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Gutpuppet

Chromatic Harmonica and Acoustic Slide Guitar Duo!

About Me

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Music:

Member Since: 11/13/2006
Band Website: billbarrett.net
Band Members: Bill Barrett - chromatic harmonica
Scot Ray - slide guitar
dobro, 6 & 12 string, 22 string chaturangui, slide banjo, cumbus, koto
Influences: ...the blues, turkish music, cumbus, india, north indian, south indian, sitar, shehnai, ustad bismallah khan, brij bhushan kabra, lap slide guitar, chaturangui, debashish bhattacharya, vishwa bhatt, mohan veena, bebop, charlie parker, avant jazz, miles davis, art ensemble of chicago, roscoe mitchell, anthony braxton, jack dejohnette, anouar brahem, oud, rabih abou khalil, derek bailey, evan parker, trombone, roswell rudd, frank rosolino, albert mangelsdorff, curtis fuller, julian preister, gary valente, stuart dempster, ecm, collin walcott, codona, don cherry, egberto gismonti, ralph towner, eberhard weber, john abercrombie, keith jarrett, dino saluzzi, bandoneon, jan garbarek, nana vasconcelos, steve eliovson, armenian duduk, gasparyan, toumani diabate, kora, shakuhachi, alot of comrades on the LA scene, steuart liebig, nels cline, alex cline, shaun naidoo, jeff gauthier, joe berardi, vinny golia, art jarvinen, rich west, wayne peet, vicki ray, ryan francesoni, balinese and javanese gamelan, tuvan throat singing, harry partch, tom waits, snake charmers, lap steel, david lindley, twango bango, weissenborn, john fahey, robert johnson, ry cooder, kelly joe phelps, leo kottke, john hammond, jerry douglas, resophonic, resonator, rob ickes, pat metheny, bill frisell, derek bailey, pedal steel, koto music of japan, township jive, guzheng music of china, odd time meters, macedonia, the balkans, greece, clara rockmore, theremin, ivo papasov, harmonium , accordion, pat missin, peter ralcev, nusrat fateh ali khan, james blood ulmer, bill laswell, material, john coltrane, vasilios, aramaos, arnold schoenberg, guy klucevsek, earl scruggs, mauro giuliani, j.s. bach, paul butterfield, sonny boy williamson, sonny terry, philip glass, eric dolphy, nicolo paganini, charlie christian, naftule brandwein, francisco ulloa, sheila chandra, sainkho namtchylak , meredith monk, sheila jordan, laurie anderson, paul metzger, robbie basho, sandy bull, steffen basho junghans, shawn persinger, peter walker, bola sete, didgeridoo, drones, nature, john cage, steve reich, graphic scores, conduction, folk, hawaiian slide, bluegrass, tango, gypsy, funk, reggae, klezmer, the space between the notes, breath, silence...
Record Label: Woetone
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Steuart Liebig Factor - Tee-Tot & The Mentones

The members of GUTPUPPET also play in two seperate groups of LA uber bassist and composer Steuart Liebig http://www.stigsite.com/ Bill Barrett plays chromatic harmonica in THE MENTONES http://www.sti...
Posted by Gutpuppet on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:03:00 PST

GUTPUPPET Interview HARMONICA RAMBLINGS / France

http://harmonica.typepad.com/harmonica_ramblings/2007/03/bil l_barrett_an.html#moreBenoit Felten of Harmonica Ramblings i...
Posted by Gutpuppet on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:58:00 PST

GUTPUPPET on the RAMBLING PODCAST / FRANCE

GUTPUPPET is featured on the Slide Guitar Edition of the RAMBLING PODCAST curated by Benoit Felten! It is an hour long broadcast that features: Gov't Mule, Morphine, Derek Trucks Band, Collard Greens ...
Posted by Gutpuppet on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:45:00 PST

New TOUCHING EXTREMES Review of 'SCOT RAY - RUMI' !

"Guitars are my main tools, therefore I always appreciate records that show love for the instrument and deep-thinking musicians who are not ashamed to lay bare their soul. Scot Ray, who is half of the...
Posted by Gutpuppet on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:46:00 PST

Slide Guitar = Jazz Trombone : AVR & The Circle Of Willis

My slide guitar playing is highly influenced by my many years as a jazz trombonist, so I thought posting links to a few favorite experimental projects that I played trombone in might be, well, informa...
Posted by Gutpuppet on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:26:00 PST