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Dan Wilks: Six- and twelve-string guitar, tenor and baritone ukulele, harmonica

Neil Morris: Mandolin, octave mandolin, guitar, bouzouki, harmonica, whistle

Dan:

Hard to say really, i suppose some of them are: Daniel Brereton r.i.p. (who taught me my first chords), The Reverend Horton Heat, Alice in Chains, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Pogues, Scott Matthews, Stephen Fretwell, Johnny Cash, Jawbone, Hendrix, Julie Fowlis, Kate Bush, Eric Bibb, Imogen Heap, Joni Mitchell.


Neil:

People I've been listening to a lot lately: Fairport Convention, George Frederic Handel, Steeleye Span, Leonard Cohen, AKUS, Bruce Molsky, Mike Oldfield, Mozaik, Ryan Teague, Planxty, Jackie Oates, Henry Purcell.

Influences from when I thought I was a guitar player: Richard Thompson, Mark Knopfler, Mike Oldfield, J.J. Cale.

As a mandolin player I just sort of transferred what I liked to play on a guitar (and found it easier to do on the mandolin) so I haven't really been influenced by any mandolin players.

General influences: all the people I watched performing in folk clubs in South Wales in the 1980s and especially all the wonderful bands I saw and played with in the Coach House, Swansea. I also love trance and techno music - the louder and thumpier the better (yes, I'm serious!).

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Not too sure really... we think our music sounds 'folky' but that may have more to do with the instruments we use than the music we play. We do play a few traditional tunes and we both love folk music but I don't think either of us would describe ourselves as 'folk musicians'. We're open to suggestions... :-)