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Tony Diavolo

Next time you wash your neck....wring it!!

About Me

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1st band - Colbert Hamilton and the Hell Razors. Neo Rockabilly fronted by "Birminghams Black Elvis"
1st Album - C H and the H R as above. We appeared on a few Saturday mornin kids shows like No73 and Saturday Starship. then drank the contents of the green room.
Played in loads of other bands after that. RnR, Blues, Rock, Punk, Pop, allsorts. Then around 1995 I joined Mike Sanchez's Big Town Playboys. This included playing with and supporting people like Don and Duey, The Paladins, Andy Fairweather Lowe and Eric Clapton. After that I experimented a little more with different vibes.
Today I play with different bands, the main one being (since 2000) Paul Ansell's Number Nine - www.no9rockin.com - featuring, yup, you guessed, Paul Ansell on vocals. With this 4 piece band I have had the honour of meeting, performing and recording with some of the greatest artists in the history of rock n roll. Bo Diddley, Scotty Moore, Reggie Young, Bob Moore, Gerry Carrigan, Dave Briggs, Billy Lee Riley, Chris Farlowe amongst them.
I am also a member of the Hemsby House Band these days, thanks to bass man Wayne Hopkins who also calls on me to play at the annual Rockers Reunion. My Hemsby and Rockers Reunion performances include guit-pickin with Robert Gordon, Joe Clay, Marvin Rainwater, Roddy Jackson, Roy Head, Dale Hawkins, and Bobby Mansfield to name a few.
My own band Snakebone began about a year ago and is a jazz, blues rocknroll, jump mixture featuring hammond, sax and drums. Have a listen and take a look at the short video clip! I also gig now and again with The Stargazer's Pete Davenport in a Django Reinhardt influenced set up........More info to follow... See My Artwork at www.myspace.com/antoniosart See my artwork at www.myspace.com/antoniosart

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/9/2007
Band Website: no9rockin.com
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Influences: These are my personal influences in no particular order.......
Django Reinhardt
Kenny Burrell
Herb Ellis
Barney Kessell
Grant Green
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Wes Montgomery
Lou Donaldson
T.Bone Walker
Slim & Slam
Charlie Christian
Count Basie
Nat King Cole Trio
Renato Carosone
Tino Rossi
Louis Prima
Artie Shaw
Larry Adler
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (not the remixed stuff!!)
Perez Prado
Otis Redding
Lightnin Hopkins
Lonnie Johnson
Bo Diddley
Howlin Wolf
Bukka White
Leadbelly
Robert Johnson
Sonny Boy Williamson
John Lee Hooker
BB King
Magic Sam
Albert Collins
Freddy King
Jimmy Bryant
Cliff Gallup
Gene Vincent
Scotty Moore
Elvis
Grady Martin
Johnny Burnette Trio
Little Richard
Chuck Berry
Chet Atkins
Merle Travis
Danny Gatton
Junior Brown
Jimmy Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jimmy Hendrix
Carlos Santana
MC5
Prince
Ramones
Angus Young
Bon Scott...more to come!..,

Sounds Like: Snakebone
Early 60s Blue Note grooves such as Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson and Kenny Burrell.
Also picking up on the heavier side with the likes of the Merced Blue Notes. A pinch of T-Bone Walker's jump blues thrown in with a side dish of Otis Rush and a bottle of dark lounge.
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Paul Ansell's Number Nine
Smokin' Country, Rockin' Blues.
Type of Label: None