First influences on bass guitar were John Entwistle, Geddy Lee, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, Walter Becker, Chuck Rainey, and Berry Oakley. A few years later I was exposed to James Jamerson, Jaco Pastorius and Marcus Miller and was profoundly influenced by those players and their music. I was also exposed to quite a bit of jazz and became a big fan of Charles Mingus, Ray Brown and Milt Hinton.
I started out in local Cincinnati bands during High School @1981-83, moved to Florida in 1984 and played in several Bradenton/Sarasota bands before being "discovered" by a music agent from Orlando who promptly removed me from my band and put me on the road in early 1988 with a touring Top-40 act that went all over the country. During that time, I was fortunate enough to play in Atlantic City for several months at Trump's Castle and The Showboat, and was able to see a lot of great musicians and especially bassists. It was a tremendous learning experience for me, epecially at age 22-23.
After many years on the road and brief stays in Jacksonville and West Palm Beach, I settled down on the Gulf Coast of Florida near Pensacola around 1992 and have played here in local bands including Miss DeMeanor, Automatic Johnson, Hubba Hubba, RoShamBo, The Lynne Campbell Band, and Mike and The Micros, and have done studio work for the past 14 years or so. In the meantime, I've become a father to three wonderful kids, and continue to work on improving my skills as a bassist and musician.
I'm currently working on songs for a solo CD which I hope to complete sometime this year. I'm also working on a childrens book and a horror novel which is complete and in the process of polishing and revision.
I currently play with the FunkReggaeRock Band "Ba'Nana Republic" on Pensacola Beach. It's a band with some great musicians and I love every minute of it. I also play bass with a side project consisting of Ba'nana Republic's guitarist, drummer and myself, called SIGNAL-SEVEN. We completed our CD of original songs in June of 2007 and the CD should be release at the beginning of 2008. We're already starting to get some air play on 99Rock and TK101. Check us out at: www.myspace.com/signalsevenband
HERBERT
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