Bill Shirk
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"Compassion has no limit. Kindness has no enemy."
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100 years old
SCOTTDALE, Georgia
United States
Last Login:4/7/2008
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Bill Shirk's Interests
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| General | Music appreciation, performance of music, songwriting, teaching music, playing various musical instruments, gardening, camping, fishing, hiking, snorkeling, hunting, birding, comedy, yoga, horticulture, sociology, anthropology, archeology, history, physics, geography, geology, astronomy, psychology, biology, chemistry, philosophy. linguistics, mathematics, medicine (especially holistic), religion, the vedic traditions, politics, movies, carpentry, karaoke, Polynesia, stimulating conversation with intelligent life forms, fine arts (especially- Salvador Dali, Michaelangelo, Rembrandt, and Da Vinci), motorcycling, the Amish, baseball, pool, Starbucks coffee (Italian roast, expresso ground), mixology, beer- Guinness Stout, good food (organically grown, and fresh is best), fine wines, any beach-anywhere-anytime, numismatics,......... | | Music | My current favorite live music venues are Club 29, The Saloon, on Roswell
Road in Sandy Springs, The Northside Tavern, and Fuzzy's Place...... My favorite artists include; Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers Band, The Zambiland Orchestra, Jimi Hendrix, Slim Whitman, Michel Camillo, John Scofield, Frank Zappa, Homer and Jethro, Col. Bruce Hampton(Ret.) and The Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jez Graham, Jack Webb, The Dixie Dregs, Angela Motter, Art Blakey, Susan Tadeschi, Janis Joplin, Alan Holldsworth, The Howard Sprague Fusion, Tony Williams, Miles Davis, Spike Jones (the first one), Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Wayne Shorter, Level 42, Jaco Pastorious, AC DC, Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, The Amish Outlaws, Steps Ahead, Oscar Peterson, Ralph Roddenberry, Nektar, Humble Pie, John Coltrane, Cole Porter, Art Pepper, Stravinski, U.K., Steely Dan, The Who, Aretha Franklin, Tom Woods, Devo, Greg Hester, The Ramones, Sly and the Family Stone, Louis Armstrong, Sonny Emory, The Doobie Brothers, Keith Jarrett, Harry James, James Brown, Donna Hopkins, Blue Oyster Cult, Henry Mancini, Billie holiday, Diane Durrett, The Jackson Five, The Cult, Antonio Carlos Jobim, CCR, The Rolling Stones, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Rikie Lee Jones, The Sex Pistols, Burt Bacharrach, Escape Vehicle (with Ryan), Bob Dylan, Tito Puentes, Vinnie Colaiuta, Patsy Cline, Pat Boone, Ed Ames, Herb Alpert, The Greatful Dead, Jazz Is Dead, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Rush, Loretta Lynn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Airto, Todd Rundgren, Government Mule, Zydefunk, Leon Russell, Elmore James, Mike Stern, Leni Stern, Glen Campbell, Kiss, Gene Krupa, Stanley Clark, Hank Sr. and Jr., Ludwig Von Beethoven, George Duke, Barry Richman, Django Reinhart, Parliament Funkadelic, Wishbone Ash, Jez Graham, Jeff Beck, The Beach Boys, The Yellow Jackets, Captian Beyond, Cream, Andrew Black, George M. Cohan, John McLaughlin, Living Color, Billy Cobham, Little Leon Sweat, Rogers/hammerstein, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich, UK, Aerosmith, Conway Twitty, Tom Petty, Al Greene, Howlin' Wolf, Stevie Ray Vaughn, J.S. Bach, Trilok Gurtu, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Galactic, The Beatles, Temple of the Dog, Kathy Carlisle, Santana, The Band, Steve Vai, Clifford Brown, Gary Burton, Dave Valentin, Yes, Bill Stewart, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, The Police, Black Sabbath, Glenn Miller......... | | Movies | "I love moooovies", said the cow...... | | Television | "I like to watch"- Chauncey Gardener. | | Books | Favorite?...Ice 9......Second favorite? Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary- 1956 edition.........Third favorite? The Oddesy. Others; The Illiad, Siddhartha, 1984, Perfect Health, Grow Younger Live Longer, Canterbury Tales, Slaughterhouse Five, Tao Te Ching, Peterson Field Guide- Eastern/central Medicinal Plants, and Eastern Birds. Rodale's Illustrated Encylopedia of HERBS, The complete Book Of Herbs and Spices (Sarah Garland), The Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Roger Ebert's Video Companion, Yankee Medicine (Jarvis), The Doctors Book of Home Remedies, The Collected Works of Shakespeare, The Call of the Wild, White Fang, Robinson Carusoe,... | | Heroes | George P. Burdell, Dooley, Roger Stressin, Rumplestiltskin, Col. Bruce... |
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Bill Shirk's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking, Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Reading, Pa. | | Body type: | 5' 11" / Athletic | | Zodiac Sign: | Scorpio | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | Musician/Teacher/Father |
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Bill Shirk's Schools
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Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Graduated: 1987
Student status: Alumni
Major: Commercial Music Recording/Production
Clubs: COMSA, Gold Key Honor Society
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1985 to 1987 |
Georgia Institute Of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Other
Major: ISYE
Greek:
Gamma Delta Iota
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1978 to 1981 |
Stone Mountain High School
Stone Mountain, GA
Graduated: 1974
Student status: Alumni
Clubs: Beta Club
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1974 to 1974 |
South Gwinnett High School
Snellville, GA
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Clubs: Junior Acheivement, Marching Band, Concert Band, Football, Track, Cometa Star
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1970 to 1973 |
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Bill Shirk's Companies
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Shirkey Shirk Productions
Atlanta, Georgia US
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1956-Present
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Atlanta Pro Percussion
Smyrna, Georgia US
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2000-present
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About me:
"A, this is Bill," and I'm just doin' the level best best I can with the cards I've been dealt. Being related to Daniel Boone helps me set my sights high, and gives me something to aim for...I have had a very, very interesting life and I guess everyone does in many ways...... I am a career musician, and in the words of the "Oracle of Atlanta Pro Percussion", "The Hammer", Ed Hamrick, "Nothing would make me happier!" This summer I will have been a drummer/percussionist for 40 years. I play Gretsh toms and bass, Ludwig and Pearl, Gretsch, and Slingerland snare drums, and use Aquarian, Remo, Evans, and Ludwig drumheads. I use Zildjian, Sabian, and Wuhan cymbals, Vic Firth and Zildjian sticks, Toca, LP, Rhythm Tech, and various other various percussion, and Tama, Remo, Pearl, Ludwig, Yahama, Rogers, DW, Yahama, LP,and Gibraltar hardware. My first percussion instrument? It was a simple maple drum- a 5 by 14" six lug white marine pearl wrapped (the wrap cracked eventually) die cast hooped wide and deep snare bedded Gretsch snare drum, with a round badge. I let that one go when I lived in Tampa, Fla., along with my first kit- a red sparkle Sears "Kingston" 4-peice that my folks bought for me used in 1966 for $100US. What a great Christmas gift that was. It changed everything in my world. What followed was school band, plays, bands, and college. I have been in more than 100 bands to date, and I look forward to the next 100. I also teach at Atlanta Pro Percussion. There is always room for a few more good students. You can find out more about the lessons, at this site- http://www.atlantapropercussion.com/DOTWpages/DOTWmainpages/lessons.html. APP is also on myspace- myspace.com/alantapropercussion, is single, andis a Capricorn.........I want to continue with my "ecclectric" big band "SHIRKUS MAXIMUS'. Previous shows included guitar wiz Eric Austin, of Murphy N.C. (The Eric Austin Band), "The Amazing Wilson Brothers", Brian Wilson and Mark Wilson (Steel Horses), not of the Beach Boys (from Stockbridge, Ga., "Magic Bass" Charlie Wooton (Zydefunk, Coop Deville, Endangered Species, Joie da Vie), and "Yo Now" Ben Rogers (Bad House Tears) at Jake's Roadhouse/Toadhouse (now Club 29). We will be keeping with the tradition established by the ecclectric big bands; The Howard Sprague Fusion, Little Leon Sweat, Frank Zappa, Col. Bruce Hampton, ret., The Zambiland Orchestra, et cetera. I will endeaver to offer great players with lots of the freedom of expression that we all enjoy. I'll keep everyone posted on this, too. "Happy Trails...".
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