SEEKING
Band to Join, Keyboard, Drums, Bass Guitar.ABOUT
Guitarist/vocalist with 39 years of club/festival/touring experience is looking for paying gigs and studio work anywhere in the valley.
I specialize in roots blues, rock-a-billy, 50s-60s-70s blues, blues rock, contemporary blues & classic rock.
Have opened for the likes of Jonny Lang, Buddy Guy, Anthony Gomes, Kinsey Report & Big Daddy Kensey, The Guess Who & Rare Earth...to name a few.
I've composed and performed many originals, and have a repertoire of several hundred songs.
Am a quick study -- can jam ASAP and with a few hours of rehearsal will be able to play anything I don't already know.
Have tour will travel!
Videos available upon request.
- Screen name:
- Larry Perkins
- Member since:
- Jan 09 2008
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 35
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 6-7 nights a week
- Most available:
- Mornings
Influences
Gatton, Hendrix, Setzer, Zappa, Harrison, Page, Beck, Clapton, Fripp, Stevie Ray, the 3 Kings, etc. I play them all!
EQUIPMENT
4x custom The Heritage electric guitars, 3x Fender Strat Special edition electric guitars, 1x Gibson Les Paul electric guitar. Also own some small club-sized PA gear, but this is only available if I am hired to play. (I'm not a "sound guy".)
MUSIC
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Harlem Nocturne
Harlem Nocturne Track number: 3 Year: 2006 Album: Fire in the Hole Genre: Blues
Composed by Earl Hagen in 1939, this classic used in film and arranged many times through the 50s. Recorded live at the State Theater in Kalamazoo Michigan with my former band, Red Rooster.