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Ted Hoffman

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General Info

  • Genre: Acoustic / Pop / Rock

    Location Kansas City Area, Missouri, US

    Profile Views: 27955

    Last Login: 3/26/2013

    Member Since 5/28/2006

    Record Label Permanent Press

  • Bio

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  • Members

    ..Goodbye Joe, we gotta go, me-o my-o, gonna bore you all to death with my bio..... ..I don’t do HTML, so I don’t know how to make these stupid sentences turn into paragraphs, so they’ll just run on. My name is...uh.. Ted Hoffman (I had to look at the page title). I’ve been playing guitar since I was about 13 or 14. I’m originally from the Washington, D.C./Arlington VA area. Moved to Port Huron, Michigan when I was 12. While at a picnic in Sarnia, Ontario, a friend of my mom’s had a guitar, and I bugged the living crap out of him to show me some chords. I’ve been a junkie ever since... ..I played my first gig in 1975 at a Junior High School Valentine’s Dance, in a band called "Rhode Apple". Naw...we weren’t that bad, and three of the members are still pretty close buddies (the picture is in my slideshow captioned "Band of Brothers"). After the rock and roll crash and disco craze of the late 70s killed rock and roll bar audiences, I schlepped around playing in country bands, polka bands, wedding bands, anything that I could make a buck doing. I played with an all-original northern "southern rock" band called "Yankee Fire" with some other close buds (now calling themselves the "Borough Brothers"), and then met some other folks and went on to play in a house band called "Dumpstreet" at the now-defunct Colony Bar in Port Huron. When that ended on a sour note (as most bands do), a few of us donned spiked dog collars and spandex and became hAiRbAnD GoDz, using the name "Shrapnel". We gigged, uh, like maybe once or twice. After that came a couple of fun projects, RPM for one. RPM had a lot of fun at the Golden Dawn in the summer of 84, but they still hate me for leaving for another soon-to-be defunct band I think was called "Hot Pursuit" or something. Hot Pursuit might have almost been a really fun band. Seems like something else happened but I can’t remember what. I have vague memories of playing the Canterbury in Sarnia and a crazy stunt that almost got the other guitar player a broken leg... ..All during this time, the kids were coming (I’d gotten married). Decided it was time to get a real job...so I went back to school, finished school in Tallahassee, Florida (where I gigged briefly with an oldies band), graduated and moved to Alaska (where I didn’t really gig at all), and then moved here to Kansas City... ..And that’s the TRUTHHHPBPBPBPBPB.....

  • Influences

    Beatles, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Allman Brothers, Johnny Winter, Johnny Cash, Elvis Costello, Todd Rundgren, Philly Soul, Motown, Beach Boys, Byrds, Eagles, The Who...all the great harmony groups and quite a few I'm just hearing now. Old country, Texas Swing, Jazz Fusion, Funk, Basie, Ellington... Good songs!

  • Sounds Like

    A water buffalo during the rutting season. Heck, I dunno. My influences are pretty rangey. We're likely to sound like just about anything.

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  • Leslie DAy



    Hope the year is treating you well

    2 years ago
  • The Discordian Society

    HAIL ERIS !! !!!

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    2 years ago
  • Golden Lounge

    Sending you MUCH LOVE from GOLDEN LOUNGE!!

    3 years ago
  • Entropy

    How you doing, Ted! Hope you having a rockin' good day!

    3 years ago
  • SALAMANDER

    A WARNING ABOUT HAMMERJACKS IN ST. JOSEPH

    If you’ve booked shows at Hammerjacks , you should seek another show for that date. They are unreliable and untrustworthy in terms of business with musical professionals.

    Chad, the owner, sent me an e-mail with less than 6 weeks’ notice saying he might have to cancel our April 3rd show that had been on the books since November. He stated that a national act was coming through town on that date, and then lied to me saying they never booked more than 3 months in advance to avoid these types of situations. Our date had been on the books for almost 6 months, and there are other bands that have dates with Hammerjacks up to and through December of this year. After that, I was not informed about the outcome. I had to dig it up myself on the facebook events database. I have since learned that no national act was coming to town, we were replaced with a “bluesy-rock” band called If You See Kay that is based in St. Jo. I have no doubt that Chad had no intention of letting me know if we were playing or not, and would have allowed us to waste the gas on a trip to St. Jo to find out he’d booked another band.

    Salamander has played twice at Hammerjacks, and done quite well there. We have packed their bar when the weather was most inhospitable. In return, we have been shit on.

    Don’t let this happen to you or your band.

    This is a business. This is how I pay my bills and feed my kids. I would think they would have some respect for others who are just trying to make a living. A canceled show with short notice literally takes money out of my pocket since finding a replacement for that date is nearly impossible.

    In short: Avoid Hammerjacks. Don’t book shows there, don’t drink there, and encourage your friends, fans, and families to spend their money at a more respectful establishment.

    Please pass this note on to any musician or music lover you may know.

    Thanks, and Happy Gigging!!
    Russ Divine
    Salamander

    3 years ago
  • JULIANA MEYER

    Thanks so much for enjoying my music! It gives me great pleasure to invite you to join me on Facebook, Youtube and Twitter where I have loads of fresh videos and news... http://www.facebook.com/julianamusic http://www.youtube.com/julianameyer http://www.twitter.com/julianameyer ...come and say hello! I've been so pleased with the response to my album HUTS, which was selected by Music-News.com as one of their Best Albums of 2008, and I recently won Best Female at the EMAE Awards, so to celebrate I'm offering two of my tracks for you to download for free... I hope you enjoy! love Juliana x

    3 years ago
  • Faber Optimé

    Sorry for not having been in touch awhile - been rather busy!
    Just wanted to say that your valued friendship continues to be appreciated.
    Have you checked out my MySpace and web site (www.faberoptime.com) recently?
    Oh and did you subscribe for my free newsletter (using the form on site at page right - high quality, low quantity, no spam!)?
    You might also like to take a look at some of my vids on my YouTube channel too! www.youtube.com/faberoptime
    Take care and keep in touch.
    Best,
    Faber.
    "Just a guy trying to make the world a better place."

    3 years ago
  • Ronald

    … grüß dich Ted,
    ich wünsche dir ein gesundes neues Jahr!
    Danke für deine Musik!

    I wish you best luck,
    superb Rock n’ Roll and
    good health in the new year 2010!

    Ronald

    3 years ago
  • Kevin Rowe

    hey, just stopping by to say hi - hope you're doing well. I've got my new single 'Dancing On The Kitchen Tiles" on my page at the moment, as well as a couple of new live videos. I'd love to know what you think. Just spreading some love your way - Thanks and enjoy the Christmas season! PS: the song Feel Good, should make you feel good! :o) Kevin

    3 years ago
  • Papa Bear

    VIEW MY BLOG FOR A HOLIDAY MESSAGE
    http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=271417207

    3 years ago
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