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so nodepression 's recent posts regarding The KLF got me thinking about other influences from earlier decades who don't get talked about much these days, but should. This album came to mind right away -
Here was a woman who was a little bit Philip Glass, a little bit Brian Eno, and a little bit Talking Heads and it was weird and fresh at the same time.
I don't expect this thread to take off, but anytime I think of someone who was a big influence in music but doesn't get discussed much anymore, I'll post it here.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Oct 2, 2013 14:08:00 GMT -5
Hoping someone would be able to help me out, as I didn't look into this guy when I should have and now can't remember his name.
When I was buying some Tom Waits records from a local record store that has now disappeared the owner would talk as long as you'd let him about the artist you were buying and other things you should look into. He told me a lot about this guy that played a big part in influencing Tom Waits but I didn't look into it and lost the paper that had the guys name. It wasn't a well-known name (I think) but just someone who either inspired Waits or helped/worked with him in the early days. It was one of the early Tom Waits records I was buying.
Anyone have any idea who I could possibly be talking about? I know I'm being vague and not expecting much...but maybe someone with better Waits knowledge would be able to enlighten me. I feel like it was a singer/songwriter that Waits emulated but I could be mixing things up.
When I was buying some Tom Waits records from a local record store that has now disappeared the owner would talk as long as you'd let him about the artist you were buying and other things you should look into. He told me a lot about this guy that played a big part in influencing Tom Waits but I didn't look into it and lost the paper that had the guys name. It wasn't a well-known name (I think) but just someone who either inspired Waits or helped/worked with him in the early days. It was one of the early Tom Waits records I was buying.
Maybe Captain Beefheart, but he didn't start influencing Waits' sound until Swordfishtrombones.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Oct 2, 2013 17:07:51 GMT -5
Nah definitely not, but thanks for trying. It wasn't a name that stood out like that. Felt a little more obscure/older. Damn I wish I had looked into it earlier.
Nah definitely not, but thanks for trying. It wasn't a name that stood out like that. Felt a little more obscure/older. Damn I wish I had looked into it earlier.
It's a long shot, but could he have bene talking about Harry Partch?
Hoping someone would be able to help me out, as I didn't look into this guy when I should have and now can't remember his name.
When I was buying some Tom Waits records from a local record store that has now disappeared the owner would talk as long as you'd let him about the artist you were buying and other things you should look into. He told me a lot about this guy that played a big part in influencing Tom Waits but I didn't look into it and lost the paper that had the guys name. It wasn't a well-known name (I think) but just someone who either inspired Waits or helped/worked with him in the early days. It was one of the early Tom Waits records I was buying.
Anyone have any idea who I could possibly be talking about? I know I'm being vague and not expecting much...but maybe someone with better Waits knowledge would be able to enlighten me. I feel like it was a singer/songwriter that Waits emulated but I could be mixing things up.
Well Waits has so many influences, it would be pretty hard to guess. I'll take a stab at one name who clearly influenced Waits a lot and deserves his own mention in this thread.
Mose Allison.
This cat influenced jazz, blues, pop standards, the beats, the Stones, Dylan, you name it. And hardly anyone knows who is he is today. Try this one first.
I don't have people to contribute, but I was listening to Time Of The Last Persecution this morning. I was listening with an ear for people he influenced. I thought one song sounded a lot like Wilco. A quick check of the internet yielded me this:
"The American band Wilco has played Fay's song "Be Not So Fearful" in live performances and the band's singer, Jeff Tweedy, can be heard singing it in the documentary, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco. Fay has joined the band and Tweedy onstage for the rendition of the song at shows at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in 2007, and at the Union Chapel, Islington in 2010 respectively, both in London.[5]"
