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funkygh

About Me

I've played with lot's of folks, made lot's of records, been on lot's of tours, been on lot's of TV shows, written lot's of music. See the pics and videos, you'll get the idea.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/04/2006
Band Website: MBALAFUNK.com, puredrums.net
Influences: Miles Davis, James Brown, ray charles, Stax/Volt, Bob Marley, The Beatles, The Meters, albert king, Just about anything from new orleans, salif keita, youssou ndour, sly and robbie, herbie hancock, tony williams, wayne shorter, aretha franklin, tumba music from curacao, mbalax music from senegal, chimurenga music from zimbabwe, fela, king sunny ade, susana baca, cheikh lo, count basie, howlin wolf, etta james, mac rebbinac, elis regina, antonio carlos jobim, joyce, lenine, luis gonzaga, quarteto novo, black uhuru, art blakey, bela bartok, bill evans (the pianist), cannonball adderley, bobbie gentry, elvin jones, airto, charles mingus, charlie parker, chris kowanko, clifford brown, d'angelo, david bowie, nancy wilson, al green, weather report, john coltrane, joni mitchell, meiway, james taylor, prince (at times), maurice ravel, igor stravinsky, dimitri shostakovich, wynton kelly, frank sinatra, shuggie otis, the shaggs, billie holiday, nat king cole, louis jordan, Zeca Pagodinho, philly joe jones, jimmy cobb, steve jordan, steve gadd, stewart copeland, the police, alvin robinson, jimi hendrix, buddy miles, lee morgan, art blakey, hank jones, milt jackson, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Star, carlton and aston barrett, joao gilberto, booker T and the MGs, Al Jackson, jabbo starks, clyde stubblefield, panama francis, more to come
Sounds Like: Myself
Record Label: sui generis records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

music lessons

this is going to be a random collection of anecdotes, facts, opinions and advice about music, rhythm section playing and who knows what else.4/5/09. fallacy - faster tempos are more exciting. ok, so y...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:03:00 GMT

Does Austin Suck?

So, this is from a letter to the editor in the Austin chronicle dated September 19th. In advance let me say that I don't have a strong opinion about whether it's true or not. but I will say that in th...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:48:00 GMT

grammy award for suzannes record

Just found out that the suzanne vega record beauty and crime won the best engineered record grammy. Congratulations to emery dobyns, who did an great job tracking, jimmy hogarth, who did a great job p...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:16:00 GMT

rip CBGB and Hilly Crystal

CBGB closed about a year ago (or was it 2 years?). Hilly Crystal, the owner, just died recently. Here's a funny story, or at least I hope so. some people I met in venice on the david byrne tour came t...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:37:00 GMT

suzanne vega reviews

hi folks.suzanne's record is out, and the reviews are starting. this is a nice one from popmatters.comSuzanne VegaBeauty & Crime(Blue Note)US release date: 17 July 2007UK release date: 11 June 2007One...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:20:00 GMT

my wine blog

well, a few years ago I took some wine classes, followed by a couple of years of serious consumption and collecting. (I had disposable income at that time). Now, friends call or email all the time ask...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:45:00 GMT

Talent, a misunderstood, much abused word

Now, about that prickly "talent" word. I hate the way it's used. Mac dictionary defines it as: Natural aptitude or skill; people possessing such skill; an ancient roman unit of measure; and informally...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:19:00 GMT

The life, music and death of James Brown, from here

I don't have any real direction for this blog entry, so I'm just gonna write down every personal thought I can think of about James Brown.James Brown is the most important musician of the 20th century...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:11:00 GMT

winter flu, spring fever

yes, I love spring too. every year I have the same thing happen in the winter, and I never realize what's going on until spring comes:I start to get a little depressed and BLAH in about mid january; i...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:23:00 GMT

close encounters of the Buhiana kind (Art Blakey)

I was driving down a desolate stretch of 1+9 in new jersey tonight and it reminded me of a gig I had in a club there one night, which in turn reminded me of 2 of the times I met Art Blakey. I had just...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:51:00 GMT