rodneyspiker

Description:

Screen Name:

rodneyspiker

Sex:

M

Age:

50

Studio Musician:

No

Level Of Commitment:

Committed

Years Playing Music:

35

Gigs Played:

Over 100

Tend to Practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to Gig:

2-3 time(s) per week

Most available:

Nights

I started out always playing Keyboards, Classic Rock -Blues - New rock- Honkey-tonk, Southern Rock... style, country, 50's, 60's, 70's,& 80's, Have played disco, funk top 40 in Horn bands. I was on the road for many years as a sound Tech. I worked with a couple sound companys also Help do sound for some pros I had alot of fun...I have been playing or involved with music for 40 years. Looking back I’m glad I had a Parent that insisted I have lessons and practice the proper way then what they did. I started lessons when I was around 8 years old, first I studied Organ then Piano. There were many hours spent on lessons, some times playing things I wasn’t supposed to or saying out loud “I’ll never be able to play” my mother would not hear any of that, she would always tell me “Oh Yes You Will.” I have her to thank for my playing yesterday and today.

My forte’ has been influenced by many artists from the 1950’s thru the 1990’s. These are just a few that have played a huge part in developing my style: Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Del Shannon, Booker T & the MG’s, The Doors, Santana, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Led Zeppelin, Kansas, Boston, Journey, Bob Seger, LoverBoy, and Stevie Ray Vaughn.

The gear I use is Korg Triton Pro, Korg Trinity Pro, Yamaha Keyboard line mixer, Shure Mics, Ashley Amps, CGM Keyboard Monitors and my old stand by… Leslie Speaker Tone Cabinets, and a serious collection of over 30 pairs of Sunglasses.

Around 1968 I started playing in a band for teen dances. By 1972, I was playing 2 or 3 times a week in bars. We had to have our parents drive us and stay with us because we were so young. By the time my high school years came along I got my drivers licence and off I went-unstopable. More bands, more keyboards, and many, many more dances. The music world was mine for the taking. For 3 years I was in the band Fiasco, we played many original pieces. We got to make an album and 2 songs actually got air-time on our local radio station in Cumberland, MD. They even appeared on a few choice jukeboxes in the area. By the 1980’s I was making a living playing music.
For several years in the mid 1980’s I had the opportunity to tour the East Coast and many Mid West states playing for weeks at a time in A & B rooms.
Around 1988 I started working with a company by the name of ShowTime Entertainment out of Raleigh, NC where I was the Primary Sound Technician/Equipment Manager for the band “The Limit”. While there I got to work with bands/musicians like: The Guess Who, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, Joan Jet, and Britny Fox. By 1990 my touring days had come to an end, on came my dreams of owning my own sound company. “Lightning Rod Productions” was born. I met performers from bands like The Road Ducks, The OutLaws, Molly Hatchet, OverKill, The Romantic’s, and Raging Slab. Later as a favor to a friend I joined forces to his sound company “Data Sound”. This proved to be an excellent opportunity to still be involved in music and or the production of music. I got to work with some major artists like Daron Norwood; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Chely Wright, Keith Urban, The Amazing Rhythm Aces, John Patitucci, Andy Griggs, Deanna Bogart, Brian Howe (from Bad Company fame), Jeff Carlisi (from 38 Special fame), The Vogues, Steve Whiteman (from Kix fame), and Funny Money, Joey Belladonna of Anthrax fame. All through the years I still continued to play in cover bands, popular music or traditional classic rock. In 2003 my music life came to a screeching halt. I found myself moving to Southern New Jersey. For 3 years I found myself without the one thing I’ve always had, My music. When we finally got settled I started putting out feelers to see where I would have to go in order to play in a band again. In 2006 I found a Classic Rock Tribute Band by the name of “Stage3”, I was with them for 2 years.

Rock’n Rod
AKA
Rodney

www.myspace.com/rodneyspiker

srodney74@

Rodney’s Partial Song List

Still Rock N Roll,
Billy Joel

You May Be Right, Billy Joel

Can’t Get Enough, Bad Company

Hard To Handle, Black Crows

Walk This Way, Aerosmith

Come Together, Aerosmith/Beatles

Statesboro Blues, Allman Brothers

It’s My Life, Bon Jovi

Wanted Dead or Alive, Bon Jovi

Brick House, Commodores

Break on Through, The Doors

Road House Blues, The Doors

Abacab, Genesis

We’re an American Band, Grand Funk

Some Kind of Wonderful, Grand Funk

Super Freak, Rick James

Working for the Weekend, LoverBoy

Turn Me Loose, LoverBoy

Gimmie Three Steps, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Free Bird, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Call Me the Breeze, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Simple Man, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Hurt So Good, John Mellancamp

Wild Nights, John Mellancamp/Van Morrison

Brown Eyed Girl, Van Morrison

3 AM, Matchbox 20

Keep on Rockin Me, Steve Miller

Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd

Another Brick in The Wall, Pink Floyd

Pride & Joy, Stevie Ray Vaughn

Look at Little Sister, Stevie Ray Vaughn

Crossfire, Stevie Ray Vaughn

Old Time Rock n Roll, Bob Seger

Sunspot Baby, Bob Seger

Fire Down Below, Bob Seger

Main Street, Bob Seger

Magic Carpet Ride, Steppenwolf

Born to be Wild, Steppenwolf

Move it on Over, George Thorogood

Kryptonite, 3 Doors Down

867-5309/Jenny, Tommy Tutone

Drift Away, Dobby Gray/Uncle Kracker

Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison/Van Halen

Ice Cream Man, Van Halen

Jump, Van Halen

You Really Got Me, Van Halen/The Kinks

All Day/All Night, The Kinks

Mustang Sally, The Rascals/Wilson Pickett

Play That Funky Music, Wild Cherry

Sharp Dressed Man, ZZ Top

Everybody Wants You, Billy Squier

Separate Ways, Journey

Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin, Journey

Lights, Journey

Stone in Love, Journey

Wheel in the Sky, Journey

Honky Tonk Woman, The Rolling Stones

Carry on Wayward Son, Kansas

Boot Scootin’ Boogie, Brooks & Dunn

Superstition, Stevie Wonder

Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton

House of the Rising Sun, The Animals

Long Train Runin’, The Doobie Brothers

China Grove, The Doobie Brothers

Keep Your Hands to Yourself, The Georgia Satellites

Should I Stay or Should I Go, The Clash

Man in the Box, Alice in Chains

Evil Ways, Santana

Black Magic Woman, Santana

Runaway, Del Shannon

Smoke on the Water,
Deep Purple

Shakin’ Eddie Money

Ain’t No Sunshine, Bill Withers

Rock n Roll, Led Zeppelin

Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin

Jane, Starship

Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie

Hold My Hand, Hootie and the BlowFish

Let Her Cry, Hootie and the BlowFish

Rebel Yell, Billy Idol

Boys of Summer, The Ataris

Pinball Wizard, The Who/Elton John

No Matter What, Badfinger

Rockin in the Free World, Neil Young

Sunshine of Your Love, Cream

Call Me When Your Sober, Evanescence

Heartbreaker, Pat Benatar

Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Pat Benatar

Barracuda, Heart

Hate Myself for Loving You, Joan Jet

I’m a Bitch, Meredith Brooks

What’s Up, 4 Non Blondes

I’m the Only One, Melissa Ethridge

Sweet Child O Mine, Guns n Roses

Influences:

Journey, Stevie Ray Vaaughn, Lynard Skynyrd, Santana, Deep purple, Bob Seger, The Doors, ELP,and Many, many more.....

Equipment List:

KORG Triton pro, KORG Trinity Pro, CGM keyboard Monitors, Ashley Power amp, Yamaha keyboard line mixer, Stereo Line DI out.. Korg X-3, Ensoniq SQ-1, ESQ1, PA equipment of all kinds.....

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