Rich Segura and the Atomic Blues Band

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Member Since: 5/2/2006
Band Website: You are on it! For now anyway.
Band Members: Band members vary from gig to gig and project to project. As most working musicians know these days, especially in Austin, it is wise to have a hand full of drummers, bass players, keyboard players and horn section members. A musical revolving door, so to speak, because you never know when you have a gig come up and one of your regular band members has another gig with another project. For specific information about a specific band or gig on the calendar, send me a message and I will get back to you with details. For the most part, here are the most common players you may find at one of our gigs:

DRUMS: Antone Perez, Mike Gersman or Eddie Flores.

BASS: Franz Schlievert, Chris Downey, Mark Harris, Wash Hamilton, Mike Guerra, Leland Parks or Chip Dill.

VOCALS: Dawn Segura, Antone Perez, Franz Schlievert, Dave Miller, Mike Guerra, Ponty Bone or myself.

KEYS: Mike Gregory, Jack Payne, Howard DeNoble, Billy Young.

SAX: Rich Kinney, Ed Visard, Tom Robinson, Thomas Ramirez, Joseph Sarato, Steve Bernstein.

Trumpet/Brass: Ray Strucker.

Look out for Richard Bowden on violin or Danny Roy Young, The Mayor of South Austin on the frottoir/rub board. They play some gigs with us (Ponty Bone) when they can make it. Always a treat.

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Your Birthdate: December 22
You tend to be understated and under appreciated.
You have a hidden force to do amazing things, doing them your own way.
People may see you as strange and shy, but they know little.
Your unconventional ways have more power than they (and even you) know.

Your strength: Standing up for what you know is true

Your weakness: You tend to be picky and rigid

Your power color: Silver

Your power symbol: Square

Your power month: April What Does Your Birth Date Mean?
Influences: BLUES: Robert Johnson, Lightning Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, BB, Albert, Freddie and Earl King, Robert Cray, The Vaughan Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, The T-Birds, Kim Wilson, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williams, Son House, Jimmy Reed, T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Buddy Guy, Little Milton, Pee Wee Crayton, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Rait, Taj Mahal, Big Joe Turner, Denny Freeman, Ronnie Earl and then some.

SOUL/FUNK/R&B: Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Bobby Womack, Donnie Hathaway, Bill Withers, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, The Temptations, Wilson Pickett, Gil Scott-Heron, Jil Scott, Prince, Remy Shand, Gnappy, Soulive, Greyboy Allstars, P-Funk, Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders, Funkadelic, James Brown, Sly and The Family Stone, Larry Graham, Graham Central Station, Bootsy Collins, The Isley Brothers, O.V. Wright, Ohio Players, Johnnie Taylor, Curtis Mayfield, Little Feat, Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Koko Taylor, The Meters, Ike and Tina Turner, Isaac Hayes and some mo.

REGGAE/SKA: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Black Uhuru, 311, Sublime, Finley Quaye, The Police, Mana, The Wailers, English Beat and many more.

JAZZ/REEFER/SWING/BEBOP: Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Louis Jordan, Dave Barthlolomew, Wynonnie Harris, Django Reinhardt, Steely Dan, The Jazz Crusaders, Marcus Miller, Cee Pee Johnson, Fats Waller, Chick Web, Buck Washington, Bea Foote, Cab Calloway, Sidney Bechet With Noble Sissle's Swingsters, Stuff Smith And His Onyx Club, Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends, Trixie Smith, The Harlem Hamfats, Ernest Rodgers, Don Redman And His Orchestra, Georgia White, Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds of Joy, Georgia White, Cats and the Fiddle, Kenny Burell, Tal Farlow, Jaco Pastorius, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, John Scofield, Charlie Hunter, When Granny Sleeps and then some more jive.

ROCK/PSYCHEDELIC/OTHER: Frank Zappa, Electric Flag, Buddy Miles, Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, Alman Brothers, Peter Green, ZZ TOP, The Who, Steppenwolf, Aerosmith, Janes Addiction, Fishbone, Kings X, Yes, Rush, The Ramones, The Kinks, Sex Pistols, Thin Lizzy, Tom Petty, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Tom Waits, Paul Simon, Captain Beyond, Masters of Reality, Black Sabbath, Lauren Hill, Band Of Gypsys, The Black Crowes, Marc Ford, The Faces, The Small Faces, The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chris Duarte, John Jordan, Doyle Bramhall Jr. & Sr., John Jordan, Bob Dylan, The Band, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Cream, The Chambers Brothers, Little Feat, Neville Brothers, Dr. John, The Beatles, The Dead, Primus, Eric Burden and The Animals, St. Germain, The Bone Daddys, Talking Heads, Dire Straights, The Pretenders, AC/DC, Lenny Kravits, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Steve Morse, Alice Cooper, Queensryche, Ultimate Spinach, Santana, Los Lobos, Delaney and Bonnie, The White Stripes, Maggies Dream, Audioslave, Sound Garden, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Metallica (the older stuff), Megadeath (again, the older stuff), Van Halen (also, the older stuff), Smashing Pumpkins (Gish), Eric Johnson, Rainbow, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Dio, Yngwie Malmstien and more.

COUNTRY/FOLK/OTHER: Hank Williams, Junior Brown, Buck Owens, Willie Nelson, John Hiatt, Amos Lee, Lucinda Willams, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, John Prine, Danny Gatton, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Asleep at the Wheel, Kinky Friedman, Ernest Tub, Dwight Yoakam and more.

CLASSICAL: Schoenberg, Handel, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Segovia, Carl Staling and more.

I could go on and on; there are too many to mention. I pretty much like anything that is grooving and soulful.

My family and friends who have always been there and who continue to inspire, support and encourage me. Bob Christian, Ron Turner, Jay Silverman, Ray Summy, Dave Maroney, Michael O'Connor, John Grimado, Chet Rupe, Franz Schlievert, Antone Perez, Rich Kinney, Dickey Neely, Bobby Medina, Mike Guerra, my grandparents, Barbara Jordan, Martin Luther King, Robert Nesta Marley, John Lennon, George Harrison, James Marshall Hendrix. ------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------------
Sounds Like: An amalgamation of my influences listed above with my own sideways twist.
Record Label: Sure, why the hell not?
Type of Label: None