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Nick Reffold
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SEEKING

Band to Join, Vocalist, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Tenor, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Keyboard, Piano, Harmonica, Upright bass.

ABOUT

Guitar (/bass guitar) player and (baritone) singer. Age 63. I have taken my music seriously since taking early retirement aged 50. Please be aware that I am disabled, by a serious spinal injury. I can walk a bit but cannot carry much and would not manage any kind of intense gigging pressure. I could manage the occasional, informal, gig - perhaps charity shows?

I love jazz and blues and would love to meet up to play jazz and blues standards. We could develop a repertoire, making our own arrangements of tunes or as close to original as you like.

Would like to get together with drummer, keyboards, guitarists, bassists, singers who want to be serious about enjoying making music. I can sing (baritone-ish!) but very shy about it.

I am currently enjoying learning from original recordings of blues songs. Currently working on Elmore James' 'Done Something Wrong'.

What standard of guitar player am I? I can play anything. It's just a question of how long I need to practice it until I get it slick. Willing to spend hours and days in the 'woodshed'.

I have a tendency to a bluesy sound when playing jazz tunes and a jazzy sound when soloing blues. Small surprise that my favourite jazz guitar player is Herb Ellis! Current favourite blues player is Robben Ford.

My ideal would be to join with 1 - 4 others to play and sing blues for our own enjoyment first then, perhaps later, gigs.

For jamming, rehearsing, practicing, I have drum machine, Digitech Trio pedal, Band In A Box, Sonar X3, Boss Looper (the bigun). Also own a Yamaha Clavinova, Performance Pad drums, bass guitar and amps.

Screen name:
Nick Reffold
Member since:
Mar 06 2014
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Committed
Years playing music:
50
Gigs played:
Under 10
Tend to practice:
More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:
2-3 nights a week
Most available:
Days

Influences

Ry Cooder. Eric Clapton. Peter Green. Free. Steely Dan. The Beatles. Kinks. Go West. Miles Davis. The Police. Thelonious Monk. Joe Pass. Ted Greene. J S Bach. Mozart. Beethoven. John Mayer. Elmore James. Andy Summers. James Taylor. Johnny Hiland. BB King. JJ Cale, Freddie King. Albert KIng. Robert Johnson. Mose Allison. B B Broonzy. J L Hooker.Wes. Robin Olds. Robert Cray. Currently revising and listening to a lot of Cream, Rory Gallagher and early Beatles. Usually listen to Classic FM or Jazz in the car.

EQUIPMENT

Fender Strats, US Tele, several Yamahas inc. SA2200, Ibanez 4 string bass guitar, Ibanez SJ300 jazz box (pride and joy),Roland, Fender, Yamaha and Laney amps, many FX, software Sonar X3, Transcribe!, Guitar Pro, Band In a Box, .Boss LoopStation RC-300, mikes, serious gear-a-holic!