Member Since: 11/15/2007
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Influences: My wife, my kids, my Mom and Dad, my family and all my great old friends from the neighborhood in Chicago where I grew up. There was singing in the choir at St. Margaret's and Bro. Patitucci's paddle at Leo HS (not that I got paddled, much, but it WAS influencial). Definitely the biggest musical influence would have to be the Beatles. John, Paul, George and Ringo crystallized it all for me. The melodies of James Taylor, Carly Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young) Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, 3 Dog Night, the Temptations, the Supremes, the Eagles, the Beach Boys, Chicago (of course). And from Beck, Sublime, Everclear and Pearl Jam to James Brown, Aretha, Sly, Earth, Wind & Fire, Michael Jackson, Prince, Elvis, the "Young" Rascals, Hendrix, Joplin, Tommy James & the Shondells, Santana, Bob Seger, Stones, the Kinks, the Hollies, Led Zep, Bad Co., Free, (Paul Rogers in general), ZZ Top, Peter Frampton, Aerosmith, Journey, Yes, ELP, Kansas, (did I mention the Beatles?) Steve Miller, Huey Lewis, Tom Petty, AWB, Police, Phil Collins, Toto, drummers that write and sing their ASSes off - Don Henley and Phil Coliins, and drummers like; Mitch Mitchell, John Bonham, Simon Kirk, Bill Bruford, John JR Robinson, Billy Cobham, Lenny White, Steve Gadd, Russ Kunkel, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Stan Lynch, Danny Seraphine, Stewart Copeland, Peter Erskine, Bernard Purdie, Chester Thompson, Chad Wackerman, Dave Weckl, Jeff Porcaro (rip) 8.. (, Buddy Rich, Ed Shaughnessy, Jack DeJohnette,, and my mentors Jim Chapin and Scott Bonshire ; ) Other notable influences: Woodstock, Return to Forever, Chick Corea, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Weather Report, Jaco, Jon Anderson, Robert Plant, Guess Who, Burton Cummings, Bonnie Raitt, Level 42, Pat Benatar, Starship & Mickey Thomas, K C & the Sunshine Band (damn, I LOVE those old school dance grooves!), Sam & Dave, Bee Gees, Barry White, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, David Foster, Mamas and the Papas, the Turtles, Bing & Bob, Dean & Jerry, Bozo, Garfield Goose, 3 Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, My 3 Sons, Munsters, Family Feud, Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Ed Sullivan, Honeymooners, Rodney Dangerfield, Carol Burnett, All In The Family, Johnny Carson (rip)...and many, many more.
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Sounds Like: Me, I think.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None