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Ron, I was a professional musician also. I toured the US in bands for many years, played concerts and festivals in FL, on the strip in Las Vegas, Crater festival and clubs in Hawaii and The Whiskey A Go Go here in LA.
I play bass, what do you play?
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I play bass also and sing. Small world!
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Ron, I was a professional musician also. I toured the US in bands for many years, played concerts and festivals in FL, on the strip in Las Vegas, Crater festival and clubs in Hawaii and The Whiskey A Go Go here in LA.
I play bass, what do you play?
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Rob,
Thanks for the compliment and yes my son is the soloist. He is also the first alto in the Southern California High school All Star Jazz band.
We have a very strong middle school band here. Last week, they entered in a high school intermediate category and got third place beating some high school bands. It was in middle school that my son and daughter developed into musicians. They had a teacher that they loved and was a good motivator. They stop by the middle school every now and then to visit their old music teacher and help with the kids.
Ron, I made a choice when I was mid 30's and I looked at the older rock musicians that weren't rock stars like myself and went into the business world. I don't know what would have happened if I had kept at it, but I did play with Joe Cocker, Pat Benatar, Eric Burton and a lot of other well known musicians.
I have a very rare bass, it's a 1959 Fender Jazz, and the value is over 40K. I wired it stereo and the record we recorded last year has one pickup left channel the other right channel. It will be the first ever recording made with a split stereo bass.
I also have a new Jazz that I usually play live.
I have a few youtube video's and a webpage on a musicians page. I played soul early on and did an album with "The Soul Searchers" that had local fame in LA. They had a hit single that got in the top 20. Toured with a country star from Hee Haw and quickly learned country was not my thing in many ways. The piano player in that band went on to play with Glenn Campbell and was on his TV show. Might have been a bad choice leaving him.
Lots of stories and as you might know, some not fit to print here.
Cheers!
Mahal,
I hope your son will consider a career in music be it performance or teaching.
Rob
I made my choice at age 29. I played in the house band at one of the major clubs on Washington DC's "strip" in the mid 60s. The Dr. King assassination and ensuing riots pretty much put an end to that. Like you, I looked at the older musicians and decided I would do better putting my electronics schooling to work.Ron, I made a choice when I was mid 30's and I looked at the older rock musicians that weren't rock stars like myself and went into the business world. I don't know what would have happened if I had kept at it, but I did play with Joe Cocker, Pat Benatar, Eric Burton and a lot of other well known musicians.
I have a very rare bass, it's a 1959 Fender Jazz, and the value is over 40K. I wired it stereo and the record we recorded last year has one pickup left channel the other right channel. It will be the first ever recording made with a split stereo bass.
I also have a new Jazz that I usually play live.
I have a few youtube video's and a webpage on a musicians page. I played soul early on and did an album with "The Soul Searchers" that had local fame in LA. They had a hit single that got in the top 20. Toured with a country star from Hee Haw and quickly learned country was not my thing in many ways. The piano player in that band went on to play with Glenn Campbell and was on his TV show. Might have been a bad choice leaving him.
Lots of stories and as you might know, some not fit to print here.
Cheers!
Great story. I loved the women people called groupies.
It's funny the level of musicianship you will find while going across this country. I found there are pockets of great musicians. Tulsa is one of those pockets. Eric Clapton hired a band that was playing in a club in a Safeway parking lot. Leon Russel and Joe Cocker's band too.
Hollywood has so many wannabees that think they are great, it's laughable.
That's a great video. Reminds me of my trombone days in high school and college.
Is that your son on the sax solo?