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The Naked Pilgrims

The Naked Pilgrims is John's Alternative Rock "group", two full-length CDs, "Five Years in New York" (2003) and "Three Chord Songs" (1995) are currently available.

  11 MP3 Files are downloadable via the info page!

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Azzizz Theater Music

Also available are CD's of the original - instrumental - music John wrote for Azzizz theater dance-plays. Two CD's are available.

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Influences & Favorites

I love that a lot of people say my music is unique. Where does my style come from? My influences and favorites really are all over the place, but here's a list of what I listen to/used to listen to, including a lot of lesser-known acts... They're more "bands I like" than influences, exactly. I'll make them links when i get the time...

Lesser Known

The Duckhills / The Real Heroes

Soul Hat / Kevin McKinney

Poi Dog Pondering (mostly their older stuff. I'm not too into the dancier stuff, although Pomegranite is one of my favorite albums ever...)

Jill Sobule

King Missle / Dogbowl

The Dead Milkmen

Shonen Knife

The Judybats

Sprawl

The Pogues

The Catheads

The Reivers

The Spent Poets

 

 

 

 

 

Better Known (No particular order)

R.E.M.

The Beatles

David Byrne / Talking Heads

David Bowie

The Kinks

Fiona Apple

Dave Matthews

Yes

Genesis

Led Zepplin

Peter Gabriel

New Order / Joy Division

The Cure

The Church

Throwing Muses / Kristen Hirsh / Belly / Tanya Donnelly

The Pixies / Breeders / Frank Black

XTC / Dukes of Stratosphear

The Roling Stones

Harry Belafonte

Cat Stevens

The Irish Rovers

Gordon Lightfoot

John Denver (yes, I admit it--I LOVE his greatest hits album...)

The Velvet Underground

Beck

Indigo Girls

They Might Be Giants

The Kingston Trio

Bob Marley

Jane's Addiction

Fleetwood Mac

Sublime

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Primus

Marcy Playground

The Psychadelic Furs

The Bee Gees

U2

Violent Femmes

The Cars

Men At Work

Nick Drake

Charlatans UK

The Stone Roses

The La's

 

Other bands/artists I've listened to and really like more recently though they're not specifically influences on my past work...

Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five (swing)

Swing Session / Stompy Jones (swing)

Mora's Modern Rhythmists (swing)

Furr & Steve

Dos Tres (I'm helping him record an album currently)

Jamie Green

Ali Handal

The Jive Bombers / Bobby Horton (swing / rockabilly)

Shearwater (featureing Travis Weller, who was in Jump Blues!)

Guided By Voices

Alissa Moreno (my voice teacher!)

Lily Wilson

Southern Culture On The Skids

Mara

 

 




Last update: November 7, 2006

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