Beatles, Motown, BB King, Pink Floyd, Police, Talking Heads, jazz (all of it - Charlie Parker, Dizzie Gillespie, C. Christian, Oscar Moore, Benny Goodman, Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman, Django, Art Tatum, Ella, Billie, Joe Pass Trio, Jaco Pastorius, Red Garland, more), Led Zeppelin, The Cars, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys, David Bromberg, Zappa, most 70's music, TV theme songs, funk, disco, School House Rock & many, many, many more...
Sounds Like
Vocally - BB King meets John Lennon & Taj Mahal. A touch of Wilson Pickett or Waylon Jennings on a good night.
Bass playing: All about Motown, J. Brown, Marley first. Too many influences after that but jazz, funk, rock, disco (yes, I’m not afraid to admit that - them bass lines are NASTY!).
Guitar playing: David Gilmour meets Skunk Baxter, Tuck Andrews, BB King & Eric Clapton.
My music: Sounds like, well...me, a mix of many genres.
Brief history: Born - Saigon, Vietnam January 14, 1971. 3.5 yrs. old, my mother, sister & I fled from the Vietnam War in April, 1974 . Lived in Wells, Maine w/stepfather (Frank Muccio II, Navy soldier), then lived in Harrison, Maine for 9 years. Moved to South Portland at 13 yrs old, then moved to Portland, Maine at 17. Also lived in Madison, Wisconsin & Queens, New York for 6-8 months.
Currently live in Santa Monica, CA with my beautiful wife & 2 cats, Jack & Lickity Split. Also a part-time web designer/graphic artist & nutritionist with Chinese herbal background.
Basic Music History:
Classical piano lessons w/Ruth Diehl, 7 yrs. old for 5 yrs.
Drumset lessons w/jazz greats Bill Timms & Phil Verrill for 5 years, 13-18 yrs. old.
Taught myself guitar at 18, began formal lessons with jazz guitarist Val Mollineux at 20. Studied sight-singing & music theory for years.
Taught myself bass guitar at 22: jazz, Marley, Motown & J. Brown.
1992-95, kept busy as a musician in Portland, Maine, either as drummer, guitarist or solo artist, played in 3 bands (Go Button, The Rhythm Section of Shame & my band, The Off-Beatniks).
1995-1997: Formed Tao Jones, then Medulla Oblongata, switching off on bass & guitar.
1997-2000: Played bass, toured w/jam band Freshly Baked, recorded 3 albums.
2001-Present: Formed own band, Woodshed, later renamed Mother Jones. Play bass for a few bands, currently averaging 120-150 shows yearly.
Current bands I play bass for: Jeremiah Roiko Band, Cowspace, Electrobek, Jon Bare & The Killer Whales, Rich Sheldon (of Rebel Soul Band) & Gypsy.
Previous bands I've played with in LA: 'The Barrel House Boys', 'Act Of Faith', 'Medulla Oblongata', 'Kari Newhouse Trio', ZRave (also Think Tank), '8th & Ocean Street'.
I host, promote & run sound for great jam bands & quality indie musicians from Los Angeles at the end of the month at Brennan's Pub.
Songs above were either recorded with Mother Jones or the band I used to play bass in, Freshly Baked (also singer & co-songwriter with band leader Rand Anderson). I also have a song up from The Jeremiah Roiko Band (myself on bass).
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Hey son, Just listened to "Union" again and man every time I hear something new. You have to tour this train back east. The people here would be blown away by both the shear musicality and the lyric content. Why don't you have a Grammy yet? Missing you and the whole MoJo family. Angus!
Dude, All of a sudden I've been cast back into the neon limelight.. just did a gig @ The Baked Potato (Jerry Cole Memorial).. we will be inviting you to a Kane Cole & The Distractions show soon, will advise.. Yesh Yeah!
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