DiggyDave + Musician in Bradley Beach, NJ

SEEKING

ABOUT

I dig on rock music and blues. I like to play stuff like "One Headlight", "Pink Houses", "Suspicious Minds", "The Weight", stuff like that. I like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles and the Who. In terms of 90s-00s stuff, I like to play The Wallflowers, Green Day, that kind of stuff. Good, electric and sometimes acoustic rock n roll. I'm easy to get along with--a kind of John Entwistle type. I think of a band as a kind of a gang--I'm not really into the type of band where you don't hang out and you play together and sound awesome but hate each other and never talk to each other. On the flip side, the primary purpose of a band is to play awesome music. From a business point of view, the primary job of a cover band is to play three and four chord basic primal rock tunes in order to make women dance, so men dance and sweat and buy beer. You've got to understand that. A band is four or five people who like each other who are bonded by music.

You can contact me at david dot berlin dot esl at dot com or you can call me at seven three two eight 0 7 5 four (2) four.

Screen name:

DiggyDave

Member since:

May 06 2012

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Moderately Committed

Years playing music:

1

Gigs played:

10 to 50

Tend to practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to gig:

2-3 nights a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

Creedence Clearwater Revival, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Scotty Moore, John Lennon, George Harrison, John Mellencamp, Malcolm Young, Izzy Stradlin, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, BB King--you know what I mean--guys who played mean electric rock n roll.

I like to play songs like:

Sundown--Gordon Lightfoot (I can handle the solo--key of F#)
Dead Flowers--Stones
Free Fallin'--Petty
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
Heroes--David Bowie
Cherry Cherry--Neil Diamond
The One I Love--REM
My Girl--The Temptations
The Weight--The Band
Be Bop A Lu La--Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps
Blue Suede Shoes--Carl Perkins
Roadhouse Blues--Doors
Little Deuce Coupe--Beach Boys
Takin' Care of Business--Bachman Turner Overdrive
Friend of the Devil--Dead
Should I Stay or Should I Go--Clash

That's all stuff I can sing. My repertoire extends well beyond that.

Instrument experience:

Vocalist - Tenor:

Beginner

EQUIPMENT

left handed Epiphone Les Paul Standard, left handed Squier Tele, VOX AD15VT practice amp, Behrenger 2x10 for gigs, delay pedal, some other pedals. Pretty basic rig. You don't need complex, fancy vintage gear to play what I play. Not that I wouldn't like some, but you don't need it.

MUSIC