No one is. I've assimilated my influences without denying any of them. I'm becoming myself.
Assimilation is the word.
Macy Gray, Shelby Lynne, Hank Williams III, K.D. Lang, Michelle Shocked, Peter Tosh, John Coltrane, Beck. The last six years have been productive ones for Popa Chubby. He signed a deal with Sony, toured the world three times and then got dropped. It's a story told in gospel, Delta slide, rap, samples, loops and whatever else Popa Chubby has assimilated till now. Popa Chubby will play the Knitting Factory in Manhattan April 26 and the Towne Crier in Pawling April 28.