and away we go......Jerry Lee Lewis, James Brown, wilco, Miles Davis, Big Star, Jimmy Smith, Keith Jarrett, Crowded House, Squeeze, Van Morrison, Brad Mehldau, Todd Rundgren, Stax Soul, Al Green, Sly Stone, Tom Petty, The Band, The Beach Boys, Shawn Colvin, The Zombies, Fountains of Wayne, NRBQ, Shelby Lynne, Debussy,Bach, Rachmaninov, Astor Piazzolla, George Jones, Little Feat, Charlie Rich, the late great Ray Charles, Elvis Costello, Freddy King, Otis Spann, Steve Winwood, Aretha Franklin-her Amazing Grace double album is my idea of The Liturgy, Los Lobos, Burt Bacharach and Booker T. and the MG's. it's gotta have Soul..White, Black, Latino, Chick, Dude, Philly, Kentucky..I give it up for Artists that give it up.
I'm a NYC-based musician (keyboards, vocalist, & songwriter) who is a longtime member of the legendary Soul/Rock band, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes. I have, as a touring band member, recently finished the Bon Jovi Have A Nice Day World Tour and can often be seen performing with Jon Bon Jovi's acoustic gigs as well. Once in a while, I'll sub for Paul Shaffer on the Late Show w/ David Letterman.
I'm originally from Lima, Ohio, and arrived in NYC in the mid-Nineties. Since then, I have hit the Downtown scene with Chocolate Genius, toured and recorded with the Folk/Pop artist Dar Williams, played the Blues with guitarist G.E. Smith, written and arranged music for television, advertising, Broadway, award shows, and real life recording artists....and about 1,500 cool and not-so-cool gigs in between all of that other nonsense.
Recorded in 1998, "No River" is my lone CD available at the moment. Over the last couple years, I have been recording another collection (or two) of originals. The more recent stuff falls into piano-driven, Crowded House/Squeeze meets Bacharach territory. I'm using pianos, guitars, string, horns, picked basses, vibes, tympanis, and even real loud drums at times. A couple of the songs (from both collections) are available for your listening pleasure on this page.
Through blind luck, a bit of hard work, and the affliction known as Curiosity, I have managed to meet my heroes, share grand (some not-so-grand) stages with many of them, and see the world thanks to Music. This Trip has gone so much further than I could have ever hoped for...and it ain't over by a mile.....
....Currently, performing in NYC with my own music series called kazeedigs..a series of shows dedicated to playing the music that lives in Heavy Rotation on my iPod, turntable, and 8 track player.......check out myspace.com/kazeedigs for more kazeedigs stuff.
I had NO idea that you were playing w/SSJ! Awesome! I love your solo work too. A bunch of your old MSU comrades are hanging out on Facebook, too. Check it out.
:( Really missed you here in Europe during the Bon Jovi tour Jeff!!! Please come back with them next tour!!! Just tell jbj that the balance is alllll out of order!!! 4 guitar players and only 1 keyboardplayer!!! Defenitely need 2 keyboardplayers!!! Sigh still hoping to hear you and David playing Great Balls of Fire one day!!
Happy Birthday Jeff ! Sat right in front of the Hamond 3 with Benny and the wives and friends at Hampton but thought better about bothering you. Great show as usual - thanks for the high energy show and the sound from that box is awsome!
Hey Jeff- Hope all is well. We got a good laugh yesterday remembering the jalapeno poppers incident- lol. Bet you remember that!! ;) See ya 2morrow nite!
I'm so tired, what am I still doing online. What a great trip it was to Norway and what a beautiful place! Hope you got to see something of the area. See you soon! Karin
Wish you and the guys a great time this weekend in norway!! I would love to see you there, but no chance to get friday off from the office :-( But see you this summer in jersey again! We already started making plans and will book our flights soon! Enjoy Bergen, the area must be wonderful! Greetings from Germany, Andrea
Looks like 2008 is gonna be a good European year. Norway in May and a European tour in October. I heard the Bergen area in Norway is very beautiful, so I'm afraid I have to go there :-) There's always an excuse!
includes a wrap-up of the Feb.27th Greats Of The 88's show in addition to announcing the latest kazeedigs show, slated for May 8th....Soulsville, NYC: Stax Rides The Subway.
Checking in too look at your agenda!! :( Your not going to be touring with Bon Jovi in Europe. Going to miss 2 keyboards for sure!! I was spoiled during the handtour that's for sure!
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