Music:
Member Since: 10/16/2005
Band Website: see individual band bios for links...
Band Members: Beck Hall:
All Electric/Upright basses, Vocals, Beats and Samples, Turntables, Macbook Pro
*T H E B A N D S*
High Fidelity (Changing Line-up):
-Carlos Pino (Guitar)
Carlos Pino Official Page
-Mark Kimbrell (Guitar)*
-Chris Fryar (Drums)*
-Matt Slocum (Keys and Organ)*
Oteil and The Peacemakers official page
-Mac McBride (Drums)
-Victor Atkins (Keys and Organ)
*High Fidelity is made up of some of the World's top players. The music is an energetic mixture of jazz and funk with a dash of Rock n' Roll.
The Stop:
Click for THE STOP official page
-Joel Kauffman (Guitars, Vocals)
-Derek Day (Drums)
*The Stop is balls to the wall High Energy Funk, with covers and original that vary nightly in styles.
Looney Mill:
Click for the LOONEY MILL official page
-Quinn Collins (Drums, Vocals)
-John "Machinegun" Hugunin (Guitar, Vocals)
-Marcus Buckner (Guitar, Vocals)
*The Music of Looney Mill ranges from Bluegrass, to Psychedelic rock and funk, to Jazzy Originals. The name says it all, as shows are always very different from each other
Crista Galli :
Click for the Crista Galli official Page
-Stu Smith (Guitar, Vocals, Moog)
-Adam Flanagan (Keyboards)
-Jake Ballard (Drums)
*The Music of Crista Galli is from the high energy Electronica side of things... reminiscent of Particle and The Disco Biscuits, with a bit of a funkier backbone.
DJ Bustamite:
-Beck Solo (Macbook, Trigger Finger, Basses, Vocals, Effects, Boss DD-20 Giga Delay, Turntables)
*DJ Bustamite's music has been labeled by fans as progressive funktronica, due to its complex sections, beautiful soundscapes, and thick backbeats with Trance undertones.
Beck Hall and Friends
-Beck Hall and Friends is almost never the same lineup of players twice, and is Beck's project to sort of do something different every show, just whatever he's feeling that week. At any given time it could be Jazz, Rock, Electronica, Psychedelic Rock, Free Form Fusion, or Bluegrass. It may be all Original, or all Covers....It could be a tribute to a specific band or artist... and you never know whether its gonna be acoustic or electric. Some of the players you may see on stage with Beck are:
Carlos Pino (Guitar - The Smokin Newports, The Exhibits, ect.)
Marcus Buckner (Guitars, Mandolin, Fiddle, Drums - Looney Mill)
Joel Kauffman (Guitars, Buddah Wah - The Stop, Wigatron)
Victor Atkins (Keys - The Headhunters , Delfeayo Marsalis , Wynton and Branford Marsalis)
Matt Slocum (Organ, Clavinet, Keys, and Synths - Oteil and the Peacemakers)
Jake Ballard (Drums - Crista Galli)
John Huganin (Guitar - Looney Mill)
Derek Day (Drums, Fashion Advice - The Stop , Highly Kynd)
Stu Smith (Guitar, Synths - Crista Galli)
Tate Thompson (Guitar, Keys - Organic Logic... Can I get a What, What?)
Quinn Collins (Drums - Looney Mill)
Mark Kimbrell (Guitar - Oteil and the Peacemakers)
Chris Fryar (Drums - Oteil and the Peacemakers)
Adam Flanagan (Keys and Synths - Crista Galli)
Brandon Porter (Drums - The Groovetones , TheStop, Cheemos Creation)
Mike Creager (Guitar - The Al Hazely Band)
William Barnes (Guitar, Laptop - O.K.)
Influences: John Scofield, John Coletrane, John Lennon, John Paul Jones, John McGlaughlin, Jon Fishman, John Hartford, Oteil Burbridge, Marcus Miller, Charlie Parker, Paul Jackson, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Flaming Lips, Phish, Thievory Corperation, Mark Kimbrell, Medeski, Scofield Martin and Wood, MMW, Paco De Lucia, Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, Bela Fleck, Benevento Russo Duo, The Beta Band, Smashing Pumpkins, Kid Loco, Edgar Meyer, Beck, Theloneous Monk, Mike Marshall, Joe Pass, Dizzy Gillespie, Pat Metheny, Tommy Emanuel, Phil Lesh and Friends, Wayne Shorter, Chris Fryar, William Barnes, High Fidelity, Micheal Jackson, Peter Gabriel, Clifford Gilberto, Chet Atkins, Galactic, Squarepusher, Ravi Shankar, Al Dimeola, Waco Ramblers, The Bad Plus, Talking Heads, Herbie Hanckock,The Meters, Dumpstafunk, Umphrey's McGee, RAQ, Green Lemon, Pnuma Trio, The Stop, Looney Mill, The Aleph, High Fidelity, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Charles Mingus, Winton and Branford Marsailles, the Nevilles, Jimmy Herring, Chick Corea, Bill Summers, Steve Swallow, Bill Stewart, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, G-Love and the Special Sauce, Charlie Hunter, Stanton Moore, Sublime, Sam Bush, Del and Ronnie McCourey, Ricky Scaggs, Jerry Douglas, John Kahn, Psychograss, Rob Wasserman, Abe Becker, Mike Creager, Taylor Propp, Matt Slocum
Sounds Like: Varies depending on the band, the night, and the mood...
Type of Label: None
