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THE GREG DERHAM BAND

Featuring new tracks from our first recording !!!

About Me

We've been together in this line-up, hand picked by Greg for maximum freshness, since the start of 2005.

Since then the group have cemented their strong bond musically and personally into the kind of tight-loose groove that this funky-jazzy-blues music thrives on, and, our last-Friday-of-the-month gigs at Viva Viva have become a North London institution.

Some of the tracks above are taken from live gigs. As such the sound quality may be slightly 'rough' but hopefully captures some of the live energy of the band as we create our unique hybrid of acid-jazz and soul-blues... Groove on !!!

p.s. Tracks from our demo, 'Playin' Their Dues' plus video snippets from recent gigs to be added soon !

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/31/2006
Band Website: coming soon !!!
Band Members: Greg 'Dynamo' Derham - lead vocals
Claudio 'La Bollox' Corona - keyboards
Sam 'Diiirty' Ritchie - trumpet & percussion
Fred 'The Schmoove' Schmidt - alto/baritone saxes & percussion
Paul 'Bone-Tone' Garner - guitar & vocals
John 'The Bass Player' Kaethner - bass ( of course ! )
Jason 'The Skins' Ribeiro - drums
'Big' Andy Roberts - dep. bass
Jules 'The Gob' D'Imperio/ Lawrence 'Babyface' Davies - occ. harp
Olivier Arlotto - dep. tenor
Influences: 50's-60's Blue Note/Hammond stuff, &, then some : Lou Donaldson; Grant Green; 'Big' John Patton; Jimmy Smith; Jimmy McGriff; Jack McDuff; Lonnie Smith; early George Benson; Freddie Roach; Kenny Burrell; Billy Butler; Wes Montgomery; Charles Earland; Don Patterson; Sonny Stitt; Blue Mitchell; Lee Morgan; Joe Henderson; Larry Young; Herbie Hancock; Harold Vick; Ike Quebec; Reuben Wilson; Red Holloway; Art Blakey; Miles & Coltrane; Diz n' Bird; Louis Armstrong; Louis Jordan ( my no.1 all-round performer ); King Curtis; Rufus Thomas; Little Willie John; all the soul/blues greats ( the 3 'Kings Of The Blues' - esp. BB ); Albert Collins; Bobby Bland; T-Bone Walker; Aretha; Ella, Billie, Nina & Vaughan; Jimmy Scott; Eddie Jefferson ( my current favourite singer ); Van Morrison; Lou Rawls; Mose Allison; Billy Preston; Mark Murphy; Ray Charles; Bill Withers; Marvin Gaye; Donnie Hathaway; Stevie Wonder; SRV; The Fab T-Birds; Carlos Santana; The Afro-Cuban All-Stars; James Brown & The JB's; Tower Of Power; Junior Walker; Sly & Family; The Meters; Johnny 'Guitar' Watson; Ronnie Earl; Duke Robillard; John Scofield & MMW; The Hoax; Soulive; Robben Ford; Joshua Redman; Dr. John; Steely Dan; Toots & The Maytals; Fishbone ( my best band - for every reason ! ); etc, etc, etc ... Otherwise, why not have a look at the 'Friends' area to listen to some of these and many others, of a more contemporary feel and/or local scene !!!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None