Zeppelin, Hendrix, Stone Temple Pilots, Dave Grohl & The Foo Fighters, Chris Cornell, Neil Young, Beck, Guns N' Roses, The Beatles, AC/DC. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Steve Miller, Everlast, Stevie Ray Vaughn, ZO2, Beastie Boys, Tool, Thin Lizzy, Iggy Pop, Ricky Scaggs, The Doors, Ray Charles, Bonnie Raitt, Junior Brown, The Clash, Aerosmith, The Cult, The Eagles, Stevie Wonder, Sublime, The Ramones, The Kinks, Dixie Dregs, Tom Waits, Counting Crows, Frank Zappa, Rick Rubin, Dr. DRE, Mc5, Lemmy, Sabbath, Cypress Hill, Willie Nelson, Deep Purple, The Blues, (early)Cheap Trick, Jason Mraz, Randy Rodes, Janice Joplin, ZZ Top, Modern beats, Bowie, Frank Sinatra, (early)Van Halen, Alice in Chains, The Stones, Steve Vai, Sting, Randy Newman, Rush, Loony toons, George Benson, Tom Petty, Puddle of Mudd, Cream, Jack White, Joe Walsh, Ray Charles, George Thorogood, Fiona Apple, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Peter Gabriel, Depeche Mode, NIN, The Cure, Tears for Fears, Chris Isaak, 40's Jazz, 50's Rockabilly, 60's Funk, 70's Rock, 80's Metal, 90's Grunge, some Country & Bluegrass, Incubus, Seal, Ted Nugent, Johny Cash, Al Dimeola, Bad Company, Jeff Beck, Beautiful Women (inside & out), Travel, This planet, Extreme Sports, The UFC etc. Anything that is real and doesn't suck!! Oh yeah and GOD!!
After the breakup of Daycare For Dave "I decided to just write, sing and produce my own songs." I didn't want to (and couldn't) depend on four or five guys sticking it out as a group anymore. I learned a lot during the recording process of our final CD "Noize in the neighborhood", especially the engineering side. So I started "Addicted Records". I wanted to produce and engineer my debut solo CD "The right amount of drunk". It's great, I work when I'm inspired and I don't have to worry about the clock $$.
Some of the songs are left over ideas I had from the "DFD" days but most I started to write just for this CD. During the writing process my friend, bassist and songwriting partner Marshall came in and helped me with some chord changes, lyrics and background vocals. I'd say he co-wrote about a third of the CD.
In the studio I play all of the instruments, sing and shape all the loops. Marshall Davis does 90% of the backing vocals and most of the bass trax. Chuck Crenshaw (Rubicon, Red) plays keys on a few songs. I really like to include the live element in my recordings.
For the live shows it's the "Blue Widows" - Jeff Murphy (Allrise, Rubicon) on drums / backing vocals and Nori Iji (DFD, The Bunk) on Bass.
This CD is a blend of all my influences from Rock, Punk, Pop, Country and the Blues.
Also, I own & operate 3rd St. Studios. We work with Songwriters, Hip Hop artists, Rock, Pop, Country, Movie & Commercial producers etc.
$25.00 hr. with engineer. We also offer Online Mastering.
You can click the 3rd St. Logo to go to our MySpace.
Recently, I move to Las Vegas and started the band FORTUNE. A Rock/Pop cover band. Check us out if you like. We should be playin' The Strip ! Just click the banner below
Hey hope you have an awesome day! Call or text me to book me as a dj for an event with DJ Skot. 864-933-0635. Or if you just wanna talk call or text me too.
