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About Me


The Tipsy Gypsies playing "All Blues" from junk_funky on Vimeo .



Currently playing with Damon Castillo , several Jazz groups, as well as his own Gypsy Jazz group, the Tispy Gypsies.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/05/2006
Band Website: http://www.ForresttWilliams.com
Band Members: F-dub
Influences: James Brown.

That's all you need.

But if I had to cite more influences, it would be: (in no particular order)
Tito Puente, Beck, The Meters, Wilco, Django Reinhardt, Jaco Pastorius, Bootsy Collins, Miles Davis, Dead Kennedies, DJ Shadow, Fela Kuti, Primus, Mars Volta, Bob Marley, Tribe Called Quest, The Cruel Romeos, Bill Withers, Sly and the Family Stone, John Coltrane, N.W.A., (old) Metallica, RJD2, Richard Cheese, JoJo Mayer, Stevie Wonder, Minor Threat, King Crimson, Al Green, and the list goes on and on....

Sounds Like: Your mom naked in the kitchen, cooking Bacon
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Check out this video Im in: All This Time

..A break on our tour with the Damon Castillo band and hangin with his brother's band, The Rock Savants. Chillin in Portland on a Monday night with a grip of musicians and nothing to do. ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 15:47:00 GMT

My friend Croz on MTV this week!

So, there’s this show on MTV next week called ’Rock the Cradle’. It’s like American Idol for kids of rock stars. And my good friend Crosby’s dad is THE Kenny Loggins, so ...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:25:00 GMT

How to lose money part 1

Forrestt wakes up and readies for his day. There's a jazz gig on the books for 11:30 in the morning, a suit and tie affair. It pays $100 and he needs the money. Upon realizing that he can't fin...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:40:00 GMT

Yo Ho Ho and A Bottle Of Rum - Merry Freakin Christmas ya Maties

visit my site forresttwilliams.com for this kind of stuff:So, as usual, my family all have some sort of musical tendency in one way or another and we dicide to record a song since we're all together. ...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:49:00 GMT

Damon Castillo tour in Chicago

We arrived fairly early, so we went in search of some Chicago dogs. We saw this sign and couldn't resist, being a block away from Wrigley (The Cubs were in the middle of losing to the Mets that day). ...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:47:00 GMT

'06 Compilation mp3s

Every year's end I create a compilation CD of the best music I've been involved with over the course of the year. I Make about a hundred copies and give them out to every one I know for Christmas. It'...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:43:00 GMT

James Brown, The Godfather is Gone

I know everyone's already talked all about his legacy, but his music was very important to my personal musical development. He's the reason I have the rhythm that I do today, learning some of those rh...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:00:00 GMT

How Inspiration Sucks

I found out tonight after work that my good friend from high school, Ben Bradley, had been stabbed to death and dumped in a ravine in Wyoming.Yeah, so then I had to go play a Jazz gig. Wow.So there I ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:01:00 GMT

Two days in the life of a musician, or why music keeps me insane.

June 14th. Popped my head up out of a deep sleep. A glance at the clock. Dammmmmit! Late!Jump up and rush around the house to get ready. 8 am and I'm out of the house.Headed to Laguna Middle School to...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:58:00 GMT