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About Me

I'm a professional keyboard player living in Detroit, MI. I have my own group called The Brothers Groove and I also tour internationally with the Hiram Bullock band as well as work with many great players in and around the Detroit area including Johnnie Bassett, Perry Hughes, David McMurray, Ralphe Armstrong, Larry Fratangelo, Thornetta Davis, and many others. I started playing piano at 4.5 years old, 'been playing ever since. I enjoy most types of music and I don't think I belong to a certain "trend" or "scene". I do lean towards Jazz/Funk/Blues but I appreciate good music wherever I find it, whatever the style is. Chops/technical knowledge is fine, but it's not the end all be all. It comes down to feeling and intent whether it's bluegrass, jazz, or rock. If it touches me, I dig it. John Lee Hooker moves me in one way, Oscar Peterson in another. In my mind there are two types of music, Good and Bad. There's not much variety in art/culture being pumped through the airwaves but I've found many cool bands and people here on Myspace. (Yay, internet!) We can thank American Idol for suffocating originality in vocalists for the next 20 years (maybe longer). One of my favorite animals is the Buffalo (not hippo's). I have a sizable collection of keyboards (because I can't seem to sell them after I buy them) that started in 1984 and continues to grow by a board or two a year. I love good art, music, food, nature, and have an interest in technology/gadgets. I'm a big fan of "Attack of the Show." I've been able to perform and/or record with many great musicians (including Jeff Lorber, Bob James, Randy Brecker, Luther Allison, Lucky Peterson, Larry McCray, Sponge, Gene Dunlap, James Cotton, John Popper and Blues Traveler, etc.)

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Creative people that work hard, muses and nymphs. Holders of keys to the city.

My Blog

Johnnie Bassett - Artist Page

http://www.mackavenue.com/artists/detail/johnnie_b... Johnnie Bassett's new CD "The Gentleman is back" on Sly Dog records is release nationwide on June 30th. I produced this CD with Keith Kaminski and...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:15:00 GMT

Johnny "guitar" Watson - Dollar Bill - Brothers Groove

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx3m9iZK_EQ
Posted by on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:55:00 GMT

Turn Blue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ92SwrxHok Oo papa da at Cliff Bell's in Detroit Michigan. Featuring Robert Tye on Guitar Leonard King on Drums and Vocals. Chris Codish on Organ. Performing ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:56:00 GMT

Turn Blue

Hiram Fall tour 2007 Nov 16-18

Friday November 16, 2007. I woke up about around 9:30am and headed down stairs to get breakfast before it stopped at 10. I ran into Manuel and we talked briefly before he split to go take care of some...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:33:00 GMT

Hiram Fall tour 2007 Nov 14-16

Wednesday November 14, 2007. I awoke after a great nights sleep. I ended up sleeping horizontally across the two single "euro" beds that are so common in many hotels over here. It's really an odd phen...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:07:00 GMT

Hiram Spring Tour Part 2

I awoke from the first night in Tver and spent the morning reading in the beautiful grounds surrounding the hotel. We were on the volga river. We then left to have lunch and rehearse some of our upcom...
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 07:50:00 GMT

Hiram Spring tour part 1.

I'm like to give everyone a little overview of how my trip has been. I was supposed to leave on Wednesday May 16th but after spending two hours on the runway waiting to go to JFK in NY our flight was ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 May 2007 21:27:00 GMT

London part 3

I ended up going over to the Victoria and Albert Musuem and was blown away by the size of the musuem and the variation among it's collection. They had a sizeable collection of art from all over Asia a...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:09:00 GMT

London Part 1&2

I flew into London's Gatwick airport from Detroit at 9:30 am. I was driven to my hotel in Knightsbridge my a guy named Mota from Brazil in a Chrysler Mini Van. I made my first mistake of going to what...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 05:06:00 GMT