God, Satan, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Hendrix, Charles Mingus, Frank Zappa, Stravinsky, Ornette Coleman, Amjad Ali Khan, J.S. Bach, Wes Montgomery, Monk, Ravi Shankar, Lakshmi Shankar, Bartok, Captain Beefheart, Wayne Shorter, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Secret Chiefs 3, Kool Keith, Sonny Rollins, Elmore James, Albert King, Bjork, George Benson, in no particular order, Joe Henderson, Mark Ribot, Eric Dolphy, Buddy Guy, Andrew Hill, Elvin Jones, Fela Kuti, Jeff Beck, Robert Johnson, Billie Holiday, Julian Bream, various other artists, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Radiohead, Faxed Head, Primus, Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Django, Bill Frisell, Roy Buchanan, James Brown, Grant Green, Prince, Nels Cline, Ween, Mr. Bungle, Your Mom, did i mention ODB?
Abraham was raised in the suburban wastelands of post-industrial Pittsburgh, PA. After several failed ventures involving WD-40, bic lighters and transformers, he became interested in organizing chunks of sound on the electric guitar as a result of listening to rock music during his early morning paper route. Later he was seduced by the forward-leaning jazz of Miles, Coltrane, Ornette and Mingus. Temporarily derailed by a biology degree and some dreary research jobs involving weight-lifting rats, he got wise and embraced the music world again, moving to California and leaving the rats behind. Sought for his "tasty licks", stylistic versatility, and patented geriatric appeal, Abraham has become a valuable session player in the Bay Area, performing and touring with the Mitch Marcus Quintet, Spaceblaster, Aphrodesia, Mads Tolling, Stanley, Low-Volume Restaurant Situation, Random Combinations and Derivations Thereof, and 60's rock-icon Donovan.
Happy New Year! Hope you are staying warm over there on the cold coast. If you are free Thursday Jan. 8th, come sit in Eric Vogler is playing guitar for me...duo at Rite spot cafe on 17th st at folsom. 8pm Betty Carter and CArmen McCrae lesser known tunes.
sorry i couldn't pick u up, my eyelids wouldn't stay open as it goes when i have to get up at 630 am five days a week. miss you lets get together soon!
