Nigel Wearne: electric, Weissenborn, acoustic guitars, Dobro, harmonica and lead vocals.
Mark Sibson: drums/percussion.
Influences
In no particular order: Tom Waits, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Kelly Joe Phelps, The Black Keys, Matt Walker and Ashley Davies, The Pogues, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Damien Rice, Ryan Adams, Nick Cave, Tex Perkins, Don Walker, Charlie Owen, Townes Van Zandt, The Band, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Ben Harper, Jeff Lang, Darren Hanlon, Neil Young, Chris Whitley, Chris Wilson, Harry Manx, U2, Sufjan Stevens, Steve Earle, The Doors, Pearl Jam, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Django Reinhardt, Rickie Lee Jones, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Miles Davis, James Brown, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Johnny Cash, Woody Guthrie, John McCutcheon, Jerry Douglas, Richard Thompson, Skunkhour, Lucinda Williams, Pink Floyd, Jimmy Smith, Paul Kelly, Gomez, Dave Matthews Band, Fleet Foxes, Rolling Stones, M-Ward, Beth Orton, Bon Iver, Rachmanninof, Ricki Lee Jones, John Butler Trio, You am I, Something for Kate, Cold Chisel, AC/DC, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack Johnson etc. I have an expensive obsession with music, meaning that much of my money is spent of many and varied CD's/LP's. Sometimes my songs crawl out from under the bed, slide out of the cracks in the floor, rise as steam out of the sink and fall down between the rain drops.
Such songs as 'Take it with me', Tom Waits, 'River man' by Nick Drake, 'Rainy night in Soho' by Shane MacGowan (The Pogues), 'Running to stand still' (U2) and 'Hallelujah' (L.Cohen, covered by Jeff Buckley) have blown me away by their imagery, metaphor and depth. There are others like 'When the music's over' (The Doors), 'Black' (Pearl Jam), 'Tommy' (Kelly Joe Phelps), 'Viðrar vel til loftárása'(Sigur Ros), 'Shelter from the storm'/'Changing of the guard'/Desolation row' etc (Bob Dylan) and a cover of Mance Lipscomb's 'Rocks and gravel' (Matt Walker and Ashley Davies). All these songs have taken me somewhere better. It doesn't matter if it's melancholy, music just keeps me ticking and is the just about the only thing that makes me cry and sends shivers down my spine.
Sounds Like
Some of it's folk/rock, some of it's alternative country/blues, some of it's pyschedelic roots. A loose mixture between Kelly Joe Phelps, Damien Rice and Ryan Adams with some Neil Youngs rock sentiments.
If you really want to genre-lise it, check it out....
"Nigel Wearne is a passionate and inspired singer songwriter. His fingerstyle musings, rants and lamentations are eclectic and compelling, melding alternative country, folk and rock. Nigel’s influences include Tom Waits, Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, Kelly Joe Phelps, Neil Young and Gillian Welch. Equipped with homemade instruments, his organic stories and evocative lyrics deliver honest and refreshing music in an exciting new age of folk. His duo features Mark Sibson on drums to craft songs laced with imagery and haunted by truth. Nige has supported a diversity of artists like Billy Thorpe, Carus, Sarah Carroll and Chris Wilson, and has played the Queenscliff Music Fest, Mortlake Buskers Fest a multitude of venues around metro and rural Victoria. Nigel's album "From the door, she waved", is a tapestry of woven lamentation and contemplation with frayed poetic edges. Be sure to visit www.nigelwearne.com for more stuff!
UPDATE:
Nige debut album, 'From the door, she waved' features an array of talented musician including, the ubiqitous and marvelous Ashley Davies on drums, Tom Morgan on bass, Willow Stahlut on fiddle and David Downing and Harry Shaw-Reynolds on drums/percussion also.
NEW ALBUM!!!!! Nigel's new solo album, 'Sweetest Delusion' is available now. Totally acoustic, totally analogue and totally compelling, 'Sweetest Delusion' will rattle your emotions and pervade your deeper thoughts.
CD's and a whole bunch of cool stuff available at http://www.indie-cds.com
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Sweetest delusion: http://www.indie-cds.com/applications/search/search_result.asp? ItemID=877
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Hi, Joe Neptune is launching his new album at Manchester Lane this Sunday. Come on down for dinner and a show (or just a show). We know you've got Monday off....
hey nige, like the new default pic. We're @ the Grandview, West Brunswick on Sat, May 9th @ 3pm and then May 24th @ the Wesley Anne with you! Looking forward to it. Cheers!
Hello again, a couple of boys from the Custom Kings have a side project called Joe Neptune. Joe's debut album, "No Time To Grow Up", is in stores now. Bonus tracks are available in iTunes. Thanks
Sorry I missed you gig at The Loft... heard it was a blast... I was actually in Melbourne Friday night... hope to catch you nice time... all the best and keep up the good work Raff
Hello, the Custom Kings are playing their only Melbourne show this Saturday at the John Curtin Hotel, with special guests the Hello Mornings and Matheson. Hope to see you there.
The Tiger And Me showcase event at Manchester Lane.
With support from Van Walker and Abbie Cardwell.
Thursday, 12 March.
Having started 2009 with numerous successful shows across Melbourne, including the recent Phoenix Bushfires Appeal, The Tiger And Me now play their last major show before the impending release of their debut full length album.
