INSTRUMENTS:
Guitar, Bass, Keys
BIRTHDATE/SIGN: Sept 26 1955 / Libra
HOMETOWN:
Sharon, PA (Home of the CLUB!)
HIGH SCHOOL: Kennedy Christian, Hermitage, PA
CITIES LIVED IN: Sharon, PA * Farrell, Pa * San Antonio, TX * Grand Forks, ND * Youngstown, OH * Columbus, OH
* Tampa Bay, FL
FIRST BAND:
Earth
Child
1970 - 1978
Co-founder, band
leader & musical director; played guitar and after losing original bass player, switched off on bass with co-founder
Melvin Perry.
Funk Rock &
Soul, Sly to Zeppelin, Blues to Motown, with high energy and dynamic grooves..the band toured the PA College Circuits;
with Corporate events, regional Clubs, Casuals.
(Covers
& Originals)
Marjon Records
OTHER BANDS:
Blind Justice.
1981 - 1983
Band leader, bass, musical director
Variety
Show Band. Classic Rock, Blues, Funk, R&B, Country, Broadway, Jazz (Covers & Originals)
Insane
1986 - 1989
bass, co-musical director
Dance,
Funk, Top 40 Show Band (Covers & Originals)
Capri International
Records
LOT in the
Pocket
aka
Lyquyd Fyre
1990 - 1994
band leader, bass, musical director
Funk Alternative,
Hip Hop, Dance, R&B (Originals & Covers)
Diamond in the Rough
1994
3 piece plus vocalist,
Smooth Jazz, R&B (Covers)
Supernatural
2001
Santana Tribute Band
(Covers)
Dance Planet 2K
2002
Touring
Dance/Show band
(Covers)
R&B Station
2002 - 2005
Blues, Funk & Soul (Covers)
Inner City Blues Band
2005 - 2009
Blues (Originals, Covers)
Old School
Union
2007 -
2008
R&B, Jazz, Dance, Funk, Covers,
Originals)
T J Lewis
2007 - 2009
Classic Rock, Blues
OTHER SKILLS:
Composition and Arrangements,
Live & Studio Audio/Sound Engineering, Midi Sequencing & Digital Audio Recording various platforms
and formats, Midi Implementation and Configuration, Management, Production, Promotion and Booking.
NAME
DROPPIN':
Opened for / Shared the stage with;
Roy Ayers, Bloodstone, Brick, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Larry
Graham & Graham Central Station, The Temptations, Ricky Lawson, Byron Miller, Alan Gorie (AWB), Frank Thompson (Barkays),The
Letterman, Wanda Rash (Zapp) , Shirley King (Daughter of the Blues, BB), Robert Cray, Mark Pender (Conan O Brien)
Worked
with; J.L. Wright (Blue Magic, Nancy Wilson, Dazz Band), Adil Byaan (Kool & the Gang, Colour Me Badd),
MILITARY:
US Air Force. Security Police / ABGD (Air
Base Ground Defence) - The Air Force's elite combat unit
FAVORITE FOOD:
Fried Chicken & T Bone Steaks!!
FAVORTIE BANDS / INFLUENCES:
LARRY GRAHAM (Father of the
Thump Funk & Bass of Sly & Family Stone, who was cool too!!),
Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, James
Brown, Ohio Players, Barkays, Earth Wind & Fire, PRINCE, Doobie Bros, Steely Dan, Rufus w/ Chaka Kahn, Sting, ...to name
but a few
FAVORITE CELEBRITIES / MOVIES / TV:
Samuel L Jackson, Sean Connery, Angela Basset,
Halle Berry, Sheila E, Denzel Washington, Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert DeNiro, James Earl Jones, Jimmy Stewart, Star Trek et all,
An Imitation Of Life, Somewhere in Time, Babylon 5
FAVORITE SPORT:
NONE!! except maybe Boxing
or Martial Arts
HOBBIES:
Astronomy/Cosmology,
Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics,
Movies, Computers,
Martial Arts
(not currently practicing,)
"just
an occasional fly snatched from the air. Never did get into swallowing them like my ABGD brothers."
Target shooting,
"My
grandfather taught me to shoot a .22 rifle when I was 10, and had me shooting pop cans from trees at 50 yards, NOT by hitting
the can, but by severing the twig that was holding it! I could make 2 out of 3 trys.)
QUOTES
It's not who
you are that matters. Its who you believe you are that counts. If you dont believe in yourself,
no one else will either.
