We look forward to seeing you at the venerable Market On 7th, in the old Ybor City section of Tampa, on June 3rd. We’ll be welcoming J. Michael Hester to the band with a free-form jam, and will be looking forward to shaking out some sets and shoring up the foundations of a great Rock band.
We’ve been away from Market On 7th for awhile. The exile was unintentional. It’s going to be great to be back in the saddle at one of our favorite places in the world. We all look forward to having a slice of the best pizza in Florida, and hanging out with Gino and Takeia – two of our favorite people.
Come on out and help us shake out the band’s set lists!
Market On 7th
1816 East 7th Avenue
Tampa, Florida
We hope to see you tomorrow at Covington Park in Apollo Beach, Florida, where we’ll be performing as part of the Covington Park community’s Armed Forces Day celebrations. It’s always a pleasure to play for the good folks of Covington Park. The place is beginning to feel like a home away from home for all of us who’ve had the good fortune to repeat appearances.
We’ll performing a modified version of our usual set list, which will be a little shorter than usual owing to the various ceremonies that will be taking place. If you’re in the Apollo Beach area, we encourage you to drop by and help us show our support for our men and women in uniform.
Okay, okay. So we’re finally getting off of our duffs and creating a web site. A lot of our friends from various venues have written us through our ReverbNation page, asking when we’re going to have a proper web site. So… let this be fair warning. We have arrived.
More info will follow soon. We’ll be posting band bios, as well as other information about our upcoming recording projects, as well as show updates, store links, and various unimportant trivia that’ll blow your mind. Like… did you know that one of the first hats to be depicted was found in a tomb painting at Thebes and shows a man wearing a coolie-style straw hat? How long was it before someone pointed to his head, and said “that’s some bad hat, Harry”?
What made you want to be a musician?
To pick up girls, of course!
Seriously, I come from a musical family. My mom has an undergrad in music, one of my grandmothers was a piano teacher and my other grandmother was the church organist. My parents were pretty young when they had me so they were always listening to Elvis and The Beatles. Our home was filled with popular music all the time and mom would take us to all the Elvis movies and we watched American Bandstand together.
My dad doesn’t play an instrument but he owned a record store so he had this amazing collection! He taught me about the blues and jazz. He would listen to a Zep tune and go “You know Muddy Waters wrote that, right?” It was a great education.
After learning piano, it just seemed natural to pick up the guitar.
What made you want to be a musician?
I’ve always been fascinated with about anything that made a noise, since I was a child. So it wasn’t a big leap from there to becoming a musician. I’ve just always loved music of any kind.
Why bass?
My first musical heroes were the rock band KISS. Everybody had a favorite, and mine was Gene Simmons. He could probably be blamed for turning me into a bass player. Once I got older and learned more about music and my tastes expanded, I was always drawn to music that had great bass. Rush. Yes. Kansas. The Who. Dozens of others.
What made you want to be a musician?
My parents listened to music, so as far back as I remember I’ve always heard music playing.
Why drums?
I guess I was about 6 or 7 years old and I would lay out album covers and take pencils and tap. I always got in trouble for tapping on everything.
Which individual musicians most influenced your style?
John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) and Joey Kramer (Aerosmith).
Where were you born?
Bronx, New York.
