Music:
Member Since: 16/03/2006
Influences:
Some Personal Bass Heroes: Bruce Thomas, Paul McCartney, Paul Chambers, Bill Black, Ray Brown, Willie Dixon, John Paul Jones, Chuck Rainey, Graham Maby, Colin Moulding, Ron Carter, Flea, Bootsy Collins, Noel Redding, James Jamerson
Other Musical Influences: Johnny Burnette, Gene Vincent, Elvis Presley (mostly when he was younger, less crazy and less fat), Aimee Mann, Louis Jordan, Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, XTC, The Beatles, Spoon, Joe Jackson, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, The Blasters, Carl Perkins, The Pretenders, The Specials, The Clash, Elliot Smith, The Cavedogs, Radiohead, Tom Petty, The Kinks, Steely Dan, The Who, Wilco, The Meters, etc etc
Fellow Musicans Who Have Influenced My Approach to Playing: Jon Shain, Mel Melton, Max Drake, John Currie, Bill Newton, Evans Nicholson, Rick Olivarez, David Quick, The Shods...and pretty much everyone else I've played with over the years.
Stuff That I'm Listening to A Lot Lately: Beck, Hollywood Fats, T-Bone Walker, Otis Rush, Gatemouth Brown, Lucinda Williams, Calexico, Los Lobos, Wayne Freakin' Hancock, Alvin Lee (the amazing In Tennessee album that came out in '04)
Sounds Like: Imagine if Chris Squire and Geddy Lee had a baby. Wow, that'd be one ugly-ass kid. And I'd sound nothing like him. I play whatever fits the situation. Yeah, that's it: I like playing understated stuff that supports the song.
Type of Label: Major
