SEEKING
Band to Join, Vocalist, Bass Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion, Trumpet, Saxophone, Keyboard, Harmonica, Trombone, Steel guitar, Upright bass.ABOUT
Los Angeles and New Orleans Session and Club guitarist. Jazz trained, specialize in Country, R&B, Blues, Rockabilly, and Funk. Read OK, charts and scores. Not a 1st-take sight reader. Have good gear but not a gear head. Like playing with a rhythm section. Also accompanying singers. I have my music theory down better than most and my ear is very well trained. Can also play sax in a pinch, but not an ace. Can arrange harmonies and horn parts.
- Screen name:
- bigbenbob
- Member since:
- Jan 30 2018
- Active within 2 weeks
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 45
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
Influences
New Orleans R&B, Carribean funk, Chicago blues, Muscle Shoals sound, big band jazz, early rockabilly. Bands: Little Feat, Tower of Power, Steely Dan, Beatles, Stones, Ricky Skaggs, Commander Cody, Asleep at the Wheel, Delbert McClinton, Marcia Ball, Carl Perkins, Danny Gatton, Cornell Dupree.
Instrument experience:
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Expert
- Lead Guitar:
- Expert
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Expert
- Dobro:
- Expert
- Harmonica:
- Advanced
- Vocalist:
- Intermediate
- Vocalist - Tenor:
- Intermediate
- Bass Guitar:
- Intermediate
EQUIPMENT
Nashville Tele, 335, Archtop Jazz box, etc. Flat top dreadnaught steel string and classical nylon string. Amps: Musicman, old Fender Bassman, and Blug Amp1. Stomp boxes: boost, compressor, analog delay, wah-wah. Nothing fancy, just good sounding gear.