The Solo Material Features - ALIII on Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys, Drum Sequencing/Sampling, Some Horn Arrangements, Production/Engineering, and Your Mom. JEREMY & DUSTY SIMMONS - Bass and Drums (respectively), Vocals, Keys, Production/Engineering, and Overall Positive Direction. Jason Campbell - guitar on/and select nuggets of joyous musical ambiance. Sam Savage - Trombone and "The Funniest Freaking Bastard You Ever Want To Meet."
I would also like to thank, recognize, and appreciate all of the following - with which I have somehow directly or indirectly collaborated and been influenced by over the years.
Nate Brown - Liquid Keyboard Phenomenon and Captain Studley "Brown is gonna be back soon or I'm going to pee on you", All of the other Cats in "Brown" and "The Sam Savage Funk Band" - Lance, Scotty, Jeff-X, Mark, etc.... DJ Williams and his whole crew (Todd, Brian, Gorden, Dusty and Mark again - whores!) All of the cats in Devil's Workshop, Modern Groove Sydicate, Special Ed and the Shortbus, Cary Street Cafe and the Old School Days including Brown Sabbath and THC, Alchemy (Clay, Kenny, Kevin, Chris and Bomb Pop - I was such a jerkwad - Sorry!), Brownhouse Productionz (Trey Younce - we will create magic again my brother, V, D, John, and Chris) Mikey P, Brian Nelson, Nate G., Scott Lewis, John Moosa, my job at Independence for understanding - Blah Blah Blah
Influences
John Scofield, Beck, David Gilmore, Jimi H. and P., Fishbone, Weapon of Choice, The Chilli Peppers, 311, The Beastie Boys, all of the cheesy/cool shyot from the 80s, I do not want to continue to type........ I will show you my boobies for some acceptance....
Sounds Like
Funkadelic meets, U2, meets Steely Dan, with David Gilmore and John Scofield on guitar and DeAngelo on vocals....
Playing with Moossa and Gray-v now - check www.moossa.com for date cause my calendar is probably not as up to date as it should be - The Gray-V website is in the works and should be available soonly- Anyways, here be some generals info. Moossa - Wow we played at Floydfest last year - Tada - ...........................................................................................................
Moossa has generated movie
interest and is featured in the Canadian indie film "The
Zero Sum". Moossa's song "Dragon's Den" from the album
"Get Away" was selected by director Raphael Assaf (I Am My
Father) to be a prominent song in the feature film. The move
stars Ewen Bremner (Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor,
Trainspotting), Sarah Strange (White Noise, Jack, Little
Women) and David Richmond-Peck (Fantastic Four, Into the West).
Via raw talent, effective marketing, realistic perspective, and persistance; this alliance is way beyond trying to be "Rockstars" and play music for a much more meaningful purpose. ............................................................
I have also played with the bands Savage and Brown led by bandleaders Sam Savage and Nate Brown respectfully. These bands also showcase incredible songwriting/arrangments and talant as well. I can only say that I am really lucky to have been involved with each of these projects and they all represent something unique and believable.
........................ The material that you hear are works in progress for my upcoming solo album to be released sometime in 2017. All of the material is original and recorded in home based studios run by Low Blow Music. The studios are run and owned by Dusty-Ray Simmons, Jeremy Simmons, and myself - and guess what; I play with myself in Gray-V with these two bastards. All 3 of us have profiles that you can link to if you look very very hard.
As far as my material, think Funkadelic meets, U2, meets Steely Dan, with David Gilmore and John Scofield on guitar and DeAngelo on vocals.... and that may give you an idea. I am performing about 83.4% of what you hear - Any live drums you hear are my man Dusty-Ray Simmonsor Scott Lewis, Jeremy Simmons is on Bass on a couple tracks, and them bytches are sangin some 2 - layered in there real nice and sexy. My brothers Sam Savage and Reggie Pace (Tromboners), Kevin Simpson (Tenor Sax), and Scott Frock & Mark Ingrahm (Trumpet Doods); can also be heard ....................................
Without my Grandfather's existence I wouldn't even be, or matter. Without my wife (Gina)'s support and "almost eternal" patience, I wouldn't be able to be myself and enjoy this crazy-ass rollercoaster. And without all of the absolutely wonderful musicians and friends that have surrounded me in my life; My Wad would not be so bulbous and shiny. Thank-You-All Damnit!
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The first thing Crystal said was "Why wasn't Gina driving, she wasn't even drinking"!! I'm glad to hear you didn't get popped for it. That would have sucked. We'll get up soon.
Yeah man, it's true...although I will be traveling a lot...and working mainly in the D.C. area I will be back within a few days! Talk about the phunk, yo toes gots it!
So what's the secret? How do you play with a lit cig dangling from your mouth for 20 minutes? Fake eye? Tell us your secret so we don't keep burning our headstocks ;)
Shabazz.... Always keepin it fresh my brotha. The new Down is certainly no exception.. I'm about to wrap up about a month of shows in Canada, I shared the Funk with the masses during my rig check today, sounds clean at 110 db... Miss ya bro.
