User:Murray
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About me
I moved to Talkeetna in 1981 from Eugene, Oregon at the age of 26 and have pretty much been here ever since. I came to work for Mac Stevens doing land surveying work, blew myself up in a propane explosion in 1985, recovered, got registered and bought his business in 1993. Been ekeing out a living ever since, sometimes working for other surveyors/engineers. Have had good opportunities to work all over this beautiful state. I've played with a number of musical groups over the years, none of which anyone will remember but they were: The Bush Bros., Son of Bush, The Resentments, Maximum Jones (with Esther), The Big Cabbage Band, Short Term Memory, The Talkeetna Travelers, The Weeping Willies, The Simpletones, Rare Form and Slick Willy and the Swinging Chads. My main instrument is piano, but have been playing string bass and guitar in recent years with the Simpletones.
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Rocco John Iacovone and I have been playing jazz at the Fairview Inn in Talkeetna every summer since 1999. Rocco and his wife Denise teach school in NYC and come to Talkeetna in the summer. Denise is a great artist. She has been making a painting (usually watercolor) every time we play for the past 6 or 7 years. They're pretty cool. Denise painted "Conversation in 3" during the gig that the Rare Form CD of the same name was recorded. Her painting is the cover for that CD. We were fortunate to play with drummer Gary Frommer that night and a couple of other times that summer. Gary had the most impressive resume of anyone I've known personally having played and recorded with Art Pepper and Maynard Ferguson. He also played with a Who's Who of modern jazz including Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Miles Davis and Eric Dolphy. Rocco and I were sorry to learn of Gary's passing in May of 2005.
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In 2003 I started playing bass with the Simpletones which was and is a pretty loose collection of characters playing mostly Old Time Music but many other styles as well. The bass has been a great learning experience forcing me to finally become an "ear" musician, which is really the only way to be. My problem with jazz is that I've been married to the page (reading music) for too long ... it really gets in the way of proper improvisation. The bass efforts have had some good crossover to the piano and the jazz world but I'm still a long way from being what I would consider a "real" jazz musician. Sorry, Jac :-).
Anyway, music is what keeps me going ... it's an endless journey, but a journey with a heart. WWR has been a wonderful tool toward that end ... In the few months that I've been here, I've heard so many great musicians for the first time. The community is wonderful, Jim's the best ... try to check out the palace if you ever get a chance. It's a magic place. Anyway, full speed ahead!
Anagrammaticly speaking
So you know the Whole Wheat Radio animation that appears occasionally in the upper left hand portion of the screen where the letters of WHOLE WHEAT RADIO are rearranged into a different text? e.g. "O WITH HARD ALE WOE"
Well here are a few I came up with:
O HOW WE TRADE HAIL
HALO TEA, HOW WEIRD
HOW WE TRIED, ALOHA
HI LEO, WHO ATE WARD?
ADO, THAW WIRE HOLE
WHAT, HIDE RAW OLEO?
OW, WHERE TO, DAHLIA?
OH, WORD, I EAT WHALE
I'm thinking these sentences could be a nice little framework to build a one act play around. Yes, I DO enjoy wasting time. Aloha!
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| Nickname (set in preferences) | Murray | ||
| Location | Talkeetna, AK - USA | ||
| Songs ranked | 1,497 | ||
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| Birthday | Tuesday, June 21st | ||
| This year's birthday | 3 months, 15 days ago on a Saturday | ||
| Zodiac sign | Gemini | ||
| Current Listening Status | |
| Other people at Murray's IP | None |
| Last seen | 20 days ago |
| IPs used recently | 216.152.178.15 (rdbk-8174.mtaonline.net) / 216.152.182.121 (rdbk-7260.mtaonline.net) / 216.152.182.180 (rdbk-7319.mtaonline.net) / 216.152.188.16 (rdbk-5116.mtaonline.net) / 64.4.230.138 (rdbk-4728.mtaonline.net) / 72.35.103.137 (rdbk-903.mtaonline.net) / 72.35.107.232 (rdbk-12207.mtaonline.net) |
Murray's Favorites
Request this show that Murray is sure to like! Here are songs Murray has rated 5 stars.
| # | Song | Artist | Image | Album | Length | Played count | Last Played | Overall | You | Tags | Single Request |
| 1 | The Funky Strudel | Lou DeAdder |  |
Altered Reality (The Instrumentals) | 5:44 | 6 | Apr 7th, 2008 |  8 votes 5 stars=Kazookid / Murray / Jim / Atuuschaaw / Peterdale |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Jazz / Horns / Funk / Electric guitar |  |
2 | Walkin' To My Baby's | Bob Beach |  |
Bob Beach | 3:06 | 14 | Jul 17th, 2008 |  4 votes 5 stars=Reed / Kazookid / Murray |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Dance | 3 | Flood | Kym Tuvim |  |
Nothing Sweet Nothing | 3:25 | 5 | Aug 15th, 2008 | 7 votes 5 stars=Murray / Noneyet / Mert |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Electric / Solo vocalist / Band / Dobro / Mysterious / Highly produced / New orleans | |
| Total Time | 12:15 |
The current music queue contains 2 songs that will take 8 mins, 57 secs to play.
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50 most favorite artists
Favorite artists: Karrin Allyson / Hot Club Quartette / Mary Flower / Torch / Thom Bresh & Buster B Jones / Esther Haynes / Sony Holland / Becky Kilgore And James Mason / Patricia Barber / Kevin McKendree / Roxy Perry / Spottiswoode & McMahon / The Joe Byrd Trio / Susan Tedeschi / Foghorn String Band / Big Swing Trio / Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom / Lisa Markley / Buster B Jones / Marty Hahn / Dan Baraszu / Bob Malone / Reeltime Travelers / Five Buck Fiddle / Kim Wilson / The Evangenitals / Brooks Williams / Jeni Fleming Acoustic Trio / Sixth Wave / Oscar Jordan / Stephen Bennett / Lou DeAdder / Mikael Santana / Larry Carlton With Special Guest Robben Ford / Harry Manx / Nestor Torres / Doug Geeting / Tommy Castro / Danny Gatton And Joey DeFrancesco / Michael Wolff Trio / Kate Schutt / The Shades / The Brass Kings / Renee Austin / Blinddog Smokin' / Snooks Eaglin / Elvin Bishop / James Van Buren / Matt Catingub / Acoustic Eidolon
Requests Murray has made
| Last 25 song requests | |||
| Song | Artist | When | Dedication |
| Wait For Me | Susan Tedeschi | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 17:38:02 | |
| Live To Tell | Oscar Jordan | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 17:37:01 | |
| Nature Boy | Karrin Allyson | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 17:36:31 | |
| Black Rat Swing (No. ) | Mary Flower | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 17:35:22 | |
| Novia | Hot Club Quartette | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 14:17:13 | |
| A Better Place | Becca McMahan | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 14:16:52 | |
| I'm Just Wild About Harry - Avalon | Joel Mabus | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 14:14:40 | |
| A Better Way To Go | Peter Mulvey And David Goodrich | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 14:14:00 | |
| Metphysical Blues | Bill Colgate And The Urbane Guerillas | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 13:27:06 | |
| Ain't Messin' Round | Dan Baraszu | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 13:25:46 | |
| Muleskinner Blues | The Brass Kings | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 13:24:26 | |
| High And Lonesome | Kim Wilson | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 13:22:36 | |
| Blues On A Holiday | Susan Tedeschi | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 13:21:38 | |
| Lady Be Good | Esther Haynes | Tue., Sep 9, 2008 - 13:20:38 | |
| Fool's Paradise | Kevin McKendree | Mon., Sep 1, 2008 - 08:04:54 | |
| Black Coffee | Jeni Fleming Acoustic Trio | Mon., Sep 1, 2008 - 08:03:34 | |
| Come Back Baby | Tommy Castro | Mon., Sep 1, 2008 - 07:57:53 | |
| After Midnight Groove | Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom | Mon., Sep 1, 2008 - 07:57:34 | |
| Hampmotized | Susan Tedeschi | Mon., Sep 1, 2008 - 07:55:32 | |
| Nice Work If You Can Get It | Torch | Mon., Sep 1, 2008 - 07:06:31 | |
| Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues | The Joe Byrd Trio | Mon., Sep 1, 2008 - 07:05:31 | |
| If I'm Wrong | The Shades | Mon., Sep 1, 2008 - 07:05:01 | |
| Stars Fell On Alabama | Esther Haynes | Mon., Sep 1, 2008 - 07:03:13 | |
| Guilty | Karrin Allyson | Mon., Sep 1, 2008 - 07:01:13 | |
| A Better Way To Go | Peter Mulvey And David Goodrich | Wed., Jul 23, 2008 - 15:10:26 | |
| Top 15 artists requested | ||
| Artist | Times requested | Percent of 928 total requests |
| Esther Haynes | 41 | 4% |
| The Joe Byrd Trio | 30 | 3% |
| Jeni Fleming Acoustic Trio | 30 | 3% |
| Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom | 22 | 2% |
| Hot Club Quartette | 20 | 2% |
| Susan Tedeschi | 18 | 2% |
| Thom Bresh & Buster B Jones | 17 | 2% |
| Kevin McKendree | 16 | 2% |
| Nina Storey | 16 | 2% |
| Spottiswoode & McMahon | 16 | 2% |
| Tommy Castro | 15 | 2% |
| Mary Flower | 14 | 2% |
| Lou DeAdder | 14 | 2% |
| Roxy Perry | 13 | 1% |
| Becky Kilgore And James Mason | 13 | 1% |
