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