Lee 


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 Peter Tork 


 MICALLEF 


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Fairplay Collective

Fairplay Collective



Nov 20 2009 6:00 PM


Michael Brunnock interview with Journalist Suzanne Connolly

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Oct 26 2009 11:29 PM

Hi Brian, nice to see you lastnight at the hand in hand and now here on myspace :-)

Enjoying listening to your tracks :-) You've got a bit of an 'erm' ending to Keep Believing, I like it! :-)

Fairplay Collective

Fairplay Collective



Oct 9 2009 5:35 PM

Michael Brunnock will be performing with his Irish Band "Little Palace" November 5th 8pm Whelans, Dublin November 7th 9pm Headfort Arms, Kells, Co. Meath November 12th 8pm The Backroom, Navan, Co. Meath Little Palace will be releasing their New Single "Beekeeper" from their latest album Invitation Time. We all hope to see you there. Keep Music Alive go hear a show.
John Cunningham

John Cunningham



Sep 7 2009 9:14 PM

Hey Brian, v sorry for the long delay - been trying to catch up with everything. Good to hear from you - how are things? Yes have a road trip sometime when all this college nonsense dies down! Went on tour in the US and met up with James in San Francisco - he says hello. Hope all well. Speak soon J
COLORAMA

COLORAMA



Aug 26 2009 5:05 AM

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Jul 26 2009 8:00 PM

CHEAP SUMMER DEALS (PLUS 1 HOUR FREE)

Hi, through out JULY AND AUGUST we are slashing our day time rehearsal prices. Between 10am and 5pm all our rooms are either £6 or £7 per hour including weekends. Making us one of the cheapest in SUSSEX. Plus If you buy 3 hours we will even throw in a 4th totally FREE. YES TOTALLY FREE.

OUR RECORDING RATES ARE STILL JUST AS AFFORDABLE TOO, FULL DAYS FROM £200 ALL IN.

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Monio Music

Monio Music



Jul 21 2009 6:38 PM

Old Chen

Old Chen



Jun 26 2009 6:08 AM

Sex kitten strip like pro, make hard to resist.  Close shop early, have dirty ride Flapjack express, HA!
Lucky Jim

Lucky Jim



Jun 15 2009 1:58 PM

Thanks B

Hope all is good

Trying to put a new album together

Damn those drum loops!

GG
Steve Ellis

Steve Ellis



Jun 5 2009 2:01 PM

Thanks a lot Bri appreciate the C.D.You have a good w/e
Best ones
Steve
Steve Ellis

Steve Ellis



Jun 2 2009 6:22 PM

Oy Oy Skinhead wheres my Sam Cooke C.D. you promised me eh?
Hope your o.k. mate
Best ones
Steve
Steve Ellis

Steve Ellis



Mar 17 2009 10:28 AM

HI Bri,happy Saint Patricks Day mate.

Have one on me.

Keep the faith
Glad you & Bosey enjoyed gig.

Steve
BELFAST BLAH BOY

BELFAST BLAH BOY



Feb 1 2009 12:46 PM

R.I.P. JOHN MARTYN. Stormbringer kept my head above water all last year. Its as fresh as the first time I heard it. One Love.
Ian
COLORAMA

COLORAMA



Jan 20 2009 2:00 AM

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Steve Ellis

Steve Ellis



Dec 31 2008 12:19 PM

HI Brian,hope Belfast was good.Happy New Year mate.
Best ones
Steve
Simon Wilkinson (Film composer)

Simon Wilkinson (Film composer)



Dec 27 2008 6:20 PM

Hope you had a great Xmas mate and a happy new year. Diggin the new track and look forward to hearing the album. See ya soon...
COLORAMA

COLORAMA



Dec 3 2008 11:45 PM

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The Somebody’s

The Somebody’s



Jul 28 2008 6:25 PM

Thank You
Hey Maritime Hotel,,,,Thanks for adding
us to your friends list,
Love your Music,
"Young" sounds Great !
All the Best,

-Paul-
Lucky Jim

Lucky Jim



Jul 2 2008 5:05 PM

Hi Bri

How's the Belfast Cowboy?

GG
Steve Ellis

Steve Ellis



Jun 18 2008 5:23 PM

Wassup Bri,good to catch up.Try & send the Sam Cooke you spoke of.
Will send you something in return.
Keep the faith
Steve
Steve Ellis

Steve Ellis



Apr 24 2008 9:49 AM

HI Bri,how goes mate?Hope all is well with the Belfast Skinhead.
Catch up soon
Cheers
Steve
Lucky Jim

Lucky Jim



Apr 23 2008 9:50 PM

Brian

Keep me up to date

Big Love

GG
Eve Williams

Eve Williams



Apr 2 2008 8:37 PM

My new album is now on iTunes.
Yay!
Mike Wilton

Mike Wilton



Mar 29 2008 6:53 PM

Hi there!

Just a line to say that a guy called Miles Jefcoate who was my art teacher gave me a CD with George Best holding a baby on the front cover called 'living room and other demo recordings' about 5 years ago and mentioned that the band were looking for a guitarist. Unfortunatley i never got round to phoning, but i'd like to say that i still like that CD, especially the track 'surefire'.
Take care
Mike
The Murmurs of Tension

The Murmurs of Tension



Mar 21 2008 3:25 PM

The Murmurs of Tension
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