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Greg Chaisson

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About Me

Just a guy who plays the bass.

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My Interests

My wife and kids, watching my son field ground balls like Craig Counsell and my little girl dancing and singing around the house. Coaching and teaching baseball, muscle cars, old school bobbers and choppers, electric guitars, effects pedals, drumsets, singers who can really sing, drummers who know who Bobby Caldwell is, guitar players who play with feeling and are not afraid of bass players who know more than how to ride the A note on the E string, ( I was lucky enough to play with some guys like that and it spoiled me ) and lastly......TO STAND MY GROUND!!!

I'd like to meet:

Joe Holmes, , Khurt Maier, Chet Thompson.....

Music:

Well here we go.... I get asked frequently how I developed the style of bass I play or how I got the tone I use, soooo these are some of my main influences and some albums (CDs) that mean alot to me, check em out.
Martin Turner....Wishbone Ash..There's The Rub
Dieter Horns....Lucifers Friend...Lucifers Friend
Geezer Butler....Sabbath...Vol.4
John Paul Jones....Zeppelin...III
Rob Grange....Ted Nugent...Call Of The Wild
Greg Ridley....Humble Pie...Smokin
Andy Fraser...Free...Live
Mel Schacher...Grand Funk...Red Album
Ron Wood...Jeff Beck Group....Truth
Roger Glover...Deep Purple...Fireball
Glenn Hughes...Trapeze...We are the Music
Tim Bogert...Cactus...Cactus
Felix Pappalardi...Mountain...Flowers of Evil
Randy Jo Hobbs...Johnny Winter..Still Alive and Well
John Gustafson...Hard Stuff...Bolex Dementia
I was very influenced by guitar players and among my favorites are...
Billy Gibbons..Johnny Winter..Ritchie Blackmore.. Ulrich Roth.. Michael Schenker..Duane Allman.. Leslie West..Snuffy Walden..Rusty Burns.. Kim Davis..Paul Kossof..Jim McCarty..Adrian Gurvitz.. Jeff Beck..Eric Clapton..Bob Turner..Dick Wagner..Steve Hunter..Mel Galley.. Forrest Webb..Rory Gallagher..Robin Trower and Jim Mcmellen.
Among my contemporaries my favorites are..
Jake E Lee...Audley Freed..John Norum.. Rowan Robertson..Steve Conley..Warren Dimartni.. Karl Cochran..Doug Aldrich..Warren Haynes..Tommy Asakawa.. Mike Patruno..Erik Gamans..Joe Holmes..Jay Reynolds.... Chet Thompson..Danny Wexler..Bruce Bouillet..Matt Minton..Slash ....Mick Zane..Mark Parks.. Frank Hannon..Dave Dipietro ..Craig Erickson..Frank Van der Wiel.. Ken Hitsman and JAKE E LEE again!
My favorite drummers are...
Bobby Caldwell.. Ian Paice..Mitch Mitchell.. Brian Tichey..Eric Singer..Jeff Martin..Khurt Maier.. Tommy Aldridge..Bobby Blotzer..Denny Carmassi..Thomas Calis..Bob Milan.. Ansley Dunbar..Marc Danzeisen..John Covington..Gary Holland..D-wayne Miller.. Glen Mancaruso..Praire Prince..Pat Torpey..Ted McKenna.. Micky Dee..Carmine Appice and Don Brewer..
My favorite singers are..
Steve Marriott..Ray Gillen..Gregg Allman.. Mark Farner.. Ricky Medlock..Rob Lamothe.. Ian Gillan..Glenn Hughes..Joe Lynn Turner..Floor Kraaijvanger.. Mark Stein..Paul Rodgers..Rod Evans..Perry McCarty..Nicky Moore.. John Lawton..Sass Jordan..Kelly Holland..Big John O'Daniel and Robin Kyle..
There ya have it!

Television:

I don't watch much TV except for...
ESPN, SportsCenter , Baseball Tonite , Fox Sports News
Discovery Channel, Speed Channel
24 and LOST!

Heroes:

My son & daughter