I've been playing guitar since high school, and that was longer ago than I care to admit. Since then, I've played with many bands all over New England upstate New York, New York City, Ohio and Colorado, including stints with Maynard Silva, Tina Welch, a fill-in gig with Dick Curless, Strangers (an 80's era N.H. dance band) The High Street Band (a Worcester favorite), Mad Jack and the Screaming Alligators, and a band called Nazareth (no, not THAT Nazareth, a different one). After all that, I quit music for 15 years and picked it up again in the late 90's.
More recently, I've played with The Bone Dogs, a blues band, and The Hip Swayers, whose eclectic song list includes surf, country, and rockabilly.
I've also been recording clips with Garageband for video soundtrack use on telegram.com.
Upcoming gigs:
Jan 27:The Bone Dogs:
at Main St. Market and Cafe, Concord, MA Feb 13:The Hip Swayers:
Dirty Gerund Poetry Night at Ralph's
4-21-11. Ok, I'm not really a country picker but I play one on the internet. I added "Twangin'," a country tune recorded with 2 Danelectros, my homemade Telecaster and a backing track (thank you Doug Seven!). The slide is a C6 tuning.
EQUIPMENT:
A Partscaster, based on a blackguard Tele
Fender American Std. Telecaster
Fender American Std. Stratocaster
'62 Gibson Les Paul SG
Danelectro '63 Reissue
Danelectro '56 Reissue
Danelectro '59 12-string
Eastwood P-90 Special
'72 Fender Vibrolux Reverb
Vox AC30CC1
Fender Super Champ XD
Pedals: Danelectro Cool Cat Transparent Drive, Drive and Distortion. Boss DD-7 Delay, Boss FZ-5, DigiTech Digital Reverb and Danelectro Tuna Melt Tremolo.
I've played through and owned dozens of amps and guitars over the years including old black-faced Fenders (wish I still had all of them), a Marshall 100-watt Super Lead, Mesa Boogies, Yamaha G100 and several Peaveys including a recently owned Peavey 30-watt Classic.
It's the same with guitars. I've owned several Les Pauls, Strats and Telecasters as well as a Firebird and a Yamaha SA2000.
Here's a video I did for a tune I wrote recently. I used my '56 Danelectro Reissue through a Fender Super Champ:
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