| Member Since | 9/20/2004 | | Band Website | www.parismotel.co.uk | | Band Members | Miss Amy May: vocals, violin, accordian/harmonium; Mr Mike Smith - bass and vocals; Mr Joseph Smith: drums; Mr Paul Reeves: guitar and vocals; Mr John Barber - keyboards; Mr Julian West - cor anglais; Mr Oakki Lau - viola; Miss Clare Taylor - violin; Mrs Harriet Davey - 'cello; Mr Will Byers, 'cello; Miss Georgia Browne, flute; Miss Abigail Burrows - flute; Mrs Molly Gibbs - bassoon. | | Influences | The music my parents played me as a child: Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Jonathan Richmond, Frank Zappa, The Velvet Underground, Hank Williams, Leo Kottke, Leadbelly, John Lennon, Country Joe and the fish, Grace Jones, Cream, CSNY, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Howlin' Wolf, Roxy Music, Iggy Pop, Marianne Faithfull, James Taylor, Lyle Lovett, Captain Beefheart.
And the music that has made its way to me as a grownup: Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Patti Smith, Lambchop, Low, Kate Bush, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Odetta, BJM, Sons and Daughters, Patrick Wolf, Miracle Fortress, Emmylou Harris, Hole, Fela Kuti, Vashti Bunyan, YYYs, Beirut, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Bjork, Pixies, Mystic Chords of Memory, Midlake, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, My Morning Jacket, Antony Heggarty, Jawbone, Julie London, Beachwood Sparks, Joy Division, Gil Scott Heron, Bell Orchestre, Duke Spirit, Mazzy Star, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, British Sea Power, Calexico, Cat Power, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Shearwater....
| | Sounds Like | it's being played by ghosts, in a field, across the delta, and that the sound floats over you in drifts and swells... Haunting and yet accessible by boat... (Nick Tucker) | | Record Label | Hotel Records/Loose Records/PIAS | | Type of Label | Indie |
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