Labels
Pickled Egg Records UK-label who have put out almost all of the Big Eyes releases
Early Winter Recordings Big Eyes micro-label run by their captain James Green
Jonathon Whiskey Records UK label who released the split single with Empress
Volkoren / The Pet Series Dutch label who put out a Big Eyes song on Pet Series #3 compilation
Popnews French label who put out a Big Eyes song on Popnews Vol#2 compilation
Singing Knives Sheffield, UK label/gig-promoters very much in a DIY/new folk direction
Collaborators
A Hawk and A Hacksaw klezmer/eastern folk charmers, of whom Jeremy Barnes contributed to 'Do the Musiking'
James William Hindle folk singer, and all round good-egg and 'Goat' member - contributed to 'Do the Musiking'
James Yorkston folk singer and Domino-dude, contributed to 'Do the Musiking'
Rachel Grimes (Rachel's) Classical pianist, and member of Louisville's finest export, contributed to 'Do the Musiking'
Suzy Mangion (George) fellow Pickled Egg acolyte, and purveyors of dream-pop melodious-ness - contributed to 'Do the Musiking'
Lindsay Aitkenhead champion of the viola, doctor of eastern music - contributed to 'Do the Musiking'
Shaun Alcock Real Losers axe-grinder/smasher - contributed drums to 'Do the Musiking' and 'Clumsy Music'
Terry Edwards multi-instrumentalist, sometime Tinderstick and flugelhorn-blower on 'We have No Need...'
Bela Emerson cellist, and loop-juggler - played on 'Clumsy Music'
Other people we admire (a random selection)
Josephine Foster true folk genius from Chicago
The Dirty Three Australian rock re-invented with a violin and buckets of tears
Alasdair Roberts Scottish pioneer of the oldest folk sound and singer of the best murder-ballads
Will Oldham need we say more?
The Broken Blackbird Ensemble free-music group featuring James of Big Eyes, the flipside
Hotsnack Sheffield out-there rockist group, unutterably good
Clogs US/Australian experimental classical dudes
Bingo Jesus David from Big Eyes other band, Beefheart boogie-broth
Vetiver the loveliest American folk songs floating on the breeze from San Francisco
John Fahey the 'rock' on which us turtles sit
A Silver Mt Zion passing of a dog has to be good..
Steady Cam Records Australian DIY label putting out beautiful music in beautiful sleeves
Misplaced Music Leeds/Duluth label who give us the splendid Charlie Parr and Adrian Crowley
Hinah French/German DIY label responsible for releases by Devendra Banhart and The Goat
The Shumsky Fun Club check out the skills!!
Harmonic Rooms Leeds DIY promoters, kind-of sisters to Singing Knives