Blake often has the opportunity of playing bass guitar with Aaron LaCombe (the Aaron LaCombe Band). Sam Shackelford, Jay Castleberry, Tim McCassland. Jamie Estes, Mickey Cochran, Bart Trotter, Steve Waldorph, Rich Chorne, Randy Jones, Frank Potter, Pete Davis, Joey Everett, Styve Homnick, and Michael Robinson are just a few of the other talented musicians from the Ruidoso area.
Influences
Johann Sebastian Bach, Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Jon Hendricks, Mose Allison, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Woody Guthrie, Jerry Jeff Walker, Townes Van Zandt, John Hartford, Emmylou Harris, J.J. Cale, Jerry Garcia, Guy Clark, Willie Nelson, Bob Marley, Waterdeep, 100 Portraits, Iron and Wine, Irish pub songs, world music rhythms and instruments and of course, the Beatles, remain life-long inspirations . . . to name a few.
Sounds Like
I'm pretty much a mimick, (you know, like getting a Spanish accent when talking to a Mexican) so it depends on who I've been listening to that day. Our influences have a definite effect on our sound, playing style and vocals. Personally, I strive to quickly make a song my own. You can only do a song justice when you perform it heart and soul.
Raised on Country Rock, P. Blake is a versatile singer-songwriter-musician. He exhibits finesse and confidence on stage performing many music genres with skill. LOS MUSTANGS BAND is a New Mexico country dance band that plays originals and Texas Hill Country covers.
Blake and his wife, Deanna, have also formed acoustic duo 2 DAYS WALK (www.myspace/2dayswalk). In addition to playing church, cafe, restaurant and house concert venues, they often add other acoustic instruments, vocals and hand drums performing folk-rock, and praise and worship songs.
Hi Blake...here I come and, yes, I'll definitely track you down! We're headed to Cruces first, then Santa Fe. But after we get settled in, we'll be roamin,' looking for enchantment. See you soon! :)Susie
Sure missed you this weekend at the Clubhouse, though our little 3 piece "Montezuma's Revenge" was fun in it's own way. Let's book some gigs man. Some of them high dollar, big doin's gigs like we used to done.
Hi Blake...vicariously, eh? Ah, that may be better than the reality! I hope that little java shop in Ruidosa is still brewin' up a storm. I got the schedule I wanted at grad school, so I'll have nice, long weekends, which means plenty of time to cruise the mountains and haunt the coffee shops!! We'll see ya soon! :)Susie
The Front Porch Revue rides again! Featuring yours truly and The Porch Band. Stream it live from www.klcc.org beginning 3:30 pm. PST. Guests this month: The Swingin’ Marmalukes and Walker T. Ryan.
Thanks for finding me on MySpace. I am really excited to tell you that I am giving away songs off of ALL of my records for FREE!!! Just go to my MySpace page and start downloading... Please help spread the word, thanks so much for your support!
Well if it ain't that we're having trouble with phonics....we're showing up at your gig with Aaron, and we're bringing electrical instruments........you better be ready..........could be different could be strange.....could be a big ol' bunch of fun..............
Bein' that we don't really have a lot of store bought learnin' bein' hillbillies and all. Is yer name pronounced Pahblake Martin or is it Peeblake Martin. We never had them tapes called Hooked on Pahhonnics
Hope to see you Wed 21st at Dreamcatcher---jay's B-Day
Thanks for adding us. The group has just started but were looking to host our first meeting within the next month and talk about the goals for the group. I hope to keep your support and see your there.
