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RJ
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"Detroit Blues & Jazz Guy"
Male
51 years old
SAINT CLAIR SHORES, Michigan
United States
Last Login:7/19/2008
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RJ's Interests
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| General | Music. Music. Music. I also enjoy travel. I am blessed with a wonderful family and many great friendships. I have a particular interest in regionalism in America - specially music but also food and culture in general. | | Music | Both kinds: Jazz AND Blues. Seriously, I also dig Soul Music, Doo Wop and a few things that fall between the cracks. When it comes to Jazz I am into it all from Louis Armstrong to Sun Ra and everything in between. With Blues, I dig mostly Jump type stuff like Louis Jordan and T- Walker but also Muddy and Jimmy Reed and Wolf.... Ray Charles was a genious. Bands with horns will always have my heart. You gotta dig Duke and Count. | | Movies | All sorts: Art House fare to mainstream stuff. I really enjoy a good story so I mostly watch dramas with a rare comedy thrown in. I like films by Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Kevin Smith, Jon Favreau & Vince Vaughn and many others. As for recent movies, I thought "The Visitor" was very good. I'm not an action guy, except when bored and watching bad TV on cable and it could be anything! Watching movies is my main activity that isn't music related but I do have a favorite Jazz movie, which is 'Round Midnight. As for documentaries I just saw one about Chet Baker which was quite interesting. I also saw one about John Trudell that was quite good too. Fellow Michigander Michael Moore has made some memorable documentaries,of course. I really want to attend his Film Festival up in Tarverse City.
If you dig movies like I do, check out: http://imdb.com/ | | Television | I enjoy crime dramas like all of the L&O shows but its hard to keep up with them all now. My new fav is Anthony Bourdain which my brother Greg turned me onto. I have seen a show called "Beer Nuts" a few times and enjoyed it. Now I have a DVR and REALLY dig it. | | Books | Most recently I have read some great books -- one about The Brill Building and another about Coleman Hawkins -- they both made me want to visit NYC. All of my reading is music related. In my youth I read about philosophy and spitituality. I subscribe to numerous jazz & blues mags including Jazztimes, Offbeat, Cadence and Living Blues. | | Heroes | Duke, Trane, Louis Jordan, Ray Charles, Mingus, Johnny Otis, Basie and T-Bone, Sun Ra. |
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RJ's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | B. Lafayette, IN, raised on the EASTSIDE! | | Body type: | 6' 2" / Some extra baggage | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Religion: | Protestant | | Zodiac Sign: | Sagittarius | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Occupation: | Musician/Artist Manager |
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RJ's Companies
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www.spanglerbluesproductions.com
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About me:
I am a drummer/bandleader and I manage authentic Detroit Blues and old school R&B singers like Alberta Adams and I also have a Detroit R&B Review that features Alberta with Johnnie Bassett and Thornetta Davis. I work often with my Trio / Quartet which often feature local players like Keith Kaminski (sax) or Ralph Tope (guitar). My new project with my old pal James O'Donnell -- the O'Donnell / Spangler Nonet, which we now call the Planet D Nonet. I also do some great gigs with my pal's Erich Goebel & James Cloyd. Another project is booking & backing Sir Mack Rice, the man that wrote "Mustang Sally." My Blues and R&B band is called RJ's Rhythm Rockers and it features Paul Carey on guitar and Shawn McDonald on piano & vocals & Mike Marshall on bass. We back all of my blues amd R&B acts. In addition to the drums, I also play various percussion instruments like the congas. Music has taken me 1/2 way around the world so I'm a pretty lucky guy. I dig living here in Detroit -- we have a pretty unique music scene which I am proud to be a part of.
Check out my site: www.spanglerbluesproductions.com
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Who I'd like to meet:
Really anyone that digs this music! Also, Marisa Tomei, Amy Sedaris & Julianne Moore.
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