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*2008-Present    PleaseRock, LLC    
                                               Touring and Recording Guitarist
Guitarist for several groups under the PleaseRock Music Collective.  
Including:

              -Yacht Rock Revue- Wildly successful tribute to late 70s/early 80s soft rock.  Voted "Best Overall Musical Act" in 2010  and "Best Cover Band" in 2011 for Atlanta's Creative Loafing Best of Poll.  Performances in front of thousands monthly between house gigs, festivals and private parties.  Recent notable gigs have included:

                         
   -Turner Field: 4th of July 4th 2010 performing in front of a crowd of 30,000+ singing the national anthem before the Braves game and playing on the field directly after the game.  

                             -Sixthman Rock Boats: One of the few cover bands invited to play on The Rock Boat X (Sister Hazel), VH1 Best Cruise Ever (Train, Lifehouse ), Kid Rock Chillin' The Most (Kid Rock, Uncle Kracker), Zac Brown's Sailing Southern Ground, Jillian Michaels Wellness Cruise and The Weezer Cruise (Weezer, Dinosaur Jr.)
                             
                             -Yacht Rock Revival:  Hosting our own 70s themed festival with over 2000 people in attendance in Atlanta on August 13th 2010.  Other performers included: Ambrosia, Little River Band, Peter Beckett (Player) and Walter Egan.

                             -Sold out shows in Atlanta, Athens, DC, Nashville, DC and NYC


            -Please PleaseRock Me- Beatlesology tribute that spans the career of the fab four, solo material and notable covers.

              -Rockfight & Live Albums- Sets from Led Zeppelin, The Who, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, etc.  Also perform complete records such as Dark Side of the Moon, Sgt. Pepper, Thriller, Led Zeppelin IV andPurple Rain

*2008-Present    The Greater Vavoom                                                      Guitarist/Writer/Producer
Popular Atlanta Based Indie Rock/Electronica act.  Full Length CD "Hot Gold" Released in 2008.  Notable performances include opening for STP/Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland, and headlining official Lady Gaga Atlanta Aftershow.

*2009-Present    Russ-T Cobb                                                               Live and Recording Guitarist
Live dates with singer/songwriter and producer/engineer (Avril Lavigne, Butch Walker, Bowling For Soup). Appear on his TBA 2011 CD release.

*1993-Present    Angie Aparo                                                                 Touring and Recording Guitarist
Sporadically backed up Grammy nominated singer/songwriter  ("Cry" Faith Hill,  "Big Time" Big and Rich, "Free Man" Tim McGraw, etc.) since the cover days in the  early 90's. Numerous live performances and appeared on "The One with the Sun" (2003), "For Stars and Moon" (2003) and the Dan Huff  produced "El Primero del Tres"(2006).

*2009     Jim Stapley                                                                                                         Live Guitarist
Backing up British singer for his Atlanta residency prior to his debut release on Keifer Sutherland's Ironworks Records.

*2009   Hold On Bruce Lees                                                                                             Live Guitarist
Second Lead Guitarist for .38 Special Co-founder/Guitarist/Songwriter Jeff Carlisi's live band performing the hits of .38 Special.
Jeff Carlisi Official Website

*2008-2010     Y-O-U                                                                                     Live and Recording Guitarist
Popular Atlanta Based Indie Americana/Soul/Pop act.  Chosen as one of Rolling Stone Magazine's "25 Best Bands on Myspace" in 2006. 

*2006    Skid Row                                                                                                   Touring Guitarist
Filled in for live dates for the multi-platinum rock band during original guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo's brief hiatus.

*2004-2009     Metalsome Incorporated                                                                             Live Guitarist
Part-time guitarist for live Karaoke band with 300+ songlist.  Called “The  Thunderdome  of Karaoke.” by Rolling Stone  and “One of America's Wildest Parties." by Spin Magazine.

*2003-2007     The Warm Gunns                                                                 Guitarist/Writer/Producer
Atlanta based rock band.  Numerous regional performances, US college airplay and released two CDs "Dark Fun" and "Meet the Swan".

*2002-2003    Ball/Mirror Down                                                                      Live and Recording Guitarist
Guitarist with LA area Hard Rock/Metal band.  Band  included  Guitarist/ Vocalist/Drummer Brian Tichy (Billy Idol, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne), Drummer Joe Travers (Duran Duran, Zappa Plays Zappa), Bassist Michael Devin (Whitesnake, Kenny Wayne Shepherd) and Drummer/Bassist  Dorian Heartsong (Powerman 5000). Played numerous live shows in the Los Angeles area and appeared on the 2003 independent release "Bleed Defeat".

*2002-2003    Butch Walker                                                                                  Touring Guitarist
Toured to support acclaimed producer/singer/songwriter  Butch Walker's  first solo album "Left of Self Centered" (2002) on Arista.  National tours  with Lit and headlining dates.  Appeared in music videos for  "Rock Vocal Power" and "My Way". 

*2003    Brandon Kelley                                                                    Touring and Recording Guitarist
Live dates with Alabama based singer/songwriter on his 2003 Southeastern Tour.  Appeared on his 2007 Paradyne release "How Love Goes".

*2001-2002    Brand New Immortals                                                                      Touring Guitarist
Band featured former Black Crowes and Train bassist Johnny Colt,  singer/songwriter  (and guitarist for John Mayer) David Ryan Harris and drummer Kenny Creswell. National Tours with Tantric, Better Than Ezra and headlining dates to support Elektra/Music Company release "Tragic Show" (2001).  Televised performances of songs "Reasons Why" and "Turn Around" on HBO's live music show "Reverb".

*1998-2001  Blacklight Posterboys                                                           Guitarist/Producer/Writer
Popular Atlanta based band. Released 2 Indie CDs "BLPB" (1998) & "Psychotic Love Songs" (2000). Also featured on "Roadrash:Jailbreak" video game, and the song "If The Animals Could Talk" was voted best song on its soundtrack by thousands of gamers worldwide.

*2000    Beth Wood                                                                                                      Touring Guitarist
Live dates with Texas based singer/songwriter on her 2000 Southeastern Tour.  Appeared on her 1999 Mehaffey Publishing release "Late Night Radio".

















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