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About Me

perspicacious prattler...
daredevil bandleader...
roiling mollifier...
swashbucklin' guitar slinger...
ribald raconteur...
bounteous rhapsodist...
backwoods bon vivant...
humble hauteur...
hobnobbing misanthrope...
agitative avatar
rakish roue'...
shambolic shaman...
quirky cabalist...
unflummoxed fret poet...
maniacal magus extraordinaire...
"Brilliant eccentric" San Diego Reader Magazine
"F...ing brilliant" Sacramento News & Review
"Master of revels" Chico News & Review
"F....ing masterpiece" Buddy Blue
...swamp grooves, pop suites, spoken word sound collages, semi-mental ballads, psychotic funk work-outs, lurid blues, twisted dirges and machete juggling guitar pickin'...
"Jazz-pop masterpiece" The Redding Record Searchlight
"Quintessential performer" The San Diego Troubadour Magazine
"Mr. Entertainment" The Chico Enterprise-Record
Over 2,659 performances.
Over 1,697 songs written.
"To call his act fresh is an embarrassing understatement" The Shasta Lance
"Iconoclastic Reverend of Groove...Jimi Hendrix meets Steve Lawrence" Sacramento Outward Magazine
"Sun Ra/Ornette Coleman atonality to Miles Davis cool understatement" The San Diego Union Tribune
"Eclectic mastery" Blues Print
Has traded guitar licks on stage with Albert King and Albert Collins.
Has traded blows on stage with Mojo Nixon.
"His songwriting, guitar playing and stage act are legendary...once you've seen Slam Buckra perform, it's something you're sure not to forget" San Diego Troubadour Magazine
"Captain Beefheart meets Magic Sam" The San Diego Union Tribune
"The rarified air of a world class musician...you won't see anyone like him anywhere" San Diego Reader Magazine
During his many on stage adventures Slam Buckra has shared the stage with:
R.E.M.
Joe Louis Walker (2x)
James Blood Ulmer
Robert Walter
The Violent Femmes
NRBQ
Johnny Winter (10x)
Mose Allison
Eric Johnson
Leon Russell (7x)
Willie Nelson
The Stray Cats
The Plasmatics
Alvin Lee (2x)
Leslie West
Guitar Shorty (2x)
Blue Oyster Cult
Chris Cain
John Hammond Jr.
Alice Stuart
Ronnie Montrose
Jimmy Thackery
Rory Gallahger
Clarence Clemmons
Coco Montoya
Eddie Money
Mark Hummel
Billy Boy Arnold
Earl Thomas (5x)
Son Seals
Albert King (2x)
Doyle Bramhall
Bob Margolin
James Harman (6x)
Edgar Winter (4x)
Albert Collins
Salt & Pepa
Charlie Musselwhite (2x)
and Dickie Betts among many many others.
To listen to and purchase Slam Buckra CDs visit
http://www.cdbaby.com/all/slambuckra
For more information on Slam Buckra visit
http://www.slambuckra.com
SLAM BUCKRA HOTLINE: 530-376-0105

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/25/2006
Band Website: cdbaby.com/all/slambuckra
Influences: The Beatles
Salvador Dali
Muhammad Ali
Van Dyke Parks
Don Van Vliet
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Rashaan Roland Kirk
Bent Fabric
Buddy Rich
Howlin' Wolf
The Beach Boys
Groucho Marx
John Lennon
Brian Wilson
Stereolab
Frank Sinatra
Francis Bacon
Frank Zappa
Richard Manuel
Little Richard
Richard Pryor
Richard Hawley
Paul McCartney
Paul Simon
Stephen Crane
Steve Allen
Dennis Wilson
W.C. Fields
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Jenkins
Thelonious Monk
Wilt Chamberlain
Bob Dylan
Country Dick Montana
The High Llamas
Slam Stewart
Leadbelly
Joey Baron
Bert Kaempfert
Don Rickles
Peter Green
Dorthea Tanning
Todd Rundgren
John Lee Hooker
Yoko Ono
Brian Eno
Joan Miro
John Phillips
Ozzie Nelson
Leonard Cohen
Sonny Boy Williamson
Harpers Bizarre
Leland Sklar
Albert King
Albert Brooks
Albert Collins
Herb Alpert
Georges Delerue
George Harrison
Dean Martin
Carl Wilson
Muddy Waters
Jackie Gleason
Miles Davis
Jim Webb
Max Ernst
Ernie Kovacs
The Heavy Blinkers
Jonathon Winters
Johnny Winter
Burt Bacharach
Jim O' Rourke
Marc Chagall
Dennis Chambers
Stan Laurel
Neal Hefti
Neil Young

FAVORITE SONGS:

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
A Quiet Thing - Fred Ebb/John Kander
Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkel
The World Is A Circle - Baccharach/David
Theme From The Valley of the Dolls - Dionne Warwick
Cavatina the theme from Deer Hunter - Stanley Myers
Forever - The Beach Boys (Dennis Wilson)
Becalmed - Brian Eno
O Superman - Laurie Anderson
Angel On My Shoulder - Shelby Bryant

FAVORITE ALBUMS:..

Revolver - The Beatles
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
A Man Alone - Frank Sinatra/Rob Mckuen
Troutmask Replica - Captain Beefheart
New Morning - Bob Dylan
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Hawaii - The High Llamas
The Beatles - The Beatles
Only The Lonely - Frank Sinatra
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Miles In The Sky - Miles Davis
The Night and I are Still So Young - The Heavy Blinkers
Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
Ingenue - k.d. lang
Sounds Like: In the press Slam Buckra's music on his recordings and in his live performances has been likened to that of:

Captain Beefheart
Albert King
Mose Allison
Steely Dan
John Lee Hooker
Robben Ford
Jeff Beck
Van Dyke Parks
G. Love
Sun Ra
Tom Waits
10 cc
Howlin' Wolf
The Beatles
Michael Bloomfield
Dean Martin
Frank Zappa
Frank Sinatra
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Ornette Coleman
Primus
Jimmy Page
Roy Bucchanan
Miles Davis
Jimi Hendrix
Magic Sam
John Fogerty
Little Feat
Jerry Garcia
and Johnny Winter among others.
Record Label: RAymo' Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

CD Review Time!

I recently bought a wheelbarrow of CDs from my favorite internet CD store Spun.com. Here are some quickie reviews, hatchet jobs and recommendations:I score on a five star rating system. "...
Posted by SLAM BUCKRA on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:20:00 PST

Bobbin for Franks

Today is Bob Dylan's 67th birthday. Yikes. I've been listening to Bob since I was 8 or 9 years old. I suppose I own nearly every one of his albums. Most I love, some I don't.&nb...
Posted by SLAM BUCKRA on Sun, 25 May 2008 04:06:00 PST

Drummer Week!

Drums. I dig ..em. I still don't own a kit...but maybe I will someday...then watchout....in a couple of years...oooh. I wanted to be a drummer before anything else. (Well I wanted to be Tarzan f...
Posted by SLAM BUCKRA on Tue, 20 May 2008 01:07:00 PST

Damn Dirty Apes

It was sitting in my grandmother's Austin Powers-like 3 story apartment (with an elevator!) in downtown La Jolla California I used to listen to my aunt talk to "Chuck" (Charlton Heston) on the phone.&...
Posted by SLAM BUCKRA on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:36:00 PST

Annus Mirabilis

Oh that's right 2007 has ended. I forgot to do that "Best of 2007" thang! It's not too late yet...is it? 2007 was a spankin' good time...a real annus mirabilis. Lotza splendid moments on stage. M...
Posted by SLAM BUCKRA on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:45:00 PST

"Frank (Ill Have Another Glass of That)"

For all of you fans of the legendary cocktail dive "The Squire Room" and it's legendary bartender Frank, I have posted all 3 versions of my song "Frank (I'll Have Another Glass of That)" (aka "Wired a...
Posted by SLAM BUCKRA on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:58:00 PST

Intellectual Reddening

Lawdy Lawd.... In the wasteland that is Western Civilization's last week of any given year...I found soothing intellectual solice by running into a television program featuring William F. Buckley Jr....
Posted by SLAM BUCKRA on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:11:00 PST

New Pro Duct Tapes n CDs

In answer to the multitude of queries about when the "long awaited" (by dozens upon dozens) new Slam Buckra CD will be available... Yes...I've been trapped and hiding in the sonic dungeon of love n' ...
Posted by SLAM BUCKRA on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:37:00 PST

x-mas celeb confusion

Admittedly, I'm more than a little out of the loop. I subscribe to and read "Blender" magazine. But I still do not know who Brittney Speers, Lindsay Lojan, or Jennifer Lopez are....(danc...
Posted by SLAM BUCKRA on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:56:00 PST

The Best of the Chestnutz

Dickery dock! I appreciate all the kind messages about my kooky original x-mas music that I've posted on my (oh my) myspace site. There's been rumours swirlin' for years about my VIP catalogue ...
Posted by SLAM BUCKRA on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:26:00 PST