CURRENTLY:matthew, jason
..... people who have played in natural bridges at certain times include: john zeigler, jack saturn, jason cirimele, melissa underwood, sean mccormick, nate ashley, brian wright, jake anderson, jody goldman, grant hall, joel hatmaker, patrick byrne, javier morales, ryan bousquet, dain marx, kyle field, tony and kimberly paglia, missy kulik, matthew grove, travis hallenbeck, kelvin faircourt. in the future, i expect many more folks to be involved in this little circus!
Influences
neil young, stevie wonder, curtis mayfield, sly stone, bjork, lee "scratch" perry, nina simone, donovan, traffic, george clinton, larry coryell's "coryell" album, roberta flack, donny hathaway, boo, IPA, wax poetics, record stores....
Sounds Like
a daydream involving curtis mayfield and neil young singing in the fog together on the california coast....
originally from the opaque town of concord, nestled in the eastern san francisco bay area of california. i have also lived in the magical little town of athens, georgia, and the equally magical santa cruz, california. it is here in santa cruz where natural bridges was born, essentially. even tho i didn't live there anymore, i felt fully connected to the energy of natural bridges state beach and park. everytime i was there i got caught up in the simple, pure awesomeness of it. it made me look at my life and see that unspoken connections are everywhere, hence "natural bridges" is my attempt to make connections with people and places and bring about some sort of feeling of extended family between people who might not have even met.
I would love to do a collab sometime...and thanks for liking my 'choon! I'm working hard on some new stuff...some stank Funk!
If you ever want/need Rhodes maint. tips I know some stuff, after care and feeding of mine for the past 10 years.
Also - your equipment is dope!! Is that organ a Hammond L-series or something? I dig that RadioShack Moog! Here's most of my stuff: http://www.mootbooxle.com/picstudio.html
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