Lucinda Williams, The Avett Brothers, Mazzy Star, Jack White, Ryan Adams, Fiona Apple, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, John Hiatt, The Subdudes, Rolling Stones, Robert Cray, John Prine, Gram Parsons, Elvis, Hank Williams, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Beatles, Bright Eyes
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"It's like running over the love song with a 4-wheel drive truck and then backing over it again to make sure it's dead..."
I'm a baby of the blues… I embrace my inner twang, although it is the unintentional result of growing up in the south. A Florida native, I am the product of a household that blasted a regular rotation of the family vinyls, which generally included Buddy Guy, the Vaughn Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Albert Collins, Little Feat, and a slew of old bluegrass, country, and rock & roll on a nightly basis. My dad gave me an early dose of the blues when he took me to a Jacksonville nightclub to see Little Charlie and the Nightcats. I was 5 and the addiction could not be stopped. Blue blood's been running through my veins ever since.
With 10 years of classical piano and music theory under my belt, I found my voice through the guitar. At the age of 11, armed with my dad's hand-me-down Ovation (admittedly a very nice hand-me-down...), I taught myself the chords to my favorite songs, comparing guitar notes to those on the piano, picking and plodding until I got it just right. I have since had the pleasure of sharing the stage with many accomplished musicians in the Northeast Florida area and am honored to have had guidance and support, in the form of structured music lessons, back-porch jam sessions, and kind words of encouragement, from some truly incredible musical peers.
After writing songs and practicing scales in the solace of my bedroom for years, I eventually recorded two full-length albums (again, in my bedroom...). I have found myself engaged in a sordid love affair with my Gibson Dove and an 8-track digital recorder. Gathering inspiration from life in the south, incredible people, bad politicians, obligatory heartbreak, and hole-in-the-wall bars, my music offers the best description of who I am and what I'm about...
Cheers...
Nice trax sending you some digital love. Thankyou for being a friend of New Translation. We invite you to check out our new funk tracks Find A Home & Looking Back At it All. Drop by anytime and say hello. Keep on rolling. Cheers Shaun M
Natalie, It's been a while, hope things are fine, but I have a favor to ask you: I don’t know how this happened but I somehow got nominated for this... how metal - I know, but here ya go anyways, feel like voting for this metalhead? hehe (intructions on how are on my Profile) ...and - if you could mobilize & rev up some of your fellow VOTER forces, that would be way cool, cuz I gotta win! (2nd place is not good!) :) Thanx a bunch! PS. in case you'd be interesed - check it out, I finally gave in ...you can follow me around on www.Twitter.com/ArmandVio7 Ciao for now, - Armand
