Lou Carrollo

Bio:

I am a guitarist from New York. I have appeared at The Hard Rock Cafe in NYC, Lucille's at BB Kings in NYC, The Rainbow Room, The Cornelia Street Cafe, The Riverhead Blues Festival, Cedar Beach Blues Festival, Warwick Winery Blues Festival, Cha Cha's in Little Italy, The Mandarin Hotel, and many more. I have also shared the stage with Gary U.S. Bonds, Tony Orlando, Vincent Pastore, Bob Margolin, Arno Hecht, Joey Stann of The Asbury Jukes, Sandy Gennaro, Ivan Bodley, Nicole Hart, Michael Packer, and many more. I was a finalist in the 2005 International Blues Challenge Acoustic Solo/Duo category in Memphis with my bandmate Howlin' Howie Haber. We were there representing the Downstate New York Blues Assn. I currently play with the band Breakaway. We are a 6 piece bluesy rock band who play all original music. I also play with Acoustic Breakaway which is a stripped down version of the band, me & Howlin Howie Haber on guitar, and whoever else feels like joining us. I also work with Killer Joe & The Lido Soul Review,playing old school Blues, Rock, R&B, & Soul, all over Long Island, New York, & New Jersey. In 2004 Breakaway competed in the Long Island Music Festival sponsored by Good Times Magazine and made it to the finals. In the late 70's I studied Jazz Guitar with Joe Carbone, Pete Rogine, and Ray Alexander at Five Towns College. In the early 80's I played with the Jazz Fusion/Progressive Rock band Hot Tips. We played all over Long Island and some of the most memorable gigs were at the legendary club 'My Fathers Place' in Roslyn NY. After that I played with the R&B/Soul band Snapp for a while before moving on to Breakaway. I love playing and writing all styles of music, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Funk, Folk, and some downright Spacey Stuff, and at times dabble in them on my home recorder. I'll be putting samples of my stuff on this site and also on --- www.myspace.com/joyouscouch --- so ya'll come back now! *************************************************************** .. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

Member Since:

September 12, 2006

Members:

SONGS - Hard Truth, Lovers Of The Past, The Place To Be -Breakaway Live Radio Broadcast from The Blues Warehouse / Lou Carrollo - Lead Guitar ,Vocals/ Howlin' Howie Haber - Guitar/ Joe Genosa - Hammond Organ/ Dustin Hickey - Bass/ Al Cannon - Drums ___________ _______Southern Belle,Wrong Turn, Yesterdays Paper, , & Struttin' and Kickin' -Lou Carrollo all instruments . All Songs Written by Lou Carrollo.

Influences:

I'm influenced by anyone I've ever heard, but the main ones are: Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Les Paul, Django Reinhart, Frank Zappa, The Beatles, Louis Armstrong, Charles Mingus, Ravi Shankar, Albert King, Roy Buchanan, Duane Allman, Robert Johnson, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, John McLaughlin, Pat Martino, Joe Pass, Pat Metheny, Blind Willie McTell, Johnny Shines, Mike Bloomfield, Muddy Waters, Earl Hooker, Hubert Sumlin, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Jimmy Rogers, Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker, Ry Cooder, Bob Dylan, The Band, Blind Boy Fuller, Furry Lewis, Carlos Santana, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Tommy Bolin, Mick Taylor, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Richard Thompson, John Fahey, Curtis Mayfield, Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, Stevie Wonder, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Andres Segovia, Uncle Louie Crispini, & Julius Manno.

Record Label:

Unsigned