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About Me

HI... MY NAME IS ISIDRO VICENTE RIVERA ARRIAGA... BUT MY FRIENDS CALL ME VINNY. I WAS BORN IN THE BRONX, AND I GREW UP (HAH!) IN BROOKLYN... SPENT SOME TIME IN PUERTO RICO AND YOUNGSTOWN OHIO AS WELL. I WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN MUSIC. I GOT MY FIRST GUITAR IN THE SUMMER OF '69 (REALLY) AND I PICKED UP TIPS FROM OTHER JAMMERS IN CANARSIE, AND PARK SLOPE... MY FIRST PAID GIG WAS WITH A CALYPSO/REGGAE BAND, IN THE SUMMER OF '72... WE PLAYED A WEDDING... I PLAYED GUITAR AND BASS... I JOINED THE US AIR FORCE IN '73 AND SERVED 20 YEARS, BEING STATIONED AT THE PENTAGON FIRST, THEN GERMANY, DENMARK, ITALY, ENGLAND AND BACK TO ITALY. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, ALISON VERONICA AND RAYMOND ALEXIS... BOTH ARE BUDDING MUSICIANS... I HAVE BEEN IN FLORIDA SINCE '93 AND MY EXPERIENCES HAVE BEEN MIXED... I DECIDED TO PLAY MUSIC FULL TIME. I HAVE MET MANY PEOPLE IN THIS INDUSTRY, THE FAMOUS AND THE INFAMOUS, BUT I WILL NEVER GIVE IT UP! I HAVE PLAYED WITH MANY, NO, TOO MANY BANDS TO MENTION, FINDING SOME SUCCESS AS A FILL-IN BASS PLAYER AND VOCALIST, AS MY REPERTOIRE IS VAST, AND I CAN PLAY FRETLESS AS WELL AS FRETTED BASS... I LOVE FRETLESS... MY VOCAL RANGE IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE... I CURRENTLY PLAY BASS AND SING WITH THE 'GREYWOLF' BAND, KNOWN FOR LEANING ON SOUTHERN ROCK AND COUNTRY, BUT WE CAN PLAY ANYTHING... EXCEPT RAP... BUT YOU NEVER KNOW......... ONE TRUE THING ABOUT ME, I ABSOLUTELY ADORE BIG BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, AND I HAVE ONE OF MY OWN... OR SHOULD I SAY, WE HAVE EACH OTHER... I LIVE WITH MY DEAREST LOVE, JULIE, WHO HAS PROMISED TO MARRY ME SOON... WE CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF EACH OTHER... AND SHE LETS ME HAVE THE KITCHEN ALL TO MYSELF... I LOVE TO COOK...

My Interests

Meez 3D avatars and free games."

I'd like to meet:

I'D LOVE TO MEET A BEATLE, BEFORE THEY ALL DIE... I ALSO APPRECIATE SINCERE MUSICIANS, WHO WON'T STAB YOU IN THE BACK, WE HAVE TOO MUCH OF THAT HAPPENING HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA... A FEW HONEST BAR MANAGERS WOULD BE NICE... SOME HAVE THEIR HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT THEIR BUSINESS ACUMEN IS STUCK SOMEWHERE DARK AND SMELLY... I WOULD LOVE TO MEET THE CAST AND WRITERS OF 'LAW AND ORDER'...

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Music:

MY INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC WAS MY FATHER PLAYING AND SINGING TANGOS THEN CAME THE BEATLES JOSE FELICIANO JAMES TAYLOR LOS PANCHOS THE BLUES BB KING GRATEFUL DEAD YES DJANGO REINHARDT AL JOLSON QUEEN RICK FINCH DIRE STRAITS STEVIE WONDER PETER TOSH BOB MARLEY LINDA RONSTADT SOUTHERN ROCK JOE SATRIANI DANNY GATTON JERRY DONAHUE THE HELLECASTERS THE KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS BROTHER PHELPS GOOD OLD COUNTRY PICKIN THE CLASH ELVIS COSTELLO LEVEL 42 PINO PALLADINO VENDETTA THE STORM ROSCOE PETERSON HAT TRICK TONY FELLOWS PRATER BOXCAR AND GREYWOLF BUT CARLOS GARDEL AND THE OLD TANGOS IS WHAT I LOVE TO LISTEN TO

Movies:

FELLINI SCORSESE COPPOLA QT SOME SPIELBERG JONATHAN AND TED DEMME RIDLEY SCOTT CAPRA VITTORIO DE SICA anything with ANTHONY HOPKINS KEVIN SPACEY DE NIRO CHAPLIN THE MARX BROTHERS SPINAL TAP STEVE BUSCEMI JACK NICHOLSON ED WOOD

Television:

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