Greg Erba (guitar), Joe Bagg (B-3 organ), Gust Tsilis (drums)
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... Jimi Hendrix, Lifetime, Waylon Jennings, The Dalai Lama, The Meters, Gore Vidal, Merle Haggard, Mother Theresa, John Coltrane, Randy Couture, Jerry Reed, Larry Flynt, John Scofield, Billy Holiday, Carlos Castenada, James Brown, Ravi Shankar, Merle Travis, Eddie Harris, Rosa Parks, Ray Charles, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Zakir Hussain, Tommy Emmanuel, Dr. Del Hovda, Donny Hathaway, Jackson Pollack, Albert King, Robert Bly, Kru Walter "Sleeper" Michalowski, Albert Lee, Rhashan Roland Kirk, Albert Collins, Aretha Franklin, Carlos Santana, Elvis Presley, Al Pacino, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Charlie Chaplin, Chet Atkins, Muddy Waters, Ornette Coleman, The Band, Eddie Van Halen, Wes Montgomery, Miles Davis, Beethoven, Arthur Blythe, Vincent Van Gogh, Muhammed Ali, Joe Frazier, Gongtalanee Payakaroon, Fatherhood, Family, Friends, Life...
Born October 2, 1972 in Cleveland,Ohio, Greg Erba eventually setttled in Woodland, CA, an agricultural town near Sacramento, and began his musical training with classical piano lessons at the age of five.
"My mother and father took me and my twin brother [film composer, Tom Erba] in dad's den, showed us a picture book of instruments, & said 'pick one!'" he recalls with a smile. After a few years of the Suzuki method on piano, he switched to the saxaphone, and briefly flirted with the drums, but at age 15, fell in love with the electric guitar.
"I saw Eddie Van Halen in a live concert on television, and that was it for me; I knew what my instrument was. Later that year, Mom took me to a Santana Concert at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, and at that moment I knew I wanted to be a musician. I was somewhat introverted in high school, but had a few dear friends, one of which was the guitar. I hooked up lessons with Bill Schoeler, a great blues guitarist in Davis, CA, and played guitar in the Davis High School Jazz Band, under noted director & teacher Fred Lange... and then later studied jazz with Henry Robinett, a prominent jazz guitarist in Sacramento..."
Upon graduating high school, Greg moved to the San Fernando Valley to study jazz performance at Cal St. Northridge.
"Unfortunately, I found myself creatively stifled in music school, and was learning more by just getting out and hitting jam sessions and playing in cover bands at parties..." he recalls.
After dropping out of music school, Greg moved to Pasadena, where he "got married, had my son, got divorced, and then got to growin' up!" he says with a laugh. "I worked odd jobs and stayed involved with various projects wherever I could... pick up jazz gigs and a jam session here and there..." he remembers... "but when I began to pursue my own original music projects, that's when I really began to develop a sound of my own on the guitar."
Around that time Greg met and was mentored by Kevin Eubanks, house guitarist for The Tonight Show Band at NBC.
"Kevin was a major influence on my approach to guitar. He had an intuitive, organic way of sharing information, and most of what I took from him technically was through a process of osmosis... just watching & listening to him play" he shares... "I did tech work for Kevin from time to time at NBC, and got to know some great musicians there... guys like Ralph Moore, Robert Hurst, Vicky Randle, and Marvin "Smitty" Smith, who I ended up starting a trio with"
After a two year hiatus from the jazz scene, where he devoted much of his time to the brutal combat sport of Muay Thai Kickboxing ("My opponent broke my nose the first punch of my first fight... don't worry, he paid dearly for it"), Greg made a sudden venture into roots country music, bringing his lead guitar skills to any honky tonk that would listen in Sothern California. Upon meeting drummer Perry Senn, he started his current project, the roots rock 'n roll trio, The Fulltones.... "I always talked about this project with Veikko (former bass player for Royal Crown Revue) before we both left RCR..." Greg explains... "It was just a matter of finding the right drummer, which finally happened in a little honky tonk in Chatsworth, of all places!"
Greg Erba has brought his guitar playing to such diverse artists as Latin rockers Azteca, Jazz renegade Arthur Blythe, Metal legends Leatherwolf, Retro swingers Royal Crown Revue, Country artist Brant Vogel, Southern rockers The Barbed Wire Boys, Pop artists Strange Radio & Petra Westen, Youtube phenomena Ukelele Bartt, and his own eclectic projects including the east meets west trio Majesty, studio rock band Ascension, fusion band We Three, & his current project, The Fulltones
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Greg, I got a new rosary the stone one. I hope it helps me love alot more. Thank you for missing me. Kiss the wes man for me Oh. Love you little brother. Keeping the faith one miracle at a time. Love Betty-Lou
We are very excited about playing at such an awesome jazz club. We have some great sets lined up for you, so don't miss it. Friday and Saturday November 20th and 21st, 5:00-8:30p at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago
Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard, Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums
I'm glad that you liked the pics, you looked GREAT in Black and White!!! Don't know how that happened, I guess I was excited about hanging with you guys and hit the wrong button on my camera LOL Can't wait for the DVD that will be awesome! My 2 video's that I shot was sooo distorted of you guys and that suxs! Because the footage is good. Please stay in touch! When you get a chance drop me a line, It was Great to hear from you:)
Hey Greg, What's up? Have you been busy? Could you view the pics that I sent you? If you want them printed just let me know. Haven't heard from you in awhile, hope all is good with you. Take care and keep it rockin'
Hey Greg! I hope that you are having an awesome birthday! I got to meet you on mine:) this year wooohooo! Did you receive my package yet? Just let me know if you get it! Take care! TTYL
Hey Greg, Thanks for the sweet comment! I will get some photo's of my new Tats! The guitar that you are holding in your profile pic was one of my tats that I had redone, they messed it up around the bridge and I ended up going all burgandy. I like the way it was, but that is messed up! You might have seen that one. I'm tatted alot:) I had 2 huge butterflies on the upper part of my calf above my fairy. Very colorful! Thanks for asking. Hopefully you will get your pics soon! You look real nice in Black and White! Hope that you have a GREAT week! Take care and keep Rockin'
Hey Greg, I finally mailed your pics, I sent them on a CD! I hope that you like them, and let me know when you get them O.K. Hope that you have a Great time tonight @ your show! I'm going to get coloring added to my tats with my best friend tonight. We both love Rock N Roll! Tats, drinking, girls night out WoooHooo:) Take care and have a Rockin' weekend.
Hey Greg, I like your the way you think:) Hey I'm gonna start on your pics tonight! I have a had one hell of a hangover. I drank with Candlebox the other night in Little Rock @ a bar that they were playing In, and one of my friends that I grew up with Scotty Heard helped them write a few of there songs that got them started. Had a Great night, but I felt drunk when I woke up yesterday LOL I think that was my first time ever:-) LMAO Hope you are not hungover as well! That suxs! Take care, and I love your profile pic!!!
Thanks Greg, I'm headed to Graceland now! I'm gonna miss the candle light tomorrow, but at least I get to go tonight. I will get started on your pics on Monday if all goes right and I'm not hung over LOL In Oklahoma I had to drink 2 beers just to feel anything, was your beer like that??? Have a Rockin' weekend:)
Hey Greg, I will get your pictures sent next week. I have a few more concerts this week and I'm going to Graceland on Friday! It is Elvis week:) Just got back from St. Louis tonight, seen Crue Fest last night and it was freakin' crazy! Like your Profile pic. Take care and have a Rockin' night!
Hey Greg, Did you get a chance to check out my photos? A few of you are awesome and you might want them, especially the ones in Black and white!!! I have video to, but it is distorted a bit. But if you want I will send it to ya:) Hope that you have had a Rockin' weekend. BTW Thanks for the heart on the drumstick by your name:)
