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Speedie John

Experienced Bass Player (35 yrs exp)

About Me

Former Major Label Artist (Fuzztones- RCA/ Sundazed/Beggars Banquet) also gigged or recorded with:The Speedies (NYC)/ Sylvain, Sylvain (NY Dolls)/ The Hexxers (Golly Gee Records)Truly Lover Trio/ Sprauge Bros/ W/ Deke Dickerson on Lead Guitar (Twin Tone Records). / Rod & The Tonemasters/ Rik L Rik( Posh Boy-LA)/Tonebender/The Honeydippers/ Neil Mooney(Straw Dog Records)/ White Line Fever/ Super Honky/ Wives & Lovers/ The Celestials/ Loose Cannons/Jimmy Rip/Dulcie Younger/Link Protrudi &The Jaymen/ Tralier Park Casanovas/Born Losers (LA) The Accidents (NYC) Tish & Snooky (NYC)/ Dave Vanian (Damned)/ Ian Astbury (Cult) Wes Beech (Plasmatics)/ Florida Slim & The Hurricanes/Rip Carson/Rockin Ryan/Crash Justice/ Tammy O'Lea/did a gig w Lemmy of Motorhead (in his band "Headcat") featuring Slim Jim (Stray Cats) & Danny Harvey (Rockcats) & me on bass- toured Europe w/Dawn Shipley & played with former members of The Misfits(Arthur McGuckin & Brian Keats)worked w Nikki & The Corvettes in the 80's, Also worked with Members of Blondie (Frankie & Clem)Currently working on a new project called "Beat Killers" with members of Luis & The Wildfires/The Red Onions/Juarez Crime Scene & The Star Mountain Dreamers and also playing Baritone guitar with Crash Justice & The Piggly Wiggleez.
You like our Music, You say you like our act! Haven't seen it yet? Check out the Speedies Music Video's !
"LET ME TAKE YOUR PHOTO"
Let Me Take Your Photo: Danny Cornyetz & Dennis Politakis; Directed/Edited
"TIME"
Time: Danny Cornyetz; Directed/Edited Chris Martinez & Vinnie Longobardo; Production

My Interests

Gigs & Recording

I'd like to meet:

Musicians

Music:

Garage/ Rockabilly/ Punk/ Cow Punk/ Chicago Blues/ Psychobilly/ Mod/ Freakbeat/ Psychedelic/ Western Swing/ Country Western/ Trucker/ Power Pop/ Texas Blues/ Surf/ Lounge/

Movies:

Raging Bull/ Goodfellas/ Chinatown/ LA Confidential/ Blue Velvet/

Television:

CSI NY/ Monk/ Curb Your Enthusiasm/ Sopranos/Criminal Minds

Books:

Anything by James Ellroy/ Raymond Chandler/ Stephen King

Heroes:

Joey Ramone/ Dean Martin/ Mickey Mantle/ Tom Seaver/ Jimi Hendrix/ The Dictators/ NY Dolls/ Buddy Holly/ Elvis/Sandy Koufax/Franklin D. Roosevelt/Joe Torre Robert Dinero/ Joe Pesci/ John Entwhistle/ Betty Grable/ Veronica Lake/ Ricky Nelson/ Jake Lamotta/ Mike Piazza/ Frank Sinatra/ Jimmy Carter/John Lennon/ Paul McCartney/ Bill Wyman/ Ray Davies/ The Jam/ The Buzzcocks/ Freddie King/ Willie Dixon/ Johnny Burnette/ The 2002 Anaheim Angels/ The LA Dodgers/ NY Mets/ Jackie Robinson/ JFK & RFK/ Bob Marley/ Stevie Ray Vaughn/ Keith Moon/ Iggy & The Stooges/ Flamin Groovies/ MC5/ The Clash/ Screamin Jay Hawkins/ The Creation/The Pretty Things/ The Sonics/The Standells/Gene Vincent/Johnny Horton/Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson/Dino Danelli/Joe Namath/Joe Dimaggio/The Vagrants/ The Raspberries/Generation X/The Damned/The Cramps/Bo Diddley/ Chuck Berry/Ritchie Valens/Eddie Cochran/Kiss/Slade/ Mott The Hoople/Roxy Music/The Modern Lovers/Patti Smith/ Television/ Mink Deville/ The Blasters/X/Blondie/ Shel Talmy/Tommy Lasorda/Joe Pepitone/K-Rod/Speedy West/Big Daddy Roth/ Jan & Dean/ Brian Wilson/Dick Dale/Dwight Yoakim/ Buck Owens/Leo Fender/ Les Paul/Semi Mosley/Seymour Duncan/Paul Butterfield Blues Band/

My Blog

Link to CBS news story on Speedies guitar player/ Greg Crewdsen

Here's a link to the broadcast I mentioned in an earlier blog: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/sunday/main3445.shtml Greg's new book is coming out any day now!...
Posted by Speedie John on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:28:00 PST

CBS News Sunday April 27th 9AM (7am west coast)

This Sunday, April 27th, 2008 at 9am CBS news is doing an interview with Greg Crewdsen, the rythm Guitarist of the Speedies, who is now a world famous photographer. During the interview they will play...
Posted by Speedie John on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:35:00 PST

BEAT KILLERS DEBUT/ Coming Soon!!!!!


Posted by Speedie John on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:31:00 PST

Old article I wrote for the Virgin Mega Store website

 As I read the news regarding the Virgin Megastore's closing I thought about how things are changing so fast. Less than a decade ago, I was writing freelance record reviews for their website, lik...
Posted by Speedie John on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:40:00 PST

The Haircut & The Record Deal

   Having been part of the only 80's Garage Revival band that was signed to a Major Label record deal, (The Fuzztones, who signed to RCA/Beggar's Banquet & released one lp "In Heat" in 1...
Posted by Speedie John on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:13:00 PST

7 And 7 is

 It' been a while since I've had the time to blog.  But I've had a few people ask me about a couple of things, namely, the post on The Fuzztones myspace page regarding the Phuzztones (s...
Posted by Speedie John on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:29:00 PST

Hexxers Claymation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juhnqyCwY6I&eurl=http%3A% 2F%2Fprofile%2Emyspace%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ecfm%3Ffuseaction%3Dus er%2Eviewprofile%26friendID%3D9977339...
Posted by Speedie John on Sat, 05 May 2007 08:32:00 PST

Check out this video: the hexxers

the hexxers Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Speedie John on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:51:00 PST

Speedie John's Discography

Speedies: Let Me Take Your Foto b/w No Substitute- Golden Disc recordsSpeedies: Something on my Mind b/w Time- Speedy Delivery TunesSpeedies: Great NY Singles Scene- Roir CompilationSpeedies: Hyped 2 ...
Posted by Speedie John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Wild Flower

So, I've got a few minutes and decided to blog one of my wife's favorite stories, she's been bugging me to blog it forever... this occurred back in around 1989 when I was in the Fuzztones... I was han...
Posted by Speedie John on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:21:00 PST