Multi Instrumentalist for Tribute Cover Band Singer Drummer Rhythm

New York City NY

Description

I've been playing on stages for 30 years (just turned 50) in various positions. I've opened for Marilyn Manson, I've played to five people in a coffee shop. Therefore, I'm grounded and ALL business (no drugs, no girl problems, no flaky B$). I am looking for a HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL cover/tribute situation aiming for venues like Daryl's, City Winery, etc.... I am NOT playing cheap-to-free gigs at every Spring/Summer street fair in the Tri-State nor in the local bars for pass-the-hats. My natural lead voice is VERY Tom Petty but I can do just about anything in that range without the Southern accent ;-) I destroy 80's Metal during Karaoke in my local....Guns, Motley, Skid Row...I got it! My rhythm guitar playing is very basic as are my keyboard skills so being that auxiliary guy with backing vocals is no problem. Chords all day long, heavy leads not so much. My drumming is VERY solid as that was my natural instrument since a teen. I've been in successful WHO tributes and Velvet Underground tributes. Very different. I can play from ACDC to YES, from The Beatles to ZZTop. I can also sing lead from behind the kit and made a living in the late 90's doing such in a 70's Cover Band (Big Star, McCartney, ELO, Billy Joel, etc...) while simultaneously being in an 80's Cover Band (ABC, Talking Heads, TOTO, etc...) THAT would be the ideal situation: four/five musicians with two different cover bands OWNING the region. That six set repertoire was a wedding party's wet dream and we were having to turn gigs down. I played EVERY single Thursday-Saturday one year and did not need a day job. But, that was then..... I'm a homework guy. Rehearsals should be sparse and productive. Not interested in weekly grinds involving beer pounding and $hit shooting. ~ I'll gladly join where one of these positions is called for... or... ~ I'll take a lead guitarist and a bassist so we can form our own situation..... ~ I prefer a themed/specific group (70s, 80s, Southern Rock, etc....) not an All-things-for-All-people live jukebox project. I find it very strange to hear a band play "Don't Stop Believing" and "Mustang Sally" in one set. It usually sounds terrible, too. ~ NO CURRENT MUSIC!?! It's ALL garbage. This WILL be top-notch and serious. That's first and foremost. I'm in North Bronx so preferably rehearsals are in the NYC to White Plains area. Will consider BKLYN or NJ if the project is right. I'm 50....I don't look it...people think I'm famous. I got the look AND the skills. Let's Rock!!