Lee Vacaro + Band in Murfreesboro, TN

SEEKING

ABOUT

Bass Player - Seasoned and Solid Bass Player For Hire

20 years elec. playing experience.
8 years on and off upright playing experience (currently a bit rusty).
7 years experience making my living as a pro player.
Versatility in all popular styles of modern music. (Rock, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Country ect..)
Played in all 48 continental states and internationally in Canada and South America.
Booking, advancing, tour managing, and band leader experience.
A.S. in music performance on upright bass and B.S. in music composition.
Studied privately with Reggie Wooten, Roger Spencer, Jim Fergusson and Stan Lassiter
G&L, Fender, Schecter (Fender copies) basses
David Eden and Ampeg amplifiers and cabs
Available for short runs and extended tours or becoming part of the right group if it's the right fit.
Thanks for reading. Cheers

Online media:
.dirtycherryband

.thedmtb
(no longer the bass player, but all musical examples are me playing)

./leevacaro
(under band profile; first half are examples of original compositions, second half are examples of bass playing)

Screen name:

leevacaro

Member since:

Jun 30 2009

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years together:

1

Available to gig:

2-3 nights a week

Age:

45 years

Influences

60’s: ..The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Doors, The Stones, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Crème, Elvis, the Temptations and anything James Jamerson played on. .. 70’s: ..Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Genesis (the Peter Gabriel variety), The Carpenters, Burt Bacharach, early Sabbath, Yes, Rush, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Bob Marley, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Aerosmith, The Who, Elton John, Wings, Marvin Gaye, The Jackson 5, Kool and the Gang, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, George Clinton and Parliament, Maceo Parker, Tower of Power, The Bee Gees, Isaac Hayes, Rick James, The Average White Band and a whole host of funk and disco tunes. .. 80’s: ..The Police, Van Halen , Sting, Michael Jackson, Prince, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Hall and Oats, Phil Collins, Guns n’ Roses, early Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, Skid Row, Bon Jovi, Motley Crew, Judas Priest, Ozzy. .. 90’s: ..Jeff Buckley…poor Jeff, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, the first three Pearl jam records, Black Crows, Big Wreck, Living color, Jameraqui, NIN, Incubus, The Cardigans, Varuca Salt, Ween, INXS, Cold Play, Radiohead, Tool, RES, Beck, The Roots, Arrested Development, Busta Rhymes, Missy, Public Enemy, Outkast, 2pac, Biggie, Janes Addiction,Weezer, Dinosaur Jr., Morcheeba, Built to Spill, GBV, Dave Mathews, Bjork,Smashing Pumpkins, Fiona Apple, Foo Fighters, Primus, Tortoise,Toadies, Temple of the Dog, The Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Live, G-love. .. Jazz: ..Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Coltrane, Miles, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Jobim, Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessle, Joe Pass, Duke, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Diz, Bird, Monk, Mingus, Jackie Mclean, Jaco Pastorius, Chick Corea, Wayn Shorter, Medeski, John Scofield, Freddie Hubbard, Nat King Cole, Harry Connick, Sinatra, Jamey Aebersold, Horace Silver, Sachmo, Ella, Billie, Phil Woods, Eric Alexander, We Montgomery, Mcoy Tyner, Charlie Hayden, John Patitucci, Herbie Hancock, Pat Martino, Ron Carter Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Dave Brubeck, ect… .. Symphonic: ..Bach, Corelli, Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Mahler, Dvorak, Schubert, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Rimsky-Korsakov, Berlioz, Smetana, Liszt, Borodin, Sibelius, Grieg, Debussy, Strauss, Ravel, Holst, Copland, Rachmaninoff, Elgar, Vaughn-Williams, Gershwin, Bartok, Cage, Barber. .. Film: ..Bernard Hermann, Danny Elfman, James Horner, Alan Silvestri, Angelo Badalamenti, Elmer Bernstein, Howard Shore, John Corigliano, Alf Clausen, Carter Burwell, John Barry, John Williams, John, Ottman, John Powell, Jerry Goldsmith, James Newton Howard, Mark Snow, Michael Wyman, Phillip Glass. Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, Dario Marianelli, Nino Rota, Shirley Walker .. Local: ..Mile 8, Grand Revue, Fleming and John, De Novo Dahl, The Loft, Chef Dave, Van Hunt (from Atlanta), and my new friends at Stylee Caviar Productions, D Brown and Folk Medicine .. Local Jazz: ..Lori Meacham and Roger Spencer, Beggie Adair, Shane Roberts, Stan Lassitor, (Founders or the Nashville Jazz Workshop) Béla and his crew Vic, Coffin, future man, Liz Johnson, Anne Sellick, Don Aliquo, Jamey Simmons, Jim Ferguson, Jim white...

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