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G started playing guitar at the age of 13.His Dad brought home a guitar.That was it!Later,G started a group in High School,named,The Montegos and Shaft,you remember the song...right"Shaft"...Shut Your Mouth!The group was an all white band backing up 5 black singers,who did steps to each song,performing Motown and Rock!Again G's Dad assisted whenever needed.The band did quite well actually,performed with Gene Knight,a r&b singer and a solo singer,Lobo,"Me You And A Dog Named Boo".brbrG studied privately under Rick Madriguera,and then attended Berklee School Of Music.While at school locally,he was instructing guitar at a local military base and the local community college.After music studies,G went on the road,traveling up and down the East Coast and through the Mid West,playing mainly cover songs.He later started opening shows for or appearing with,The Temptations,Barry White,Delbert McClinton,OC Smith and many others.G was performing with The Breeze Band for those shows and appearances.To date he has performned in the US,Europe and Saudi Arabia.He has also written and produced jingles for radio stations and commercials for tv.G's cd is titled Slo-Vib.His style is well rounded,playing Jazz,Funk,Blues and New Age.These various styles can be found on the Slo-Vib cd.He is now working on his next cd,titled Cruisin,it has more of an "edge" to it,but still maintains the melodic feel,other musicians call"tasteful".
Artist Mission
Just to be able to write,perform and teach music.The music industry now is sorta a joke!So i get my bread and potatoes through plain hard work:performing,recording and teaching!
Music Influences
George Benson,Carlos Santana,Jeff Beck, Al DiMeola, John Schofield,Mike Stern
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