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Saturday, November 27th, 2010

Daren's Musical Influences

Hi Everyone,

I'm interviewing my band to find out their early musical influences. Then, when you come to a show you can look for strains of that early musical DNA peaking out. This first one is with our drummer extroidinaire and dear friend, Daren Hahn:

John Common: What artists did you listen to as a child -- i.e. the music that other people chose for you because you were so young?
Daren Hahn: The Eagles. Stevie Wonder. The Doobie Brothers. Willie Nelson.

JC: What were the first batch of artists you listened to when you started choosing your own music -- and how old were you?
DH: In my early teen days, punk became my music of choice... Minor Threat.Descendants. Bad Religion. D.R.I. The Clash.

JC: What about the second batch -- round two?
DH: Then it got awesome. Rush. Yes. Queen. The Police. Jimi Hendrix. Blended
with a little bit of hair metal... Winger and the likes. Man, I really was
awesome.

JC: How about now? What's killing you lately?
DH: From ye olde days, I still love my old punk rock and, of course, Stevie
Wonder. I love hip hop- Stones Throw Records stuff. De La Soul. Tribe Called
Quest. Slum Village. Hieroglyphics. Public Enemy. The Roots. Etc.
Old funk/soul- James Brown. Ray Charles. Al Green.
Newer funk/soul- Meshell Ndegeocello. Jamie Lidell. Van Hunt. D'Angelo.
Great songwriters- Gillian Welch. Ray LaMontagne. Willie Nelson. Devendra
Banhart. My young, gay friend John Common.

Posted By John Common at: 2:11 pm

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Daren's Musical Influences

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