Member Since: 11/25/2007
Band Website: americanguitarplayer.com
Band Members: No Band, Looking for this space to find me one. Tunes on this page are various projects including my friends:(track 5) Michael Schirmer (piano), Tony Parker (drums), Jr.Ellis (bass),Journey Blue Heaven (voc)(track 3) Paul Henderson (trumpet), Dave Burns (dr), Karl Raacke (bass), Jack Ryan (sax), Julia Nichols (vocals)(NAKED)-(track 4,6). Pete Caigan(dr,engineer) I have also played with Jimmy Cobb (drummer on "KIND OF BLUE" ,(still pinching myself !), PeeWee Ellis, George Clinton/P-Funk/420 FunkMob,ARI UP (The Slits), Vince Prudente -(Duke Ellington,Machito), and opened for the WAILERS with defunkt reggae band ROOTS ROCKETTES(track 2). unfortunately these live gigs were not recorded.
Influences: The Harmonic Series, J.S. Bach, Louis Armstrong, Tin Pan Alley, PREZ,BIRD, MILES, TRANE, MONK, Bill Evans , Lady Day, James Brown,PeeWee Ellis,STAX,MOTOWN,ATLANTIC, Sly Stone, The Beatles,Curtis Mayfield, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin,Pink Floyd, Herbie Hancock,Beethoven,Gershwin, Weather Report, JACO, Ray Charles, ELLA, Son House, Louis Jordon, DUKE/Strayhorn, PFunk, WES, MINGUS, Jeff Beck, Stevie Wonder, SAVOY/ BLUENOTE/VERVE, Tito Puente, E,W & Fire,Steely Dan, Rachmaninoff, Albert King, CUBA, Aretha Franklin, BRAZIL, Joni Mitchell, Edward VanHalen, Josaphine Baker, Hank Williams, Jobim, Burt Bacharach, Betty Davis,AFRICA, Johnny Cash, Little Feat, Notorious Big, Zappa, PRINCE, Bob Marley, The Staple Singers, James Jamerson, and all the Funk Brothers! ANYTHING THAT MAKES PEOPLE SHAKE 'Cause TheyNeed To!!! -JESUS,Sir Issac Newton, Abraham Lincoln, Judy Garland,MLK, Malcolm X, Galileo, E=mc2, Van Gogh, Geronimo, Bette Davis, Benjamin Franklin,The Brooklyn Dodgers, Thomas Paine, Joe Louis, Ginger Rogers,Ayn Rand,Nkola Tesla, Buckminster Fuller,etc. and Xeophanes (gnarley greek dude) who once said: "Those who do not toil mightily upon they're own behalf will be given other masters"
Sounds Like: it tastes,...like..., ...it.
Record Label: Warning!
Type of Label: None