my dear friends: Ainjel Emme, Billy Harvey, Chris Gebhard, Cory Glaeser, Sam Lippman, Bob Schneider, Darin Murphy, Tony Scalzo, David Hess, Matt the electrician, Kevin McKinney, the great music: The Beatles, Elliot Smith, Neil Young, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Leslie Feist, Broken Social Scene, Metric, John Vanderslice, Wilco, Weezer, Hot Chip, The Brazillian Girls, Ben Folds, Erykah Badu, Beck, Oasis, The Ravonettes, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Jurrasic 5, Duke Ellington, Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Red Garland, Mark Mothersbaugh, Jon Brion, Badfinger, Thin Lizzy, Jimi Hendrix, Randy Rhodes, Stevie Wonder, Sly Stone, James Brown, Damone, the Shins, The Everly Brothers, The cinema: Orson Wells, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Marlon Brando, Audrey Hepburn, Anna Karina, Bridget Bardot, Ingrid Bergman, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Portman, Bill Murray, Gene Hackman, Fellini, Werner Herzog, Jean Luc Goddard, Sasha Baron Cohen, Wes Anderson, Alfred Hitchcock, The Cohen Brothers, Kyoshiro, Akira Kurosawa, books: Anthony Bourdain, Graham Greene, Nabokov, Capote, Nick Hornby, Hesse...
Tony Scalzo at The Continental Club 2003
this is where i put my demos for songs i write.
i'm trying to write alot, so they will change often.
some will be "thowaways," some wil be "gems," some will be "pure gold"!
Ok here's a quick bio: there was my birth which took place in san antonio where there was high school, musicals, a gig playing shamu, and much playing of music. then there was houston, shepherd school of music at rice university (and some beethoven), tennis and swimming, some plays, more playing music, and friends. then there was a glorious move to austin, playing music, lots of bicycles, a few years of road life with semi-famous bands (like the so and sos and the what have yous and those other guys), and some minor abuse of drugs and alcohol. then there was the aquisition of a beautiful 1962 fender bass (a deep, spirtitually significant moment) and alot of teaching, a lot of playing music with great inspiring people, and a lot less drugs and alchohol (whew! that's good). then there was a fiancee, then no fiancee (oh well). then there came a good computer (a mac of course), more music, a collection of guitars (sweet!), a drumset, more songs(yay!), more road life, some gigs in large arenas (sweet!) and now, well...more to come...
Dropping by to wish you the best day ever and tomorrow do the same. If you have the means please give a couple of dollars to charity. Be it to fight Diabetes, Asthma, Cancer, Hunger, AIDS, or any other cause that touches your heart. I know of no better feeling than what you feel when you make another person’s day a little better. Bill
Word up Johnny! Merry Christmas and beer and stuff! It's John from Soul Turtle... way back in '94. MuscleMouth performing "Hot Pants Road" with Cousin Junebug at Tangier in LA on Saturday 12/13/08.
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