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wooloughby {bass oddity}

About Me


Credit!I am a bassist. I have been playing bass for 15 years. I also play guitar and theremin. I have played all sorts of music ranging from
Classic Rock,
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal,
Modern Rock,
Punk Rock,
Big Band Jazz,
Coffee House Jazz,
Blues,
Funk,
Folk/Americana,
Avante Garde/Experimental,
Rockabilly/Psychobilly,
etc, etc.
I now play more with a Funk feel, Jazz harmony, and a Punk attitude but if a song calls for something else I will obey the artform.
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For the gear heads:
I play a Conklin Groove Tools 7-string bass;
a vintage Aria copy of a Gibson EB-3 (named "Pedro")
Fender Squire II strat;
and a Big Briar Etherwave theremin
through a Digitech BNX3.
My pedalboard then goes to a DI in a rack case with a
Behringer tube preamp to a
Peavey DPC 750 digital power amp
and off to my cabinets (an SWR 1x15 and 1x12 monitor w/ tweeter).
My signal path is connected with Planet Waves directional cables.
I also I have a mini 8-track studio with effects and a Boss DR-5 drum machine for my recordings or for song ideas.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/3/2006
Band Website: wooltunes" www.myspace.com/
wooltunes
Band Members:
I am a solo/freelance artist in the Knoxville, TN area. I am currently working on my own material getting ready to record my first solo album. Please keep checking back for updates.
I am available for recording or gigging projects that showcase and challenge my abilities.
I have also been a member of:
The T.West Band ('07-'09)
Harbinger of Circumstance ('96),
Damaged Youth/Monster Zero ('97),
E.S.B. ('97-'99),
Gypsy Love and the Fire Gods ('99 & '01),
Neckbone Johnson and the Mojo Hand ('98-'99)),
Voodoo Head Shrinkers ('99),
Perfect Mercy ('00),
The Lovejoys ('01),
Briar Thickett ('01),
Skyline ('03),
and many more you may have never heard of.
I am currently working on many projects such as:
The Swivel Casters (surf rock),
Pornographic Priestess (trippy Beatles covers),
Chaka Khan's Revenge (hard R&B/funk),
Simian Sibling (duo w/ a drummer),
Radio Controlled Robot Children,
and any other project that is presented to me.
Influences: Although I am influenced by everything I experience my main bass influences are:
Les Claypool,
Victor Wooten,
Mike Watt,
Martyn LeNoble,
William "Bootsy" Collins,
Stanley Clarke,
Terence "Geezer" Butler,
Jack Bruce,
John "the Ox" Entwistle,
Marcus Miller,
Jaco Pastorious,
Tony Levin,
Tim Bogert,
Rob Wasserman,
Dave Pomeroy,
Mike Mills,
Oteil Burbridge,
John Paul Jones,
Mark Sandman,
Geddy Lee,
Jack Haynes,
Jerry Only,
Roger Waters,
Meshell N'degeocello,
Cliff Burton & Jason Newsted,
Tony Visconti,
Christ Noveselic,
Jeff Ament,
Eric Avery,
Coco the Electronic Monkey Wizard,
Flea,
Steve Bailey,
Gerald Veasley,
John Pattitucci,
Billy Sheehan,
Brian Bromberg,
the list goes on and on

My main guitar influences are:
Todd "Paclebar" Huth,
Eenor,
Les Claypool,
Larry LeLonde,
Charlie Hunter,
Regi Wooten,
Peter Distefano,
Nels Cline,
D. Boon,
Thurston Moore & Lee Renaldo,
Kurt Cobain,
Reeves Gabrels,
Trace Reading,
Ani DiFranco,
Ian Davidson,
John Frusciente & Hillel Slovak,
Curtis Mayfield,
Wes Montgomery,
Charlie Christian,
Todd Rigione,
Mark "MIRV" Haggard,
J Mascis,
Curt Kirkwood,
etc, etc.

I am also influenced musically by many of the great comedians such as:
Peter Sellers,
Andy Kaufman,
Conan O'Brien,
Lewis Black,
Chris Rock,
Brian Posehn,
Emo Philips,
Patton Oswalt,
Steven Wright,
Robin Williams,
Richard Pryor,
and Johnny Carson.

...as well as fimmakers:
Stanley Kubrick,
Roger Corman,
Rob Zombie,
Kevin Smith,
Quentin Tarantino,
Michael Moore (sometimes all you have to do is reveal the truth),
Terry Jones,
Tobe Hooper,
etc, etc.
Sounds Like: A whoopee cushion made of velvet
Record Label: Groove Mafia Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Gig diary - CD release party

First off, I want to thank everyone who came out to the CD release party at the Downtown Grille & Brewery last night. We had a blast playing for you. You were a wonderful audience. We were honour...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:36:00 GMT

Gig Diary - 5th Installment

So I played Folk Fight VI on Saturday and had a great time. It was all acoustic and as I don't play an upright bass (don't even get me started on acoustic horizontal basses) I played guitar and melodi...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:28:00 GMT

Gig Diary - 4th Installment

I played my first solo show at the Folk Fight at the Basement Gallery on Saturday. I had a great time hanging out with and listening to all the great artists that night (Nate Barrett, F. Clemens ...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:04:00 GMT

Gig diary - 3rd installment

Sorry  for the long absence folks, I hope to do these more often. The T.West Band (www.myspace.com/twestcd) had a great performance last night at the Time Warp Tea Room. The staff was very kind a...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:03:00 GMT

Bassists & Bikers

I have crossed the paths of bikers my entire "career". In fact, my first public performance as a musician was for a bike rally in which the audience would revv their engines in approval in leiu of app...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:42:00 GMT

Albums that changed my life

A friend posted a bulletin a couple of months ago with the Top 6 albums that changed her life but I could not narrow it down to 6 so I have worked rigorously to narrow it down to 10 (but there area fe...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:23:00 GMT

Gig diary - second installment

We had our show Saturday at the Downtown Grille & Brewery (if you get a chance try the buffalo chicken tenders) in Knoxville. We had a great time (I think it was our best performance yet) but we h...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:33:00 GMT

New Knoxvile Brewery - Tasting Room show

I played my first full show with the T. West Band last night and had a great time. I missed some chord changes here and there but everyone said it sounded great so I guess that is what really matters....
Posted by on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:04:00 GMT

About "Space Walk"

This is a tune I wrote for The Swivel Casters, a surf-rock project of mine. It is short and repetitive but it is meant to be an interlude between two songs on an album we are slowly working on. The ma...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:15:00 GMT

About "March of the Martians"

This is a tune written by me and performed by a surf-rock project of mine called The Swivel Casters. It contains samples of Orson Wells' broadcast of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds". The bass and...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:03:00 GMT