Nina Jo on vocals, 6, 12-string guitars and Temple (aka Tipple) guitars. Learning dobro. Sometimes I'll throw in a harp, spoons, washboard, you never know.
Learn more in this interview! http://deborahcrooks.blogspot.com/2009/07/nina-jo-smiths-people-places-sings.html
Influences
Danny Barnes
Bill Frissell
Chet Atkins
Sonny Landreth
Flux
Tony Rice
Lee Mallory
Patty Griffin, Woody Guthrie, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Marijohn Wilkins, Papa Carter for perfect songs; Cole Porter for melody & wit. John Fahey for inventive guitar... Johnny Cash for 100% integrity, Rosanne Cash for writing close-to-the-bone... Jean Ritchie, for real. Dinah for phrasing. Cyndi Lauper, Betty Carter, Etta James, Aretha, Bonnie Bramlett for THE BEST vocals. Bonnie Raitt for groove, Emmylou Harris for atmosphere. Matraca Berg for songcraft, Duane Allman, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Sonny Landreth, Vince Gill, Wayne Perkins, Pete Guitar Carr for, well, guitar and soul, the whole musical package...
Just about anyone you can name out of Muscle Shoals.... and Blaze Foley - they got it goin' on & soul to burn........
Lee Mallory, master musician, forever.
How to serve a song:
Sounds Like
Mystical Folkabilly (Woody Guthrie meets Joni Mitchell in the Velvet Underground)
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I was about 10 years old when I started playing guitar. That's when I stole my mom's little nylon-stringed guitar. Hers was easier to play than my tough little steel-stringed Christmas present from Sears, though that one lives in memory as the one that taught me the miracle of changing pitch by pressing the string against the wood of the guitar neck. Ooooooh. Now I just try to keep up with what the guitar is telling me so I can pull out the songs each one has to offer.
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THANKS FOR THE FRIENDSHIP & SUPPORT, MUCH APPREICATED, STOP BY WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE AND GIVE A LISTEN AND LEAVE A COMMENT ON YOUR THOUGHTS..............
Hi Nina Jo--- Thanks for the B'day wishes. Hope your doing well. I tried messaging you but it wouldn't go through. Take care. Please keep in touch. Toni
Thanks for the add. I surely can't argue with any of your influences either...especially the late great Chet Atkins. I liked your vocal version of "Dreamcatcher" ... it's a lovely song and you have a lovely voice...not like my old "scratchy" voice. Wishing you just enough...that's all anyone really needs. Your friend and fan, John Arruda
Hey, Nina! I'm playing a show with KFOG Local Scene Volume VI artist Mike Gibbons at Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco this Friday, August 21st! Tickets are $8.00 in advance at http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2419994&pl=reddevil or $10.00 at the door. Come on out and support some local music! It would be great to see ya there. Doors open at 9:00pm. Music starts at 9:30pm. Thanks!
Tess‘ debut solo album The Only One We Need marks a significant moment in modern music history. This is not only one of the first releases in a new genre - Catholic Christian Rock - but it also features famous musicians known for their work with mainstream secular classic rock legends. John McFee of The Doobie Brothers, Carlos Rios and Sharon Celani of the Stevie Nicks band, and Joey Stec of The Millennium are among the noted musicians present on this album.
Won't you plan on coming out and being a part of this celebration? Together we can do a lot to help our community, and have a great time doing it! Hope to see you there!
Thanks so much for your help and support. - Sonny Edwards
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