A friend of mine that I was in a band with started me on Kafka, which in turn led to Camus and Sartre.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have a band that I started with a buddy of mine, a Vietnam veteran pal named Kimo Williams from Chicago.
I used to hear all these guys on 78s at my mother's when I was a teenager... I used to daydream that I was onstage playing the solos; I'm playing with B.B. King, and I'm playing with Lowell Fulsom, Jimmy McCracklin. And I literally ended up being in a band that backed them up at different clubs.
I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang.
When I started playing, I played in R&B bands. I played James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and all that.
I had friends in this band called Mars and they used to play a lot.
The drummer in my first band was killed in Vietnam. He kind of signed up and joined the marines. Bart Hanes was his name. He was one of those guys that was jokin' all the time, always playin' the clown.
One of the great bands we opened up for was Priest back in '89. That was really great because at that time we had never met them, never toured with them before. They were a big influence on Slayer, so to open up for them was really cool.
My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.
I toured with Skrillex, did an HBO commercial with Diplo. In the hip hop movement, I was the first artist Travis Scott ever featured with before he blew up. I had the songs with Chris Brown and Tyga. I've worked with some of the biggest artists in the world.
There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.