Member Since: 4/21/2006
Band Website: colestevens.net
Band Members: COLE STEVENS - guitar, bottleneck slide, bass guitar, lap slide & vocals
Please visit my official Cole Stevens website to stream my music, gig schedule... etc:
Cole Stevens
I am also an artist endorsee for the following gear:
Diamond Bottleneck Slides
John Pearse Strings
Turbo Diddley Resonator Guitar
Influences:
Muddy Waters* Billy Gibbons * Robben Ford * Albert King* Jimi Hendrix* Jimmy Page * Son House* Lightnin' Hopkins* Elmore James* Michael Bloomfield * Albert Collins * Jimmy Vaughn * Houndog Taylor * Charlie Baty * Robert Johnson* Lonnie Brooks * Frank Zappa * Peter Green * Eric Clapton * John Mayhall * Alvin Lee * Scott Holt * Buddy Guy * Stevie Ray Vaughn * Dave Hole * Taj Mahal * Joe Pass * T Bone Walker , Charles Brown * Arlen Roth * Steve Howe * Keith Richards * Little Feat * Savoy Brown * J B Hutto * Elvin Bishop * Rick Estrin * Bonnie Raitt * Jackson Brown * Los Lobos * John Lee Hooker * Tampa Red * Charlie Patton * Bob Wills * David Lindley * Pink Floyd * Willie Dixon * Robert Cray * Bob Dylan * Coco Montoya * Keb Mo' * Bob Brozman * Johnny Winter * * Howlin' Wolf * Louis Jordan * Rick Derringer *
Any music that contains blues , R&B , funk , jazz , Western Swing , Delta & pre-war blues, Motown music , bottleneck slide, lap slide acoustic or electric guitars. Blues, rock, R&B and jazz singers have always been my heros! I also lean my songwriting ideas toward new age , gospel & metaphysical influences.
Cole
Sounds Like:
MY ACOUSTIC GUITAR & BOTTLENECK SLIDE STYLE:
For my resonator slide style... I'd have to say I play similar to Son House. I resonate a lot with Muddy's style of playing. As a lefty player that strings his guitars righty... fingerpicking is not my strong suite... that's why slide masters like Elmore James make sense to my own personal playing approach. And of course Albert King is my blues master lefty hero! In standard tuning acoustic guitar, Lightnin' Hopkins feels real natural to me.
ELECTRIC GUITAR STYLE:
I incorporate a few licks from Robben Ford , Albert King, Jimi Hendrix , to name a few. I'm pretty fond of playing swing and jump style tunes too in band situations. My bottleneck slide playing has been extending into my electric guitar applications a lot lately. Most recently, I'm doing a lot of lap slide guitar playing which I'm incorporating into my shows.
There's a million open tunings out there, but I primarily stick with two common tunings... open G & open D tunings . Because I use heavy string sets for a stiffer feel, I always use a capo on the 2nd fret when playing an open A or E tuning. That way I don't piss off my guitar necks because of higher string tensions! If I do use open A or E tunings , I always use lighter string sets on my guitars to keep string tension down. It's just good practice...
VOCALS STYLE:
I sound like me. But I draw my singing style I believe from the old pre-war masters. I sing a lot behind the beat.
!!! ALL DOG'S DIG RINGTONES !!!
ANOTHER SIDE OF COLE
Record Label: Luxor Bey Records/Lonnie Mae Productions
Type of Label: Indie