The Byrds, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, The Velvet Underground, Sonny Sharrock, Gabor Szabo, Peter Green, Roscoe Holcomb, R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, Bill Frisell, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ted Greene, 13th Floor Elevators, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Ali Farka Toure, Link Wray, Ali Akbar Khan, Ravi Shankar, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, Doc Watson, Clarence White, Sun Ra, Elvin Jones, Ennio Morricone
Sounds Like
All of the above placed in a blender and set to pulverize.
I play guitar, electric bass, percussion, and harmonica. I also mess around with classic electronic composition (keyboardless synthesizer and musique concrete) using soft synths, found sounds, and looping software. My musical interests include rock, blues, jazz, traditional country, old-time music, bluegrass, classical, electronic music, and world music, and all of it has filtered into my playing. Between 1967 and 1971 I played guitar in Wydsyth, a rock band from Camden, New Jersey. More recently, I played with Devidasa and Moons of Jupiter, both from Rome, Georgia, as well as the World Groove Ensemble and assorted combinations of local jazz musicians. I'm currently playing with Jon Carleton in the Dilbert Brothers. We are doing classic tunes of the past 100 years or so; tunes by Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin, Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, The Byrds, The Beatles, surf classics, jazz, bluegrass, old time, rock and roll, country, etc. Brothers Jim and Robert play in Haiku Rider (formerly Substance D), from Delran, New Jersey.
New CD: RIPE - THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS' highly anticipated sophomore release, produced by Bil VornDick (Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley) for Pinecastle Records, featuring the #1 single "Down on The Crooked Road."
New CD: RIPE - THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS' highly anticipated sophomore release, produced by Bil VornDick (Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley) for Pinecastle Records, featuring the #1 single "Down on The Crooked Road."
Thanks for getting in touch, John, and I'll be playing at Schroeder's in Rome on Saturday, May 16th. And by the way, I really enjoyed listening to your music -- it's great!
