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- KEITH CRONIN - Musician & Writer. Very creative drummer, played a number of gigs with me in the 70’s.
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G.G. PELLETIER - Tenor saxophone, composer. Plays in the Sam Crain Quartet, and has played in bands with me(his, mine and others’)for about 3 decades now.
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JESSE VAN RULLER - GREAT young guitarist from The Netherlands.
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DAVID HOFFMAN - Trumpet, piano, composer. Terrific musician and good friend.
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ASTRAL PROJECT - Fine musicians based out of New Orleans, with several CD’s out. Their bassist, James Singleton, is another of my ‘homies’, from Springfield(& Boston) days.
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ELEVATOR SHOE - Creative blending of styles & genres from this group based out of Spfld IL, and masterminded by Frank Trompeter, whose Jazz Quintet I had the privilege of playing in for 3 years.
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FRANK TROMPETER QUARTET - Frank’s jazz group, in which I’ve subbed on several occasions.
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MICHAEL DARLING - Artist, musician, & one of my 2 oldest ‘homies’.
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ELVIS HIMSELVIS - the one-and-only Rick Dunham as Elvis. A fun show- I’ve played it!
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TIM BERENS - A Website for Guitarists. Very informative, includes interviews with some of the very best players.
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CHOPS FACTORY - Jazz Guitar Education, by NYC guitarist Andrew Green. Lots of good information for guitarists.
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TIM GREEN - (no relation to Andrew Green above) is a jazz pianist now based out of Chicago, with 2 CD’s to his credit. Give him a listen.
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JAZZ GUITARISTS INTERNET DIRECTORY - A fascinating place, especially for a guitarist.
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CHURCH OF SPONGEBOB - Well, we can’t be all high seriousness here, now can we? One of the pillars of a man’s life: his work, his family- and spongebob...
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CRAIG RUSSO - Drummer/percussionist Craig Russo's site. 2 CDs to his credit, featuring some of the finest musicians in the area(mid-Illinois).For that matter, ANY area! Craig has played a number of gigs with me, and plays on my CD "Oop Bop Sh'Bang".
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JOHN PIPER - inventor of the Piper Musser vibraphone. John is an old friend who grew up a couple blocks from me- one of my 'homies', as it were.
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DAVID HOFFMAN - trumpet player, piano player, composer, another of my 'homies', even though he grew up in distant Suburbia, on Wiffmont Drive I think it was..
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CASSIE HART - alto saxophonist and writer. Been playing gigs of late with her, husband Kevin Hart on keyboard and Dan Diefendorf on drums-group called the Swing Daddies.
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JOSHUA BREAKSTONE - Josh is one of my favorite guitarists, whom I've gotten to know a bit over the years. His wife Nathalie did the graphic design for my CD "Oop Bop Sh' Bang" and my new one, "Bird's-Eye View" as well.
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ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM - This is the well-known article by Pat Metheny on Kenny G
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SHORTSUPPORT.ORG - This is a support group for short persons. Studies have shown that men under 5'8" CAN live useful and even productive lives--I'm living proof!(Actually I don't perceive myself in terms of height- or lack thereof-unless I'm buying pants or some *sshole mentions it. Just thought this was an interesting site).
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B. KLIBAN - This is a site featuring some selected cartoons by B.Kliban, who(along with R. Crumb)is my favorite cartoonist. Unfortunately he passed away in 1990, but left behind some amazing cartoons.The site has a cheezy music track(as a musician, I LOVE music but LOATHE cheezy music tracks)but is at least a treat for the eyes-and spirit..
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MAP OF SPRINGFIELD - This is a very funny 'map' of Springfield. Not necessarily Springfield Illinois(actually there are 17 Springfields in the United States), but it might as well be. Ees mi barrio, holmes....
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JOB CONGER - Speaking of Springfield, this is a site from Job Conger, who is a poet/writer/songwriter sorta guy who also knows a thing or two about aviation. Job lives just down the street from me(here in Springfield, I ain't telling which street)and has been kind enough to review several of my CDs: "Home Cookin'' and "Rose of Loami".
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SAMSWORLDONLINE - This is another old site of mine. Some of the info is already here on this site, some isn't. The homepage will grab ya, as will some of the stuff in the Wit n Wisdom section. Check it out.
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JIM GOMES - another of my 'homies', someone I grew up with from Kindergarten days and had my share of misadventures with. This is a pretty impressive collection of guitars. Enjoy.
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BILLY COOK - is, I think, a Chemistry teacher by day, and(I know)an able jazz guitarist and builder of fine guitars by night. As a matter of fact, my main guitar is a B. Cook guitar(on my home page), and is the one I use on most of my CDs.
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ALE ROE - Website for Asle Roe, Norwegian-born guitarist/composer residing in Houston TX. I have his CD, "Trans-Atlantic Jazz". He can play.
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KOM2ODE.DK - from Århus Denmark, plays what you might call 'art-rock' .I found their music through mp3.com back in '02 or so. Interesting stuff. Text is in Danish but song lyrics are in English. No subtitles necessary there.
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JON HEMMERSAM - While we're on the Nordic track here, this is the webpage to a very interesting CD by a guitarist from Odense Denmark- Jon Hemmersam. I have this CD myself.
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THE OOHS - Classic pop rock, 4-part vocal harmonies ala Queen et al.
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JAZZONFONIK - Jazz in Jamaica.
- KEVIN HART JAZZ - Talented multi-instrumentalist(vibes, piano and drums), who's played on my CD "Bird's-Eye View" and has several fine CDs of his own.
- FRANK HUSTON - A most able and versatile guitarist, at home in styles from blazing rock to cool jazz.
- ROGER U ROUNDLY - One of my blog sites.
- OPINIONATED TWIT - Another one.
- NO IDLE FRETS - A weekly podcast, devoted to "Pod-safe guitar music". Some fine guitar playing in a wide range of styles. Even feature my stuff on occasion..
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