How would you describe your music for people who are not familiar with it, and who or what are your major influences?
I play an eclectic mix of acoustic music that doesn't fit neatly into a single genre. I have influences from many genres..Early grunge..Alice in chains.. Soundgarden.. Mud Honey...the fusion jazz grooves of Miles Davis, John Mclaughlin, and Billy Cobham,.. the newgrass styles of Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, and David Grisman.. and also, prog and prog metal like King Crimson and Between The Buried And Me..But my roots are firmly planted in Punk and thrash metal. Somewhere between my love of Jazz, Bluegrass Prog, Punk, and Metal, Combined with anti-establishment/communist/anarchist lyrics is where One Man Left falls.
String Bo String Duo had quite a growing following before the scandal with Geo. I had actually recommended one of my friends check you out and he was familiar with SBSD, but didn't know what had happened. Do you care to talk about that for anyone that missed it?
Geoff turned out to be a serial abuser who raped multiple women that I know of.. as soon as this became apparent he had to be removed. TBH we were much too easy on him.. but the women effected wished to remain anonymous..so even if we called the police(I do not believe in calling police), nothing could have been done without them going public. So I personally outed him..And removed him from my music and my life. I still own the rights to the music which was written solely by myself.. as well as the original social media pages, which have been renamed.
What have you been up to since?
Since then I started a new project.. which is essentially the same thing, but without him, under the name One Man Left.
I started re-recording the videos for the songs I liked best..Many of which are available on Youtube, FB and Patreon. I'm currently recording a series of concept EP's containing old and new songs. Each EP will be fully or loosely based on a sigular theme.
What can you tell people about your upcoming concept EP? You've mentioned it being a folk punk/prog rock fusion? Would you like to talk about your decisions? When should people expect to look for it?
the first of the Ep's is essentially a folk punk record, recorded in the format of a prog rock concept album.. all the songs share the same root chord.. it can and is meant to be listened too as a single piece of music, even though it's 5 songs. it is all political and runs along the theme of riots and revolution. It will be titled Rally. Riot. Revolt. and it should be available for free or name your price within the month.
Do you have anything else going on right now?
I'm also recording new videos, and starting work on the second concept Ep... it's only 3 songs and each will be more stripped down and less "prog" more straight forward folk punk.
What about your life outside of music?
My life outside of music is difficult.. I have a family of 5, I'm physically disabled, and I've struggled with mental illness my entire life.
it's hard to fully summarize..
my disability started with a bulging/degenerative disc at the beggining of 2018, but after a failed surgery I'm in even worse shape. I waiting on a spinal fusion surgery.
I have a wife of 10 years and 3 kids. I love them all deeply.
What about your offer to help musicians passing thru your area to stop in and record, and how should people contact you for that?
well.. that's not necessarily and open offer to anyone.. but anyone is welcome to contact the One Man Left page to inquire about it!
I'm offering Free or Cheap recording for musicians passing through.. but, obviously a vetting process will need to take place before I bring people in to my house with my kids and a thousand dollars worth of gear collected over the course of 7 years . .
So anyone interested in recording here would need to contact the One Man Left page
Make sure you're looking out for the new EP this month!
