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Nick Gaitan

Gaitanismo

About Me


South by due East with Hilary Sloan and Beans Wheeler
Hilary Sloan - Live @ SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2007
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BIO
Bassist Nick Gaitan from the Southeast side of Houston Originally (Pecan Park), Second Ward but currently in Midtown/Montrose.
Houston Press Award Winner for 2004,2005, 2006 and 2007 (Best Bassist)
nominated in 2003.Various other awards with group Los Skarnales
(best rock en espanol & more 2000-2006 )
Currently playing bass with Country Music legend Billy Joe Shaver.
Also playing with Houston bands the Umbrella Man and The Octanes
Past and Current performances/recordings with:
Los Skarnales since 1999 - Oct.2006
(suavecito cd) (Pachuco Boogie) & all live shows since Aug 1999 to Oct 27th 2006
Sean Reefer & the Resin Valley Boys (live performances 05)
Discography:Los Skarnales "Suavecito Style" (PFR 2000)
Los Skarnales 'Pachuco Boogie Sound System (Megalith 2005)
Program "Evil is Job One" Upright bass on track 6 " Zebra Zebra Tiger" (J Audio 2006)
Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans (Megalith 2007)
The Umbrella Man 4 - Writer, Bass, Vox All Live and Studio

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/21/2004
Band Website: myspace.com/theumbrellaman4
Band Members: Nick Gaitan- Upright BassThe Umbrella Man (Houston, TX) The Octanes (Houston, TX) Billy Joe Shaver (TX)
Influences: Bessie Smith, Chet Baker, Fela Kuti, Dizzy Gilespie, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Lightning Hopkins, Jane's Addiction, Mahalia Jackson and more.
Sounds Like:
Sounds like Houston

Type of Label: None

My Blog

new videos

soem new vids of Billy Joe in Baton Rouge !!!  i wish i could embed, but it is what it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGLVjStIJU8&feature=related   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGLVjSt...
Posted by Nick Gaitan on Fri, 16 May 2008 08:20:00 PST

stagecoach festival with BJS

Check this write up out! L.A. Times Music Blog A soaring performance from Billy Joe Shaver May 4, 2008 6:58pm Wynonna Judd nailed it last night when she said...
Posted by Nick Gaitan on Thu, 08 May 2008 01:28:00 PST

Umbrella Thursday at the Big Top

Thursday Night: Umbrella Man at the Big Top Tue Apr 08, 2008 at 06:06:47 AM Umbrella Man The Big Top April 3 Better Than: Jambalaya con carne with a side o...
Posted by Nick Gaitan on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:02:00 PST

february

so much is going on over here with the music and all.  new blog!! music talk and all. http://behindthebullfiddle.blogspot.com/  now in the studio with umbrella man!!  happy valentine'...
Posted by Nick Gaitan on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:36:00 PST

From the Barrio to Billy Joe: A Former Skarnal Signs Up with the Ol' Chunk o' Coal

From the Barrio to Billy Joe: A Former Skarnal Signs Up with the Ol' Chunk o' CoalTue Oct 16, 2007 at 04:23:08 PMFormer Los Skarnales bassist (and multiple Houston Press Music Awards winner) Nick Gait...
Posted by Nick Gaitan on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:49:00 PST

discography in works and new things to come.

im compiling a discography at the time, does anyone own the SKA WARS COMP from MTY Mex around 2001 with skarnales? im want to add it to my list. any help with cd cover and info on that would help. ...
Posted by Nick Gaitan on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:07:00 PST

OCTANES BABY! cd review, not on it but mentioned

The OctanesLucky Sevenwww.theoctanes.comThis trio of local roots-rock all-stars (guitarist Adam Burchfield, drummer Steve Candelari and either of the two upright bassists Buddy "Demon" Bradley or Nick...
Posted by Nick Gaitan on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:55:00 PST

nick on HPMA questonaire , funny.

Nick Gaitan of The Umbrella Man remembers the last Los Skarnales gig ever (at the Continental Club) as both the best and worst of his life. "What a fucking crazy bunch of people. They were all dressed...
Posted by Nick Gaitan on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:53:00 PST

best bassist write up Houston Press 07

Best Bassist Nick Gaitan Nick Gaitan is pleased and relieved to have prevailed in one of the closest races on the ballot  the former Los Skarnales member of and current upright thumper for Umbrella M...
Posted by Nick Gaitan on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:52:00 PST

where i live. houston press

it was written a while back by Chris Gray, check it out. It's probably nothing more than old-­fashioned luck, or good timing, but either way I have managed to stumble upon what has to be one of Housto...
Posted by Nick Gaitan on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:11:00 PST