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The DownBeats

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The DownBeats members come from a diverse range from within the L.A. scene including punk, free jazz, blues, country and roots and rock and roll and join forces to play the great jazz music of the bebop and hardbop eras and beyond. Fire, intensity and grease are the qualities that these fellows look for in a performance. Members of The DownBeats have recorded or played with: Wayne Kramer, The BellRays, Mike Watt, Bazooka, Rosie Flores, Slydell, Carlos Guitarlos, Eugene Chadborne, The B-Movie Rats, Blue Metropolis, Brother Weasel, Patrick Park and many others

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Member Since: 4/13/2005
Band Website: hometown.aol.com/foomcorp/myhomepage/photo.html
Band Members: THE CORE: Matt Lake - Guitar Vince Meghrouni - Saxes, Flute, Harp, Vocals Mike Sessa - DrumsOFTEN ON THE STAND:Michael Alvidrez - Upright bass, Chris Hackman - Upright bass, Hank Von Sickle - Upright bass, Adam Levy - Upright bassSOME YOU'LL SEE IF YOU HANG AROUND ENOUGH:Carey Fosse - Guitar Marc Doten - Piano or upright bass Dan Potruch - Drums Jack Gremminger - Drums Eric Holden - Electric Bass Zachary Provost - Piano Paul Pellegrin - DrumsSOME YOU USED TO SEE AND HOPEFULLY WILL AGAIN SOME TIME: Robert Azul - Upright Bass Dan Clucas - Trumpet, flute Brian Christopherson - Drums Mike Ibarra - Upright bassEXTENDED SIT IN FAMILY:Alex Peck - Guitar Lorenzo Grassi - Guitar Federico Ughi - Drums
Influences: Pat Martino, Gene Ammons, Art Blakey, Jimi Hendrix, Dexter Gordon, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Bobby Bradford, Karl Denson, Paul Lines, Horace Silver, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Karl Denson, Eric Dolphy, David Murray, John Coltrane, Roberto Miranda and many more...
Sounds Like: 4am heading down the rainy streets then you hear a burst of music and then a door shut and it goes away - there, you heard it again and you look around and then see some people dressed to kill going up to a door, it opens and man, that swingin' music is hittin' hard and you hear people laughin' in there and something good on the fryer. You get in and the liquor is flowin' and people are dancin' and smilin' and everybody you meet is happy as hell. The band is blowin' mad writhing snakes
Record Label: Downtone

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