Ray St. Ray, THE SINGING CAB DRIVER - vocals and songwriting
Paul Henning - piano, keyboard, arrangements
Andrew Horton - synthesizers, programming, assorted noises and engineering
Joe Chellman - drums, percussion, engineering
Kate Bergeron - backing vocals and theatrics
Beth Kinsler - theatrics and backing vocals
Seth Shapiro - bass
Influences
Oingo Boingo, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, Eno, The Magnetic Fields, Zappa, Old Movie Music, Psychedelia, Yiddish Viking Literature, Astounding Science Fiction
Sounds Like
We sound exactly like whoever you think we remind you of, hence the name:CHAMELEON WORLD!
Ray St. Ray, the urban-legendary Chicago street performer known as The Singing Cab Driver, has been writing and performing for 17 years. In the spring of 2006, he teamed up with Andrew Horton and Paul Henning to begin playing and recording his favorite songs, fleshing them out with sounds and arrangements born of a shared love of Talking Heads, Eno, Oingo Boingo, and nostalgia for and celebration of the arrival of the future of a past long forgotton.
Ray St. Ray and Chameleon World's Friend Space (Top 8)
Heya, our album was just released on Bondarev records and through Itunes. Check it out if you get the chance to have a looksee. Bondarev will release the album soon with a new EP due in the new year.
OK now, I know you don't remember this, but the name "The Whole World Minus Batman" was my creation. I thought it up as a band name, and you loved it, but we decided we might get in trouble using the name Batman. That's when I was in your band. It was fun!!!
Did you time travel in and out of my store? While I was working, no less. Nothing purchased, and no hello. I was crying on the inside. Are you not my pal anymore? Was it my snarkey myspace message?
I will pen a song about having an imaginary friend who does something remarkable, like time travel, and singing, and cabbing.
