led zep, nick drake, john martyn (rest in peace guvnor), floyd, robert johnson, nick harper, roy harper, kirk mcelhinney, ali farka toure, tommy emmanuel, moz, rob heron, john renbourn, trilok gurtu, wizz jones, bert jansch, paddy rogan, dave vanstone, john lee hooker, taj mahal, the rolling stones, pierre bensusan, dan arborise, michael hedges, eric roche (RIP), tom waits. davy graham, kelly joe phelps, aerosmith, son house, djelimady tounkara, Richard Thompson, Jeff Buckley, my guitar students, everybody I've ever jammed with, everything I've ever heard or seen or felt or read, the universe (not necessarily in that order) ...
Sounds Like
a small horse with a cold gallumphing through the innards of a baby grand piano.
Greetings, I'm Paul Harrison, 21st century psychadelic folk-blues merchant, plying my trade since 2005 around the bars, clubs and festivals of Cumbria armed with an acoustic guitar and a few FX pedals.
I've done support gigs for a few notable guitar luminaries including Gordon Giltrap, Preston Reed and Wizz Jones. Also Bellowhead, Po Girl, and shared festival bills with everyone from Nizlopi to Steve Earle to Dizzee Rascal....
If, like me, you hunger for explorations in music as an antidote to corporate commercial drivel like the X Factor then I would imagine I'd like to be your friend.
I run a jam session in Kendal every Monday in Dickie Doodles. All welcome to come and play- anything goes... and often does. The Square Orange jam in Kendal is all over now due to the closure of the venue... Bugger.
I've taught guitar for years and have seen many kids (and adults) bloom into great musicians. Recent workshops with Bluejam, Penrith's youth music organisation, have been great fun. Drop me a line for lessons in Penrith.
In 2007 I became an endorsee of Cort guitars. Cheers, Rog!
I'm a founder member of Mostly Acoustic Cumbria, a musician's collective for the area. It's really taken off with showcases and events kicking off regularly. This year MACfest is going to be a belter at the gorgeous grounds of the Black Swan, Ravenstonedale. Click here for tickets.
New projects include playing guitar as the world's first atheist Rasta for the Northern Reggae Generator, N.R.G..... Ire vibrations and that. The NRG are really taking off now, with festival spots and some awesome gigs cracking off. Check 'em in me top friends...
Also in the newly formed (sort of) band The Slabs, with Dave Vanstone on vox/guitar, Moz on bass and Paul Hancock on saxamajigamaphone. Again check me top friends.
Click here to buy my solo album 'Bioluminescence' for £11 (inc. postage), tracklisting:
demons
he's got all the whiskey
bioluminescence
ain't no saint
widdershins
crawling kingsnake
daydreamer
they can't take our love
waiting around to die
black grouse
fool's gold
if I was a million
slipstream
snowblind
storm damage
The CD is also available at the following outlets:
Hello! I really enjoyed your set last night, sorry about my militant loop pedal philosophies! Hope that all is well with you - will hopefully get to catch you again...
Hey Paul, hope all cool wi u? couple of new tunes just uploaded if u've time to stop by? rough recordings but new tunage non the less. take it easy man all the best all in the back room
send her me thoughts, yup recovered now i think, sorry i was so spaced at your bbq, lots of family there too, am ashamed of my self, ;) hehe what a great night tho!
hey hey, hows it going matey, just mailed sky about you doing cockrock, hope that was ok, if you want to contact him you will find him in me top palls! it would be good to get wasted with you there, see yas soon, hope the missus is feelin better
Local band TROUBADOUR are proud to be representing NORTH WEST at The Portsmouth Guildhall on the 27th of June in the FINAL of Britain's biggest competition for unsigned bands. Lines are now open for text voting.
PLEASE text Unsigned42 to 84222 for Troubadour to WIN Live and Unsigned 2009.
Thanks to everyone that's supported us! Andy & Mick.X.
That's just the start, if you're excited by fishnets and kinky boots, you'll be well please to realise that ancient Briton women could ordinarily go around bare-breasted with complete dignity!
If the Cumbric Revival is good for bringing just one thing back, I hope that it is this!
Hey, if ya ever get stopped by the police for speeding or driving dangerously, just point out that they could better spend there time arresting proper criminals. I havn't tried this myself, but im sure they'd see your point and let you off with a warning........
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