SEEKING
Other, Piano.ABOUT
Always music in my home. Broadway, Folk, Jazz, Jug Band, Doo-Wop, Classical, ethnic, indigenous.... Rockabilly!....All of it.
First 45 rpm purchase with my "own" money:
Ballad of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdwUpxkfSJw
Played and performed as guitarist, pianist, singer, bassist (upright, bass guitar)
Designer and Manufacturer of pickups for Upright Bass (Biesele Amplification Systems).
One of my pickups in use (Viktor Krauss with Lyle Lovett on David Letterman "What Do You Do?"): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x24lthq
And another(me and a couple of buddies playing one of my tunes "Johnny is a Bad Boy"):
https://vimeo.com/71423784
- Screen name:
- rudy127701
- Member since:
- May 12 2023
- Active within 1 week
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 60
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
Influences
Jim Kweskin, Skip Beckwith, Bill Black, Ry Cooder, Wilson Pickett
Instrument experience:
- Vocalist:
- Advanced
- Vocalist - Tenor:
- Advanced
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Advanced
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Advanced
- Upright bass:
- Advanced
- Lead Guitar:
- Moderate
- Bass Guitar:
- Moderate
- Piano:
- Moderate
EQUIPMENT
More than necessary.
MUSIC
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Nitromethane
Nitromethane Track number: 2 Year: 2010 Genre: Other
Bandmix doesn't list Rockabilly as a genre. Huh? What's up with that. This tune is Rockabilly. One of mine. I am singing, slapping and popping Upright Bass. Mason MacLeod on guitar(s).
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Love Potion #9
Love Potion #9 Track number: 1 Year: 2015 Genre: Acoustic
I am playing Upright Bass and guitar. I am the vocalist.
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Bus Fare
Bus Fare Track number: 3 Year: 1993 Genre: Jazz
I was a finalist in a CBC song contest in 1993 with this one. All voices and instruments are performed by myself. Recorded on a Yamaha 4 track cassette deck.
