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Rusty Keys

About Me

Who would have known when my father bought a Farfisa organ in New York when I was 9 years old that I'd wind up playing keyboards in over 15 bands . I'm presently working with three bands in the state of florida . I work with a twelve piece horn band called Alter Ego . I'm also a long time member of Justin Sane a four piece rock band doing originals and covering tunes by Pink Floyd , Mike And The Mechanics , Deep Purple (Hush) , Seal , Don Henley, Tears For Fears and Zepplin . Cliff Williams the bassest for AC/DC has sat in with us twice . I also love playing Hammond organ with the 24Karet Band doing Stevie Ray Vaughn and Steppenwolf cover tunes .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/14/2007
Band Website: Thirteen videos On youtube (russellrblair)
Band Members: I work with many musicians as long as they have a good realistic attitude about life and music .
Influences: Chick Corea , Keith Emerson , Rick wakeman , Kerry Minnear( Gentle Giant) , Jon Lord , Rod Argent, Jimmy Smith , Steven Winwood and many more . You can learn from anyone . Good tecnique and knowledge of music theory is a must .
Sounds Like: Genesis , Deep Purple , Kansas , hopefully original sounding .
Record Label: Evolution Recording
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Synth Solo Emu and Ensoniq samples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shjoXtJV5gY
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:09:00 GMT

gigs

I'm working four nights in a row with three different bands and  New Years Eve tonight, Help!
Posted by on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:09:00 GMT

Three in a row .

Three gigs , Friday in a club with Justin Sane a  great band , Saturday Alter Ego outside in Fort Myers ,a street art festival and Sunday Taste Of The Town in Fort Myers (15,000 people ) , not ba...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:19:00 GMT

Great turnout Friday

I was worried that the crowd turnout would be poor at the grand opening of Skeeter B's in Fort Myers . There was no radio advertising at all and the name sounds kinda back woods . But it was packed an...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:36:00 GMT

Dynamics

I enjoyed rehearsal last night but the two guitarist where to loud . The Mackie 450SM monitor I use cuts right through but it would be nice if people knew how to turn down at the right time, dyna...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:10:00 GMT

synths and ass

I spent my Sunday repairing all the keys on one of my Roland JD-800's . I'm so glad every note worked after I was done . Now I know why they wanted 600.00 plus to repair it . What a great soundin...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:00:00 GMT

Equipment moving

Saturday, I built a ramp so the organ can be moved by one man in the door of most clubs. I dont know any keyboardist who can move a Hammond B3 too the gig by themselfs . I'm not that big by ...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:04:00 GMT

First blog

I've been playing keyboards for over thirty years . My love for the instrument runs deep . I come home from a gig at 3am and wake up about 7am ,walk too the studio in my house and play again...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:32:00 GMT