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Brian Dixey

a.k.a. JJ

About Me

I play the guitar. Sometimes with Beatlejuice, sometimes with Ryan Dupont, sometimes with Jon Fagan and sometimes with various last second projects, etc...etc...as well as guitar-tech duties for many well known Boston based music acts.

My Interests

See below.

I'd like to meet:

More people like the friends I have now.

Music:

Larry Carlton
Boston
The Beatles
Iron Maiden
Toto
John Scofield
King's X
James Taylor
Huey Lewis & The News
Van Halen
Eric Clapton
Steven Curtis Chapman
Lettuce
Arc Angels
Doyle Bramhall II
Charlie Sexton
Steve Morse
Dennis Chambers
...as well as my musician friends in Boston, New York and Los Angeles.

Movies:

Four Brothers
Shadowlands
Failsafe
Rock Star
Abraham
Glengarry Glen Ross
Happy Gilmore
Elf
Return of the Dragon
Sudden Impact
Star Trek IV
Italian Job
Blues Brothers
This is Spinal Tap
Free Enterprise
Lethal Weapon IV
Dead Heat
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
Animal House
The Patriot
The Thing
The One
The Crow
Patriot Games
Clear and Present Danger
Serendipity
and both Bill & Ted movies.

Television:

Twilight Zone
Friends
That 70's Show
Star Trek
Kojak
Quincy ME
Walker, Texas Ranger
The 3 Stooges
The Odd Couple
Everybody Loves Raymond
Six Feet Under
Punk'd.

Books:

Monica Brant's Secret to a Healthy Happy Life

Against All Odds: My Story (by Chuck Norris)

Expressing the Human Body: Story of Bruce Lee's fitness habits

The Love Letters of Lord Byron

Perscription for Nutritional Healing

The Guitar Handbook

Collective Writings of Edgar Allan Poe

Zen in the Martial Arts

Heroes:

The United States Military and James T. Kirk

My Blog

Top 10 Guitarists

In no particular order, at the moment, my top 10 favorite international guitarists are: 1) Steve Lukather 2) Larry Carlton 3) Robben Ford 4) John Scofield 5) Eddie Van Halen 6) Dan Huff 7) Michael Lan...
Posted by Brian Dixey on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:05:00 PST

Alias & A.K.A.'s

For some strange reason, over time many people accumulate a variety of nicknames.  I find this phenomenon fascinating.  Here are some of the names I have been called over the years: Bri (th...
Posted by Brian Dixey on Wed, 31 May 2006 08:25:00 PST

Local Guitarists

In no specific order, some of my favorite local players...(keeping in mind, these are people I'm around the most): 1. Brian Alex 2. Bruce Bartlett 3. Dave Mitchell 4. Richie Bartlett 5. Ryan Dupo...
Posted by Brian Dixey on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:45:00 PST

Photo Collection

Here is a small poster of sorts.  Perhaps I shall put together a few more.
Posted by Brian Dixey on Fri, 12 May 2006 01:15:00 PST

Current Stage Setup

Current stage set up is as follows: Fender Twin Reverb (1974 modified to a 1969-BlackFace spec) Furman Pedal Board Ernie Ball VP Jr (volume pedal) Fulltone Full Drive II (gain pedal) Voodoo Lab Sparkl...
Posted by Brian Dixey on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:50:00 PST