Maritime Hotel

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A New Season

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Released: May 10, 2008

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A New Season
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Young
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Keep Believing
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The Country Girl
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General Info

Genre: Acoustic / Alternative / Pop
Location Brighton via Belfast, IE
Profile Views: 19354
Last Login: 7/23/2011
Member Since 9/6/2006
Record Label Unsigned
Bio
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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George 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'...
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"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