DATE:  04/12/06

NAME: Manuela (& The Music Makers)

INSTRUMENT(s): Vocals/Guitar

CURRENT
RELEASE: Currently working on a CD

WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/manuelaampthemusicmakers

1. Biggest Influence(s)?
Elvis, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Stray Cats, Hank Williams, Little Richard, Django Reinhardt, Jerry lee Lewis, Billie Holliday, Carl Perkins, Billy Fury, Johnny Kid & the Pirates, Janis Joplin, Ike & Tina Turner, Sam Cook, James Brown, Clyde McPhatter (there is a lot more) every band I’ve watched over the years (and that would include Depeche Mode and The Cure etc.)....Rockabilly & Westernswing Dj's...  

2. Favourite records/tracks old or new?
Fever

3. What would you be if not a musician?
Angel

4. Career high point so far?
Cleaning toilets as a Chambermaid in Holland (got sacked, they said I am not a good teamworker)

5. Perfect night off?   
Everything that goes with Alcohol   

6. Most recent CD in your CD player?  
My Cd player is broken.  I was listening to a guy called Collin Cosimini, he is a Gipsy and plays gipsy/jazzguitar like Django Reinhardt  

7. Favourite book/film?
Film: Monty Python, the one where the guy still fights on even though he has had his arms and legs cut off.
Book: Book of Love

8. Whiskey - Jack or Jim?
Both I guess. Once I overstepped the mark, now I would order a Jack....