Performing/recording musicians don't generally have or need “resumes.” We mainly get hired based on word of mouth from other musicians. Still, I thought it would be fun to put down a list of musicians who I've gigged with and/or recorded with over the decades. My ambition was never to get famous or make money thru music. I hoped to make a decent living while experiencing what's like to play with high quality musicians. And as I read down this list, I'm happy to say that I've definitely fulfilled that dream!
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Paid gigs (not sit-ins) with the following national/international artists (in no particular order):
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie (James Brown, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, etc.)
Howard Tate
Hubert Sumlin
Phil Upchurch
Martha Reeves
Bruce Conte (dozens of gigs) (Tower of Power)
Solomon Burke
Tony Coleman (B.B. King, Bobby Bland, etc)
Bobby Forte (dozens of gigs) (B.B. King, Bobby Bland)
Dorothy Morrison (“Oh Happy Day” vocalist)
Pinetop Perkins
Lady Bianca
Johnny Rawls
The Shirelles
Little Frankie Lee
Robben Ford
Dexter Allen
Rob Papparazzi (The Blues Brothers)
Chris Cain
Terrie Odabi
Jules Broussard (hundreds of gigs) (Ray Charles, Johnny Otis, Santana)
Luther Tucker
Hadley Caliman
Henry Johnson
Phillip Walker
Helen Baylor
Bo Diddley
Cornelius Bumpus (Steely Dan, Doobie Bros)
Jamie Davis (Count Basie)
Paid gigs (not sit-ins) with the following Portland-based artists (in no particular order):
Paul deLay (thousands of gigs, including Europe & the East Coast)
Lloyd Jones (hundreds of gigs)
Curtis Salgado
The Linda Hornbuckle Band
The No Delay Band w/ Linda Hornbuckle
The Mel Brown B-3 Organ Group (thousands of gigs)
King Louie & LaRhonda Steele (hundreds of gigs)
King Louie & Renato Caranto (thousands of gigs)
King Louie & Baby James (hundreds of gigs)
Andy Stokes
The Portland Soul All-Stars
Ty Curtis (dozens of gigs)
Ben Rice
Lisa Mann
Jim Pepper
Keyboardist and (often) Co-Producer/Arranger on critically acclaimed CDs by the following artists:
Paul deLay (6 CDs)
Linda Hornbuckle
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
Bruce Conte
Lloyd Jones
King Louie & LaRhonda Steele (4 star review in Downbeat)
The King Louie Blues Revue (4 star review in Downbeat)
The King Louie Organ Trio (4 star review in Downbeat)
Curtis Salgado
Hailey Niswanger
Lisa Mann (2 CDs)
The Mel Brown B-3 Organ Group (4 CDs)
King Louie & Baby James (2 CDs)
Soul Vaccination
Tom Grant
Marvin Holmes & Justice (featuring Dorothy Morrison)
I'm sure there's many more, but my memory isn't what it once was--another reason I wanted to add this feature to my website.