NATE WAKE

Bio:

ALABAMA, BLUES, ROCK N' ROLL, HIGHEST OF THE HIGHS, LOWEST OF THE LOWS...Nate Wake's debut album, "Death Ain't No Surprise," is a full-length independently produced album consisting of all original songs. Blues and rock n' roll drive the record, while country and reggae each make an appearance.

Nate laid his blues down with vocals, guitar, harmonica, drums, percussion and flute. His brother, Matt Wake, blessed the album with head-chopping guitar on six of the tracks. John "Comet" Catrino propelled the record with heavy hitting drums on three tracks. The album was recorded on analog tape with a vintage 8 track reel-to-reel machine by the Wake Brothers at Underground Sound Studio in Central, South Carolina. The Wake Brothers and Dwight Hutchenson of By'r Lady mixed the record. The album was mastered by Fred Kevorkian of Kevorkian Mastering @ Avatar Studios in NYC.

The title track "Death Ain't No Surprise" was created one night when Nate was writing down mysterious lyrics about death. He did not understand why he was writing the lyrics, a first-person account of death, until he woke up the next morning to the bad news that his Grandad Byford died the night before.

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Member Since:

November 26, 2007

Influences:

the Rolling Stones, Fred McDowell, Little Walter, John Coltrane, Blind Willie McTell, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Cliff, Dr. John, Mance Lipscomb, Hank Williams, Sr., the DOORS, Jimmy Reed, Izzy Stradlin, Jimmy Rogers, Ali Farka Toure, the Black Crowes,The White Stripes, Led Zeppelin, John Lee Hooker, Peter Tosh, Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Bob Marley, Keith Richards, Toots & the Maytals, Taj Mahal, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Elmore James, Gram Parsons and Robert Johnson (see blog for full list).

Sounds Like:

A musical gumbo of the aforementioned influences.