Member Since: 5/21/2006
Band Website: brucebears.com
Band Members: Bruce Bears- keys
Jesse Williams-bass
Mark Texeira-drums
Influences: Blues ....Willy Dixon, Professor Longhair, Toni Lynn Washington, Little Milton, Duke Robbilard, Gospel and Soul influences... The Staple Singers to Donny Hathaway, Allen Toussaint, James Brown, Hi-Records, Stax, New Orleans based funk, The Meters and Galactic etc., Jazz from Count Basie to Oscar Peterson...from George Duke to The Crusaders, Soul Jazz, Gene Harris and The Three Sounds, Stanley Turrentine, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, more contemporary influences ...Bonnie Raitt, Tower of Power, Little Feat, 70's Concept Album Bands....and even some Latin influences... a lot of different stuff, but it's all in there.
Sounds Like: The Meters meet Gene Harris w/ a little George Porter/Ray Brown and Steve Jordan/Ziggy Modeliste thrown in for good measure....
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None