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Bill Fletcher

About Me

The purpose of this site is to let good friends and fans of our music know where the Shane Pruitt Band will be playing in the near future. If you're interested in a band booking, please email [email protected] Thanks for stopping by!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/11/2006
Band Members: Shane Pruitt (guitar and vocals) Jim Peterman (Hammond B3 organ, vocals) Bill Fletcher (drums and vocals)
Influences: drummers? elvin jones, steve jordan, al jackson, roger hawkins, jim gordon, bernard purdie, levon helm, tony williams, bill bruford, ringo starr, charlie watts, jim keltner, manu katche, russ kunkel, sam lay, chris layton, anton fig, brian blade, andy newmark, billy martin, philly jo jones, butch trucks, jaimoe, billy and mickey, richie hayward, john molo, paul motian, peter erskine, carlos vega, buddy miles, mitch mitchell, paul riddle, stanton moore, danny seraphine, kenny jones, kenny buttrey, matt chamberlain, stevie wonder, harold ray brown, steve ferrone, dallas taylor, willie 'big eyes' smith, joe vitale, rick and jerry marotta, shawn pelton, johnny barbata, harvey mason, al foster and many, many others.... number 1 on the list is my all-time favorite drummer..... steve gadd.... groove, taste, chops, humility and ALWAYS plays what's best for the music....
Sounds Like:

Just Released!! :

The Shane Pruitt Band

© 2008 The Shane Pruitt Band (796873073929) CD price: $12.97

Shane Pruitt Band - Live at the Show Room - 6/13/08

Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Bob Dylan - Cold Irons Bound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDaPjYPyyGU zimmy at his rocking best. i love this version of this song....
Posted by on Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:21:00 GMT

turkey week......

hello there.....its nice to be heading into the holiday season again. its hard to believe that its already here again. its always a blessing to spend time with family and friends this time of year.......
Posted by on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:19:00 GMT

loki festival

hey there..... its going to be an awesome weekend! the loki festival in mills river, n..c. starts this friday, the 10th. we are very fortunate to play on sunday on the main stage from 1:15-2:45 p.m. w...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:37:00 GMT

update on some stuff.....

hello, just wanted to update a few things.... first, the band's cd is available on cdbaby.com if you want to check it out there. the band's website should be up sometime this week and you will be able...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:16:00 GMT

cd..... finally!!!

hello! well, its been a long time coming, but our cd should be in our hands by the 16th of may. we are finishing up the artwork and pressing with discmakers and they expect to deliver the copies withi...
Posted by on Fri, 02 May 2008 06:17:00 GMT

updates, thoughts, etc.....

hello, hope that everyone is having a great weekend. mine was busy, tiring and a lot of fun. what more can you ask? thursday night, the shane band warmed up for the weekend at the marriott and had som...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:41:00 GMT

atlanta sessions

hello, hope that everyone is having a great week....the recording sessions in atlanta last thursday through sunday were great! we did eleven songs (five originals and six covers) that will be on the c...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:44:00 GMT

everything old.....

is new again? been listening to the new bob dylan cd, 'modern times'. i know that discussing bob dylan's music (i happen to love it) can be a mixed thing, but i guess what i like about this cd, i...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:14:00 GMT