Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Ray Charles, Heart, Little Feat, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Rickie Lee Jones, Billie Holiday, Tom Jones, Joni Mitchell, King Crimson, Yes, Django Reinhart, Miles Davis, Queen, Warren Zevon, The Rolling Stones, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Willie Nelson, Janis Ian
Sounds Like
Based on comments we've received, we sound like: Randy Newman, Janis Ian, Tom Waits, Heart, Bob Dylan, Rickie Lee Jones, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Ray Charles, The White Stripes, Timbuk 3
Monkeyshine was comprised of two friends in their mid-40s, Tim Foley and Cate Doefer, who got together to make music over the years, and on a whim, began writing songs together in the spring of 2004. Their songs are a hodgepodge of styles, jumping from country-tinged folk to angry alternative rock to jazzy pop to who-knows-what, but tied together with wryly humorous character-driven lyrics, strumming guitars & vocal harmonies. The songs touch on topics like marital infidelity, lost ambitions, fading dreams, regrets, boot-licking obsequiousness, chat room romance, borderline pedophiles, public access oddballs, not to mention homemade banana wine & picking up after your dog. Tim & Cate both continue to work their day jobs and raise their respective families on opposite sides of the lower half of the state of Michigan.
More songs are available to listen to, download, (and check out what random reviewers have said about the songs) at Garageband.com:
Purchase our album at cdbaby.com: Include some of our songs or some of Tim's solo work in your next podcast at: Also available on iTunes, MusicNet, Amazon, BestBuy.
hey there! I just listened to "Cold and Blue" - so pretty and spooky, I love it! brrrr. Then I warmed up over your Christmas-y blogs, as my roomie in the next room played a slightly bent version of "Silent Night" on his guitar. Maybe, if I try hard enough, I can will a packet of Swiss Miss to appear somewhere in my kitchen cabinet...
Have a wonderful Christmas!
