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C.G.’s place

Musician for...you?

About Me

NOTE: On Myspace music player, click lyrics when playing songs to see my song notes.....I started with a color coated fisher price piece of sheet music from a toy instrument, sat at my mom's organ and taught myself how to read one note at a time treble clef before 1st grade. Began playing guitar at 11, began teaching just before my 16th b-day. I've won a couple of music awards during high school, I also played in the concert band on trumpet. After high school I studied under Nashville session pro Bobby Caldwell who taught me Chet Atkins style picking and opened up my ears to what music really is with jazz guys I had never heard of. I earned a B.A. in audio engineering from Webster University, I've owned a drum set, have over a dozen guitars, a bass, a mandolin, and a tenor banjo. I've performed: jazz, blues, funk, classic rock, country, special occasion tunes, disco, polka, oldies....basically if it pays, I'll play it.This video here dosn't contain my music, it supports www.myspace.com/badgass and it also gives insight to how I view the American Government. By the way, when registering for the draft, why do I need to pay the government to deliver the government's paperwork to the government? Seems like a slap in the face... Illegal aliens wouldn't know about things like that, even the NY residents with driver's licenses, so how can they ever really be American? (4 vids, one is too long for youtube)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/9/2008
Band Members: Anybody like Hendrix/SRV? Toying with Little Wing (dentists don't watch!) What a nice day outside.... perfect day for some Sinatra/Chet/Lindsey Buckingham/Beatles woo-hoo! Sat in w/ friends over the weekend...
Influences: Jimmy Page, Chet Atkins, Buddy Emmons, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Tommy Emmanuel, Merle Travis, Les Paul, Hank Garland, Ace Frehley, James Burton, Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Joe Pass, Angus Young, Carlos Santana, Tony Mottola, Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West, Tiny Moore, Johnny Gimble, Merle Haggard, Dr. John, Frank Sinatra, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, Dean Martin, Diana Krall.....this list could get REALLY long.....
Sounds Like: hmmmm.....sounds like a rocker, a fingerpicker, a steel player, and a chicken picker thrown into a blender with just a pinch of craziness?
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

About new material.....

Hello, thanks for stopping by and checking me out!  I'm working on adding snocap at the moment, I've uploaded 2 songs for sale and awating the processing to finish.  Bittersweet R...
Posted by C.G.s place on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:08:00 PST

Earthquakes anyone?

Well it's 4:42a.m. St. Louis time and I just got a taste of my very first earthquake! It felt like a puny one though, the house rumbled for about 10 seconds and that was it. St. Louis is an interestin...
Posted by C.G.s place on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:45:00 PST