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FIRST NAME: Art ||||| MIDDLE NAME: The ||||| LAST NAME: Dude
I come from a family of musicians, and being the youngest of 7 siblings, all that music in our house had a profound affect on me. My father. "Woody" played boogie-woogie and honky tonk piano as a young man, catching the ear and eye of the great Boots Randolph, who hired him into his band for local gigs. My mom, Joyce, "Jo" a wonderful poet, songwriter and lyricist, also was a great source of inspiration. Both of my brothers, Lenn and Mike, are working musicians, singers and songwriters and awesome guitarists. My sisters are also gifted in music. ~~ Many artists have influenced, shaped or otherwise touched me, some are: Bob Dylan, The Doobie Brothers, Johnny Cash, SRV, John Mellencamp, John Prine, Howlin' Wolf ... the actual list would take many pages to cover, but check my friends and see a sampling of some.
~~ At the tender age of 5, my daddy placed a harmonica in my mouth and said: "breathe son." I did. From then on I was hooked. On my following birthday, my dear Aunt Dorothy gave me a plastic guitar. I wasn't very impressed with the "toy" guitar seeing the "real" electric and acoustic guitars laying around the house; but when older brother Lenn, showed me an "actual" song on it, it made an impact. I still pluck the little tune today. ~~ That's all for here, you can read my full bio on my
website
Keep rockin', bluesin' and countryin'
Art "the dude"
NOTE: IF YOUR MYSPACE ACCOUNT IS JUST A PORTHOLE TO YOUR PORN SITE, DON'T BOTHER ADDING ME TO YOUR FRIENDS LIST.
Art the dude video: The "work in progress" video for Happy to be here.
Art the dude jammin': A bluesjam with friends Carl Rodenberg and Matt Clark - enjoy
Art the dude video: Here is a video I shot of Willy the squirrel, a bushy-tailed tree rat that lies in my back yard. I wrote a parody song to "Girls Gone Wild" called "Squirrel's Gond Wild."
