Lounge lizard, pool hustler & mambonik. Beats & rhythms collector & spinologist from Melbourne to Marrakech, Belgrade to Brooklyn, Paris to Papeete, London to Lima. Expect to hear in my posts, mixes and out and about: loco latin, salsa dura, boogie woogie, 50s & 60s R&B and jump blues, raw soul, mexican mariachi & rocanrol, boogaloo & shing-a-ling, crazy doo-wop, session drummers, bongos & shakers, badass Balkan & Tahitian rhythms & beats.
In addition I have recently become a student of blues, country and boogie piano with a penchant for raucous booze themed rhythm and blues. Check out my piano tutorials with London based swinger Terry Miles for lessons in the style of the great pumpers of the rocket 88s: Champion Jack Dupree, Amos Milburn, Pete Johnson, Otis Spann, Willie Mabon, Wilbert Harrison, Rosco Gordon, Vann "Piano Man" Walls, Professor Longhair, Fats Domino, Huey "Piano" Smith, Dr.John, Jerry Lee Lewis, et al.
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