Mangas

SEEKING

Band to Join, Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo, Other, Flute, Harmonica, Background Singer, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Trumpet, Violin, Other Percussion, Drums, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist, Dobro, Vocalist - Alto, Trombone, Bagpipes.

ABOUT

I'm looking to set up a collective of musical outcasts with an east meets west flavour - maybe a rock-jazz-folk-soul-blues-funk-rembetika-klezmer-asian-world-roots fusion. I'm a big fan of rembetika and klezmer, as well as blues, rock, punk and jazz. Aside from the listed instruments, I also play bouzouki (greek) and the bodhran. I love the clarinet, fiddle, accordian, flute, baglama, oud, marimba, congas and dhol drum.

Old and young, cool and uncool, committed and not so committed are most welcome... singers from the heart would be great, and if you play some exotic or just plain weird instrument, then that'd be a bonus.

About me... I've played in a few bands over the years - punk (late 70s), blues, soul, classic RnB (80s), done a bit of impromptu jamming with ceilidh and jazz musicians, and the last band I was in was around 2003-2005 (a reasonably bizarre rock band).

Screen name:: Mangas
Member since:: Sep 27 2007; Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:: Moderately Committed
Years playing music:: 30
Gigs played:: 10 to 50
Tend to practice:: 1 time per week
Available to gig:: 1 night a week

Influences

Fats Waller, Frank Zappa, The Clash, The Klezmatics, Tom Waits, Django Reinhardt, Jimi Hendrix, Paco Pena, Small Faces, Television, Leo Ferre, Billie Holliday, Nina Simone, Louis Jordan, Art Blakey, Albert King, Iggy and the Stooges, Curtis Mayfield, Chuck Berry, Satchmo, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklyn, Markos Vamvakaris, Rita Abatzi (listen to the audio clip to get your mind blown), Roza Eskenazi, Sotiria Bellou, Dionisis Savvopoulos...

EQUIPMENT

Bouzouki, guitars (electric and accoustic), banjelele (which I never got round to learning), keyboard, 60 watt amp, wobbly mike stand, bodhran, several jews harps and several blues harps.