Jimi,Howlin' Wolf,Butterfield,Bloomfield,Little Walter,Walter Horton,Sonny Boy II,Son House, B.B. King,Albert King, Freddie King, Otis Rush, Cornell Dupree, Ry Cooder, Jesse Ed Davis,Elmore James, Bukka White, Hank Williams,Mark Twain,Marcel Duchamp,Albert Camus,Lefty Frizzell,Merle Haggard,James Burton,Jimmy Rodgers,Sam Cooke, Otis Redding,John Coltrane,Thelonius Monk,John Prine,Mac Rebbenac,Jimmy Vaughn,King Curtis...hell, I love music
Also Jimmy K,MLK,Murray the K, Luis Bunuel, Greene & Greene, Mike S. Ray De La Cruz,Leo Fender,Ted McCarty,Wes Dooley, Chuck Kavooras,Buddy Galunkey & Durf Galurfey
I saw my first National Resophonic Guitar when I was 10 or 11 years old at Frank's Music in New Rochelle, N.Y. I was impressed with the shiny finish. Around that time I got my own radio and I started listening to music on late at night. My favorite was Sam Cooke. At 15 I attended the Barlow school in upstate N.Y. where I started to learn about blues and folk music. My friends John Compton and Brad Fiedel had a band and I used to jam on harp.I started playing slide guitar in open E around this time. On May 10 of 1968, I saw Jimi Hendrix at Fillmore East and my life changed permanently. When was 17, I met Johnny Winter who told me about the guitar that he and many of my blues idols played. It took until 1989 for me to get my first National, a 1931 Style O {The shiny one with the Palm Trees!}. By this time I had figured out that open G was the tuning for Delta stuff, and picked up a few other tunings to boot. In the interim I played electric and slide in countless local bands in the NY club scene and went to work first for a local sound company, then a music store and wound up selling professional recording gear and working for manufacturers such as J.L. Cooper, Fairlight,Mitsubishi,Soundmaster and Westlake Audio.
I've played in a variety of bands out here in LA and am now working on a new gig with my friends Mark Tabbert, George Van Wagner and Judy Rudin who are all extremely talented. WE hope to do some more recording and gigging in 2007 and put some good stuff for y'all up here.
...Welcome to the BlueZone!
Yes ! Excellent ! I sent you a mail about that. I'll be testing it more deeply when i'll be able to make it work on parallels (some troubles with the studio thing). I'll plug my phone and be sending pics and vids to the network :)
Gee, I haven't pestered you for a while now. How could that happen? It's just not right. haha Been busy gearing up for the Nashville and the CMA Fest in June. Haven't been down your way since January. Sure could use some sunshine and smiles. How are the 'kids' doing? Keeping you on your toes? Be good. Heather
The GGMStudios, is proud to announce the winner of "GGM AWARD 2008": and he’s Amedeo Minghi, famous Italian singer. The prize will be delivered to Amedeo April 1th 2008, in Venice, at the “LA FENICE” Theatre, one of most import theatre of all the World. There will be several guests of the show business. The photo reportage and all the videos will be put on our website at: www. ggmstudios. com , after the event.
The GGMStudios staff wants congratulate with Amedeo for all his fantastic career!
To the best people in the world... my friends! Just two lines to announce you all that on March 17th, on www.totonetwork.com there will be the official launch of IV TOTO project!!!! make sure not to miss it... it's so unbeliveable (I can't yet believe in it.... and I am one of those who made it real!!!) GGM STUDIOS is sending Giorgio and Alex, in representation of Worldwide TOTO Fans, to Tokyo on March 20th and 21st to deliver the band the "IV TOTO" gift!! Stay tuned...
Belly rubs right back at your Krewe! Tyrus loves to play catch...it's the giving back part he doesn't have down quite yet! But...we all know you CAN teach an old dawg new tricks...so I haven't lost hope! :)
Whatcha know Joeg?!!! ;) Hope all is well with you and the 2 dog krewe! Everybody settling in? Hope so. Hope to catch up with ya real soon! Take care o' you! D
Happy New Year Joe, I'm so looking forward to meeting you this summer. We're hoping to head that way around the 3rd week of June. So get ready for hugs, cause I love to give them.
Thanks Joe, Merry Christmas to you alsy. You've have become a very good friend. Thanks for all you do. Much love to you. Hope to see you this upcoming year.
