Above: Performing "That Will Be That" with dbClifford / live at Nouveau Casino - Paris
(poor sound, but you'll get the idea!)
Above: Performing "Stay Cool" with dbClifford / live at Nouveau Casino - Paris (sound is poor, but you'll get the idea!)
Above: Playing keyboards
(B3) w/Marc Almond (Soft Cell)
and Kelly Ali (Sneaker Pimps) on the Jools Holland Show-London, UK
For as long as I can remember, I
have always loved the
feeling of low frequencies hitting me square in the middle of my chest. When I
was just 4 years old, I thought I had reached nirvana when I discovered the bass
control knob on my parents old hi-fi system. When I turned this knob up and
hugged the speaker, I felt the vibrations pulse through my body and was
instantly and forever a changed person! From then on, all I wanted to do was
play the bass, but first my parents put me through 8 years of
classical, modern and avant garde piano training. At the age of 15, when I got my first pay
check from my very
first job, I immediately went to the local music store and bought my first
electric bass and amp. (The total for both only came to $60!) Within a
week, I was already working with 2 bands and since then, I haven't looked back.
I
have become an accomplished electric fretted and fretless
bassist, double bassist and keyboardist. I am currently performing live and
touring with jazz/pop singer/songwriter extraordinaire, dbClifford, promoting his
smashing new album, "Retro / Futur". I've worked, toured live and done
many recording sessions with so many great artists including
(alphabetically):
guitarist ANDY SUMMERS (Police)
canadian rocker BARNEY BENTALL BEVERLEY MAHOOD & LACE trumpet/fiddle player DANIEL LAPP
producer DAVE OGILVIE (Nine Inch Nails)
drummer DAVE RUFFY (Sinead O'Connor)
canadian bluesman DAVID GOGO
singer/songwriter dbCLIFFORD
drummer DENTON WHITED (Philosopher Kings) DEPECHE MODE
members of DEVO
dobro master DOUG COX
icelandic producer/jazzster JAKOB MAGNUSSON
producer JOBY BAKER the young, up 'n coming JULIAN ANTHONY MULHALL singer KELLI ALI (Sneaker Pimps)
rapper/singer/songstress KIA KADIRI
soul/funkster KUBA OMS electronic jazzers LAPPELECTRO jazz guitarist LARRY CORYELL
soulful roots & bluester LESTER QUITZAU
pop singer/songwriter LINDY
folk songwriter/singers LOWEN & NAVARRO producer/guitarist LUKE DOUCET
bohemian jazz/folkstress MAE MOORE MARC ALMOND (Soft Cell)
guitarist extraordinaire MARC ATKINSON
pop/folk singer MELISSA McCLELLAND MICHAEL JACKSON
producer MICK GLOSSOP
drummer MITCH MITCHELL (Jimi Hendrix)
boyband THE MOFFATS
singer NEIL OSBORNE (54-40)
guitarist NEAL X (Sigue Sigue Sputnik)
slide guitarist RACHELLE VAN ZANTEN drummer RANDY COOKE
#1 percussionist RICHIE GAJATE GARCIA
drummer RICHIE HAYWARD (Little Feat)
guitarist/producer RICK BOSTON
singer/songwriter RICKIE LEE JONES
drummer ROGER TAYLOR (Duran Duran)
the ultimate rockstress SASS JORDAN roots singer SEAN HOGAN
the one and only TAJ MAHAL
producer/mixmaster TCHAD BLAKE
guitarist/comedian TODD BUTLER
improv groovesters VELVET
circus variety show rocksters WHEEZE and many others.