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I have been a practicing musician for 30+ years and performing professionally 20+ of those years. I started playing percussion in 1970, playing in marching, jazz, symphonic and orchestra during junior and senior high school. My first professional gig was at the age of 15. I moved to South Florida in the mid seventies, and worked exclusively in Florida and the Caribbean, playing drums in wedding bands, dance bands, rock bands and DJ'd wedding's and club's until 1997. I started playing guitar in 1981. Teaching myself to play and read music. My Mother made me study the classics at an early age which gave me a great appreciation for Classical music. Click here MJM's music for a history of my past bands, various members, photos and all things ME. Well almost.

I've had the opportunity to meet many fine and world class musicians on my journeys.

Favorite Players

DRUMMERS	COMMENTS	WEBSITE
Buddy Rich	Arguably the greatest ever. Study this man's skill's closely if you want to excel at drums. Try his one handed drum roll. Saw him twice with his big band  in the Florida's Keys in 84. RIP 9/30/17 - 4/2/87	www.buddyrich.com
Keith Moon	A great player and best described as a lead drummer. Saw him on The Who's '76 Who Are You tour, in his patented drum destroyer mode. RIP 8/23/46 - 9/7/78	www.keithmoon.co.uk
Billy Cobham	The Drummer's Drummer!! Check out his solo CD Spectrum and his work with The Mahavishnu Orchestra. Mostly does clinic work now, that should not be missed if he's in your area. Saw one of his '07 clinic tour...WOW!!!	www.billycobham.com
Carl Palmer	Progressive rock standard setter and a great drummer! Saw him on The Carl Palmer Band North American tour 2006, with Asia US 2009 tour and The Carl Palmer Band North American tour 2010.	www.carlpalmer.com
Mitch Mitchell	Drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Saw him on the Experience Hendrix '08 tour. R.I.P.  7/9/1947 - 11/12/2008	www.jimihendrix.com
Deen Castronovo	A Great Drummer that has played on one of my all time favorite recordings Tony MacAlpine's '87 Maximum Security. Has also played with THE GREAT Jason Becker! Currently plays with classic rock band Journey. Chops from hell!! Saw him with Bad English on their '89 tour and on the Journey Eclipse tour 2011.	www.deencastronovo.net
Ed Shaughnessy	Super great Drummer for Johnny Carson's  The Tonight Show band. Officially called The NBC Orchestra led by Doc Severinsen. Grew up watching him on TV and have loved his playing over the years. He has played with some real heavy weights in the industry.
Ian Paice	One of the true rock greats! Stud drummer for the super-group Deep Purple! Not very many lefties out there. Saw him on the Deep Purple Bananas Tour '04.	www.deeppurple.org www.ianpaice.com www.thehighwaystar.com/   Not Official but a good site
Liberty DeVitto	Long time great drummer for Billy Joel. His playing is so tasteful and energetic.	www.myspace.com/ldthedrummer
John Bonham	Legendary drummer. Hard to believe he was not the band's first choice.  Saw him in on the Led Zeppelin  77' 11th US tour. RIP 5/31/48 - 9/24/80	www.led-zeppelin.com
Steve Gadd	Great session player with many artists. Check Out Aja title cut by Steely Dan. Saw him on the "We're on a Mission from Gadd" Tour, Part II in '05.	www.drstevegadd.com
Stewart Copeland	A rhythmic monster. Saw him with The Police on the Zenyatta Mondatta & Ghosts in the Machine tour's, and on the '90 Animal Logic North American tour. Played in my all time favorite band The Police.	www.stewartcopeland.net
Aynsley Dunbar	Another one of my favorite great drummer that played with Bowie, Jeff Beck, Original Journey drummer and Whitesnake to list a few.	www.aynsleydunbar.com www.wcr.com
Terry Bozzio	Unbelievable! Saw him with Jeff Beck on The Guitar Shop tour. He played a solo over Blue Wind.  Also saw him with Missing Persons on their '86 Color in Your Life tour. Possibly the best technical drummer ever!	www.terrybozzio.com
Neil Peart	One of the Best! Check out the Rhythm Method solo on Exit Stage Left. Saw him 4 times in Florida on the following tours. A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres,  Moving Pictures & Signals.	www.neilpeart.com
Rod Morgenstein	A real quality drummer with the killer group The Dixie Dregs and 80's band Winger. Not many lefties out there. He also teaches at Berklee in Boston.	www.rodmorgenstein.com
Bill Ward	Black Sabbath's great Drummer. What an original!	www.billward.com
Tommy Aldridge	Drum God. I Believe he is the best pure rock drummer. Check out hard to find Black Oak Arkansas' Rauch N Roll Live drum solo. Saw him with  Black Oak Arkansas,  Pat Travers Band three times and Whitesnake twice and on the Whitesnake Rock n' Roll Rhythm & Blues Tour '05.	www.tommyaldridge.com
Carmine Appice	Phenomenal drummer from the 60's thru the 90's. Check out Beck, Bogart and Appice, Carmine's solo at the end of Stevie Wonder's Superstitious.	www.carmineappice.net
Danny Seraphine	Great drummer with Chicago. Influenced many drummers. Played on all of the Chicago classics. This guy has a unique style that made Chicago what it became.	www.ctatheband.com
OTHER DRUMMERS
Simon Phillips       Kenny Aronoff        Remo Belli            Steven Adler       Rikki Rockett         Jim Keltner            Jonathan Moffett    Mike Bordin       Alex Acuna           Mick Brown           Clem Burke           Matt Sorum       Dave Lombardo      Vinnie Appice        Will Calhoun          Abe Laboriel Jr.       Fred Coury            Brian Tichy            Rick Marotta         Russ Kunkel	Peter Erskine        Frankie Banali    Steve Smith          Mike Portnoy           Vic Firth             Dave Weckl           Eric Singer            Gregg Bissonette  Andy Newmark       Bernard Purdie       Louie Bellson        Martin Chambers           Sheila E                Hal Blaine             Vinnie Colaiuta      Nicko Mcbrian        Chad Smith          Narada Michael Walden           John Blackwell       Jason Bittner         Mikkey Dee          Bobby Rondinelli    Chris Slade           Ray Luzier           El Negro	Danny Gottlieb        Chad Wakerman   Chester Thompson        Ed Thigpen           Patrick Johansson  Bun E Carlos     Corky Laing           Bobby Blotzer       Chris Adler     Marky Ramone      Phil Ehart              Stanton Moore

BASSISTS	COMMENTS	WEBSITE
Sir Paul McCartney	My Favorite Beatle. Love his playing and writing. Saw him at Joe Robbie Stadium on his '90 world tour. Good show, bad seats.	www.paulmccartney.com
Stanley Clarke	Brilliant! They don't get any better than guy. Saw him with Return To Forever, Animal Logic and Trio.	www.stanleyclarke.com
Sting	Good player, better band. Played with my all time favorite band The Police.  Saw him on the Zenyatta Mondatta and Ghost's in the Machine tours.	www.sting.com
Geezer Butler	Black Sabbath's bassist. Good player in a Great Band! Saw him twice with Black Sabbath. On the Technical Ecstasy & The 10 year anniversary tour's. Also with Hell & Hell on the '07 Metal Masters tour	www.geezerbutler.com
Rudy Sarzo	He's played with some of my favorite musicians. MacAlpine, Vai, Malmsteen, Tommy Aldridge.	www.rudysarzo.com
John Entwistle	Great player in a classic band. Saw him twice, on the Who Are You and Face Dance's tours. RIP 10/9/44 - 6/27/02	www.johnentwistle.com
Billy Sheehan	This guy is really good. Saw him with Mr. Big and Steve Vai.	www.billysheehan.com
John Paul Jones	Probably the most underrated musician of his time. Anchored the rhythm section for Led Zeppelin.  Saw him in on the Led Zeppelin  77' 11th US tour.	www.johnpauljones.com
OTHER BASSISTS
Tony Campos        Leland Sklar          Bootsy Collins       Blasko       TM Stevens           Tony Levin                Marcus Miller         Jack Bruce	Michael Anthony     Robert Trujillo        Dave LaRue           James Lomenzo    Marten Andersson  Bjorn Endlen           Stu Hamm             Jeff Berlin              Jeff Pilson             Verdine White       Mike Inez              Tal Wilkenfeld	Duff McKagen        Mark Mendoza      Marco Mendoza     Ricky Phillips       Lemmy                 Dave Ellefson         Robbie Crane

GUITARISTS	COMMENTS	WEBSITE
Jimi Hendrix	What could I say besides Strat & Marshall. RIP 11/27/42 - 9/18/70	www.jimihendrix.com
Billy Gibbons	This guy is very good. Saw him on the Fandango, Eliminator, Jack FM and Aerosmith '09 Guitar Hero tours. Great technique with his Iconic Les Paul.	www.zztop.com
Johnny Winter	An American Blues legend! One of  few true long time Rock/Rhythm and Blues player's. I really loved his playing in the 70's. He still plays well but has been slowed by some health issues. Saw him on his Nothin' but the Blues & White, Hot & Blue tours. He jammed with Hendrix many times...WOW!	www.johnnywinter.net
Chuck Berry	The REAL King of Rock-n- Roll!  Also called Mr. Rock -n- Roll and The God Father of Rock -n- Roll...take your pick. What is undeniable is that he influenced a great deal if not all the players that came after him. A super nice man.	www.chuckberry.com
Carlos Santana	A very good player for a long period of time. Classic sound with great sustain! Saw him on the '77 Moonflower, '78 Inner Secrets, '79 Marathon & '81 Zebop tours,	www.santana.com
John Williams	World Class player of the Classical Guitar. Saw him on his '07 Williams/Ethridge tour. Incredible!!!	www.johnwilliamsguitar.com www.johnwilliamsguitarnotes.com plum.cream.org/williams/
Jeff Beck	Classic! Saw him on his There & Back and Guitar Shop Tours.	www.jeffbeck.com
Ted Nugent	The Motor City Mad Man! I Loved Ted growing up in the 70's and he was one of my favorite guitar player's and performer's. Sam him on his Free For All and Cat Scratch Fever tours. He  does a lot of charitable work and is also on the NRA 's board.	www.tednugent.com
Brian May	Great player with super group Queen. Great sound. I wish they would have packed it in when Freddie died.	www.brianmay.com www.youtube.com/brianmaycom
Warren DeMartini	Blazing player with the 80's hair band Ratt. He definitely stood out from the pack. He has played with the band ever since joining them even through their constant personnel changes.	www.warrendemartini.net
Robin Trower	He's been dubbed a Jimi clone. I think he is quite different. Bridge of Sighs is a masterpiece Great sound and player. Strat & Marshall. Saw him on his 06 American tour	www.trowerpower.com
Ritchie Blackmore	Heavy metal originator. He personally launched millions of garage bands. Brilliant sound and playing. Strat & Marshall.	www.blackmoresnight.com
Steve Howe	Fantastic player! Yes's main man.	www.stevehowe.com
Tom Scholz	The Great Guitarist for 70's band Boston. Had a ground breaking layered guitar sound and wrote all the material. Classic.	www.bandboston.com
Allan Holdsworth	Incredible British Guitarist with great technique and fingering from hell. He is well respected player that isn't really that well known. Hard to believe. Saw him on his '91 American solo tour.	www.therealallanholdsworth.com
Andy Summers	Played in my all time favorite band The Police. Saw him on his One Train Later book tour. Good player in a great band!	www.andysummers.com
David Gilmour	Brilliant sound with matching voice. Saw him Pink Floyd's Animal's and Momentary Lapse on Reason tours and on his '78 David Gilmour solo tour.	www.davidgilmour.com
Joe Walsh	Lead guitar and vocals with classic rock band The James Gang. Went on to greater success with The Eagles. My first concert, 1970 The James Gang Rides again tour	www.joewalsh.com
Pat Travers	Very good guitarist from the late 70's & 80's. Still tours regularly in small clubs. Saw him several times in his prime with Tommy Aldridge on drums. Check out Heat In The Street and Go For What You Know.	www.pattravers.com
Christopher Parkening	An Incredible Classical guitarist! Saw him at one of his 07 recitals. Andres Segovia said of him "Christopher Parkening is a great artist—-he is one of the most brilliant guitarists in the world."	www.parkening.com
Paul Gilbert	Technically brilliant and one of the best players around. Rose to fame with the speed metal band Racer X. Saw him with Mr. Big on their '92 tour	www.paulgilbert.com
Edward Van Halen	Reinvented the approach to the guitar. Saw him on the '78 Van Halen World, '79 World Vacation & '91 For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge tours. Can this guy write or what? His playing is very inspiring.	www.van-halen.com www.youtube.com/vhtelevision
Pete Townshend	Brilliant rhythmic player and great song writer. The original play it loud bad boy. Saw on The Who's '76 Who Are You and Face Dances tour and also during his '06 Who Endless Wire tour.	www.thewho.com
Lindsey Buckingham	A fantastic player, writer, producer, arranger and THE driving force behind the phenomenal success of Fleetwood Mac. With out his vision they would not have achieved what they did!	llindseybuckingham.com
Stanley Jordan	Wow! This guy is INCREDIBLE. Saw him do a clinic for Ace Music of Miami. Front row center...ungodly. His recordings really don't do him much justice. You must see him live. Also saw him on his solo tour '04.	www.stanleyjordan.com
Yngwie J. Malmsteen	My top five Guitar player. For technical perfection, Yngwie is it. Exploding on the guitar scene in '84 he led the neo-classical metal movement. Although somewhat repetitious, he is still the master. My personal favorite is his Marching Out Record. Saw him on his '87 Trilogy tour, G3 '03 tour, '84 Guitar Gods tour, NAMM Fender Frontline '07, NAMM Roland '08 Solo performance, '09 NAMM Marshall booth performance and the '11 Relentless tour.	www.yngwiemalmsteen.com Visit the Maestro's incredible video site here: www.youtube.com/user/malmsteenmedia
Eric Johnson	Great guitarist with a great sound. Saw him on his Live & Beyond '00, Solo acoustic tour '04 and on the Experience Hendrix '08 tour.	www.ericjohnson.com
Steve Vai	Ahead of his time. If you played for Frank Zappa you are great! Saw him first the Whitesnake Slip of the Tongue tour and then with the G3 '03 Tour and "Real Illusions: Reflections" tour. GREAT PLAYER!!	www.vai.com www.youtube.com/user/SteveVaiHimself
Joe Satriani	His pupils were Vai and Hammet. enough said. Saw him in 97. Had a great Band. Also saw him on the Deep Purple/ Satriani / Thin Lizzy Tour '04.	www.satriani.com
Tony MacAlpine	A really good guitar player and even better keyboardist. Check out the Maximum Security CD. Saw him on the Steve Vai Real Illusions & Reflections 05 Tour.	www.tonymacalpine.com
George Lynch	He was part of the hair band era with Dokken. He is very separate from the others. This guy is a brilliant player. Awesome sound  and ability. Saw him with Lynch Mob, Guitar Gods '04 Tour and on the the Lynch '05 Tour.	www.georgelynch.com
Randy Bachman	Good guitarist/songwriter from the 60's & 70's with very good production skills. Saw him on his Every Song Tells A Story Tour '05.	www.randybachman.com www.youtube.com/user/RandyBachman
Tony Iommi	CLASSIC! Premier heavy metal guitarist for Black Sabbath. Originator of the power chord. Saw him twice with Black Sabbath. On the Technical Ecstasy and 10 year anniversary tour's and with Heaven & Hell on The Metal Masters '08 tour. Iconic Player!!	www.iommi.com www.youtube.com/user/OfficialSabbath
Vinnie Moore	An absolute great guitarist. He's was part of Mike Varney's Shrapnel artist group in the 80's. Saw him in a small club in Florida on his Time Odyssey tour. Amazing!	www.vinniemoore.com
Jimmy Page	Great writer, producer and iconic player.  Saw him in on the Led Zeppelin  77' 11th US tour. Luckily they have not tried to replace Bonham!	www.jimmypage.com
Steve Morse	Very versatile player. Has played quite a long time with rock group Deep Purple .Saw him with Steve Morse Band/Dixie Dregs 01 tour & Deep Purple Bananas 04. I like his solo and Dixie Dreg's work the best.	www.stevemorse.com
Dave Mustaine	Killer guitarist with his kick ass band Megadeth, my favorite metal band. Great sound and vocals with this guy.	www.megadeth.com
Steve Stevens	Really nice player that plays with Billy Idol. Very good stage presence matched by good guitar playing.  Saw him on the Whiplash Smile Tour.	billyidol.net/steve-stevens
Steve Cropper	Great R&B player. I loved his playing well before I knew it was him playing on the song's I liked so much. He has played with some amazing artists. Otis Redding. John Lennon and Wilson Pickett to list a few. Saw him on the Booker T & The MG's '08 tour	playitsteve.com
Michael Schenker	Although his behavior has been puzzling, he played in one of my favorite bands growing up. UFO! His playing and especially his solos were very inspiring. Saw him on UFO's '77 Light's Out tour.	michaelschenkerhimself.com
Roy Clark	Although know as a country player. This man can seriously play. Un-godly technic and super-human picking ability!	royclark.org
OTHER GUITARISTS
Rick Springfield      Bo Bice                Michael Batio        Adrian Vandenburg       Marty Friedman     Al Di Meola            Nuno Bettencourt   Bob Weir                  Neil Zaza               Craig Chaquico     Michael Wilton       Dweezil Zappa       Vivian Campbell     Robbie Krieger       Alex Skolnick        Lita Ford       Brad Gillis             Tommy Shaw        Peter Frampton      Ronnie Montrose       Kenny Wayne Shepperd	Adrian Belew        Uli Jon Roth          Paul Reed Smith   Dean Zelinsky        Dave Navarro         Glen Campbell           Seymour Duncan   CC Deville             Nick Catanese       Kerry King             Neil Schon            Craig Goldy           Larry Coryell          Greg Howe            Rick Derringer       Dario Lorina           Johnny Hiland        Derek St. Holmes           Doug Aldrich         George Benson      Gary Rossington    Eddie Ojeda          Jay Jay French      Neil Giraldo           Jeff Watson           Carlos Cavazo       Richie Kotzen        Phil Collen             Buck Dharma        Duane Eddy           Orianthi                 Chris Holmes        Jeff Skunk Baxter	Hartley Peavey      Frank Gambale      Alexi Laiho     Steve Lukather      Chris Impelletteri    Dick Dale                       Leslie West           Elliot Easton         Wayne Static     Al Kooper              Bill Lawrence         Earl Slick     John 5                   Mick Mars            Ricky Skaggs
VOCALISTS	COMMENTS	WEBSITE
Klaus Meine	Long time great vocalist for the premier German rock band The Scorpions. Saw them on their '95 Face the Heat & '04 Unbreakable Tour's.	www.the-scorpions.com
Alice Cooper	The Original Shock Rocker. Not a great voice but certainly one of if not the first real theatrical acts to hit the Big time. Saw him on his 78' King of the Silver Screen tour.	www.alicecooper.com
Philip Bailey	Phenomenal singer for Earth Wind & Fire. What an incredible range this man has! This guy rules!! Saw him (finally) on the Earth Wind & Fire '08 Beyond the Elements World tour.	www.philipbailey.com www.earthwindandfire.com
Steven Tyler	Great singer with the classic band Aerosmith. Saw him on the '77 Rocks & the '09 Guitar Hero tour.	www.aerosmith.com
James Brown	The Man!!  One of THE, if not THE Greatest R& B Singers!                                           R.I.P. 5/3/33-12/25/06
David Coverdale	Killer vocalist who did a short stint with Deep Purple on their classic Burn album and then later formed Whitesnake. Saw him twice on Whitesnake's Slip of the Tongue and Rock n' Roll Rhythm & Blues Show tour's.	www.whitesnake.com
Steve Perry	Colossal Vocalist for hit maker's Journey. Saw him on the '78 Infinity, '79 Evolution & '80 Departure tours. In a somewhat semi-retired state now, although rumors of his return persist.	www.steveperryonline.net www.fanasylum.com/steveperry
Don Dokken	A very under-rated singer and band. Very melodic voice. One of my all time favorite records, Under Lock And Key by his namesake band Dokken. An absolute classic!!!! This 80's band stood out from the rest of the pack!	www.dokkencentral.com
Lou Gramm	Fantastic singer in the band Foreigner. Him and Mick Jones were the band.	www.lou-gramm.com
Ozzy Osbourne	Probably not the best vocalist but definitely one of the most influential.  THE HEAVY METAL VOICE!!!!!! Saw him three times. Twice with Black Sabbath. On the Technical Ecstasy & The 10 year anniversary tour's and at Ozzfest 2007.	www.ozzy.com
Robert Plant	Iconic singer. Saw him on the Led Zeppelin  77' 11th US tour.	www.robertplant.com
Roger Daltrey	Good vocalist in a great band. Saw him with the Who on their '76 & '83 tours and on the Use it or lose it  tour' 09.	www.thewho.com
Chuck Negron	The Vocalist with Three Dog Night that sang all of the band's hits (or damn near). One of the best '70's bands. Saw him on his Blood Sweat & Tears with Chuck Negron Tour 06.	www.negron.com
Dale Bozzio	Good vocalist in the great band Missing Persons.	www.dalebozzioofficial.com
Taylor Dayne	A great vocalist!	www.taylordayne.com
Mickey Thomas	Supreme lead vocalist with Jefferson Starship and then Starship. Skyrocketed them to super group status. Starship were good without him but great with him. Saw him on the Starship "Starring Mickey Thomas" '08 tour.	www.mickeythomas.com
Brad Delp	Boston's great singer!                            R.I.P. 6/12/51-3/9/07	www.bandboston.com
David Gates	Great voice!	homepage.ntlworld.com/deanadshead/bread/gates.html
OTHER VOCALISTS I'VE MET
Marilyn Manson     Ronnie James Dio  Graham Bonnet     Stephen Pearcy	Chris Jericho         Kim Wilson           Robin Zander         Chuck Billy            Jody Watley          John Sebastian	Donovan                Jackson Browne    Joey Belladonna
SPECIAL  MENTION	COMMENTS	WEBSITE
Rosemarie McGee	My Mother made me study the classics, although then I didn't appreciate it. NOW I DO. Thanks, Mom.
Timothy William McGee	Huge influence on what I listened to in my formative years.  He had all the current great rock & blues music to hear and it opened up my music vocabulary.  Thanks Tim.
Lyle Lloyd Lingle	He was the first musician to point me in the right direction to pursue the guitar and I thank him for that. Lyle... you are the Man!!	Lyle Lloyd Lingle
Stevie Wonder	One of the best keyboardists, vocalists and writers ever! What a unique musical visionary. Saw him in concert twice. 25 Grammy's!	www.steviewonder.net
John Lennon	Along with Paul, George and Ringo he changed the world for the better. Sorely missed. RIP10/9/40-12/8/80	www.johnlennon.com
Robert John "Mutt" Lange	Greatest producer around.  Check out his work with AC/DC, Def Leppard, Foreigner, Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, Billy Ocean, to list a few. Look carefully, he's everywhere with good reason!	www.muttlange.com  unofficial Mutt currently has no official website presence, so this may be the most current and accurate info on him. See Mutt's great interview on the site.
Jack Douglas	One of the Great Producers!
Eddie Kramer	One of the great engineer / producers. He's worked with some real heavyweights in the music industry. Classic!	www.kramerarchives.com
Steve Winwood	An AMAZING musician!  An AMAZING writer!  Jammed with Hendrix! WOW!!	stevewinwood.com
Burt Bacharach	One of the greatest songwriters of all, in my opinion. He also produced, arranged and co-produced many of his recordings. His songs have been covered by many, many artists.	www.bacharachonline.com
Sir George Martin	Without him the Beatles are not the Beatles. Producer extraordinaire and classical producer ace.	www.georgemartinmusic.com
Donald Fagen	The driving force behind Steely Dan. This guy is a genius. Saw him on his Donald Fagan Band '06 Tour.	www.donaldfagen.com
Jim Marshall	The Father of loud!	www.marshallamps.com
Les Paul	He is arguably one of the most important people in the history of the electric guitar and recording techniques. He is a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar.  RIP 6/9/1915 - 8/13/2009	www.lespaulonline.com
Stanley Kubrick	The best film director ever in my opinion. His films are classic and among them most of my favorites, especially Barry Lyndon. RIP 7/26/1928 - 3/7/1999	www.kubrick.com
Gene Rodenberry	Creator of Star Trek and my personal favorite show Star Trek The Next Generation.	www.roddenberry.com www.startrek.com
Alan Parsons	This guy is a genius!! First an amazing engineer, then mastermind of the Alan Parsons Project. His recorded body of work is really great!	www.alanparsonsmusic.com
Lamont Dozier	Arguably responsible for Motown's rise to international fame. Part of the legendary songwriting team Holland Dozier Holland. Wrote for Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, The Supremes, The Isley Brothers, Smokey Robinson and on and on and on. I am a huge Motown fan.	www.lamontdozier.com
Barry Gibb	Although he is most associated with the disco music era, make no mistake HE is one of the most successful artist's ever. In my opinion he was The Bee Gees!  An absolute world class writer!	barrygibb.com www.brothersgibb.org
Teen Idols	Bubble Gum, Teenybopper, Teen Pop etc, etc, etc... What ever name you chose, this era was one to be reckoned with! Producing many, many great and classic songs and artists. Influenced Pop Music for years to come. I was a big fan of this Bubble Gum music and then I heard some GREAT music coming from my older bother's Tim room. Like Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix & Black Sabbath to name few. I was hooked on this new sound and move onto it. I still  do love the old music though!!!	michaeljmcgee.com/teenidols.htm
OTHER ARTISTS
George Duke         Kenny G               Mark Wood            Keith Emerson       Kenny Loggins       Phil Everly            Jim Florentine	Howard Leese        Herbie Hancock     Dave Mason          Edgar Winter         Neil Zlozower        Quincy Jones	Jordan Rudess       Eddie Jobson        Derek Sherinian     Ken Scott
BANDS	COMMENTS	WEBSITE
Aerosmith	One of my favorite bands while growing up. Great players and a classic vocalist! The run of hit's this band has had is remarkable.  Saw them on the '77 Rocks tour and '09 Guitar Hero tour.	www.aeroforceone.com  www.aerosmith.com
CS&N	Very talented trio. Average apart, great together. Saw Stills on his Illegal Stills and Man Alive tours.	www.crosbystillsnash.com www.stephenstills.com www.grahamnash.com www.crosbycpr.com
Yes	The Progressive rock band! Saw them on the '88 Big Generator tour. No Howe or Wakeman. Trevor Rabin (Great!) Guitars & Vocals and Tony Kaye on Keyboards.	www.yesworld.com
KISS	Although their music or playing isn't all that great as far as technical ability, their live show is the best show I've ever seen. They created one hellava persona. I really liked this band in their time. Saw them in their heyday on the '76 Rock n Roll over and  '77 Alive II tours. To bad differences between the original members have occurred over the years.	www.kissonline.com
Grand Funk Railroad	Mark, Don & Mel! I wish it were still like this! Absolutely loved this great 70's band. Differences between the original members over the years has split them up... indefinitely?	www.grandfunkrailroad.com www.markfarner.com
The Allman Brothers Band	Classic! Duane Allman RIP 11/20/1946-10/29/1971 Berry Oakley  RIP 4/4/1948-11/11/1972	www.allmanbrothersband.com thebutchtrucks.blogspot.com www.dickeybetts.com
Deep Purple	One of the great rock bands. Although they have had several line up changes, the original was the best. Original reunion rumors persist. Saw them on their Bananas '04 tour.	www.deeppurple.org
The Doobie Brothers	One of my favorite bands while growing up. The music they have produced is amazing, with and without Michael McDonald. Classic band.	www.doobiebros.com
The Beatles	The best?? Sales, songwriting, mystic...probably!	www.thebeatles.com
Steppenwolf	Another one of my favorite bands while growing up. They still tour some. Some classic material!	www.steppenwolf.com
Bachman Turner Overdrive	Another one of my favorite bands! Make no mistake Randy & Fred were the driving force for this band!  I am looking forward to their reunion!!	bachmanandturner.com
Black Oak Arkansas	Loved this band growing up. Good music. A charismatic lead singer and the drum GOD Tommy Aldridge! Saw them on the I'd rather be sailing '78 tour.	www.bookertbooker.com www.bulletinboards.com

CLASSICAL	COMMENTS	WEBSITE
		*  http://www.classical.com
Johann Sebastian Bach (1885-1750)	My Favorite composer. Musical Stud!	www.jsbach.org www.bach-leipzig.de www.bachcentral.com
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)	Unbelievably talented!	www.mozartproject.org
Niccolo Paganni (1782-1840)	Fierce! 24 Caprices is it! Must hear Itzhak Perlman's recording's.	http://www.paganini.com/
Antonio Vivaldi (1676-1741)	Great Composer, especially for the strings.	*
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)	What a mind this guy had.	*
Josef Haydn (1732-1809)	One of the lesser known outstanding composers.	*
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)	Technically brilliant pianist.	*
Fernando Sor (1778-1839)	Probably the greatest classical period guitarist. Tremendous player and well respected writer and teacher.	*
Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)	Another great player and writer for the guitar	*
Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)	A brilliant virtuoso. Technically very demanding work. Wrote one of the best methods of instruction.	*
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
Natalie Cole           Brian Wilson         Randy Jackson      John Taylor	Nikki Sixx             Vinnie Paul           Corey Feldman       Opeth                   Cindy Blackman	John Petrucci        Jack Blades          Scott Ian              Victor Wooten
Mick Thomson       Weird Al Yancovic	Slash                     Henry Rollins

Here are some of my music related miscellaneous photos

Ray Crump

Taken from paulmccartney.com

Posted by Tallyho  11/28/06

Well after decades of failed attempts.
Nights spent camped outside of hotel.
Hours spent outside of stage doors.
Sneak ins to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Dinner and Saturday Night Live.
Previous marathon camp outs at signings.
I FINALLY got that picture of me with Paul that I wanted so badly.
Unfortunately I look like a crazed lunatic who had not slept or showered in 2 days (oh yeah I was).
But at this point I don't care how bad I looked in the picture.
I got it, and I will cherish it always.
Years of perseverance can pay off.

Taken from : stricklerautographs.blogspot.com