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Played many of the A clubs and casinos when they were popular rock venues and not tribute band breeding grounds from Everett to Vancouver WA with bands listed below. Smoking and DUI laws hammered the clubs to where they never recovered there cliental. Pay was pretty much nothing then the DJ's stole the venues. Club owners could now get something for practically nothing with the DJ's.
Performed with rock bands in Europe when I was in the service. Did years of touring in the Rikk Beatty band performing many Rock Festivals throughout the United States along with clinician work for Digitech at all the major music outlets from the East Coast to the West Coast.
Club History:
Back in the day for me it was 1973 to1980 if you played any clubs (Casinos didn't exist at that time) you had to join the musicians union or you did not play but if the club owner allowed you to play he or she was subject to a fine from the union or got black listed if caught.
Seasoned Professional breakdown:
An individual that had the desire early on in life to pursue music professionally along with the ability to grasp and study the perspective instrument was a part of something big but ended up having a family and took a different path, yet stayed in tune with the instrument and music over the years.
The Instrument:
I have marked the Bass Guitar experience as advanced and not expert because I didn't pursue reading music charts but can tab.
Contact info:
I'm retired now and am always up for a jam If you know your craft/instrument Give me a shout
(360) 349-3195 (Leave me a message) I will return your call.
Thanks for looking!
My Journey begins:
1968: Started guitar lessons at 12 years of age with Johnny Lewis at Johnny Lewis music on the corner of Carpenter Rd and Pacific Ave in Lacey WA. AKA (Music 6000) now.
1969: Rolls around and a band called Grand Funk Railroad puts out there first album (On Time) the Bassist name is Mel Schacher, that was it for me! I didn't know it at the time, but the Bass Guitar would be my main stay for the rest of my life!
As a youngster I always gravitated to the more seasoned musicians prided myself on how much knowledge I could gather.
Started playing Bass in rock bands in Junior High & High School had a whole lot of fun with my buds Richard LaBonte, Eric Nyberg, Kirk Deming, Joe Hart, Jeff Parkhurst, Mark Gill & Scott McGee. Went into the Military for a couple of years came back & jammed with Bob Dean, Mike Logan, Gordon Lingren, Bill Sweeney, Kevin Wyre, Jerry Bentley, Kevin Hastings & a boat load of other folks and bands that are a memory loss.
Below are the names of some of the musicians & bands that I can remember and have had the privilege to ROCK with over all these years. The 70's at times was out of control! :)
1968/69
Mom would take me over to Richard Labonte's house in Lacey after my guitar lesson from Johnny Lewis every Saturday. Richard had a Bass Guitar that I quickly gravitated to and he would play the Drums and together we started getting into music.
1970 - 74
Bassist with my buds from Timberline high school:
Eric Nyberg - Vocalist/Guitarist
Joe Hart - Drummer
Kirk Deming - Guitarist
Jeff Parkhurst - Drummer
Mark Gill - Vocalist/Guitarist
Scott McGee - Bassist
We practiced in Eric's parents' garage, played covers at Skate Land on South Bay Rd Olympia & Keggers in the woods.
1972 - 74
I met these guys below from working at Anne's car wash on plum street from there we played all the clubs in Oly but because I was underage I had to sign a waiver and go outside after every set.
Bassist with:
Vocalist - Randy Hanna
Guitarist - Denny Hanna
Guitarist - Frank Smith
Guitarist - Jerry Bentley (Jerry is no longer us, Rest in peace my brother)
Drummer - Rick Hammerl
Covers - Local Clubs - Keggers
1974 - 77
Bassist with the band (Red Lloyd) Bamberg Germany Original's- Covers- Local Clubs & Festival's Throughout Europe
1977 - 79
Bassist with:
Kevin Wyer - Guitarist extraordinaire from Music 6000 is always invited to play with Eric Clapton When Eric is in Washington.
Jerry Bentley - Drummer. Jerry is no longer with us (Rest in peace my brother)
Covers- Private Parties - Keggers
1977-79
Bassist with:
Chris Miller - Drums
Tim Recore - Guitarist
Bob Dean - Guitarist
Covers - Party band
1977 - 80
Bassist with:
Bill Sweeney - (Wild Bill) Guitarist extraordinaire
Bob Dean- Guitarist - Eddie Van Halen virtuoso
Chris Miller - Drummer - John Bonham clone
Additional Drummers - Mike Logan, Gordon Lingren & Kevin Hastings
Covers - Private Parties - Keggers
1978/79
Bassist with
Mike Logan/Gordon Lingren - Drummers
Bob Dean - Guitarist
Jam band at Gordon's party house Mud bay. Big time Keggers!
1980 - 83
US Army 2/2 ACR Bamberg Germany
1983 - 86
Bassist with (The Out of Hand band)
Featuring Olympia icon Drummer at that time Jerry Bentley (Jerry is no longer with us (Rest in peace my brother)
Guitarist - Gary Gilbert/Rob Petrozzi
Keyboardist - Rick Wickman
Vocalist - Melody Bushel (Mel is no longer with us, rest in peace my sister)
Covers - Local Clubs
1986 - 89
Bassist with Miller, Petrozzi & Hogan (MPH)
Rob Petrozzi - Guitarist/Vocals
Chris Miller - Drummer
Originals and Covers - Local Clubs & Festival's
1989 - 94
Bassist with (The Sound Dogz)
Bill Sibold - Vocalist/Song writer/Guitarist (Bill's no longer with us, Rest in peace my brother)
Ian Weintraub - Guitarist
Chris Maar - Drummer
Jeff Thompson - lead vocalist
Originals - Covers - Local Clubs &Festival's
1990/91
Bassist with (The Jam band)
Guitarist/Vocalist - Rob Petrozzi
Guitarist - Ian Weintraub
Chris Miller - Drummer
Covers-Local Clubs
1992/93
Original Bassist with (The Willies)
Jack Williams - Guitarist /Professional Song writer. Credits: The Who, Rolling Stones, Blackfoot just to name a few
Steve Bowker - lead vocalist
Jim Jenkins - Drummer
Toemos - Hammond B3
Centralia's Guitar Hero - Jimmy Richie
Originals - Clubs - Festival's
1994 - 96
Bassist with (Girl next door)
Laura - Lead Vocalist
Olympia Guitar Hero - Randy Sloan
Randy Lance - Drummer
George - Guitarist, Harpist, Vocalist/Backing vocals - (Unfortunately George is no longer with us he took his own life! Rest in peace)
Covers - Casinos & Local Clubs
1996
Bassist with:
Vocalist - Frank Parkhurst
Guitarist/vocalist - (Dave Mascete) from the bay area his brother was one of the founding members of Tower of Power. Dave jammed with the boys back in the day. Dave is the funkiest Guitarist I ever had the privilege to share the stage with!
Guitarist/vocalist - Rob Petrozzi
Professional Keyboardist - Brent Pendleton
Drummer - Chris Miller
with sit in's Percussionist Jeff Parkhurst/Guitarist Mark Eckhart
Hosting the open mic at the Lon Yapp Cajun food restaurant Lacey WA
1996 - 99
Original Bassist with (Mr. Slate)
Vocalist/Guitarist - Rob Petrozzi
Guitarist/vocalist - Dave Mascete
Lead Guitarist - Mason County's Guitar Hero Mike Smith - AKA (Smitty) from Music 6000
Professional Keyboardist - Brent Pendleton at one point played for Leeann Rimes
Scott Peoples - Drummer
Originals - Covers - Local Clubs & Festival's
1998 - 08
Bassist with (Sunnyjim)
The best cover band I was ever a part of!
Phil Rivas - Lead Vocalist/Guitar Syth
Dave Mascete/Randy Sloan lead & Rhythm guitarists/backing vocalist
Scott Peoples, Jeff Morris/Mike Hann - Drummers
Modern Covers - Festivals - Casinos - Local Clubs
2004/05
Bassist with (Jam band) at the South PAW
Rob Rideout - Guitarist/Vocalist
Scott Peoples - Drummer
Local clubs
2006 - 14
12 string Bassist with the Multi Award winning (Rikk Beatty Band)
Original powerful instrumental trio
Rikk Beatty - Guitarist extraordinaire
Chris Shealy - Fabulous Drummer
True Professional Musicians
World Touring for Digitech/Ampeg - Clenition work, NAMM shows and Studio work.
2008
Bassist with the band (Agnes) Power trio:
Vocalist/Guitarist - Rob Petrozzi
Chris Shealy - Drummer
Covers - Local clubs
2009 - 14
Bassist with (Fat Daddy Long Legs) Horn Funk Band:
Kenny Dean - Hammond B3/Vocalist
Brien Heck - Guitarist/Vocals. Brien is no longer with us, (Rest in peace my brother)
Chris Petersen - Guitarist/Vocals
Brain Cockerel - Lead Vocals
Mitch Sloan - Sax/backing vocals
Chris Shealy, Patrick Dean and Tim Hudlow - Drummers
Don't remember the Trombone or the Trumpet players names - Covers - Local Clubs & Festival's
2014/15
Bassist with First generation (Ten Cent Judy)
Brien Heck - Lead Vocals/Harp/Guitarist/Slide Guitar. Brien is no longer with us (Rest in peace my brother)
Chris Petersen - Lead Guitar/Vocals
Tim Hudlow - Drummer/backing Vocals
All seasoned professional's Awesome 4 piece! Covers - Local Clubs & festivals
2015
Bassist with jam mates (The Hard tones) Hoquiam WA.
Mark - Vocalist/Guitarist/Harp
Chris - Drummer ( I'm sorry to say that Chris just passed away do to complications with COPD June 2019) Rest in peace my brother!
Awesome 3 piece! Both players are Seasoned Professional's Covers- Local Clubs
2016/17
10 string Bassist with (Chasing Oz) Original Band Lynnwood WA.
Ginine - Lead Vocalist
Randy - Lead and Rhythm Guitarist/ Backing Vocals
Mike - Drummer / Bill Ray - Professional Drummer 7 years with Ike Turner
Awesome Original music! Festivals/Local Clubs
2016/17
Bassist with Second Generation (Ten Cent Judy)
Steve - Lead vocalist/guitarist
Kenny - Hammond B3 player/vocalist
Mikey - Lead/Rhythm guitarist
Timmy - Drummer/backing vocals
All Seasoned Professional's Awesome 5 piece! Covers - festivals
2018/19
Bassist with (Neptune's Ride)
Steve - Vocalist/Guitarist
Jeff - Vocalist/Guitarist
Ken - Organist/backing vocals
Dave - Drummer
Seasoned Professionals/Challenging Covers -Festivals
2018 - 24
Bassist with an Original Project (Full Goose Bozo)
My description: Mahavishnu Orchestra meets Alan Parsons, hangs with Pink Floyd, Yes, Robin Trower, and Mahogany Rush.
Mike - Vocalist/Guitarist -at one point was asked to play for Head East but turned them down (He's that good)
Nate - Drummer - To this day takes pointers from Alan White his friend (Yes) Drummer
Honored to be playing with these professional musicians!
Professional Musicians/Recording - Festivals
2020
Bassist with the Bryan Scott Project: Original composition
Bryan Scott - Lead Vocals/Piano/Keys
Johnny - Guitarist
Timmy - Drums
2019 - 24
Bassist and backing vocals with Reformed (Ten Cent Judy) 60s psychedelic/early 70s Rock band:
Greg - Seasoned Rhythm, Lead, Slide Guitarist Lead and Backing Vocals.
Mike - Seasoned Rhythm, lead, Slide, lap steel Guitarist Lead and backing vocals.
Timmy - Seasoned Drummer, Percussionist Lead and Backing Vocals
- Screen name:
- TJ Hogan Bassist
- Member since:
- Apr 25 2006
- Active within 1 week
- 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:
- 6-7 nights a week
- Most available:
- Days
Instrument experience:
- Bass Guitar:
- Advanced
- Background Singer:
- Advanced
EQUIPMENT
Vintage Analog Studio Gear:
1. Mid 1990s Mackie 3208 8 buss 32 channel Mixing Console combined with the Mackie 24 channel expansion console a total of 56 channels along with meter bridges and Power supplies.
2. Tascam Professional CD recorder.
3. Dual 32 band EQ.
4. 4 - PreSonus ACP88 eight channel Compressor/Limiter/Gate.
5. 4 - multi-effect units.
6. Effect racks and stands.
7. Furman power conditioner.
Live Performance Sound Gear:
1. 6 each - 15" single speaker, Horn & 4 Piezo speakers in each cab.
2. 4 each - Tower Speaker Cabs with Dual 15" speakers Horn & 4 Piezo's speakers in each cab.
3. 6 each - 18" Sub cabs.
4. Mackie 32 channel 4 buss live board.
5. Compressors
6. EQ's
7. Effect units
8. Crossover
9. 5 - 10,000-Watt power amps
10. Furman power conditioners
11. Road cases.
Stage Lighting:
1. 36 DMX stage lights - wireless
2. 6 Backline special effect lights
3. Stage lighting mixing console - wireless
4. Stage lighting floor controller - wireless
5.DMX stage lighting mounting poles/stands.
6. Modern Smoke Machines - 2ea
Vintage Organ:
1. 1991 Hammond XB -2 portable organ
2. Hammond XB -2 Expression pedal
3. Hammond Leslie Heritage Digital Effect pedal
Bass Guitars:
1. 1960 Fender Jazz Bass
2. 1963 Fender P-Bass
3. 1970 Fender fretless Jazz Bass
4. 1972 Gibson EB4L SG Bass
5. Acoustic Bass
6. Schecter Diamond Series Active 5 string Bass
7. Active 10 string Fretted Bass
8. Active 12 string Fretted Bass
Bass effect pedals:
1. Digitech - Hardwire Chromatic Tuner
2. Digitech - Jamman Stereo Looper
3. Modulation pedal, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, Wha
4. Fuzz and detune.
5. Parametric Bass EQ Custom built in Sweden.
Live Bass Amplification:
1. SWR Mo Bass amp head true stereo Bass head with built in
tube driven analog effects. Tube preamp.
2. SWR Mo Control effect pedal board designed for the Mo Bass Amp Head with built in expression pedal.
3. SWR (Goliath Jr) 2x10 8 ohm, speakers designed
by PAS for SWR with Foster Horn.
4. SWR (Big Ben) rear ported 1x18 cab 8-ohm,
speaker designed by Bag End for SWR.
Live Bass amplification:
1. SWR SM-400 Bi - amp able amp head. Tube preamp.
2. 4 each Array 6" Speakers/Horn with poles
3. 4 each 12" Subwoofers
Rikk Beatty Band Reviews:
Below are but a few of the many positive reviews for the 2011 CD (No Vocals Allowed) the last CD the Rikk Beatty Band Recorded
before the band dissolved in 2014.
In a world of musicians trying to be original The Rikk Beatty Band does not have to try; the crowds love them! -- Scott Cossu (Windham Hill and ALU recording artist)
Man, and machine converge into one mind blowing album (For the album No Vocals Allowed)
-- Eddie Kolesar EKG custom guitars
Instrumental guitar rock Rikk Beatty Band sound is like Steve Vai's Passion and Warfare meets Joe Satriani's Engines of Creation!! Random Productions
Rikk Beatty guitarist, Tim Hogan Bassist, known to shred the frets in the likes of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani -- The Olympian Newspaper
WRITE UP FROM BAND PASSES.COM
(Professional tour supply agency that works with major label and independent bands tour needs)
BAND PROVES THERE IS STILL A PLACE FOR PROWESS
We admit it we are quote; Art Rock or progressive music fans (but our CD collection is probably about as weird as yours!) As such, anything with a certain technical element to the music is sometimes a welcome respite from the passion of a good three chord punk show.
Guitarist Rikk Beatty, Bassist Tim Hogan and Drummer Chris Shealy from Olympia WA would fully admit to being one of those Bands that SLEEPS with their instruments, genuine gear hounds, they can play flight of the bumblebee for breakfast. As the winner of the Seattle WA Guitar Center battle of the bands champion, it is their dedication to their craft that is more inspiring than there amazing playing. With goals ranging from music soundtracks to clinics and performances for their endorsers the band has a full plate of cool things going on around the release of their current CD. Kit and Katie say ROCK... and check The Rikk Beatty Band out.
Kit Benge
Owner/ Bandpasses.com
Below are some songs from:
1. New original project as of Nov 2021 (No name yet) Still recruiting members.
2. Full Goose Bozo project 2018
3. Bryan Scott project 2020
4. Mr. Slate original 1998 demo
5. Sunny Jim 2003 cover demo
6. The Rikk Beatty band (No vocals allowed 2011 release)
7. Ten Cent Judy (2023 Demo, 3 Rehearsal Videos)
Enjoy!!