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Funk Daddy-G & the Love Handles

Original Pop and Tight Funky Smooth Jazz Mix

About Me

Played keyboards, guitar and harmonica professionaly since 12 years old, and in Baltimore bands since the 70's including The Majestics & Tony Berry & New Money................ Successful writing career composing and performing music featured on NBC television shows such as Saved By the Bell, California Dreams, Inspector Gadget and NBCs Movie of the Week............... Wrote & performed music featured in the motion picture Pelican Brief starring Julia Roberts ........................ Live music gigs of late, have been with The David Glaser Band (Dave, Anthony Setola and Greg Phillips), The Todd Miller Band (Todd, John Thomakos, and Angelo Cammarata), Rob Thorworth Band (Rob, Jay Dulaney and various drummers) as well as The Rat Pack (Rick Oleguar, Angelo Cammarata and Tim Steele).................. Play several gigs per year with Washington, DC area's's rising star "Melanie Mason", and was a member of Melanie's award winning band taking the DC Blues Societies 2003 competition and later traveled to the international finals competition in Memphis to represent Washington, DC........ Often called by local headliners such as Mary Lou & the Untouchables, Junior Cline & the Recliners, and Tony Berry & New Money as their substitute/guest keyboard player................. Focused on music-writing efforts composing new fresh mixtures of pop/funk with a definite jazz influence. The best work includes compositions co-written with Jay Dulaney, a local top shelf musician who has played bass with many heavyweights in the music industry from Baltimore to LA. Check this stuff out................. HTML-Codes.comCD Credits:David Glaser's "Reunion"David Glaser's "Cars and Lovers"Anthony Setola's "Interstellar Appeal"
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Member Since: 9/6/2006
Band Website: You're On It!!!! ;-)
Band Members: Gary Gilpin - Writer, keyboards, guitar, keyboard bass, harmonica, drum programming, engineering, producer...... Jay Dulaney co-writer & Bass Guitar..... Rob Thorworth - Vocals & Guitar...... Dave Fairall - Sax...... Jane Ashley - Vocals...... Jo Gilpin - "Stuff".... David Glaser - Guitar..... Dave Jacobson - Guitar....... Terry Connelly - Vocals .....................and anyone else Gary can drag into the studio...... Including Chip Davis!!!!
Influences: Mom & Dad, Beatles, Clapton, Costello, Prince, Hendrix, SRV, Jeff Beck, Steely Dan, Steve Winwood, ELP, Booker T, Jimmy Smith, YES, Doobie Bros., Michael McDonald, Earth Wind & Fire, Joe Sample, T. Lavitz, The late great Billy Preston, Joe Sample, Anyone that plays "FUNKY", Jon Lord, Grand Funk, Chicago, Sly (&TFS), Stevie Wonder, Lyonel Richie, .................. And locally: Jay, Anthony, Johnny T, Angelo, Brandon Finley, Greg Phillips, Torro, Mark St Pierre. Brad Kimes ...... (BASICALLY....ANYONE WHO PLAYS & DIGS FUNK)................And I owe a huge thanks to John Armstrong, who has mentored me in the art of recording engineering. "Still a work in progress, of course" but.........."THANK YOU JOHN BOY!!!! Always there to dig me out of trouble!".......GG

Sounds Like: Chicken............Funky Chicken
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None