It's all me; drum programs (sorry Ben!), bass, guitars, all vocals, keys.
Influences
Show tunes from the 40's, The Beatles, my brothers, my mother and father, my sister Rhonda, God rest her soul; everything on the radio from 1965 on played on WLS and WCFL am radio, early FM underground; Nelson Hernandez; "Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones (I remember being about 8 years old listening to it on WLS on a crappy little radio through the front window at my grandparents apartment on the corner of Clark and Wrightwood in Chicago with my sister Rhonda, ca. 1964), it was haunting! Playing in concert band, John Apollo my band instructor; Billie Davidson, my piano teacher when I was 6. Connie Alberello, my music teacher in 1st and 2nd grade who couldn't figure out who was singing harmony to all the little songs she was teaching us! Santana, Clapton, Page, Joe Walsh, Ronny Montrose, Richie Blackmore, and everything in between.
I am currently playing bass and singing back up for "Rex Carroll and The Heal". Be sure to check out the site linked here.
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Studied piano ages 6-9, trumpet and french horn through 7th grade. Being a teenager in the 70's resulted in mind altering experimentation and electric guitars!
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Coming from a musical family has notes and stanzas coursing through my veins.
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I sing, play guitar, bass, keys, mandolin, play slide, write many styles of music, play many styles of music and enjoy MOST styles of music. Some of the stuff out today ain't music.
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My oldest brother is a professional opera tenor, teaching voice instruction as a professor at North Texas University in Denton, TX.
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My next older brother performed in countless bands, sang for nationally syndicated commercials, and sadly passed away from ALS in November of 2007; he was my inspiration and motivation to pursue music as a passion and a profession.
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Unfortunately, I wound up with "a real job" to which I am enslaved for the next 4 to 10 years.
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Somebody discover me and get me working in the studio or on stage full time! I'm the best singing side man and comp musician you've never heard of!
