Pericles Bakalos with contributing musicians. Drummers: Sai Ghose, Nadjim Kebir, Joe Jaworski, Darrel "Max" Maxfield. Bassists: Pat "Paco" Christman, Steve Cardoza, Tony Connor, Hilmar Lehnert, Charlie Recchia.
Horns: Matt "Unkle" Dunkle, David Booth
Influences
In pseudo-random order: Miles Davis, John Paul Jones, Terje Rypdal, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jaco Pastorius, Charnett Moffet, John Mclaughlin, Weather Report, Mike Stern, Fripp/Eno, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mordy Ferber, David Torn, Ivo Papasov, Ted Greene, Frank Sinatra, Anouar Brahem, UMO Jazz Orchestra, Shawn Lane, Jonas Helborg, Fela Kuti, Screaming Headless Torsos, Led Zep, Jimmy Page, Chick Corea, King Crimson, Jimi Hendrix, Wayne Krantz, Eryka Badu, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Chaka Khan, Parliament, James Brown, Commodores, Earth Wind & Fire, Ohio Players, Allan Holdsworth, Jimmy Herring, Paco DeLucia, Taraf De Haidouks, Yiorgos Mangas, Harry Lemonopoulos, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Charlie Parker, Jay McShann, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, John Fahey, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Yes, Dave Douglas, Joe Diorio, Don Mock, John Coltrane, Billy Cobham, Bill Bruford, Jeff Beck, Foko, Steve Gadd, Narada M Walden, Tony Williams, Jack Dejonette, Frank Zappa, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Sharrock, Ahmad Jamal, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Ravel, Arvo Part, Jesus Christ, Hazrat Khan, Mr. B, Archie Bunker & many more folks...
Sounds Like
Non-uniformly weighted & temporally distributed mixture of all influences
Perry remembers watching alot of TV after school when he was a little kid. He beat on pots and pans with wooden spoons...Grew up in East Watertown in the 1970's, used to play in the abandoned BF Goodrich site with his friends, often had milkmoney stolen and lunchbox dumped out, followed by the wedgie grip run into the bushes. As a young boy took violin lessons for several years from his next door neighbor at the time. He remembers practicing from some books with funny names like "Wolfahrt".
Later on as a teenager Perry dropped the Violin and started playing bass guitar through the influence of his older brother. John Paul Jones playing on "The Lemon Song" was a big influence. He heard his brother's Jaco Pastorius solo album and was blown away by the unbelievable finger funk jazz sound of this cat. Used to get into a lot of melees for the pure fun, excitement, and self expression of it all.
Played around Boston as a member of Digney Fignus's post Columbia Records band, Rick Franz Group, Foko, and The Derivatives. Recorded two CD's with Foko's group, available on CDbaby - - http://cdbaby.com/cd/foko2, http://cdbaby.com/cd/foko1 - -
Currently he can be found performing on guitar with the Marty Nestor Group, Smoke N Mirrors, and working on improving/expanding his guitar improvisational skills, writing and recording some tunes, and enjoying his family of six. Perry is always looking to jam/improvise, and is enjoying this life most of the time...why not?
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Hey man. My class is over real soon. Maybe you could come over and check out my studio soon. Me and Emily are no longer moving. That apartment fell through. We made a real nice studio out of the spare bedroom. Seriously, come hang!
Hey Perry---I see we have some common influences. Big John Fahey fan btw. Interesting stuff. Do you have a cd or sumptin'? Did you get a chance to listen to the RC?
Hello, Perry! It's been quite a while! For having forgotten how to speak greek, you're doing very good! I'm really impressed! Ego kala ime. Sinexizume tis proves me ton FOKO yia na kanume merika gigs! And I've just come up with an idea right now! I speak english to you and you speak greek to me! I think it's gonna be really cool practice for both of us! Elpizo na ine ola kala eki!!! Talkin' to ya soon, dude!!!
hey! your new tunes sound great... can't wait to get some of your sounds together with Minds Align sounds. :) looks like we have 5 songs that will realistically be out in demo form in august. will send you tracks ASAP! we miss you so much. take care! ~Becca
I have a new song recorded with Becca and this drummer, Philip Wiseman. We are very excited to send this to you!! Final tracking this weekend stay tuned.
Yo, thanks for the good words, love what I'm hearing here, U B Badass!!!!! Keep up the great work, keep pushin' that envelop and throw down that nasty, ugly, over ripe sweet plantains, drippy funk! all the best. peace WILK
Yeah, you bet, man! After all, you have known him for much much longer than I have! He's truly an artist and an all around fun guy as well. But, I think he's back in Greece for good now! He's told me, though, you are still keeping in touch and he oftens tells me a lot about your collaborations you did. Sounds fun! I must confess you and and Perry(or Max, i don't know who I am talking to of the two of you, anyway :P:P) have done brilliant work on Foko's albums, especially the one named "Confession". I really enjoy the music!
Thanks a lot for your kind words, pal! I'm honoured to be complimented from a musician like you. And lemme tell you something that's gonna definately surprise you, I'm playing with Foko now!!! :):):) He's in my top 6 in my friends list!!
hey perry, i miss playing with you guys already! i hope things are well back in MA and you're still working on that great music of yours. keep in touch! -becca
