ABOUT
Been playing (Lead&Rhythm) guitar for approximately 40 + years. I have played everything from jazz standards to country and all points in between. I have been playing local clubs around town for the same amount of time. Played Rock, Top 40, Funk, Jazz Standards, RnB, Oldies and Country.
- Screen name:
- Birds of Fire
- Member since:
- Jun 13 2011
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years together:
- 35
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- 1 time per week
- Available to gig:
- 1 night a week
- Age:
- 56 years
Influences
Jazz Fusion (Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dixie Dregs) Rock (Yes, Allman Brothers, Pink Floyd, Kansas, King Crimson). Jazz Guitar (Barney Kessel Herb Ellis Joe Pass Wes Montgomery George Benson)
Members Of Band
Looking for working Band. Able to play in Tri- State area md/nova/pa. Reliable transportation. I do have a full time day gig.
EQUIPMENT
Stratacaster
PRS Artist Model
PRS S2 Custom
Les Paul deluxe
Taylor Acoustic
Takamine Classical
Koch Twintone
Marshall JVM 50 watt combo
Fender SuperSonic
Effects
MUSIC
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Nobody Knows When Your Down and Out
Nobody Knows When Your Down and Out
Put this on our demo CD for Acoustic Duet "Jackson Bearry" - coll neat blues but of course Clapton is King
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Glass Bottles
Glass Bottles Year: 2009 Album: Mike Short Jr. Genre: Country
Played all guitars - Recorded and engineered at ORCA Studios, Abingdon MD, Kevin Johnston Engineer & Producer. Cool Song - Kevin did a good job had to work with Nashville Studio - sending song files back and forth. Hey even credited me with Co-Producer for this tune along with 20 other some people Whoa! :)
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Losing My Religion
Losing My Religion
This song we recorded and put on our demo CD for our Acoustic Duet - "Jackson Bearry"
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This Songs For Her
This Songs For Her Year: 2009 Album: Mike Short Jr. Genre: Country
Mike Short Jr. wrote and sang - New Country Artist from MD. ORCA Studios, Abingdon MD, Kevon Johnston Engineer & Producer. Never met the singer but it was a neat proect and they gave me a lot of room to. The guitar sounds kinda thin but Kevin did a great job with what he had to work with.
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Unsinkable Still
Unsinkable Still Year: 2009 Album: Unsinkable Still Genre: Other
Unsinkable Still - 3rd Captain Quint CD. Not as good as the previous CD's but we only had 2 people actually working on it - it was a challenge. This is labeled Tropical Rock - ORCA studio, Abingdon, MD - Kevin Johnston Engineer/ Producer.
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Baddest Fish
Baddest Fish Year: 2009 Album: Unsinkable Still Genre: Other
Unsinkable Still - 3rd Captain Quint CD. Not as good as the previous CD's but we only had 2 people actually working on it - it was a challenge. This is labeled Tropical Rock - ORCA studio, Abingdon, MD - Kevin Johnston Engineer/ Producer.
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Lights Out In London - UFO Cover Tune
Lights Out In London - UFO Cover Tune Genre: Classic Rock
Heavy Metal Band - Steel Dixon - We tried to get out the door but I couldn't play HM all night - too much like Nursery Rhymes
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Metal Gods - Judas Priest - Cover Tune
Metal Gods - Judas Priest - Cover Tune Genre: Classic Rock
Heavy Metal Band - Steel Dixon - We tried to get out the door but I couldn't play HM all night - too much like Nursery Rhymes
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Monkey Bars - Coney Hatch - Cover Tune - 1st heard this at Hammer's
Monkey Bars - Coney Hatch - Cover Tune - 1st heard this at Hammer's Genre: Classic Rock
Heavy Metal Band - Steel Dixon - We tried to get out the door but I couldn't play HM all night - too much like Nursery Rhymes
