| Influences | Beethoven, Wagner, Liszt, Bartok, Mahler, Delius, Brahms, The Beatles & the "British Invasion", Procol Harum, King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant [still the tightest band on the planet], The Moody Blues, Nick Drake,Tim Hardin, Tim Buckley, Bob Dylan, Traffic, Cream, Blind Faith, Free, Rolling Stones, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Graham Bond Organisation, XTC/The Dukes of Sratosphear, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Robin Trower, Paul Kossoff, The Band,The Shankar family, Spirit, Joni Mitchell, Captain Beefheart,The Mandela & "The Toronto Sound", Rhythm & Blues, Keith Jarrett, McCoy Tyner, Modern Jazz Quartet, my mom's Gypsy violin 78's, The Watch [a great new Prog band from Italy], & all the BANDS I HAVE PLAYED IN, RECORDED WITH, OR SHARED A STAGE WITH [ in more or less chronological order ] : SUMAC, RAY ELLIOTT [THEM], BACON FAT, BENJAMIN, ANTHEM, MAX MOUSE & THE GORILLAS, BUZZ THOMPSON, BOBBY WATSON, DENNIS O'TOOLE, PETER CRAGG, LOOSE CHANGE, SAVOY BROWN[UK], LARRY GARNER, PHIL KUMMEL, CATFISH WILLIE, ROBERT ATYEO, THE CHOKLIT SUBWAY, RADIO SATURN, DEWEY MARTIN [BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD], TERRY BLERSH, DEMO CATES, KLAATU, DAVE BINGHAM & THE UGLY DUCKLINGS, EXP, WAYNE O'CONNOR, JIM GILBERT & VOICE [UK], JERICHO'S WALL, KEVIN CARLEY, ReDUCKS, JOE HALL, JIMMY BOWSKILL, THE PALER'S PROJECT [UK] [Procol Harum Tribute CD's]... I CURRENTLY HAVE 7 CD'S TO MY CREDIT, THEY ARE: PROVIDENCE, ZOMBIE LIMBO, LONDON CONNECTIONS, HOLY GHOSTS, DEFYING GRAVITY, WORLD ANTHEM, & MY NEW RELEASE - "RITES OF PASSAGE"...ALSO, GO TO: www.youtube.com/user/bertokia TO SEE THE VIDEO FOR "Look No Further" [ VISUALIZED BY VIDEOGRAPHER S.D.CISCO ] FROM THE WORLD ANTHEM CD... CHECK OUT MY MP3 PLAYER TO HEAR THE TITLE TRACK FROM MY FORTHCOMING 2010 CD "ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE"! FOR INFO ON ORDERING BERTOKIA CD'S, EMAIL ME AT: gbertok@sympatico.ca BEWARE! BERTOKIA MUSIC WILL CARVE DEEP BLUE RIPPLES IN THE TISSUES OF YOUR MIND! ...to be continued I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace) |
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