john nixon
john bartley
ljiljana green
danny lacy
matt hinkley
warren taylor
emma nixon
daniel argyle
david palliser
Influences
the godz. the village fugs. the holy modal rounders. sun ra.
art ensemble of chicago. the red crayola. captain beefheart and the magic band. moondog. henry cowell. early red crayola, spontanious music ensemble, AAM, nihilist spasm band ESP sampler records.
folkways records. new orleans trad jazz.
/jandek. smegma. sonic youth.
/the garbage and the flowers. francis plagne. paeces. chris smith.
the louisiania shakers.
the donkey's tail is an experimental, abstract, free noise, improv, garage ensemble
using electric guitars, drums, percussion teamed with banjo, triangle and trombone
the group was formed in early 2007 by abstract artist john nixon as a recording project. To date 15 studio cds have been released with nixon solo or in combination with 1 or 2 other members from the ensemble. A live cd of the toff in town gig in October as part of the you don’t have to call it music series has also been released. early in 2008 the group played at the palais theatre in the united artists show and in june a gig at the toff in the maximum arousal series.
The live group comprises 4 or 5 members
the ensemble is:
john nixon
john bartley
ljiljana green
danny lacy
matt hinkley
warren taylor
emma nixon
daniel argyle.
david palliser
sean bailey
simon stephenson
john nixon with marco fusinato founded the noise band SOLVER
in 1996
releasing various 7" records
a full length cd
and recently a 12" lp in 2006
