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I have been playing bass guitar for more than 50 years and have worked in a variety of band formats, ranging from small combos to big bands. I also have played trombone and various brass instruments for many years, but I'm a bit "rusty" on those horns. I've played jazz, soul/funk/R&B, big band swing, blues and some folk music over the years, and had the pleasure of playing bass in the opening act for Rick James and the Stone City Band in the 1970s.
Since 2017, I have been playing and singing in a 5-piece cover band called Rewind, (formerly known as Shadow Vision) that originally focused mainly on early British Invasion music (Beatles, very early Rolling Stones, Van Morrison when he was still with Them, etc.) plus such artists as The Clash, Golden Earring, Bad Company, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joe Walsh, etc. We have recently spread-out into music of the 1980s and even 1990s and early 21st Century, plus a bit of country rock, roots, and rockabilly music.
In addition, I played from 2018 - 2020 with a 5-piece guitar and harmonica-centric blues band known as the Empty Belly Blues Band in the Philadelphia area. This band was re-formed with some new personnel in the fall of 2022, and I have been playing bass with them since that time.
During the summer of 2019, I played bass and sang harmony and backing vocals with Nashville recording artist, Warren Montgomery and his band Derailed. In addition to the original country/rockabilly tunes that Warren wrote, we played a broad range of country music, from classic country and rockabilly music to modern country tunes by such artists as Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Travis Tritt, Dwight Yoakum, and Chris Stapleton.
For a few years, I played bass in the 9-piece Bucks County-based soul/R&B/Blues band, Blue Waters, and I have also played bass in the 11-piece NJ-based horn band called Funkin' Soulnuts.
- Screen name:
- doug1018109
- Member since:
- Jul 30 2014
- Active within 2 weeks
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 55
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Bassists: James Jamerson, Donald “Duck” Dunn, Bob Babbitt, Nate Watts, Willie Weeks, Chuck Rainey, Gerald Veasley, Andrew Gouche, Jaco Pastorius, Charles Mingus, and MANY others.
Bands: Steely Dan, Tower of Power, Subdudes, Vulfpeck, Cory Wong, Little Feat, James Brown, Meters.
Instrument experience:
- Bass Guitar:
- Advanced
- Vocalist:
- Moderate
- Vocalist - Baritone:
- Moderate
- Other Percussion:
- Moderate
- Background Singer:
- Moderate
- Trombone:
- Moderate
EQUIPMENT
Several 4 and 5-string basses, including custom-built fretted and fretless Muckelroy, Sadowsky, and Valenti models + a couple of Fender and non-Fender P-Basses. For amplification, my main rigs consist of a pair of Mesa Boogie amps (both all-tube and solid-state) and a 400-watt Gallien-Krueger hybrid tube/solid-state combo featuring a 2x10” speaker cabinet. In addition, I have a 1,200-watt G-K Fusion hybrid amp and a 2x12 G-K speaker cabinet if the need for massive power and sound output is necessary. Finally, I have Phil Jones ultra-compact 600-watt amp and a pair of the Phil Jones C4 compact cabinets. I also own a wide variety of effects pedals, for use as needed, but I rarely find the need to use them.
