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I grew up in a Detroit suburb in the 1960’s & being the youngest of five I was turned onto all different styles of music including rock, blues, jazz, R&B & Motown. Detroit also had a few underground FM stations featuring the artists of the day. They would broadcast many hours of uninterrupted music by artists like The Stooges, Lou Reed, The Dead, Nugent/ Amboy Dukes, Cream, MC5, Jeff Beck, Blue Cheer, Santana, Led Zeppelin.

 

The concert scene was great back then too with small venues featuring unknown & upcoming acts that would later become classic bands or major recording artists. My first at age 10 was Hendrix in ‘68 & I’ve seen many live shows since.

 

Here’s a few of my favorite musicians & bands in concert. Most have influenced or inspired my writing & playing in some way.
 

 

The Beatles
Jimi Hendrix

Chick Corea
Pink Floyd
Frank Zappa
Tony Williams
Thelonious Monk
Weather Report
Varese
Steeley Dan
Led Zepplin
Charlie Parker
Brand-X
Larry Carlton
Jeff Beck
Allan Holldsworth
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Adrian Belew
Miles Davis
The Who
Joe Pass
SRC
MC5
Terry Reid
Jefferson Airplane
Santana
The Grateful Dead
Al DiMeola
The Brecker Bros.
Airto/ Flora Purim
Peter Gabriel
Deep Purple

Bob Seger

Teegarden & VanWinkle
Uriah Heap
Amboy Dukes/ Ted Nugent
Mountain
Jethro Tull
Lee Ritenour
Billie Holiday
Foghat
Stravinsky
Gershwin
Missing Persons
John Coltrane
Carla Bley
Jean-Luc Ponty
Kate Bush
Bob Seger/ The Herd

The Stones

Argent

Bad Company
Ronnie Montrose
Robert Fripp

King Crimsom
ELP
YES

The Allman Bros.

Wes Montgomery
George Benson

 

Aaron Copland
Grant Green
McCoy Tyner

The Heath Bros.
The Producers
ZZ Top

Barney Kessel
Phillip Catherine
John Scofield
The Stooges
CSNY
Lou Reed
John Abercrombie
Captain Beefheart
Earle Hagen
The Bobs
Black Sabbath
Howard Roberts
Ravi Shankar
Bill Chase
Blind Faith
Chet Atkins
Herb Ellis
Van Halen

George Duke
Henry Mancini
Keith Jarrett
Lionel Newman
Queen
Steve Lukather
Larry Coryell
Eric Clapton
Joe Jackson
Herbie Hancock
Anton Webern

Blood Sweat & Tears

Chicago
Terry Kath
Doobie Bros.

Gil Evans
Maynard Ferguson

Todd Rundgren
Marcus Miller
Kenny Burrell
David Bowie
Pat Martino
The Police

Robin Trower

Procol Harum
Passport
Kraftwerk
Charles Mingus
The Silver Apples
Joe Pass
The Tubes
Earl Klugh
Django Reinhardt

Tower Of Power
John McLaughlin
John Cage

 

 

 

   
     
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