 Sidestreet Reny's Profile |
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Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative |
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| Location: | Brooklyn to Hollywood... Cali to Cairo, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 10, 2007 (342 days back) |
About Me |
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Reny (J. Renard Collette) on vocals, National resonator and other 4, 6 and 12 stringed guitars, keys, bluesharp, lapsteel, production and songs, Lil’ Bell (Maribel Landaetta) on drums and vocals and Bako Billy (Billy Fuller) on upright bass. Reny, Bell (together for 12 years) and Billy (added in 2003) blend bluesy/funky finger-style and slide guitar, original poignant songwriting and upright bass heavy grooves, to create an eclectic sound limited only by Reny’s influences. Drawing mostly from pre-war blues, old school hip hop, roots and dancehall reggae, Sidestreet Reny and co. bring an eclectic yet familiar sound all their own. Reny's syncopated, soulful (singing or rapping) vocals and Bell's high harmonies have the power to take you all the way from a delta juke joint to a Brooklyn street corner before the first song is finished. “from early delta blues to early Jamaican toasting and on urban rap and hiphop is a direct line, though not a frequently traveled one, and Sidestreet Reny illustrates the links musically as well as lyrically... wow I love this!” - Woodstock Taylor UK (Garageband.com) “..the passionate nature of the music and performance variations add to the spiritual nature of the music... a special outing for those afficianados looking for something different” - Laura Phillips (Music Connection) "The result of their efforts is a seemingly organic blend of the elements, sewing 100 plus years of American music into a rich tapestry of eclectic yet somehow familiar sounds all their own........Like everything, and nothing you've ever heard, all at once." - Example Magazine News: Debut studio cd will be available in April on Skip-a-beat Records aswell as the re-release of Tonal Tonics and Musical Elixers (our 2004 ep) + other classic tracks. In support of the new cd we are planning a couple of tours for spring and summer, see y'all out there. Holler! Presskit and Bio: For online presskit and full bio click Here For booking and contact click Here Yer Mind (ruff cut) Add to My Profile | More Videos Sidestreet Reny live and direct Add to My Profile | More Videos |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 11/7/2004Band Website: sidestreetreny.com Band Members: Side st. Reny: vocals, fingerstyle and slide guitar (National resonator and great grandpas old parlor + other 4 and 6 strings), lapsteel, bluesharp, keys, production/beats and songs Lil'Bell: drums, those sweet ass harmonies, percussion and washboard Bako Billy: upright bass Influences: Mom (for love and her record collection), Buddha (for a little tranquility), my beautifully flawed step "dad" (for stuff to write about), My father (r.i.p... his death kept me from it), family, o.d. at age 15, being alone on the road at age 16, guidance (or lack thereof), revolutionary music and art, independant minded music and art, delta blues, piedmont blues, country blues, rag blues, hip hop, reggae, soul, punk, rock, ragga, dancehall, Jim Jarmusch, Tom Waits, Jack Kerouac, Bo Carter, Chet Baker, Bob Marley, Son House, Charlie Patton, Bob Dylan, Carlos Castaneda, Don Juan Matus, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Picasso, Morrison, Monet, Janis Joplin, Salvador Dali, Grateful Dead, Cory Harris, Pato Banton, Black Uhuru, Lone Ranger, Yellowman, Studio One, Curtis Mayfield, Johnny Guitar Watson, Blondie, Sabbath, Zeppelin, Blue Cheer, Love, Joni Mitchell, Joan Armatrading, Bowie, Velvet Underground, Warhol, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Louie, Ella, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Neal Cassidy, Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, Gang Starr, Brand Nubians, Basehead, Roots, Bukka White, Robert Johnson, Fred McDowell, Paul Simon, the Stooges, Iggy Pop, Per Ubu, Skip James, Ken Kesey, Chris Whitley, Blind Boy Fuller, Blind Willie McTell, Barrington Levy, Minor Threat, Meat Puppets, Israel Vibration, Toots And The Maytals, KRS one, Sly & Robbie, Dennis Brown, Culture, U-Roy, Augustus Pablo, Peter Tosh, Viceroy's, Roots Radics, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Rory Block, Allison Krauss, Blind Willie Johnson, Joni Mitchell, Mark Ryden, R. Crumb, Captain Beefheart, Sam Chatmon, Mississippi Sheiks, Memphis Minnie, William S. Burroughs, Beck, RL Burnside, Portishead, Fiona Apple, Muddy Waters, Sonny & Brownie, Squeeze, the Jam, DK, Black Flag, Germs, Adolescents, G.B.H., Taj Mahal, Plato, Da Vinci, Walt Whitman, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Aretha, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, outsider art, alternative lifestyles, whores, pimps, junkies, freedom, weekness, desolation, loneliness, love, hate, peace, war, poverty, psychedelics, 20 + years of trully abusive amounts of herb just barely keeping me grounded ...then finding control! and of course the past couple hundred years of civilization and the art and music it spawned!!! Sounds Like: everything and nothing Record Label: Skip-a-beat records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Acoustic / Blues / Soul) |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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Trax from the new album now for sale!! |
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| Hey folks we got trax from the new album 'Not Seen the Light of Day' for sale here on our Myspace page. The cover art is in the works as we speak... the whole album we be retail ready mid June!! Until... Posted by Sidestreet Reny on Mon, 28 May 2007 01:49:00 PST |
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Paula Fuga w/ Culver City Dub Collective |
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| We were blessed with an opening slot on the bill with Paula Fuga and CCDC on Sunday... WOW!! If ya don't know... man y'all better get hip!! Amazing, prolific and highly positive vibes, and the voice o... Posted by Sidestreet Reny on Wed, 09 May 2007 10:58:00 PST |
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Hey folks... the latest |
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| Hey y'all. We been seriously busy in the studio and have not played out at all in the last couple months so we could make a real complete album, something worth listening to from intro to the last son... Posted by Sidestreet Reny on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:19:00 PST |
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our first video! ...for Yer Mind... HOLLER!! |
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| Hey y'all, we are almost done with the video for Yer Mind and it looks fuckin great... to our eyes. hehehe. Anyway ya look at it the end result is the same, it's great to see a visual sometimes... lik... Posted by Sidestreet Reny on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:27:00 PST |
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Freaks |
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| Whats up folks? Life goes on and so does the rotation of irritants and stimulants. We thought we were done with the album but we weren't, after all, so we are back in the studio remixing and retrackin... Posted by Sidestreet Reny on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:15:00 PST |
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the name game |
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| We are still trying to lock down our name, Side st. Reny's Wicked Soul seems to be too long and too hard to remember and I am thinkin it's kinda corny anyway. We are thinking of my last name Collette,... Posted by Sidestreet Reny on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:55:00 PST |
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with friends like this...... |
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| With stank ass fair-weather friends like this who the hell needs enemies? Some people are yet to live life long or hard enough to even begin to understand what it truly means to be a real friend... Posted by Sidestreet Reny on Tue, 30 May 2006 08:35:00 PST |
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watch out for the vampires!!!!! |
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| I'm seriously over this money bullshit, these games that so many people, companies and institutions play. They deserve the existance they create for themselves and if there's any justice in this world... Posted by Sidestreet Reny on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:01:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Queen of modnaR (random), robin, Rebel Girl, GNARLY PIGEON, Side st. Reny 'n' Bell (duo acoustic), Shawna, Sissela Broos, Paula Fuga, Drunk in Robes, Gregory Isaacs, Culver City Dub Collective, Livity, T Model Ford, RootHub, Son House, Sly & Robbie, Jack Kerouac, Phantom Oscillator, KING TUBBY, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Tommy Johnson, The Meadows, PETTYTOM OFFICIAL PAGE, tracy, Kavin., Jessica, Karl Johan Lilliesköld, Big Blind, Jazzin'J, David Gerald, Kamze - PRODUCER, Machiel Meijers, Ruby Jane, Bert Deivert, Tommy Typical, Rico, Portable Morla, FAEZ, Cookie, Gunnel Mauritzson Band, Bevs Space, Ghezzi, Pea Pod, Rheiana, Robbin_girl, Eric Bling, rehabb rhythm prerelease album, Louise Hughes, Cara Mastrey, Mariah, Alaska Kalanen, Seatbelt Belts, JxC, Independent Mudlovers, Philip, Amoco Cadiz, Dan, Doc, Scarola, ~Semplice~, natalie, random pinch, SideShow Annie
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