Nikki O'Neill: lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
Joshua "Cartier" Cutsinger: bass, vocals
Rich Lackowski: drums, percussion, vocals
Influences
Hi Records, Stax, Motown... Tina Turner, Ann Peebles, Aretha Franklin, Timi Yuro, Barbara Lynn, Al Green, Ray Charles, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin...... on guitars/stringed gadgets: Albert King, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Randolph, Derek Trucks, Sue Foley and Cindy Cashdollar...... plus Quincy Jones, Sly Stone, Fela Kuti, Black Crowes, Phish, Greatful Dead, John Lee Hooker, The Meters, Galactic, Gov't Mule...
Sounds Like
"Nikki O'Neill is like listening to Chrissie Hynde singing to John Lennon in Otis Redding's kitchen."
- Will Ray (The Hellecasters)
"Nikki's songwriting is a breath of fresh air. She breaks the mold
without moving outside the boundaries of popular music. Her songs are
infectious and satisfying and her solos are tasty and melodic. I always
feel better after hearing her play."
- Ron Manus, Executive Vice President, Alfred Publishing
Your song 'Starting Over' is so good it is unfair to call it indie. It is head and shoulders better than anything mainstream I have heard in five years. Wishing you tremendous success with your career ~ Mike from SonicJive.com
"Nikki O'Neill is like listening to Chrissie Hynde singing to John Lennon in Otis
Redding's kitchen. She takes everything she's learned about life, puts it in a blender and pours out a glass of soul!"
- Will Ray (The Hellecasters, Solomon Burke, Steve Earle)
Get the single that Will Ray reviewed here!
NIKKI O'NEILL BAND BIO
Nikki O'Neill is a singer, lead guitar player and songwriter in LA. Her band appeals to fans of Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Amy Winehouse, Susan Tedeschi, Chrissie Hynde and Ann Peebles... fans of soul, blues and classic rock n roll.
"Starting Over", "It's Simple (But It's Not Easy)", and "Some Day" from the band's debut EP, feature Nikki on vocals/guitars and Rich Lackowski on drums. The production and arranging was handled by Nikki and Dapo Torimiro, keyboardist on recent tours with Stevie Wonder.
Since the Nikki O'Neill Band formed in the fall of 2008, they've played numerous clubs, festivals and acoustic shows, including International Pop Overthrow Festival (IPO); the LA Marathon; NAMM, a 4th of July fest in Chicago and summer festivals in Southern California.
Nikki is featured in "Guitar Woman" - Sue Foley's upcoming book with top players like Bonnie Raitt, Me'shell Ndegocello, Ani DiFranco, Jennifer Batten, and more.
www.guitarwoman.com
She is endorsed by Daisy Rock Guitars and Seymour Duncan pickups.
ADDITIONAL FACTS ABOUT NIKKI
*Nikki is a freelance singer, guitar player, songwriter and guitar instructor in LA. She recently sang with 19-piece band Vaud & The Villains at Cirque Berzerk. She also played guitar with soul-funk-jazz artist Philip Clark and a Led Zeppelin tribute, and sang Janis Joplin songs in another tribute project. She's available to play with serious recording and touring projects.
*Nikki is featured in Sue Foley's upcoming book "Guitar Woman"; taught the only university-level guitar class in the U.S. on women's contemporary rock and blues guitar at The New School in NYC, and she's been a guest clinician at a music college in Sweden. She played on Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra's 2002 debut album "Fuss And Fight", which was produced by Gabe Roth of The Dap-Kings.
*Nikki's song "Starting Over" was featured on NBC's The Today Show in 2007. She also co-wrote three songs with Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare in 2007.
ADDITIONAL FACTS ABOUT RICH & JOSH:
Rich is from Chicago. He's the author of smash hit drum instruction book "On The Beaten Path," which won the 2008 Modern Drummer Reader's Poll Award and the 2008 Drummy Reader's Poll Award for best drum book. His follow-up books have also received awards, as well as critical and public acclaim, in the drum community world-wide. "On The Beaten Path" is also going international - currently being translated into German.
Josh is also from Chicago. He is a Grammy-nominated producer and engineer, and his client list includes Sting, Bob Dylan, Rachael Yamagata, Pink, kd lang, members of The Smashing Pumpkins, and many other major label artists.
Hi My Friend :) Hope all is goin great!!! Your music really is fantastic....great to listen to. You are so talented...proud to have you on my myspace!!!! Take care Peace n Harmony KB
Thank you for adding me to your list of friends. I really appreciate it.
I am thrilled that my romance suspense novel 'Love On a Carousel' with it's 12-song CD soundtrack is due out this fall. 5 of the songs are uploaded on myspace. A short description of the book can be found on my blog. A limited number of CD's are now available through PayPal on my profile page.
Wishing you continued success and a great musical summer.
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Hi Nikki! Wow! You sound GREAT! A TOTAL PRO! So glad to know you! Would love to work with you someday! We are all about the "SISTASHIP"! You GO GURL! BLESSINGS, Francesca and SOME LIKE IT HOT!
Nikki - Hopefully that's not the last time we get to play together. I'm sure I'll hear when the Zep thing gets off the ground. See you then, at least, and I'll keep an eye out for your shows.
It was nice to take a good listen to your lyrics,very cool song writing. Nothing lacking with you guitar playing. So I could hear where a sax and harmonica could fit but your music sounds complete as it is . I'm not so sure that I'm coming this year. If and wen I do I hope I will have a chance to play with you and your band.
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