gary1070663 + Musician in Quincy, IL

ABOUT

I am proud to be a 2024 Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee with The Ozone Ramblers ! Lived in the Suncoast of Florida for 7 years . Recently moved to Quincy IL and am currently performing with THE MATT ROBERTS BLUES BAND out of Quincy IL. I also occasionally play keys for JEFF CHAPMAN (BROTHER JEFFERSON BAND) out of St. Louis Mo. I also play keys occasionally for Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member RICKY LEE & THE FABULOUS 50's out of Des Moines Iowa . Formally played keys for Lauren Mitchell (2018-2019) . www.larenmitchellband.com , and winner of the 2019 SUNCOAST BLUES SOCIETY CHALLENGE Victoria Ginty (2018-2019 ) I have toured over 17,000 mile in the last few years . 11,640 miles and 30 cities in 6 weeks of July and August of 2019 ! I want to work with original artist ! Have done a lot of studio work. Studied audio engineering @ Head East's studio in Indianola Ia. Check out a CD I played keys on ( Slowdown ) with Alex and The Xpress out of Tampa, Fl. ( hear below). If you want to add me to a project , just let me know and send me the file ! I will do my best to provide what you want . I use Reaper Daw . I have also worked with - The Mighty Blues Hounds ( hear below ) with Iowa Hall of Fame guitar player Dennis Albee and Iowa Hall of Fame drummer Eric Bartholomew out of Ia. Before that The Smoking' Mojo Kings (Hear Below ) Before that Ted Brooks & Hot Buttered Toast ( Hear Below ) with former Toology drummer Matt Smith and Paul Weddle ( James Brown and more ) on tenor sax . . Please check out my ReverbNation page . Please check out my Soundcloud page . I strive to be very professional in my approach . I neither drink or do drugs and believe in dressing nicely . I also played every few years with former RCA of Mexico recording artist's and 2024 IOWA ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME members The Ozone Ramblers ( See Vid. ) You can go to www.iowahomegrown.com & click on Ozone Ramblers for info about that band. We only play every few years to sold out crowds for 46 years now. I have played with them for 28 years . I will attempt any style of music you throw at me . I do the number system and can read charts . I can add horn - bass- sax -flutes- piano - organ - violin - even guitar parts . I have thousands of sounds in my library . Hit me up !

Screen name:

gary1070663

Member since:

May 27 2015

Active within 2 weeks

Level of commitment:

Touring

Years playing music:

60

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

4-5 nights a week

Most available:

Days

Influences

Tower of Power...Anson Funderburg...Robert Cray... Haggard....Hank Jr.....Bill Buchman.... Micheal Buble.....Tony Bennet...etc. Too many to list

Instrument experience:

Keyboard:

Expert

Piano:

Expert

EQUIPMENT

.Hammond SK1-88....Yamaha SX900....Yamaha s90XS....Yamaha 9000PRO....Gem Genesys....Roland VK-8....Roland AX-7...
QSC sound . Yamaha and Alesis studio monitors....Shure SM-58 and 57's .... Soundcraft 40 channel recording console with various outboard gear . Various studio mikes . Home studio . Macs and Windows 10 computers .

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