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Brian Hamada

About Me

Thank God I'm a country boy.
My name is not Larry Honda.
Rosie O'Donnell can bite me.
4 strings good - 5 strings, baa-aaa-aaa-d.

Jens Hannemann is my hero.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 30/09/2006
Band Website: http://www.brianhamada.com
Band Members: bug:
Peter Epstein, saxophone
Jeff Miley, guitars
James Miley, piano
Roger Shew, bass
Brian Hamada, drums
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Craig VonBerg Trio:
Craig VonBerg, piano
John Lauffenburger, bass
Brian Hamada, drums

Fresno City College Jazz Composers Orchestra

After Dinner Mints (R.I.P.)

Triangle Lesson

Influences: All of the above

plus, in no particular order . . .
Bill Evans
Miles Davis
Vinyl LP's
The Shaggs
Paul Motian
Led Zeppelin
Fettucini Alfredo
Dan Patrick
Brian Blade
MST3K
Radiohead
Peter Erskine
Zinfandel
Paul Shaghoian
Joni Mitchell
Toshiro Mifune
Elvin Jones
Apple Computers ©
Ornette Coleman
Steve McCall
Cate Blanchett
Coffee
Ralph Towner
Tony Williams
Unagi
Jerry West
Ed Blackwell
Basset Hounds
Richard Strauss
Dave King
Steely Dan
DVR's
Jack DeJohnette
Herb Alpert
Newcastle Brown Ale
John Hollenbeck
Sonny Rollins
Willie Mays
Tommy's Hamburgers
Wi-Fi
Vince Mendoza
March Madness ©
Bill Stewart
Alarm Clocks
AppleTV ©
Eugene Chadbourne
Tony Kornheiser
Lunch
Philip Seymour Hoffman
HDTV
The Beatles
Jim Black
Andy Kaufman
AM Radio
Stevie Wonder
Bill Frisell
Kim Novak
Steve Gadd
Diet Pepsi
ECM Records
Bill Bruford
Akira Kurosawa
Daylight Savings Time
Silence
Phil Jackson
Olivier Messiaen
James Taylor
Atom Egoyan
Jimmy Cobb
Curry
Anthony Bourdain
Charlie Haden
Topo Gigio
Thera Cane ©
Burt Bacharach

Sounds Like: . . . ping.
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Record Label: Round.

My Blog

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I've had better days . . .

Almost cut a finger off today.Had a battle with a folding chair. Folding chair won. Big time.E.R. doctor says I'm lucky I didn't cut any tendons (although I nicked one just barely).Had to get a teta...
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