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Gulliver

I done told ya boy- ain't no drums in bluegrass, now QUIT ASKIN'!!

About Me


"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." -- Hunter S. Thompson"
Professional stuff; Trying to get my recording studio ready to open in Blanche, Tn. Lots of remodeling work- where's all my friends? LOL,..also lots of drumming- touring, showcases and sessions all over the southeast. Lately, I've been doing dates with the Tennessee Valley All-Stars, a great band.. I've been fortunate over the years to play with lots of great musicians and artists, touring in most styles of music around the southeast, and nationally. I was the house drummer for the Muzik Mafia Misfits for quite awhile, and had a blast with all those great artists. I love to contribute to other's projects-let's make some music!
I'm also a songwriter, producer and recording engineer. I've worked as an engineer for most of the major labels, on albums for some of country music's biggest artists. Alan Jackson, George Jones, Terri Clark, Jamie O'Neal, Kenny Rogers, Merle Haggard, The Wrights, and many others..Recently, I have been producing some rock stuff, the new DCR album will ship soon. I sing and play guitar when nobody's watching..
Personal stuff; I am optimistic, pretty laid-back, reasonably educated, friendly and hopefully a good friend to those in my life. I'm blessed with some great friends. Most of the people around me are musicians, artists or other fun, quirky, offbeat people, and there's probably room for one more.

My Interests

art, people watching, catching stuff most people miss, architecture, NASA, clean sheets, Ludwig Vistalites, travel, history, doing stuff with my son, yard sales, turntables, photography, collecting musical instruments, catching stuff most people miss, recorded music, auto racing memorabilia, Porsche cars.

I'd like to meet:


"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes AHHH!!!" --Jack Kerouac

I'd also like to meet the guy who decided it was a good idea to involve computers to make music. That, we could've done without..

Music:

Come over and dig through my vinyl sometime, but if you really want the (abbreviated) list... the incomparable John Kelton-a master of tone and taste-one of the finest recording engineers, musicians and producers of our time.., Daisychain, Scrapracket, Rex Oggs, Johnny Phillips, Jean Jaques Perry, Gershon Kingsley, Mark Nevers, Jason Isbell, David Jaques, Led Zeppelin, Bjork, ZZ Top, The Dexateens, Urge Overkill, Little Feat, Lowell George, Eric Fiedor and the American Steel Band, F105, Soundgarden, UFO, Urge Overkill, Dwight Yoakam, Gene Krupa, Emmylou Harris, The Who, Buck Owens and Don Rich, Alan Jackson, King's X, Jill Kinsey, Jason Boland and The Stragglers, Bonnie Raitt, Amanda Williams, Jaime Lyn Barber & Granville, MuzikMafia, Tommy Gardner, Tony Brook, Gillian Welch/David Rawlings and tons more. I have a huge, insatiable appetite for most any music new and old.

Movies:

High Fidelity, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The 5th Element, Big Lebowski, Lonesome Dove, The Hudsucker Proxy, Slingblade, Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Last Waltz, Heartworn Highways

Television:

if you shoot it you shouldn't have any more trouble with it.

Books:

Ray Bradbury, biographies, architechture, de-classified NASA documents, history, technical manuals related to recording, cars or old drums.

Heroes:

the late Veler Dockery of Brookwood, Alabama-one of the greatest men who ever lived.

My Blog

Check out DCR!..

We just wrapped on a new album I've been working on for several months for DCR.. I produced and Evan Maddox was our capable engineer. We tracked it at David Keith's Gintown Studios down in Graysville,...
Posted by Gulliver on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:40:00 PST

How I got to be me..

..most of this isn't new, just cleaning up the 'ol front page. So, in case anybody cares..  I was born a long time ago in Minneapolis, Minnesota but I don't sound like it if you talk to me. Had m...
Posted by Gulliver on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:59:00 PST