Bass player with a lot of experience playing in Rock, 70s R&B, Funk, Funky blues, Acid Jazz, New Orleans funk, Fusion, and Progressive Rock bands. Looking to form or join a band to play out about twice a month.
Open to anything as long as it's tight and grooves, and to be able to jam on ideas, not just follow the original.
I work best with and am seeking slightly older (>30), experienced musicians. I play fretted and fretless bass, the latter sounds good with acoustic songs.
Some ideas:
Instrumental R&B Funk: The Meters, Galactic, Martin Medeski and Woods, Liquid Soul, Groove Collective, SoulLive
R&B Funk/ New Orleans Funk: The Neville Brothers, Little Feat, Dr. John
R&B: Maceo Parker, James Brown, early Stevie Wonder, Tower Of Power
Funk: Parliament / Funakdelic, The Brothers Johnson, Ohio Players, Sly & The Family Stone
Funky Blues: Chris Duarte, Joe Bonamassa
Fusion Blues: Robben Ford, Scott Henderson
Fusion: The Yellowjackets, Weather Report, Brian Culbertson, Jan Hammer, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Brian Auger, Jeff Lorber, Niacin, Spyro Gyra
Hard Blues: Robin Trower, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Eric Gales
Jazz Rock: Steely Dan, Jeff Beck, Dixie Dregs
Rock: The Allman Bros, Hot Tuna, Grateful Dead, early Santana, select Jimi Hendrix songs
R&B Jazz: Eddie Harris / McCoy Tyner, Kenny Garrett
I also have years of experience playing Led Zepplin, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Mahogany Rush, Rush, Yes, Genesis, ELP, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, etc. 70s rock - I'd be open to that only if I can't find a gig playing the stuff listed above.
An interesting side project could draw on these influences:
Prog: King Crimson, Yes, Rush, ELP, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Pink Floyd, Arena, Symphony X, IQ, Spock’s Beard, The Flower Kings
Electronic: Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Jena Michelle Jarre, Triumvirat
Ambient: Brina Eno, Biosphere, Spiritualized, Robert Fripp, various artists
I'm not interested in playing:
- Canto
- Ballads (or other sappy music)
- Straight jazz (gets boring for this bassist)
- Straight blues (two or three a night is ok but I'm not a blues purist)
- Metal (love it but not to play)
Open to anything as long as it's tight and grooves, and to be able to jam on ideas, not just follow the original.
I work best with and am seeking slightly older (>30), experienced musicians. I play fretted and fretless bass, the latter sounds good with acoustic songs.
Some ideas:
Instrumental R&B Funk: The Meters, Galactic, Martin Medeski and Woods, Liquid Soul, Groove Collective, SoulLive
R&B Funk/ New Orleans Funk: The Neville Brothers, Little Feat, Dr. John
R&B: Maceo Parker, James Brown, early Stevie Wonder, Tower Of Power
Funk: Parliament / Funakdelic, The Brothers Johnson, Ohio Players, Sly & The Family Stone
Funky Blues: Chris Duarte, Joe Bonamassa
Fusion Blues: Robben Ford, Scott Henderson
Fusion: The Yellowjackets, Weather Report, Brian Culbertson, Jan Hammer, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Brian Auger, Jeff Lorber, Niacin, Spyro Gyra
Hard Blues: Robin Trower, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Eric Gales
Jazz Rock: Steely Dan, Jeff Beck, Dixie Dregs
Rock: The Allman Bros, Hot Tuna, Grateful Dead, early Santana, select Jimi Hendrix songs
R&B Jazz: Eddie Harris / McCoy Tyner, Kenny Garrett
I also have years of experience playing Led Zepplin, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Mahogany Rush, Rush, Yes, Genesis, ELP, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, etc. 70s rock - I'd be open to that only if I can't find a gig playing the stuff listed above.
An interesting side project could draw on these influences:
Prog: King Crimson, Yes, Rush, ELP, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Pink Floyd, Arena, Symphony X, IQ, Spock’s Beard, The Flower Kings
Electronic: Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Jena Michelle Jarre, Triumvirat
Ambient: Brina Eno, Biosphere, Spiritualized, Robert Fripp, various artists
I'm not interested in playing:
- Canto
- Ballads (or other sappy music)
- Straight jazz (gets boring for this bassist)
- Straight blues (two or three a night is ok but I'm not a blues purist)
- Metal (love it but not to play)
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