Playin' & Singin'
Bass player and singer at concerts and live music venues
Bass player and singer at concerts and live music venues
Featuring John Sprott
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Mark on guitar and bass
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With Tim Alexander and Nathan Ziehm
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My dream band since around 2000 — a power trio with horn
section featuring:
Lewis
Hutcheson (guitar), Scott
Weltner (drums), Daniel
Cisneros (percussion), Larry
Spencer (trumpet), Lee Schloss
(sax), and Keith
Adkins (trombone).
I met both Larry and Keith in Jerry LaCroix’s band. Charted in the Top Ten on College Charts, #13 on Public Radio, and #1 on mp3.com in multiple categories (Jazz, Jazz Vocal, Adult Contemporary, Psychedelic, Acid Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Progressive Rock, and Pop Vocal).
Trio with Lewis Hutcheson. Worked places like Muddy Waters. It cooked.
Acoustic duo in various local outlets with various guitar players, sometimes with Paul Harrington on harmonica.
Jerry is the former singer for Blood, Sweat & Tears, Edgar Winter’s White Trash, Rare Earth, and the Boogie Kings. Guitarist Steve Dupuis (from Derek and the Dominos’ Bobby Whitlock Band) was also in the band. We all became great friends. Jerry had also read the Urantia Book.
Photo of the small band (left to right: Keith Stone, Rex Mauney, Jerry, Martin McCall, Joe Lee, and me)
Would turn up from time to time and do a gig with us in Jerry LaCroix’s band.
Founding member of this all-original World Music band. Received popular acclaim with songs played on NPR and college campuses.
Eclectic all-original trio featuring guitarist Joe Lee
(awarded 1st place in ’82 and 2nd place in ’81 by the Texas
Jazz Readers Poll as the hottest guitarist).
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Great local band. I took Chuck Rainey’s place when he left (and the seats rotated a few times). Met Chuck through this gig — a great guy and great player. Lots of great memories from many versions of that band.
Photo of Rodney singing (rare one-time thing with Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Lloyd Herman at Poor David’s Pub)
Doing R&B and soul. Great players including: George Honea and John Glazier (later with The Judds), Lee Charles Mitchell and Ira Bassett (both from Bobby Blue Bland and B.B. King’s bands), Karl Berkebile (from Point Blank), and Jody Graves on guitar (now with Data~Creek Creative — thanks bro!).
Very talented folks and great friends/writing partners. Players included Linda Badinger (vocals), Mike Badinger (drums), Tim “T Buck” Orsburn (guitar), various excellent NTSU sax players, Tim Redfield, and others on keyboard.
The first “cool band” I was in with my buddies. Started playing C&W in honky-tonks, moved into the hotel circuit, and eventually became more of a rock band. Good road stories from those days. Members included Jody Graves (guitar), Larry Kitzmiller (guitar/keys), Mike Badinger and Mark Silverberg (drums), Lloyd Herman, and a keyboard player named Brian.
Also worked with: “Bigfoot Johnson” / John O’Daniel and the Boulevard (with Rusty Burns on guitar), Joey Love and the Blues Express, Chant, St. Lewis Blues (with Lewis Hutcheson and Scott Weltner), The Kresstones (opening for Omar and the Howlers), Texas Slim, Paul Harrington, Michael Lee, “Smoky” Logg, Gregg Smith, Karen Bella (thanks to Nancy Paris for the photos), Smokin’ Joe Kubek, Benois King, Jim Suhler, Mike Morgan, Mouse Mays, Mike McCullough, Bob Morris, Betty Lewis, Ronny Wise “Mouse” (from Mouse & the Traps), Billy Joe Howard, Tommy Hill, Tim Orsburn (TBuck / Buck N th System), Tin Cans with Karen Bella, Arcadiana with Jerry Gibson (from Sly), The Sidemen featuring Buddy Whittington (now with John Mayall), Tamara Comstock (opening for Ronnie Milsap, Delbert McClinton, Collin Raye, John Anderson), and many more I’ll keep adding as I remember them.