Joey Farr

ABOUT

Joey Farr has quickly become a Mammoth of the National Touring Indie Scene in the last few years. Averaging a whopping 120+ tourdates a year in cities like Seattle, Hollywood, Denver, Kansas City, Memphis, Saint Louis, Eugene, Boise, Missoula, Park City, Salt Lake, Little Rock, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Lincoln, Omaha, Bozeman, Fayetteville, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Phoenix, Durango, Evergreen, to Port Townsend...and all points in between.
Joey Farr has been cutting a crazy path all over the U.S. for quite sometime.
He's is the founding member and main songwriter/ producer of WHURM and Joey Farr The Fuggins Wheat Band.
He started Fuggins Tanky Records in 2008, releasing his previous works and live compilations. In 2010 he signed with Reliant Records (a larger indie label) and is currently recording 3 studio albums to be released in late 2010/2011.

Screen name:: Joey Farr
Member since:: May 10 2008; Active within 1 month
Level of commitment:: Touring
Years playing music:: 20
Gigs played:: Over 100
Tend to practice:: More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:: 6-7 nights a week

Influences

TONS AND TONS OF NPR, AND VARIOUS CLASSICAL MUSIC...FROM BACH TO GERSHWIN.....AND...THEN YOU HAVE CURRENT GREATS.....DAVID BYRNE, TALKING HEADS, BOB MARLEY, VAN HALEN, SMASHING PUMPKINS, BILLY CORGAN, STEVIE WONDER, MICHAEL JACKSON, GRATEFUL DEAD, JERRY GARCIA, PHIL LESH, BOB WEIR, WIDESPREAD PANIC, STRING CHEESE, STEVE KIMMOCK, GEORGE CLINTON, JAMES BROWN, BOOTSY COLLINS, MIKE HOSTY, DREAM THEATER, JOHN PETRUCCI, STEVE VAI, STEVE MORSE, STEVE STEVENS, STEVIE RAY VAUGHN, JIMI HENDRIX, PRINCE, MODEST MOUSE, FRANZ FERDINAND, RICK JAMES, RANDY RHODES, JOE SATRIANI, ERIC JOHNSON, AND EVERY OTHER SONIC GOD OF VIBRATIONS