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ANDRE GILES/ P-FUNK-DRE

ANDRE GILES/BLACK GUITAR SUPER HERO/AKA P-FUNK-DRE

About Me

I WAS BORN IN WASH.D.C. GREW UP IN S.E. OF THE CITY, BENNING HEIGHTS,AND BERRY FARMS" AND PROUD OF IT.I STARTED PLAYING GUITAR AT THE AGE OF 8 . LATER ON IN MY TEEN YEARS I MET A BROTHA NAME, DARRYL SPUT GREY. HE WAS ONE OF MY HOMIES IN THE HOOD, WHO PLAYED JUST LIKE JIMI HENDRIX AND HE SHOWED ME HOW TO PLAY BLUES,ROCK& ROLL,IN HIS BACK YARD.WE THEN BECAME BEST FRIENDS AND PLAYED IN A HOOD BAND CALLED KIRO FUNK.A FEW YEARS LATER HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED RIP.I WILL ALWAYS MISS YOU SPUT.I THEN MEET A WELL KNOWN ARTIST" EDDIE HAZEL"WHO TOOK ME UNDER HIS WING AND WAS LIKE A BIG BROTHER TO ME I WAS 16 AT THAT TIME,AND WENT TO ONE OF HIS SHOWS WITH HIM AT THE WASH.COLISEUM IN D.C. AND I NEVER SEEN ANYONE PLAY THE GUITAR LIKE HIM HIS STYLE WAS LIKE 5 MUGS PLAYING AT ONE TIME TOGETHER.HE SHOWED ME SOME KILLER SKILLS ON GUITAR AS WELL. EDDIE PASSED AWAY ON MY BIRTHDAY DEC.23.OF 92! AND I WILL ALWAYS MISS HIM AS WELL RIP.I AM ONE OF THE FAMILY GUITAR MEMBERS OF THE P FUNK ALLSTARS, AS GARY STARCHILD SHILDER CARRIES ME AS HIS LITTLE BROTHER TODAY,AND TEACHES ME MORE RYTHEM SKILLS,OFF AND ON THE ROAD.GEORGE CLINTON, MIKE KID FUNKADELIC HAMPTON,CORDELL BOGGIE MOSSEN,BLACKBYRD McNIGHT,LEIGE CURRY ARE FAMILY ALSO.NOW BOGGIE IS ALWAYS PUSHING ME TO BE THE BEST WITHIN MYSELF WHEN I AM ON STAGE. I HAVE BEEN FUNKIN WITH THEM SINCE 1976 AND STILL FAMILY TODAY.NOW AS FOR THE BANDS I PLAYED IN"KIRO FUNK 79 TO 84 /PERFECT IMAGE 97 TO 01 /TOUCH OF ESSENCE 02 TO 04 /ROYAL FIRST FAMILY OF FUNK 05 TO 06 /GEORGE CLINTON & THE P.FUNK ALL STARS 76 TO PRESANT OFF AND ON / NOW CHILD NATION 07 & PRESANT./ I WILL NEVER STOP PLAYING GUITAR FOR I HAVE BECOME THE BLACK GUITAR SUPER HERO.AND PROMISE TO FUNK THE WORLD ,MUSIC IS THE KEY TO PEACE FOR ALL MANDKIND AND I PROMISE TO DO MY PART TO MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR ALL OF US ON THIS PLANET. YOU CAN BUY MY CD, CALLED /RED ALERT/ AND ANY OF THE P FUNK FAMILY ARTIST CD'S AT WWW. THE FUNK STORE .COM .TILL THEN PEACE AND LOVE.ANDRE GILES .commentlinks a { font-weight:normal; font-size:9px; } music layout powered by HOT FreeLayouts.com / MyHotComments url(http://void.snocap.com/b/T3-31324-KLCYN324T6-9/);"/ music layout powered by HOT FreeLayouts.com / MyHotComments url(http://void.snocap.com/b/T3-31324-KLCYN324T6-9/);"/ background-color:000000; background-image:url(http://ly.fdots.com/cc/c9/8c2c2bef0f478 819b music layout powered by HOT FreeLayouts.com / MyHotComments cda3c8169525f37.jpg); background-position:Center Center; background-attachment:fixed; background-repeat:no-repeat; scrollbar-track-color:FFFFFF; scrollbar-arrow-color:000099; }Table, Td{ background-color:transparent; }body, div, p, strong, td, .text, .blacktext10, .blacktext12, a.searchlinkSmall, a.searchlinkSmall:link, a.searchlinkSmall:visited{ color:FFFFFF; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; }.orangetext15, .lightbluetext8, .whitetext12, .nametext, .btext, .redtext, .redbtext{ color:FFFFFF; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; }a, a:link, a:visited, a.navbar, a.navbar:link, a.navbar:visited, a.man, a.man:link, a.man:visited, a.redlink, a.redlink:visited{ color:FFFFFF; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; }a:hover, a:active, a.navbar:hover, a.navbar:active, a.man:hover, a.man:active, a.searchlinkSmall:hover, a.searchlinkSmall:active, a.redlink:hover, a.redlink:hover{ color:FFFFFF; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; }I edited my profile with music layout powered by HOT FreeLayouts.com / MyHotComments

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/4/2006
Band Website: FOR BOOKING CONTACT / CHERYL GOODMAN: 410-370-8994
Band Members: BAND MEMBERS OF/ NOWCHILD/LET THE MONKEY GO/ GUY CURTIS LEAD & RYTHUM GUITAR &VOCALS/GREG DEANDA BASS GUITAR & VOCALS/ ANDRE GILES AKA P-FUNK DRE LEAD & RYTHUM GUITAR/ GARY STARCHILD SHIDER RYTHUM GUITAR & VOCALS/JESSI WHALES RYTHUM GUITAR/ LAMONT JONES DRUMS/ BLACK CEASAR BEN COWEN DRUMS/SCOTT TAYLOR HORNS/RUFUS ROUNDTREE & RON ROLLING, HORNS.
Influences: JOHN LEE HOOKER/JAMES MARSHALL HENDRIX/EDDIE HAZEL/GEORGE CLINTON/GARY SHIDER/MUDDY WATERS/TAWL ROSS/B.B.KING/ JAMES BROWN/JIMMY PAGE/MIKE HAMPTON/CARDELL BOGGIE MOSSON/DAWAYNE BLACKBYRD McNIGHT.
Sounds Like: IT,S FUNKY TO ME...
Record Label: DREADELIC MUSIC.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

NOW CHILD HAS AWAKEN!

TO ALL MYFRINDS COME OUT AND FUNK WITH ME AT MY UPCOMING SHOWS! WE PROMISE TO FUNK YOU UP!YA DIG! YOUR BLACK GUITAR SUPER HERO!
Posted by ANDRE GILES/ P-FUNK-DRE on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:48:00 PST