Beatles, Weather Report, Jaco, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s radio, Ennio Morricone, Ray Brown, Glen Moore, Black Sabbath, Zeppelin, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie, Prince, Tom Waits, Tom Petty, Tomas Svoboda, Leonard Cohen.... AND johnny cash....
In and effort to keep you from having to read an encyclopedic rendition of my life, i've put my BIO up in the blog, for those interested. Thx for visiting! "... I'm a bass player, producer, singer/songwriter here in the NW. I gig all over the world for a living. I've played on your very own television set many times, in addition to being on television sets and radios in places like Afghanistan, Russia, India, England, Europe,Korea, China, Japan, and South America. At home I've been on Austin City Limits, Saturday Night Live, the Tonight Show, and the Mountain Stage. I'm usually in the background, so unless you're the type of person to know the names of the extras in the wizard of oz, you may not even care... As a kid I was a total movie freak! As a result film scores had as much influence on me as Miles, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Prince, or Weather Report. Ennio Morricone is still one of my favorite musicians of all time.... everything I write is from a visual point of view. Every song I want to be a short film, be it instrumental or with lyrics, so they usually tell some kind of story. Twilight Zone endings, love songs with hand grenades, sex, murder, sci fi, the state of our world, and you, are my favorite topics. I can also funk so hard it'll make you wanna' slap your mama. Playing upright bass and straight ahead at 360bpm is pretty neat too.... I cater the style of music to the song. Some jazz lyrics, just aren't gonna' go over my new Korn riff, and some turntable scratches may not be welcome in that string quartet I'm re-working, unless of course it makes my song sound better than yours...
Often more of a bass player, I get calls to stack vocals, play accordian, guitar, upright bass, cello, program computers, or i just get paid to hand out riotous laughter ... I AM more fun than a barrel of *ucking monkey's, what can I say...? Its a living..."
I AM A FIENDISHLY PROUD ENDORSER OF WARWICK BASSES. I am honored to be affiliated with the finest bass brand in the world! Thank you Warwick!!!
Notable Gigs
Newport Jazz Festival Main Stage (w/ army band, red rodney, and ndugu chancellor), North Sea Jazz Festival (main stage), Montreaux Jazz Festival (main stage), Nice Jazz Festival, Mountain Stage (radio and T.V.), Austin City Limits, White House Christmas Concert, Regis and Cathie Lee, Playboy Jazz Festival, Playboy After Hours (the mansion baby...)
music
Anything Beatles, Chris Whitley, Flyleaf, Tom Waits, Steve Earle, Prince, Zep, Police, AC/DC, Daniel Lanois, Beastie's, Johnny Cash, Shakira, Lou Reed, U2, Mother Lovebone, Sabbath, Bjork, Peter Gabriel, Charlie Parker, Paul Chambers, the band, Jaco, Ella, Frank, Dean, Joe Zawinul, Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, Monk, Billie, Radiohead, the Ramones, Bob Dylan, Miles, David Bowie, the Band, Jeff Lynne, James Brown , Nirvanna, P funk/Bootsy, & i just went crosseyed
movies
HAPPINESS (OMG), Trainspotting, 'Round Midnight, Kill Bill(s), Waiting for Guffman, Pulp Fiction, Hellboy, Zombie Movie's, Star Wars movie's, Leningrad Cowboys go America, Royal Tannenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited, Rushmore, Lost in Translation, Wizard or Oz, The Beast, Slingblade, the Brady Movie's, The Longest Day, Go, Enchanted, The Incredibles, Saving Private Ryan, and any movie that has a "wockychickawahkichika" guitar in the background is A-ok in my book
books
Shakespeare, Snobby literature, Your Diary...
random facts
Pisces, Straight, Musician for a living, Share a birthday with Johnny Cash and Erykah Badu, ... I've met and had dinner with three different presidents (i'll give you a hint one of 'em was a really cool hang, and the other two were inbred in some way, most likely)... Met Miles Davis... lived in Texas, Kansas, Oregon, DC and Baltimore (peepshow capital of the world)... Been all over the world and swam in most of the major oceans and seas on the planet. The water is warmer where you pee... and hookers don't make change....
heroes
Martin Luther King, Johnny Cash, Robert Rodriguez, Wayne Shorter, Charlton Heston, and Shasta Groene
yeah, ill buy your bass. i told my kids that they better prepare for a career in music....you know since there goes the college fund! LOL jk. really, i dont think id even be able to pay 15k ransom for them! how are you?
that one tune on this space is you? son of a bushkee, I had to check it wasn't someone else, thats great. heavily influenced by the beatles. good stuff. take care,g
New years ..a time that we should have a new nose to smell flowers never sniffed, new hands to lend more to those who need it, a new soul that has let go of all negativity , new feet to try new shoes , a new backbone for bending backwards, new ears to listen when you don’t want to, and definitely new eyes to see more clearly with. Lots of love everyone.
you're my choice for a recording somewhere down the line here. uusitalo, jerry jacques, mike doolin, chris baum, r scheps, p lamb, gotta save the cash. but it'll happen.
i look forward to hearing you soon, youre awesome.
oh hell yeah man! back at you! i remember your fantastic playing! its funny i'm now learning all of the classic rock and roll again to play the hotels and its really been fun..finally got my guitar and amp fixed when i went back to larrysville and i'm getting my sound back..gettin' all the ladies to shake their thang thats what its all about ain't it? cool man! stay up! and stay in touch!
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my beloved willy! i love you more than new kids on the block! (circa 1990--lol currently speaking, that would not be so impactful!) i miss you sooooo much!!! one day, i will jump a plane (more like hijack cuz im broke) and come see you! count on it. so keep some tofu stocked in da fridge. ;)
