[Though cQ's oldest recorded material (not as a ghost-writer) was cQ fronting bands, most of the new material is ALL cQ. Actually, cQ can and has created a 1,000 songs, more than 100 songs in one year, solo. Even so, since collaborating with gifted composers (especially skilled, versatile guitarists) provides the opportunity to co-create things that might not otherwise occur, it is encouraged; but only via trusted friends and professionals. Most of cQ's work is done alone at home, in-house, and on the road. Professional studios, session players and tour band members are only utilized as needed, available and affordable.]
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POETRY BOOKS: 1. OVID 'METAMORPHOSIS' (8); 2. (Various authors) 'Man'yoshu - "Collection Of Ten Thousand Leaves"' (600-759); 3. William Shakespeare 'Sonnets' (1609); 4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 'Faust' (Parts 1 and 2) (1806, 1828-29, 1832); 5. Edgar Alan Poe 'Complete Poetical Works' (1845); 6. Walt Whitman 'Leaves Of Grass' (1855); 7. Khalil Gibran 'The Prophet' (1923); 8. Dylan Thomas 'Selected Poems 1934-52' (1953); 9. A. S. Kline: 'Perspectives' (1999), 'From The Mountain' (2001), 'Looking Back At Earth' (2001), 'Nature And Spirit' (2001), 'The Presence Of Light' (2003), 'Singing In The Real World' (2003), 'Values' (2004), 'The Gate Of Grass' (2005), and 'No Roots Except Air' (2006); and 10. Larry Jaffe 'Unprotected Poetry' (2006).
LITERARY FICTION: 1. William Shakespeare 'The Complete Works' (1590-1610);2. LEWIS CARROLL 'ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND' (1865) and 'THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS' (1872); 3. Bram Stoker 'Dracula' (1897); 4. Edgar Rice Burroughs 'The Pellucidar' series (1914-63); 5. J. R. R. Tolkien "Tales of Middle Earth" books: ''The Hobbit' (1937), 'The Lord Of The Rings' - (book 1) "The Fellowship Of The Ring" (1954), "The Two Towers" (1954) and "The Return Of The King" (1955); plus 'The Adventures Of Tom Bombadil' (1962) and 'Silmarillion' (1977); 6. A. E. van Vogt 'The World Of Null-A' (1948); 7. E. E. "Doc" Smith 'The Lensman' series (1948-54); 8. RAY BRADBURY 'THE ILLUSTRATED MAN' (1951); 9. Jack Vance 'The Demon Princes' quintology - (book 1) 'Star King' (1964), (book 2) 'The Killing Machine' (1964), (book 3) 'The Palace Of Love' (1967), (book 4) 'The Face' (1979), and (book 5) 'The Book Of Dreams' (1982); 10. Daniel Keyes 'Flowers For Algernon' (1966); 11. Douglas Adams 'The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' - (book 1) "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" (1979), "The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe" (1980), "Life, The Universe And Everything" (1982), "So Long And Thanks For All The Fish" (1984) and "Mostly Harmless" (1992).
SONGS: 1. "SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW" (Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg) (1939); 2. "When You Wish Upon A Star" (Ned Washington & Leigh Harline) (1940); 3. "THE SHADOW OF YOU SMILE" (Paul Francis & Johnny Mandel) (1965); 4. On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" (Alan Jay Lerner & Burton Lane) (1965); 5. "Sequin" (Chris Arters) (1986); 6. "HEARTBEAT" (Adrian Belew) (1990); 7. "Reason To Live" (Michael Duff) (2000); and 8. "Can I Be A Star?" (
Johan Nilsson & Jens Henriksson).
RECORDED SONGS (STUDIO): 1. Judy Garland "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" (1939); 2. Cliff Edwards "When You Wish Upon A Star" (1940); 3. Howlin' Wolf "Evil" (1955); 4. Little Richard "Long Tall Sally" (1956); 5. Elvis Presley "Hound Dog" (1956); 6. Elvis Presley "Love Me Tender" (1956); 7. Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls Of Fire" (1957); 8. Peggy Lee "Fever" (1958); 9. Little Richard "Good Golly Miss Molly" (1958); 10. The Coasters "Poison Ivy" (1959); 11. The Beatles "I Saw Her Standing There" (1963); 12. The Kinks "You Really Got Me" (1964); 13. The Rolling Stones "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1964); 14. The Zombies "She's Not There" (1964); 15. Bob Dylan "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" (1965); 16. Tony Bennett "The Shadow Of Your Smile" (1965); 17. The Beatles "A Day In The Life" (1967); 18. Buffalo Springfield "For What Its Worth" (1967); 19. Cream "Sunshine Of Your Love" (1967); 20. The Moody Blues "Nights In White Satin" (1967); 21. The Jimi Hendrix Experience "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (1968); 22. The Beatles "Come Together" (1969); 23. Donovan (with the Jeff Beck Group) "Barabajagal" (1969); 24. Derek & The Dominos "Layla" (1970); 25. Tim Buckley "Anonymous Proposition" (1970); 26.David Bowie "Life On Mars?" (1971); 27. Jethro Tull "Locomotive Breath" (1971); 28. Led Zeppelin "Stairway To Heaven" (1971); 29. The Who "I Can See For Miles" (1971); 30. Randy Newman "Political Science" (1972); 31. Elton John "Funeral For A Friend/ Love Lies Bleeding" (1973); 32. Pink Floyd "Money" (1973); 33. Steely Dan "Bottisatva" (1973); 34. Robin Trower "Bridge Of Sighs" (1974); 35. Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975); 36. Queen "We Are The Champions/ We Will Rock You" (1977); 37. The Doobie Brothers "What A Fool Believes" (1978); 38. Queen with David Bowie "Under Pressure" (1981); 39. King Crimson "Heartbeat" (1982); 40. Peter Gabriel "San Jacinto" (1982); 41. Don Henley "Sunset Grill" (1984); 42. Anita Baker "Sweet Love" (1986); 43. Guns 'N Roses "Welcome To The Jungle" (1987); 44. DANNY ELFMAN "EVERYBODY NEEDS" (1988); 45. U2 "Bullet The Blue Sky" (1987); 46. Aerosmith "Janie's Got A Gun" (1989); 47. King's X "Summerland" (1989); 48. Adrian Belew "Heartbeat" (1990); 49. Sting "Heavy Cloud, No Rain" (1993); 50. JEFF BUCKLEY "GRACE" (1994); 51. MIDNIGHT OIL "CONCRETE" (1998); 52. Chalk FarM "Reason To Live" (2000); 53. Kevin Gilbert "Suit Fugue (Dance Of the A&R Men)" (2000); 54. Dan Tyminski "Man Of Constant Sorrow" (2000); 55. Porcupine Tree "Sound Of Musak" (2002); 56. Johnny Cash "Hurt" (2003); 57. Burnshee Thornside "Can I Be A Star?" (2004); 58. The Vines "Ride" (2004); 59. Dallas Frasca & Her Gentlemen "Learn Your Routes" (2007); 60. Sick Puppies "Deliverance" (2007).
RECORDED SONGS (LIVE): 1. Yes "Roundabout" (1971); 2. Emerson Lake & Palmer "Karn Evil 9" (1973); 3. Aerosmith "Back In The Saddle" (1977); 4. Jethro Tull "Too Old To Rock and Roll" (1984); 5. Queen (with David Bowie) "Under Pressure" (1986); and 6. Guns N' Roses "Welcome To The Jungle" (1987).
RECORDED SONGS (MUSICAL/COMEDY): 1. The Producers "Springtime For Hitler" (1968); 2. The Rocky Horror Picture Show "Time Warp" (1975); and 3. Monty Python Sings "Money Song" (1989).
RECORDED INSTRUMENTALS (STUDIO): 1. MOZART: "SERENADE NO. 13 (EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK)" (Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Conductor: Herbert Kraus; Performers: Vienna Mozart Ensemble); 2. Kimara Sajn "Dreaming The Universe"; and 3. Mike Gribkoff "The Journey".
RECORDED SYMPHONY: "LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (THE RITE OF SPRING)" (COMPOSER: IGOR STRAVINSKY; CONDUCTOR: IGOR STRAVINSKY; PERFORMERS: THE COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA).
RECORDED SYMPHONY WITH CHORALE (LIVE): "Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125" (Composer: Ludwig von Beethoven; Conductor: Nikolaus Hardoncourt; Performers: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Birgit Remmert, Robert Holl, Charlotte Margiono, and Rudolf Schasching.)
RECORDED ALBUMS (STUDIO): 1. Little Richard 'Here's Little Richard' (1957); 2. Howlin' Wolf 'Howlin' Wolf' (* = "the Rocking Chair album") (1962); 3. Bob Dylan 'Bringing It All Back Home' (1965); 4. The Beatles 'Revolver' (1966); 5. (Frank Zappa's) The Mothers Of Invention 'Freak Out!' (1966); 6. The Beatles 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (1967); 7. Cream 'Disraeli Gears' (1967); 8. Donovan 'A Gift From A Flower To A Garden' (1967); 9. The Doors 'The Doors' (1967); 10. The Jimi Hendrix Experience 'Axis: Bold As Love' (1968); 11. Tim Buckley 'Lorca' (1970); 12. David Bowie 'Hunky Dory' (1971); 13. Led Zeppelin 'Zoso' (1971); 14. Nilsson 'Schmilson' (1971); 15. The Who 'Who's Next' (1971); 16. Jethro Tull 'Thick As A Brick' (1972); 17. PINK FLOYD 'THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON' (1973); 18. Robin Trower 'Bridge Of Sighs' (1974); 19. Queen 'A Night At The Opera' (1975); 20. Steely Dan 'Aja' (1977); 21. The Doobie Brothers 'Minute By Minute' (1978); 22. Peter Gabriel 'Security' (1982); 23. The Police 'Synchronicity' (1983); 24. Don Henley 'Building The Perfect Beast' (1984); 25. U2 'Joshua Tree' (1987); 26. King's X 'Gretchen Goes To Nebraska' (1989); 27. Sting 'Ten Summoner's Tales' (1993); 28. Jeff Buckley 'Grace' (1994); 29. Chalk FarM 'notwithstanding' (1996); 30. Midnight Oil 'Redneck Wonderful' (1998); 31. Kevin Gilbert 'The Shaming Of The True' (2000); 32. Burnshee Thornside 'The Art Of Not Blending In' (2003); 33. The Beatles 'Love!' (2006); and 34. Sick Puppies 'Dressed Up As Life' (2007).
RECORDED ALBUM (LIVE): 1. Judy Garland 'Judy At Carnegie Hall' (1961); 2. Frank Zappa 'The Mothers: Fillmore East - June 1971' (1971); 3. Yes 'Yessongs' (1973); 4. Emerson Lake & Palmer 'We Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends' (1974); and 5. QUEEN 'LIVE AT WEMBLEY '86' (1986).
MUSIC VIDEOs: 1. Little Richard "Lucille" (1957); 2. The Beatles "I Am The Walrus" (songwriters - John Lennon and Paul McCartney; producer - George Martin; video director - George Harrison and Bernard Knowles) (1967); 3. Robert Palmer "Addicted To Love" (songwriter - Robert Palmer; record producer - Bernard Edwards; video director - Terrence Donovan) (1985); 4. Jeff Buckley "Grace" (songwriters - Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas; record producer - Jeff Buckley & Andy Wallace; video director - Nyla Bialek Adams & Laurie Trombley) (1994); 5. JOHNNY CASH "HURT" (songwriter - Trent Reznor; record producer - Rick Rubin; video director - Mark Romanek) (2003); and 6. Sick Puppies "All The Same" (the "Free Hugs" video) (2007).
MUSIC VIDEO (LIVE): 1. HOWLIN WOLF "EVIL" (1959); 2. ELVIS PRESLEY "JAILHOUSE ROCK" (1968); and 3. QUEEN (w/ DAVID BOWIE) "UNDER PRESSURE" (1985).
MUSIC VIDEO (excerpted from a film): 1. "SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER" (1968); and 2. Inva Mulla Tchako "Lucia Di Lammermoor/The Diva Dance" (1997).
MUSIC VIDEO (Animated) Animusic 1 & 2.
RECORDED CONCERT: 1. The Band "The Last Waltz" (1978); 2. David Bowie "Nassau Colieseum, Uniondale, NY, March 23, 1976"; 3. Jethro Tull "Hammersmith Odeon, London, September 8, 1984"; 4. QUEEN 'LIVE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM' (1985); and 5. (Eric Clapton, Anoushka Shankar, and Various Artists) "Concert For George" (2003).
FILM THEME SONG: 1. JUDY GARLAND "SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW" ('The Wizard Of Oz' 1939); 2. Cliff Edwards "When You Wish Upon A Star" ('Pinocchio' 1940); 3. TONY BENNETT "THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE" ('The Sandpiper' 1962); 4. (The Producers cast) "Sprintime For Hitler" ('The Producers' 1968); 5. Oingo Boingo "Weird Science" (1985); 6. Aerosmith "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" ('Armegeddon' 1998); 7. Dan Tyminski (as the Soggy Bottom Boys) "Man Of Constant Sorrow" ('O, Brother, Where Art Thou?' 2000); and 8. Annie Lennox "Into The West" ('The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King' 2003).
FILM SCORE: Howard Shore 'The Lord Of The Rings' (1, 2 & 3) (2001-03).
FILM SOUNDTRACK (Animation): Frank Churchill/Larry Morey 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' (1937); (Musical): E.Y. "Yip" Harburg/Harold Arlen 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939); (Innovative): Louis Barron/Bebe Barron 'Forbidden Planet' (1956); (Comedy): The Beatles 'A Hard Day's Night' (1963); (Drama): Vangelis 'Blade Runner' (1982); (Various Artists): 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' (2000).
TELEVISION THEME SONG: Henry Mancini's "Peter Gun" ('Peter Gun' 1958-61); and Joss Whedon's "Ballad Of Serenity" as performed by Sonny Rhodes ('Firefly' 2002).
TELEVISION THEME(S) & SCORE(S): DOMINIC FRONTIERE 'THE OUTER LIMITS' (1963-65) (all of Frontiere's works for the series - especially "The Man Who Was Never Born" and "The Hundred Days Of The Dragon" suites).
CHRISTMAS RECORD(s): 1. Bing Crosby "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) and 2. Judy Garland "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane).
FILMS: 1. 'Robin Hood' (1922); 2. 'The Thief Of Bagdad' (1924); 3. 'The General' (1927); 4. 'There It Is' (1928); 5. 'The Music Box' (1932); 6. 'Snow White And The Seven Dwarves' (1937); 7. 'The Adventures Of Robin Hood' (1938); 8. 'The Wizard Of Oz' (1939); 9. 'CITIZEN KANE' (1941); 10. 'Casablanca' (1943); 11. 'ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE' (1946); 12. 'Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein' (1948); 13. 'Forbidden Planet' (1956); 14. 'INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS' (1956); 15. 'The Birds' (1963); 16. 'The Producers (1968); 17. 'Soylent Green' (1973); 18. 'Alien' (1979); 19. 'BLADE RUNNER' (1982); 20. Legend (1985); 21. 'They Live' (1988); 22. 'Nuns On The Run' (1990); 23. 'The Witches' (1990); 24. 'Jurassic Park' (1993); 25. 'Stargate' (1994); 26. 'ARMAGGEDON' (1998); 27. 'Gladiator' (2000); 28. A Knight's Tale (2001); 29. 'The Lord Of The Rings' (Parts 1-3) (2001-03); 30. 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' (Parts 1-3) (2003-2007); and 31. 'Serenity' (2005).
RADIO PROGRAM: 1. ORSON WELLS' THE MERCURY THEATRE ON THE AIR 'H. G. WELLS' WAR OF THE WORLDS' (1938) (with Music by Bernard Herrmann); and 2. Richard Burton's BBC Broadcast 'Dylan Thomas' Under Milkwood' (1953).
TELEVISION, CARTOONS: 1. 'The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show' (1959-1973); and 2. 'Eek! The Cat' (1992-1997).
TELEVISION, EPISODIC: 1. 'The Twilight Zone' (1959-64); 2. 'THE OUTER LIMITS' (1963-65); 3. 'The Fugitive' (1963-67); 4. 'Doctor Who' (1963-89, 2005-__); 5. 'Star Trek' (1966-69); 6. 'The Black Adder' (1983, 1986-89, 1999); 7. 'Babylon 5' (1994-98); 8. 'THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN' (1996-2001); 9. 'FARSCAPE' (1999-2003); 10. 'FIREFLY' (2002); and 11. 'My Name Is Earl' (2005-__).
CARTOONS/ANIMATION FILMS: 1. Walt Disney's 'Mickey Mouse' film shorts (1928-53); 2. Walt Disney's 'Snow White & The Seven Dwarves' (1937); 3. Walt Disney's 'Beauty & The Beast' (1991); 4. Pixar's 'Finding Nemo' (2003); 5. PIXAR's 'THE INCREDIBLES' (2004).
COMEDY SKETCH (Stage, Film, Radio, TV): ABBOTT & COSTELLO "WHO'S ON FIRST?" (A comedy sketch derived from OLD timeless burlesque sketches like "The Baker's Shop" and "Who Died?" in the US and Will Hay's "Schoolmaster" UK vaudeville sketch, "Who's On First?" was scripted for Abbott & Costello in the '30s by Michael J. Musto and later fine-honed for them by The Kate Smith Hour's writer, Will Glickman; and by 1944 Abbott & Costello had copyrighted the sketch. It appeared in their films, like 'One Night In The Tropics' (1940) and 'The Naughty Nineties' (1945) (the most famous version which is featured in Cooperstown's Baseball Hall Of Fame). They repeated the sketch many times in stand up routines and on their TV shows and specials).
COMIC STRIP: 1. MIKE PETERS 'MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM'; and 2. Stephan Pastis' 'Pearls Before Swine'.
ARTWORK: 1. Leonardo da Vinci "Vitruvian Man" (1492); 2. John William Waterhouse "Lady Of Shalott" (1888); 3. M. C. Escher "Drawing Hands" (1948); 4. Salvatore Dali's "The Disintegration Of The Persistance Of Memory" (1952-54); 5. FRANK SAVINO "COMMUNION" (2000).
PHOTOGRAPHY: 1. Aubrey Powell "Houses Of The Holy" (1973); 2. Tim Timmermans "Shasta Lake 2"; and 3. NASA "HELIX NEBULA" (2007).
LYRICISTS/POETS: Lao Tzu, Ovid, William Shakespeare, Friedrick Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, EDGAR ALLEN POE, Lewis Carroll, Walt Whitman, Masaoka Shiki, KAHLIL GIBRAN, H. P. Lovecraft, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Ned Washington, Robert Johnson, Peggy Lee, Paul Francis; Dylan Thomas, Alan Jay Lerner, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Little Richard, BOB DYLAN, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Donovan, Mick Jagger, Graham Gouldman, JIM MORRISON, Pete Townsend, Pete Brown, Joni Mitchell, Robbie Robertson, Stevie Winwood, Robert Plant, Ray Davies, Ian Anderson, Stephen Stills, David Bowie, Roger Waters, Paul Simon, Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, Michael McDonald, Gil Scott-Heron, Donald Fagen, A. S. Kline, Bruce Springsteen, Larry Jaffe, Adrian Belew, Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel, Peter Garrett, Richard Page, Danny Elfman, Sting, Iva Davies, Diane Warren, Bono, Chris Arters, Ty Tabor, Kevin Gilbert, Ani DiFranco, Bjork, Michael Duff, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Shimon Moore.
COMPOSERS: Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, Igor Stravinsky, Modest Mussorgsky, Leigh Harline, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Aaron Copeland, Frederick Lowe, Burton Lane, Bernard Herrman, Robert Johnson, Charles Ives, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Johnny Mandel, Quincy Jones, Dominic Frontiere, James Brown, Little Richard, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Miles Davis, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Robbie Robertson, Robby Krieger, Elton John, Pete Townsend, David Gilmour, Joni Mitchell, Howard Shore, Stevie Winwood, Jimmy Page, Ian Anderson, Stephen Stills, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Paul Simon, Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, Danny Kortchmar, Elton John, Peter Gabriel, Jim Mogonie, Michael McDonald, Walter Becker, Stevie Wonder, John McLaughlin, Robert Fripp, Vangelis, Richard Page, Danny Elfman, Michael Gribkoff, Kimara Sajn, Iva Davies, Trevor Rabin, Diane Warren, The Edge, Chris Arters, Ty Tabor, Kevin Gilbert, Ani DiFranco, Mike Keneally, Bjork, Steven Wilson, Michael Duff, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Shimon Moore, and Cheyne Quinn.
VOCAL PERFORMERS: ENRICO CARUSO, Friedrich Schorr, Bessie Smith, Paul Robeson, Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Cliff Edwards, Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, YMA SUMAC, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, JUDY GARLAND, Peggy Lee, Little Richard, Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, ELVIS PRESLEY, Leo Nucci, Tina Turner, Tom Jones, PAUL MCCARTNEY, Colin Blunstone, JIM MORRISON, Jack Bruce, TIM BUCKLEY, DAVID BOWIE, Roger Daltry, JANIS JOPLIN, David Clayton Thomas, Stevie Winwood, GREG LAKE, Robert Plant, Joni Mitchell, Greg Allman, Ian Anderson, Stephen Stills, John Kay, Aretha Franklin, FREDDIE MERCURY, Michael McDonald, Leon Thomas, Gil Scott-Heron, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI, HARRY NILSSON, STEVE TYLER, JAMES DEWAR, Paul Rogers, Flavio Premoli, Franco Mussida, Ronnie James Dio, Peter Gabriel, Adrian Belew, Stevie Wonder, Ann Wilson, Bobby McFerrin, Elton John, Annie Lennox, David Coverdale, Bruce Springsteen, David Lee Roth, Sting, Iva Davies, Bono, Trevor Rabin, Nick D'Virgilio, CHRIS ARTERS, JEFF BUCKLEY, Richard Page, Axl Rose, Anita Baker, Doug Pinnick, Bjork, Kevin Gilbert, Ani DiFranco, Michael Duff, Chris Cornell, Chris Thomas King, Bjork, INVA MULLA TCHAKO, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, BADI ASSAD, Shimon Moore, Anouk and DALLAS FRASCA.
INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMERS: Django Reinhardt, Fats Wallter, Duke Ellington, Jascha Heifetz, Andres Segovia, Buddy Rich, RAVI SHANKAR, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Doug Dillard, Billy Preston, FRANK ZAPPA, Rod Argent, Jack Bruce, KEITH MOON, JIMI HENDRIX, Keith Emerson, Stevie Winwood, Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, BLACKBYRD MCKNIGHT, Duane Allman, Steve Gadd, Nicky Hopkins, Steve Howe, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, Brian Auger, Billy Cobham, CHICK COREA, Wayne Shorter, Robert Fripp, Keith Emerson, Martin Barre, Brian Eno, KEITH JARRETT, Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson, Itzhak Perlman, Paul Butterfield, T Bone Burnett, Steve Morse, Steve Lukather, Danny Kortchmar, Tim Timmermans, Adrian Belew, JACO PASTORIUS, Robin Trower, Ritchie Blackmore, MIKE GRIBKOFF, Eddie Van Halen, Flavio Premoli, Franco Mussida, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, Tony Levin, Steve Vai, STEVE STEVENS, Michael Hedges, Yo Yo Ma, Nick D'Virgilio, Kimara Sajn, MIKE KENEALLY, Chris Poland, Steven Wilson, Ani DiFranco, CHRISTOPHE GODIN, Robert Randolf, Chris Thomas King, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, BADI ASSAD, Shimon Moore.
STAGE PERFORMERS: Bing Crosby, Buddy Rich, JUDY GARLAND, Little Richard, ELVIS PRESLEY, Jerry Lee Lewis, JAMES BROWN, Johnny Cash, TINA TURNER, John Lennon, Tom Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Marc Bolan, JIM MORRISON, Stevie Winwood, IAN ANDERSON, ELTON JOHN, PETE TOWNSEND, KEITH MOON, JIMI HENDRIX, Janis Joplin, Keith Emerson, FREDDIE MERCURY, David Bowie, Jaco Pastorius, Steve Morse, STEVE TYLER, Bruce Springsteen, PETER GABRIEL, Danny Elfman, Sting, ANNIE LENNOX, SAM KINISON, STEVE STEVENS, Bjork, CHRISTOPHE GODIN and BADI ASSAD.
MUSIC VIDEO PERFORMERS: Little Richard, Johnny Cash, TINA TURNER, John Lennon, JIM MORRISON, Marc Bolan, DAVID BOWIE, FREDDIE MERCURY, STEVE TYLER, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Lol Creme, Kevin Godley, Danny Elfman, ANNIE LENNOX, Robert Palmer, and Bjork.
BANDS: Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra, Memphis Jug Band, Mississippi Sheiks, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, The Coasters, The Miles Davis Quintet, THE BEATLES, The Zombies, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, THE WHO, Buffalo-Springfield, CREAM, THE DOORS, Steve Miller Band, THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, The Moody Blues, JETHRO TULL, Big Brother & The Holding Company, The Mothers Of Invention, Blood Sweat & Tears, Traffic, PINK FLOYD, Steve Miller Band, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, LED ZEPPELIN, EMERSON LAKE & PALMER, Santana, The Band, The Doobie Brothers, Los Lobos, The Meters, Little Feat, Allman Brothers, KING CRIMSON, Yes, Genesis, STEELY DAN, QUEEN, 10cc, AEROSMITH, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, The Tubes, Rainbow, Oingo Boingo, THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA, Return To Forever, Weather Report, Bad Company, Midnight Oil, U2, White Snake, The Police, The Catch, Mr. Mister, Prematia Forneria Marconi, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Jane's Addiction, Relative Time, PORCUPINE TREE, KING'S X, Dave Matthews Band, Primus, CHALK FARM, Spock's Beard, Tonic, Alice In Chains, Evanescence, The Mars Volta, Burnshee Thornside, Dallas Frasca & Her Gentlemen, Sick Puppies, and The Vines.
RECORD PRODUCERS: GEORGE MARTIN, Alan Parsons, Chris Thomas, Glyn Johns, Jimmy Page, Gary Katz, Brian Eno, Danny Kortchmar, Eddie Kramer, Tony Visconti, Bob Ezrin, T Bone Burnett, Rick Rubin, Danny Elfman, and Steven Wilson.
FILM COMPOSERS: Max Steiner, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Bernard Herrmann, Louis & Bebe Barron, Henry Mancini, Vangelis, JOHN WILLIAMS, Randy Newman, Howard Shore, and Danny Elfman.
FILM DIRECTORS: Frank Capra, ORSON WELLS, Robert Wise, Elia Kazan, ALFRED HITCHCOCK, Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrik, RIDLEY SCOTT, Mel Gibson, Ron Howard, Peter Jackson, and M. Knight Shyamalan.
FILM ANIMATORS/DIRECTORS: UB IWERKS, Walt Disney, John Lasseter, and Brad Bird.
FILM CLAYMATION ANIMATORS/DIRECTORS: WILLIS O'BRIEN, Art Clokey, Will Vinton, Nick Park, and Tim Burton.
FILM ACTORS: (female) Gloria Swanson, Judy Garland, INGRID BERGMAN, Marilyn Monroe, Angelica Huston, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Cate Blanchett, Hillary Swank, Milla Jovovich, Liv Tyler, Claudia Black, Renee Zellweger, Ziyi Zhang, Jaime Pressly, Summer Glau, and Dakota Fanning; (male) Douglas Fairbanks, James Stewart, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, ORSON WELLS, Charlton Heston, Kevin McCarthy, Peter O'Toole, Anthony Hopkins, Jeff Bridges, Mel Gibson, Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Ben Browder, Nathan Fillian, and Haley Joel Osmet.
FILM CINEMATOGRAPHERS: GREG TOLAND, and JORDAN CRONENWITH.
PUPPETEERS: BURR TILLSTROM, and JIM HENSON.
COMEDY ACTS: (solo) Lord Buckley, Jonathan Winters, Soupy Sales, GEORGE CARLIN, Robin Williams, SAM KINISON, Bill Hicks, Rowan Atkinson, and LEWIS BLACK; (duo) (Stan) Laurel & (Oliver) Hardy; BUD ABBOT & LOU COSTELLO; (ensemble) The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico and Harpo), Monty Python, Firesign Theatre; (song parodies) Wierd Al Yankovich; and (comedy music band) Spike Jones; The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico and Harpo); Monty Python; The Rutles; SPINAL TAP; and Tenacious D.
ARTISTS: Leonardo da Vinci, John William Waterhouse, M.C. ESCHER, Salvatore Dali, and Frank Savino.
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cQ's (demo) video "Sky Is Burning, World Is Turning":
Here is a preliminary video for the cQ song, "Sky Is Burning, World Is Turning", cQ's 10 year old son, Cheyne (with a little help from older siblings, Cody and Christa) made for it (with demo software). Enjoy!
Finally, back by popular request...
cQ's Surrealistic Bio:
Christopher Quinn (born "Boy Talamantes", a "half-breed" adopted at age 7 by a big Irish cop named Frank, who died a year later) has been both greatly blessed and cursed.
A Red King dreaming universal realities, he has always been blessed with superior creative, analytical and physical abilities, singing voice, and love; but, so far, he also has been equally cursed - a magnet for lesser parasitical entities with hidden agendas, contacts/capital, and petty schemes, a life replete with accidents/ills and arbitrary barriers. So, like Alice with the Red Queen, "it (took) all the running (he) could do just to stay in the same place."
Happily, as the curse's inertia lifts and dissipates, the undying blessing is increasingly liberated to move omni-directionally, exponentially out to limitless horizons... but as his body ages, the products of this emerging freedom become harder to capitalize, to realize and market.
Now, not unlike Alice, he finds himself in a looking-glass land of dueling illusions and circuitous logic trying to convince those living in the Red King's dream that he is "real."
That said, all anyone will ever really know about cHrIsToPhEr QuInN as a person and a creative artist will live on in his children, his creative works, his songs, and recorded vocal performances - via mp3 and then cd.
Hey hey what's shakin'? Just stopping by to wish you well and let you know I'm playing a few shows around town this week. Tomorrow night I'll be at Aqua Lounge, 424 Beverly Dr. in Beverly Hills. Let me know if you can make it out, I'd love to see you!
Thanks for being my friend! Hope you dig the tunes =) If you get a chance, please check out my band, Lights On Fire (www.myspace.com/lightsonfireband)! We'd love to know what you think! Lots of love, Joyce
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