Nancy Atlas - Lead Vox, Acoustic Guitar, Amp Surfing
Johnny Blood - Lead Electric Guitar, Vox
Brett King- Bass
Richard Rosch - Drums, BKG Vox
Neil Surreal - Keyboard, Accordian, Harmonica, Vox
Occasional sit ins:
Skip Krevens - Pedal Steel
Abby Hot Lips Levin - Percussion
Jeff Marshall -Percussion
Randi Fishenfeld - Violin
Jake Clemons - Saxophone
Influences
Influences include: Lucinda Williams, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Emmy Lou-Harris, The Kinks and The Stones.
Atlas has often been compared to Bonnie Wraitt, Lucinda Williams, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow and Paul McCartney to name a few.
Nancy Atlas is the missing link between Lucinda Williams and Sheryl Crow. Original Americana Rock with a touch of Southern Comfort. She walks the line between swaggering rock chick and thread bare poet, garnering her a legion of die hard fans and in house respect.
After studying art history abroad at Cambridge University, Nancy Atlas picked up a guitar at 21 and never looked back. In the past 13 years she has produced three albums under her own label, Neptuna Records, amassed a staggering posse of fans and received over 2 million hits on her website, nancyatlas.com. Known for her raw live performances and stellar songwriting, Atlas and her band of journeymen have been able to sustain several grass root tours across the US, sell thousands of CD's and have opened for just about everyone under the sun.
I'd recommend the Dean Markely "Trilogy" pickup for your new (old) j-200... but it sounds like ya already got a picker-upper goin' in. Anyhoo, the Trilogy has a mic, piezo, and standard pickup all rolled into one, and removable, too. Makes my Guild D-50 sound so big and real - Welcome back!
You know, for a cold, waveless week, we've got an awful lot going on over here:
- CLASSIC Montauk Surf footage of Alberto and Gert swells from YouTube;
- Updates on the fight to FREE THE MONTAUK EIGHT, including a recap of our successful event at the Stephen Talkhouse (11/30/07) and ordering info on the very popular "SURFING IS NOT A CRIME" T-Shirts;
- A featured song by new local act Matty Liot & The Big Up, plus links to other local bands!
- News about the local four-man crew that will attempt to break the record for ROWING A BOAT FROM THE CANARIES TO BARBADOS !
- Links to Chapter Meeting Minutes, Weather/Surf Info, NY Surf Blogs;
- Roster info on our newly-elected Chapter Board Members, and a HEAVILY local top friends list;
- And, a surfing quote from Mark Twain;
Click on over y'all - it's all here!
Stay warm everyone - unless you already are. In that case... cool it, man.
Probably one of the more important chapter meetings in recent memory - read the blogs and you'll see why. So, get your butts out to Montauk next Friday night - Hampton Bays crew, car pool if you have to - numbers equal strength!
Baby, Baby, Baby... I can't wait for the new CD/DVD Nancy Atlas Project Palooza to arrive in my fat little hands on the 24th... Looks like I am going to have to have a DVD player installed in the old VW!!! Hoping to rock out with you and the band on the at the Parkside again this month.
Hola Chica, just got back from PR for a cup of coffee in the frozen east end. Wilderness was rockin', Surfer's Beach too... brought one board, the Joe Flow rocket fish - Loving it. Now heading outta town again for over a week to snowboard (instruct) up in the Catskills. I'll get in touch once I'm back in Dodge. Say hello to the two men in your life. Wow, I just realized you're now outnumbered by the other gender at home, three to one if you count the Grizz.... PS - The sick new Fiesta Red Jaguar Bass has been delivered!
