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Guitar Guy

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About Me

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I'm a guitar player.I also sing, write songs & music, play keyboards and do some recording, producing and gigging. I've toured with Donna Summer's Band and Tavares and have recorded, gigged and or jammed with the likes of Al Kooper, James Montgomery, and Jay Geils along with many other fine musicians.I play Fender guitars and amps mostly, but also others as well as acoustic and some keyboards.I have an assortment of amps from a Fender Pro Jr (smallest) to an Ampeg rig (largest).

My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

Other musicians, singer/songwriters, people involved with music, beats and sounds from all over the world. I like all kinds of music...it IS the universal language !.. width="425" height="350" ..

Music:

I love just about all types of music from older country swing to jazz to rock and blues to hip hop and psycho-billy. Being a guitarist, here are *some* of my influences :Jimi Hendrix Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs) Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) Duane Allman (Allman Brothers) Jeff Beck Jimmy Bryant Steve Cropper (Blues Brothers) Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) Chuck Berry Vernon Reid (Living Color) Link Wray Tom Verlaine (Television) Adrian Legg Buckethead Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) Jim Messina Joe Messina (Funk Brothers) Robert Fripp (King Crimson) Jon Butcher Eddie VanHalen (Van Halen) Jody Harris (Raybeats) Chet Atkins & Les Paul Brad Paisley Ronnie Earl Allan Holdsworth Duke Robillard / Jerry Beaudoin Hank Marvin (Shadows) Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) Mike Mcready (Pearl Jam) Roy Buchanan Duane Eddy Danny Gatton Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) Kirk Hammet (Metallica) Eric Clapton (Cream) Steve Vai Nokie Edwards (The Ventures) Nils Lofgren Steve Miller Bruce Springsteen Terry Kath (Chicago) Erik Braunn (Iron Butterfly) Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) Tara Key (Antietam) Larry Carlton Walter Becker (Steely Dan) Monster Mike Welch Mick Jones (Clash) Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) John Lee Hooker Slash (Guns And Roses) Darrell Abbott (Pantera) Jeff Cotton (Captain Beefheart) Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention) Wayne Kramer Pete Townshend (Who) Andy Summers (Police) Nile Rodgers Chuck Berry Roger Miller (Mission Of Burma) Neil Young Lowell George (Little Feat) Sterling Morrison (Velvet Underground) Dick Wagner (Bowie/Alice Cooper) Dave Alvin (Blasters) Kenny Burrell Adrian Belew Pat Travers Pat Metheny Craig Chaquico (Starship) Neal Schon (Journey) John Petrucci (Dream Theater) Carlos Santana Jeff Healey Henry Garza (Los Lonely Boys) Peter Buck (REM) Thurstone Moore (Sonic Youth) Judah Bauer (J. Spencer Blues Explosion) Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Justin Haywood (Moody Blues) Ry Cooder Mike Bloomfield (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) Al Anderson (The Wildweeds, NRBQ) Roger McGuinn (Byrds) Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) Dick Dale Richard Lloyd Leslie West (Mountain) Stevie Ray Vaughn Phil Manzanera Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers) Brian Setzer (Stray Cats) Rick Rizzo (Eleventh Dream Day) Dave Schramm Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) Marty Friedman (Megadeth) Jim Thomas (Mermen) Tommy Bolin (James Gang) Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne) Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Johnny Ramone (Ramones) Sal Baglio (The Stompers) The Edge (U2) George McCann (James Montgomery Band) Joe Walsh Trey Anastasio (Phish) Joe Satriani Robin Trower Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley) Kevin Cadagan (Third Eye Blind) Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) Ben Harper James Taylor Leo Kottke David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) Carl Perkins J Mascis Bert Jansch Joe Perry (Aerosmith) Robbie Krieger (Doors) Steve Howe Jorma Kaukonen Eric Johnson "Buck Dharma" (Blue Oyster Cult) Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) Dave Mason (Traffic) Yngwie Malmsteen Toni Iommi

Movies:

Goodfellas, The Blues Brothers (both, Eddie & The Cruisers (both), Chickflicks.

Television:

Boston Legal, Prison Break, 24, PBS "live" Music Shows.

Books:

Crazy Fingers - Jeff Beck The Encyclopedia of Rock - Tony Russell John Grisham's stuff - (Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker, The Broker, etc...)
awesome flash games site

Heroes:

The main ones are John Lennon, Ted Williams, Denny Crane ;)A few others might be :Muhammad Ali Thomas Edison Tom Brokaw James Taylor Mr. Rogers Isaac Newton Lewis Carrol Andy Rooney General Norman Schwarzkopf Norman Rockwell Pablo Piccaso Paul McCartney Plato Edgar Allen Poe Elvis Mae West Ernest Hemingway Vincent Van Gogh W.C.Fields Robin Williams Walt Disney Walter Cronkite Shakespeare Frank Lloyd Wright Julia Roberts John F. Kennedy, Jr. Terry Bradshaw Gloria Steinem Charles Dickens Thomas Edison Whoopi Goldberg Sigourney Weaver Bill Clinton Dave Letterman Newt Gingrich Jim Carrey Mary Tyler Moore Danny Glover Carol Burnett Paul Harvey Alicia Silverstone Neil Diamond Julia Child George Carlin Valerie Harper John Candy Weird Al Yankovick Marilyn Vos Savant Tom Hanks C. G. Jung William James Henri Mancini Bob Newhart Meryl Streep Benny Goodman Harrison Ford Steve Martin Ronald Regan Dan Aykroyd Susan B. Anthony Arthur Ashe Augustus Caesar Jane Austen William F. Buckley, Jr. Chevy Chase Phil Donahue Peter Jennings Charles Everett Koop C. S. Lewis Roy Rogers Chuck Yeager Jack Nicholson Charlie Brown Oprah Winfrey Paul Newman Pelé Fred Astaire Eddie Murphy Jimmy Conners Michael J. Fox Ross Perot Sean Connery Elizabeth Dole Dick Van Dyke Andy Griffith Peyton Manning Nathaniel Hawthorne Shirley MacLaine Michael Landon John Katz Billy Crystal Carrie Fisher Darth Vader Bill Cosby Bill Gates Bob Dylan Carl Sagan Charles Yeager Colin L. Powell Diana, Princess of Wales Henry A. Kissinger Elvis Presley Madonna Mahatma Gandhi Michael J. Jordan Michele Pfeiffer Doris Day Liberace Elizabeth Taylor Yogi Berra Dan Rather Ervin "Magic" Johnson Michael Jackson John Travolta Tom Cruise Spider Man James Dean Clint Eastwood Ray Charles Jesse Jackson Thomas Jefferson Hank Aaron Mohammad Ali Aristotle Neil Armstrong Lucille Ball Hank Aaron Beethoven Alexander Graham Bell Napoleon George Washington Cleopatra Columbus Dr. Seuss Albert Einstein Eisenhower F Lee Bailey Ben Franklin Sigmund Freud Gandhi Alfred Hitchcock Bob Hope Harry Houdini Martin Luther King John Lennon Leonardo Da Vinci Lewis And Clark Abraham Lincoln Louis Pasteur Marilyn Monroe Mark Twain Willey Mays Michelangelo Miles Davis Mozart
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My Blog

Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter !!! "live"

This is perhaps the only footage ever shot of harmonica genius Little Walter ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TZ7omxqzag It's from 'The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3' DVD. I love th...
Posted by Guitar Guy on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:02:00 PST

Danny Gatton - The Telemaster

One of my colleague's maintains this site, it's unbelievable : http://www.dannygatton.info/
Posted by Guitar Guy on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:24:00 PST

Walkin' Through The Park - Blues

Johnny Winter, Mike Bloomfield (Guitars), Junior Wells (Harp), Buddy Miles (Drums), and looks like Dr John ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeocWhmE5Fo...
Posted by Guitar Guy on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:47:00 PST

Ray Benson - You Don't Know Me "live"

Here is Ray Benson and Asleep At The Wheel doing a "live" version of "You Don't Know Me." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9KVuLRRnUI...
Posted by Guitar Guy on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:39:00 PST

Emily Remler (in memory off)

Recently I met a girl named Sarah Blacker and her performance reminded me of an old friend that left us way to soon. I'm posting this in her memory : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN70YrM9ntw A littl...
Posted by Guitar Guy on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:37:00 PST

Gary Moore (can play that guitar ! )

Gary starts out softly, but then lets it rip... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWp-Mazmf88
Posted by Guitar Guy on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:52:00 PST

A Cool Blues Jam

SRV and brother Jimmy with the ooh soo hot Angela Strehli and Kim Wilson blues jam's don't get much better than this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFNb9UuIjnI...
Posted by Guitar Guy on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:49:00 PST

The Funk Brothers

I just love this band, and Joan sounds good singing this song..."What Becomes of the Broken Hearted ?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OI9moG2eQI...
Posted by Guitar Guy on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:19:00 PST

Scotty Anderson - In The Studio

The old guy can still really tear it up.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPVgqGHCI8o
Posted by Guitar Guy on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:29:00 PST

Ronnie Earl plays the Blues

Local guit-slinger Ronnie Earl grinds his Strat in this "live" performance : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BEZ51vDFwk
Posted by Guitar Guy on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:22:00 PST