(My Band=www.CubicFeet.com)!
BAND MEMBERS:................
Woody Lissauer
Natasha Matveeva
Adam Pazourek
Crash Kundrat
the late great Brian Durham,
Kate Lissauer,
Chris Noyes,
Julia McCabe,
Jupiter,
Jimmy Wilson,
Jamie Wilson,
Dave 'Percussion' McCutcheon,
Many Others!!
Produced by the artist & Gene Ingham.
Influences
ARTISTS ~ All hail King Bach (J.S.), Bowie, Björk, Beethoven, Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello, Dylan, Mozart, Zot Malakhov, Radiohead, J.S. Bach, Fairport Convention, Chrissie Hynde, Mozart, Elvis Costello, Depeche Mode, Sergei Nikitin, Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker, Zhestokij Romans, Lennon/McCartney & Jagger/Richards, Xmal Deutschland, The Kinks, John McLachlan, Split Enz, Lucinda Williams, Édith Piaf, Dead Can Dance, The Carter Family, Steeleye Span, Duke Ellington, Palestrina, Louis Armstrong, Al DiMiola, CHet Atkins........
SONGCRAFT ~ SONGS that CHANGED MY LIFE: Moodswings - Spiritual High pt. 2, Ofra Haza - Jerusalem Shel Zahav, Neil Young - Birds, Sandy Denny - It Suits Me Well, Madonna - Oh Father, John Coltrane - Giant Steps, Melanie - Lay Down, Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise, Lulu - To Sir With Love, Genesis - The Lamia, Lucinda Williams - Broken Butterflies, The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl, Loreena McKennitt - The Mummer's Dance, Lou Reed - Perfect Day, Joni Mitchell - Same Situation, Leonard Cohen - Field Commander Cohen, Kate Rusby - Our Town, Mozart - Requium, Joan Osborne - St. Teresa (live), Ivasi - Shipuchee Vino, Edie Brickell - Green, Cyndi Lauper - True Colors, Clannad - Siuil A Ruin, Björk - Álfur Út Úr Hól (Fool on the Hill), Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch - I'll Fly Away, Genesis - White Fang, Aimee Mann - Fourth of July & Frankenstein, Joseph Arthur - Redemption's Son, Fiona Apple - Across The Universe, Bob Dylan - The Gates of Eden, Beethoven - 9th Symphony, Duran Duran - Ordinary World, J. S. Bach - Toccata & Fugue in d minor, Eric Clapton - White Room (live wSheryl Crow), Deborah Harry - Calmarie, Jethro Tull - With You There to Help Me, John Foxx - Underpass, Mylène Farmer - La poupée qui fait non, Translator - Everywhere That I'm Not, Zhestokij Romans (Legkostupova) - Strana Lyubov, The Beatles - Here, There & Everywhere, Tommy Bolin - People People, Igor Stravinsky -Le Sacre de Printemps, The Pretenders - I Go To Sleep, The Grateful Dead - Mountains of the Moon, Talk Talk - It's My Life, Tasmine Archer - Sleeping Satellite, Split Enz - One Step Ahead, Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough (live w/Stevie Nicks), Sam Phillips - I Need Love, Pink Floyd - See Emily Play, P. J. Harvey - Good Fortune, Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride, They Eat Their Own - Like A Drug, The Pogues - A Pair of Brown Eyes, Lick the Tins - Can't Help Falling (remix), Let's Active - Room with a View, Leonard Cohen - Sisters of Mercy, Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights, Neko Case - Tightly, Ours - Here is the Light, Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot .................... Grandpa Jones - I'm My Own Grandpa (Ha ha ~ Just seeing if you were paying attention)
Sounds Like
Passionate mixture of styles, U2 one minute, Jethro Tull the next, but always thoughtful and original.
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Woody Lissauer is a lifetime full-time professional who writes, composes and produces his own songs from his home of Baltimore (US) and performs them locally and internationally. He brings decades of passionate musical and literary exploration and a lifelong obsession with language(s) and aesthetic beauty to his song-craft.
Born into a musical family, Woody was infected early on by his father’s love of music in all its forms. He began playing guitar from the age of six and never stopped, with the result that the fingers on his left hand are noticeably longer. An innovative and virtuosic guitar player, he opened for Steppenwolf while still a teenager. As an adult, he toured widely throughout North America and Europe with Chrysalis Record’s Laura Hunter, A&M’s Gordon Michaels, Lifesong’s Crack the Sky, new wave pioneers Multiplex and Strangelove, US Bang (warming up for Kix and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry) on keyboards with Pebbles and the Bam Bam Boys in front of 81,000 people, on bass with Maryland’s 1 country band (Alamo Band), and many other acts.
Simultaneously, Woody founded an original music project called Cubic Feet, recording with Procol Harum keyboardist Peter Solley turned producer (The Romantics, Oingo Boingo, Peter Frampton) and engineer Shelly Yakus (Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks) what would eventually be four CDs, supported by a Warner publishing deal, cracking charts with broad North American radio and video airplay.
As the owner/operator of a recording studio, Woody has produced countless young acts and also used the facility to develop an experimental approach to song building. Exploring more instruments from around the world and twisting the studio equipment to new uses, he has infused his solo CDs with his self-styled ‘Astro Folk’ sound. He brought in his sister, well known UK fiddle/banjo player Kate Lissauer and a host of unique musicians, personal friends from a life in the biz. These CDs, the eponymous debut CD and its “War and the World” companion, span a broad range of musical styles with lyrical beauty and musical form that startle reviewers, entrance new listeners and continue to mesmerize fans. Woody wins accolades as much for his vocals and wonderfully evocative lyrics as for his dazzling guitar and instrumental work. A voice of vast range described as “deeply affecting, sometimes growling, sometimes soaring”, Music Monthly declared his self-titled CD a “musical masterpiece” and characterized it as “Music You Must Hear!”
Woody’s song “Roses” has won him particularly high acclaim, leading off the Baltimore Songwriters’ Association’s juried compilation CD and winning a spot on Static Chain’s ‘Best of Baltimore’ CD.
During live performances, Woody’s love of people and off-beat sense of humor quickly grab the crowd. His personality and excitement about music fill the room as do the new show’s folk and classical guitars, banjo, dulcimer and other interesting instruments.
Thanks for finding me Woody! You should check out my old Band Mate Roy Brooks...he is up there in Maryland...he is the most AMAZING guitar player EVER to walk the face of the Earth...great studio man....check him out...he's on my top friends. YOu are suh a cutie! Skye
how's it going ? My son Lenny (14) has been playing 'Roses' about 20 times a day, says it's the best song he's ever heard - and he's heard quite a few !
I really enjoyed listening to your songs and watching the videos. I like your style. And I appreciate that you perform with a nylon-string guitar sometimes.
