Member Since: 9/1/2006
Band Website: timkreitz.com
Band Members: Tim Kreitz
Guitars & Vocals
Contributing Studio & Live Players
Vic Lawson
Tonewheel Organ/Keys/Digital
Dallas Dan
Additional Bass Guitar
Eric Kreitz
Drums/Percussion/Sampling
CURRENT STATUS OF
THE TIM KREITZ BAND:
Tim Kreitz Band is still performing live several times a year, but Tim is currently focusing his efforts on heading-up the rock trio Dingo Sanctuary with percussionist Britton Parker and Bassist Roger Albaugh. The band is currently revamping its format and setlist, and will return in the summer of 2008 as a progressive original and new/classic rock act. Check the Dingo Sanctuary page for more info and lots of free music downloads. Please continue to visit this page for regular updates and new recordings.
Influences:
"You can tell a lot about an artist by not only his original material, but by who he covers. The following songs are my interpretations of artists who I respect highly. Put them in your iPods and enjoy them. I hope I've done them some measure of Justice." - Tim
High Landrons - "This is my favorite Eric Johnson song. In late 1990, as a teenager, I had the honor of being Eric Johnson's monitor engineer during several shows on the Ah Via Musicom tour. Those shows were the catalyst for a major paradigm shift in my life-journey as a guitarist, because they completely changed my concepts of and approach to tone. Besides the complicated wonder of Eric's mind-boggling stage rig, I got to see up close and personal how Eric effected and manipulated his overall tone simply by how he played the guitar itself.I did my best to stay true to Eric's original arrangement and solo melodies, which are absolute genius, while still incorporating my own style and interpretation into this version."
Love or Confusion - "Jimi's music is very important to me -- part of who I am, to be exact. When I was 8 years old, I found my mom's old copy of Electric Ladyland in a stack of vinyl in the hall closet. I took it into my bedroom, put it on my record player, and proceeded to have a musical epiphany. I listened to all four sides, walked into the living room, and told her I wanted a guitar. That Christmas I got one, and have been playing ever since.Love or Confusion is my favorite song on Are You Experienced. Any time I get frustrated with the disposable, generic crap I hear on modern rock radio, I take comfort in the fact that God gave us Jimi's music."
INFLUENCES:
Jimi Hendrix | Eric Johnson | Tony Iommi | Eric Clapton | Stephen Stills | Arc Angels | Reeves Gabrels | Doyle Bramhall II | Randy Rhoads | Pat Travers | Lightnin' Hopkins | Robert Johnson | Alex Lifeson | Gary Moore | BB King | Cream | The Beatles | Zeppelin | Zakk
Sounds Like: Tim Kreitz sounds exactly like Tim Kreitz
Record Label: Yellow Room Records
Type of Label: Indie