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.
click here to listen at theutah.org...
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
Tom Ammaniano (state assemblyman from San Francisco) just introduced a
bill into the state assembly to tax and regulate marijuana as we do
alcohol -- i.e., it would be legalized, taxed, and regulated. Like
alcohol, sales would be limited to folks over 21, penalties would be in
place for dui, sale to minors, etc. in other words, it sounds like the
right approach. The bill's official number is AB390, and more info will probably be available soon at www. norml. org and www. mpp. org.
If you have a minute, call and/or email your state assembly person and
Senator to encourage them to support the bill. You can look up their
contact info online based on your zip code:
http://www. legislature. ca. gov/port-zipsearch. html.
Feel free to pass this along. The bill is fighting an uphill battle
against a vast legacy of misguided and uninformed policy, and it will
only have a chance of passing if people speak up in favor.
This bill will provide California with one billion dollars of revenue each year (each ounce is taxed $50)
hello Nina Jo! It's really a pleasure to be writing on your page. I've admired your music for a few years now. We're playing a free show tomorrow if you're interested Hope to see you soon regardless.
