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About Me

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." Dr. Hunter S. Thompson"Don't make a fuss, just get on the bus!" F. Zappa

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/08/2006
Band Website: Too many. Check out the 'members' list above...
Band Members: Hey, it's just me here on my personal site.....A loyal bandmate, but also keeping an eye out looking for the next gig. Not a hired gun, but a true team player who know his place in the mix. Over 2000 gigs played....so far! Looking to take my music career to the next level so, if you need me!!! Current bands include The Tickets, Paul Nelson's MOJOMASTER, and The Jackpot Club! www.myspace.com/thejackpotclub www.myspace.com/theticketsonbreweryrecords www.myspace.com/paulnelsonsmojomaster www.breweryrecords.com
Influences: NRBQ, Cheap Trick, Green Day, Nick Lowe, Rolling Stones, AC/DC, XTC, Louis Prima, The Living End, X, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stax/Volt, Sex Pistols, Dan Baird, Los Straitjackets, Frank Zappa, Weezer, The Jam, Southern California Punk Rock of the 70's & 80's, Las Vegas of the 1950's. Frank Sinatra, Hank Williams, Clash, The Who, Dean Martin, Jamie Cullum, Hendrix, Cab Calloway, Brian Setzer, Sweet, Wynonie Harris, Rancid, Ruth Brown, Georgia Satellites, The Mavericks, Esquivel, Lounge, T-Bone Walker, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Germs, Richard Cheese, Louis Jordan, Moon Mulican, Bob Wills, Chet Atkins, Willie Dixon. Keep it real. You get the picture?
Sounds Like: The voice in your head telling you to jump....Turkeys hitting the concrete like bags of wet cement...A swift kick to the gut....or the right part being played....LOUDLY! Remember, a good musician will serve the song and not their own egos. If your part doesn't serve the song, then neither do you!
Record Label: Brewery, Tone Pet. Killed By Death.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

MY NEW BAND NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!!

Hello Friends, Well, I have finally done it! After years of playing bass for some of the best rock-n-roll 'teachers' such as Bryan Shaddix, Loren Molinare and Paul Nelson, I am taking those lessons th...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:08:00 GMT

I just blogged all over myself...

...and I'll clean it up in a bit.  But first, here I go testing the blog waters, so to speak. I haven't been engauged in reading any particular writers rants and raves at whatever the subject-du...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:51:00 GMT

The Tickets make OC Register's Top 10 for 2006!

Wow! This is really exciting. Our self-titled CD reisssue has made the Orange County Registers Top 10 CD releases for 2006! Check out the article here http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/entertainmen...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:34:00 GMT