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Three Chord Donkey

Does my bass make me look fat?

About Me

I'm the bassist for Pistoltown, a national touring punk rock band out of Nashville, TN. I have a secret obsession with eighties movies, coffee, cigars and cocoa pebbles. When I'm not on the road, I am usually reading something that helps me pretend like I'm smarter than I really am.Want to know more?WWW.PISTOLTOWN.NET

My Interests

movies, music, books, politics, art and anything else that makes me sound cool. Did I mention I'm in a band?

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who thinks the bass player is the coolest guy in the band.

Music:

Alkaline Trio, MOTLEY F*N CRUE!!!!!!!!! Johnny Cash, Avril Lavigne, Butch Walker, Art Tatum, All American Rejects, A Perfect Circle, Agents of Good Roots, Angie Aparo, old Dave Matthews Band, MxPx, Social Distortion, Will Hoge, Guns N' Roses, JOHN COLTRANE, RAY BROWN, STEVIE WONDER, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphy's, Marvelous 3, Crystal Method, NICKEL CREEK, Me First and the Gimmie Gimmie's, Flickerstick, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bootsy Collin's Rubber Band, Blink 182, Andrew Winn, Zebrahead, Reel Big Fish, My Chemical Romance, Keb Mo - Ok, I can't even try to do this anymore. You get the point? Anything but kick you in the crunk ass gangster polka.

Movies:

Say Anything, Lean on Me, Mallrats, Clerks, Pink Floyd The Wall, Spiderman, A Beautiful Mind, Beetlejuice, Pretty in Pink, 16 Candles, Lord of the Rings, Swamp Thing, South Park the Movie, Team America, Big, What Dreams May Come, THIS IS SPINAL TAP, ...you get the picture.

Television:

...makes you less intelligent.

Books:

The Power of Positive Thinking, Wicked, The Problem with Pain, The Fountainhead, War and Peace Animal Farm, The 4 Loves, Cash - The Autobiography Of Johnny Cash. Kiss and Sell, The Bible.

Heroes:

Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Michael J. Fox, Ron Jeremy

My Blog

Destination Neverland

Sunday nights are always my most pensive nights.  I'm usually sleeping the entire day, but the inspiration always hits me right around the witching hour to just sit and write or hum a melody or r...
Posted by Three Chord Donkey on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:33:00 PST

if the angels were 5 and the devils were 6 then that would make me 7

I believe it is still Tuesday, and here I am, updating my blog for the first time in months.  So................................ I don't know why, but I've been stuck on this ONE thing lately.&nb...
Posted by Three Chord Donkey on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:08:00 PST

Checking In

So 2 tattoos and an almost completed cd later, here I am, checking in. February 2006 has a day left before we'll never see her again.  This last week was one of the most physically taxing we...
Posted by Three Chord Donkey on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:10:00 PST

Another day in paradise

It's 1:37 am and I'm finishing up a night seeing my good friend Pete Whitfield play a show at CJ's Landing in Atlanta.  Pete and I used to be in a band together before I moved to Nashville and we were...
Posted by Three Chord Donkey on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:50:00 PST

Atrophied Ramblings and Tattoos

Ok, I've got to focus on getting this thing started.  I finished my 4th coffee and I still am tired from last night's gig.  I'm tired and sore.  Sore from actually attempting to lift so...
Posted by Three Chord Donkey on Thu, 03 Nov 2005 01:51:00 PST