MY NEW 45 IS AVAILABLE NOW!
If you have been waiting and waiting and waiting for me to have something
out, well the wait is over.
I play primarily Rockabilly which is a type of American roots music. This music was often born rural traveling dirt roads to town and
popularity. Also, I can be heard playing Country, Rockn Roll, Blues, R&B, Western Swing and various combinations of influences from the many other sub genres of American Roots styles. These were all the building blocks of Rockabilly, and if you want to play Rockabilly, you'd better be familiar with its foundations. Most often though, when I start counting off a song its going to be rockabilly. That is the music I am in love with and I can not get away from. It just has gotten in my bones.
Often you can hear me with Johnny Mercury who I play drums for and is a close friend. He often plays with me so I can have some great guitar. Thank you Johnny!! Lately, I have been booking some all age shows with both rockabilly and psychobilly bands on the bill in hopes of showing some younger kids what rockabilly is. It seems there are a lot of psychobilly bands out there today that are really just punk bands with upright basses. No picking at all. That's not billy-anything. So I guess I'm fighting for "the cause" a bit.
I also have a surf band called The Mercury Four, (in my top 8) we play straight up surf as well as instrumental B movie Sci-fi fast loud stuff too. I wear ear plugs in that band, it is loud. Also, I'm starting a Link Wray cover/tribute band called "The Seattle Switchblades" with some friends. It will be fun, watch out
for it, but it can sometimes take me a while to get things done. Figured I had to do this before someone else did it and butchered Mr. Wrays honor via some idiot rock-explosion.
My room mate who's also one of my best friends (Sweetpea) puts on a great pre-party on Thursday every year at Viva Las Vegas. You can always catch up with me there. I usually have some demos or whatever on me. Johnny Mercury is there also and he usually has some sort of promo stuff too.
I have played with a bunch of people but that doesn't necessarily mean a whole lot. Lots of folks end up with a bad drummer more often then not. It is hard to find drummers that play musically and in accompaniment to the others they are playing with. I can say though that Wanda Jackson made it a point to say some very nice and specific things to me about my playing. Blew me away as I didnt think anyone but drummers listened like that to what the drummer was doing. She sure did! That was very nice of her. Sid and Billy King said they liked my playing also.
Some acts that I have played with/in or drums for:
The Mercury Four (my surf band)
Wanda Jackson
Eddie Angel
Marti Brom
Sid and Billy King
Johnny Mercury
The Lustre Kings
Moses and The Moongazers
Betsy-Dawn Williams
Jeff Potter
Ruby Dee and The Snake Handlers
Trudie Falls
Billy Duane and the Creepers (best songwriter I know)
Thanks for stopping by, drop a line or make a comment if you feel like letting me know what you think of my stuff. ..
