I am so influencable...

I was doing some research this morning on the music that the DRB plays at our gigs and I realized something. There is not one bone in my body that isn't a piece of some influential music artist. My stage presence has nothing to do with me... and that's a problem to me.

I don't want people to constantly tell me that I remind them of this person or that.... and while that is a HUGE compliment, I'd rather people say that I'm different on stage and that no one else they've seen lately performs like that.

With Gaga on the scene, it's hard to be any more original than that stageshow...

But overall, my influences are a basic list of the following:
Alecia 'P!nk' Moore,
Brody Dalle (The Distillers, Spinnerette),
Monique Powell (Save Ferris),
Amy Lee (Evanescence),
Pat Benatar,
Etta James,
Steven Tyler (Aerosmith),
Michelle Branch,
Spice Girls,
Axl Rose (Guns N Roses),
Lauryn Hill,
Christina Aguilera,
Lady Gaga
Brad Delp (Boston),
Janis Joplin,
Michael Jackson.

I think that explains a lot about why I sound the way I do. But with all those people influencing me constantly, how am I supposed to find myself in there?

*THE DAN RAFFERTY BAND* Gig schedule :-)

*VIDEO PROMO SHOOT* Friday, August 20th
59 West @ TBA
786 West Highland Rd.

not entire band - just singers* Thursday, August 26th
Waves @ 9pm
24223 Jefferson Avenue,
St. Clair Shores, MI 48080

Friday, August 27th
Plymouth Boulder's Club Night @ 9:30pm
1020 Ann Arbor Rd.
Plymouth, MI 48170

*MAC'S U OF M KICKOFF PARTY* Friday, September 10th
Mac's Acadian Seafood @ 6pm
104 E. Michigan Ave.
Saline, MI 48176

Saturday, September 11th
Billy's Tip 'N Inn @ 9:30pm
6707 Highland Rd.
White Lake, MI 48383

Friday, September 17th
OPENING for Joe Nipote's comedySLAM!
 Also:
Weber's Inn Night Club @ 9:30pm
3050 Jackson Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Saturday, September 18th
Weber's Inn Night Club @ 9:30pm
3050 Jackson Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

*HALLOWEEN PARTY* Saturday, October 30th
Billy's Tip 'N Inn @ 9:30pm
6707 Highland Rd.
White Lake, MI 48383

Friday, November 19th
Billy's Tip 'N Inn @ 9:30pm
6707 Highland Rd.
White Lake, MI 48383

Friday, December 10th
Billy's Tip 'N Inn @ 9:30pm
6707 Highland Rd.
White Lake, MI 48383

*NEW YEARS EVE PARTY* Friday, December 31st
Billy's Tip 'N Inn @ 9:30pm
6707 Highland Rd.
White Lake, MI 48383

MORE DATES TO COME!