Ross Palmer - guitar, vocals;
Dan Keeble - bass, vocals;
Eleanor Jones - piano, organ, bass viol, violin, vocals;
Rob Mells - drums, vocals.
Other known associates include Rebecca Goldsworthy (double bass), Enrico Borra (drums), Greg Box (guitar, production), Dan McKean (lead guitar) and Dan Lea (production).
Influences
John Martyn, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Fred Neil, Joni Mitchell, The Band, Tom Waits, The Beatles, Van Morrison, Laura Nyro, Randy Newman, Tim Hardin, Neil Young, Bert Jansch, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Elliott Smith, Nirvana, Lou Barlow, Mark Lanegan, Aimee Mann, Throwing Muses, Mark Kozelek, REM, the Delgados, Gillian Welch and many more.
Sounds Like
Rather like the selection of songs on this page, really.
I started playing guitar in 1995 and joined my first band (a group of endearingly awful sub-grunge racket-merchants called Mesh) shortly after, also playing with friends in various short-term bands all through my teenage years. I began seriously writing songs when Mesh fell apart, shortly before I went to university. I read English at UCL, graduating in 2003. While there, I wrote songs, drank a lot of beer and got very good at pool. I read some books, too, but only when the pool table in the Blind Beggar was taken. London was rather big and scary and while at college I only played a few gigs outside the student union.
In 2004, while I was spending a year back in Leigh-on-Sea, I was asked by my college friend Yo Zushi if I'd join his new band, Great Days of Sail. I agreed and stayed long enough to play a few gigs and an XFM session before my short attention span got the better of me and I left to plough my own furrow again, which I did until summer 2006.
On a whim, I asked Rob Mells - an old friend and Southend's riffmeister general - if he and his band wanted to back me for a one-off gig. His band, Gardenia Sky, were agreeable so we set about rehearsing. However, Rico (GSky's drummer, who actually played on the version of 'Sail' on my player) decided to move to Finland, which ended Gardenia Sky at a stroke. After we spent time wondering what to do, Rob switched to drums and, with GSky bassist Iain White on bass, the Fourth Wall was born.
Early in 2007, Iain left the band so, after Rob and I had scoured all four corners of the globe, we decided there was only one man for the job - Daniel Keeble, who was singer and guitarist in Mesh, the first band I was in. Late in 2007, we were joined by pianist Eleanor Jones, who also plays bass viol and violin, expanding the band's potential hugely.
As well as playing in the Fourth Wall, I still play solo gigs, and make recordings of me singing and playing my guitar in a fingerpickin', altered tunin' kind of way, sometimes at home and sometimes in the studio with double bassist Rebecca Goldsworthy (some recordings already in the can, more to follow as soon as possible). I also play sessions for Yo Zushi (buy Yo's lastest album, 'Notes for "Holy Larceny"') as and when our respective schedules allow.
On this page are six of my solo recordings. Some are home demos, some studio recordings and a couple are something in between. I swap songs in and out every now again so check back to hear new things. And it goes without saying that you should add the Fourth Wall and have a listen to our tunes. You'll find the Fourth Wall in my top eight friends.
Hi Ross - a big thanks to you and Eleanor for coming down and putting on a great set! I'm just editing down the video footage of your set now and will let you know as soon as its up - keep searching Spratton Gathering on youtube to see them as they appear
Hello! my new album "Hammer & Nails" is out now! If you like to purchase a copy, feel free to get in contact with me, or visit my website www. kcmckanzie. com to find more infos about downloads and stuff! have a great day! k.c.
Things are good mate, I can't complain. Snow covers everything: streets, cars, fields, thoughts... I miss a bit the more hectic life I was used to in London and then, afterwards in Southend. I hope to come and visit you guys soon. Ciao =)
Thanks again for being our friend! We're doing another night of indie and alternative beats at Smack in Leamington Spa this Thursday... The last one before xmas was a blast so hope you can make it down to this one and make it even better!
Hello there, We just wanted to wish all our friends a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year. And take this opportunity to thank you all for over 6500 plays in 6 months, also for all the positive comments and encouragement you have given us. Please enjoy Christmas And the New Year and we will look forward to hearing from you in the new year.
'allo Ross!! How the devil are ya?Been gigging much recently? you must letme know when the next one is and i'll come down. I'm working down at zinc tonight. It's all funky elctro house and I know how much you love all that, so come on down and dance like a mother funker!! ha ha! as if!
Have you heard my latest solo production - Burning Bridge?
A positive song about taking charge of your life and controlling your own destiny.
Go to my official music page @ www.myspace.com/originalsonofman where you can also hear my other solo production Marley's Revolution (Still Marching On)!
