Member Since: 12/24/2006
Band Website: bassesloadedonline.com/
Band Members: Rod Goelz: All instruments, which include the electric bass, acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, keyboards, drum programming, maracas, etc. I wrote the books as well. What books (you ask?). Check out the website: http://www.bassesloadedonline.com/theseries.htm .
Influences: Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Milt Hinton, Willie Dixon, Ron Carter, Monk Montgomery, James Jamerson, Bob Babbitt, John Paul Jones, Paul McCartney, Bill Wyman, Jack Bruce, John Entwistle, Greg Ridley, Ronnie Wood, Geezer Butler, Roger Glover, Chris Squier, Tim Bogart, Phil Lesh, Jack Casady Mel Schacher, Bernard Odum, "Sweet" Charles Sherell, T.M. Stevens, Rocco Prestia, Larry Graham, Paul Jackson, Bootsy Collins, Louis Johnson, George Porter Jr., Rodney "Skeet" Curtis, Bernard Edwards, Daryl Jones, Verdine White, Robert Trujillo, Juan Nelson, Carol Kaye, Max Bennett, Willie Weeks, Nathan East, Freddie Washington, Abraham Laboriel, Neil Stubenhaus, Hutch Hutchinson, Chuck Rainey, Anthony Jackson, Jerry Jemmott, Will Lee, Marcus Miller, Duck Dunn, Tommy Cogbill, David Hood, Michael Rhodes, Dave Pomeroy, Tommy Shannon, Johnny B. Gaydon, Randy Jo Hobbs, Roscoe Beck, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Alphonso Johnson, Ralphe Armstrong, Steve Swallow, Victor Bailey, Stuart Hamm, Dave LaRue, Andy West, Michael Manring, Victor Wooten, Brian Bromberg, Jeff Berlin, John Patitucci, Lincoln Goines, Matthew Garrison, Richard Bona, Oteil Burbridge, Greg Rzab, Lemmy Kilminster, Roy Estrada, Kenny Gradney, Gene Simmons...Billy Sheehan, Geddy Lee, Steve Harris, Glen Matlock, Paul Simonon, Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Robbie Shakespeare, Sting, Graham Maby, Tony Levin, Pino Palladino, Doug Wimbish, Mark King, Flea, Norwood Fisher, Mike Gordon, Allen Woody, Les Claypool, P-Nut, Dave Schools, Me’Shell Ndeg..Ocello, David Dryson, Byron Miller. Rufus Reid, Byron House, Bryn Bright, Reggie Washington, Lonnie Plaxico, Jonathan Maron, etc. There are tons of great up and coming underground players (those who most of us haven't heard of) who are worthy of all the praise we can give them. Some of the players I've found include: Nate Kizerian, Anthony Rogers-Wright, Marco Castelli, Anthony Setola, Jean Christophe Dupebe, Reza Saleh, and Tal Wilkenfeld, Doug Wimbish, etc.
Sounds Like: Depends on what's called for... Bootsy, Geezer, "Family Man," Jack Bruce, Paul McCartney, Larry Graham, John Paul Jones, Jerry Jemmott, James Jamerson, Ray Brown, Milt Hinton, Rocco Prestia...... and the mixing of all these influences and many more.... but it depends on the gig.
Record Label: Basses Loaded
Type of Label: Major