Attitude
Looking to join a 60s-70s-80s cover band of mature (age 40-65), high-caliber musicians with broad musical tastes who want to have fun both in rehearsal and live performance.
• Versatile and skilled in a broad range of styles:
- Vintage R&B (Motown, Stax)
- Classic rock & 60s/70s pop (Tom Petty, Eagles, Doors, Beatles)
- Funk (Average White Band; Tower of Power)
- Jazz; latin; reggae; disco
• Capable of background vocals
• Good reader, both written-out parts and fake book chord charts.
Influences
• Soul: Marvin, Aretha, Stevie, Al Green, Motown (Jamerson devotee)
• Classic Rock & 60s/70s Pop: Tom Petty, Eagles, Doors, Beatles, Todd Rundgren, Joe Jackson
• Funk: Tower of Power, Average White Band; Jamiroquai
• Jazz: Bebop-era Miles, Chick Corea, Great American Songbook
• Reggae: Marley
• Progressive Rock: King Crimson, ELP, Yes
Equipment
Dingwall & Ibanez 5-string basses
Fender 4-string bass
MarkBass amp
BOSS bass guitar synthesizer; MXR compressor