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Simon "Butterfingers" Beck
- Keyboards, bass guitar...
Simon "Butterfingers" Beck
- Keyboards, bass guitar...
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Simon Beck
» label: unsigned
» for fans of: Ray Charles, Dr John, Albert Ammons, Professor Longhair
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My name is Simon Beck. I play blues keyboards, bass guitar and a bit of rhythm guitar, although I have been known to dabble with anything from a chromatic harmonica to a Theremin. No, I don't sing. No, I can't read music. But the Blues is part of me, and has been for many years.
Do you play live?
I'm not in a band at the moment, although I go to local jam nights. Playing live is one of my favourite things in life. The best live moments for me were playing live on BBC Radio 1 with Mississippi John L Watson (with an 8-piece band and after just one rehearsal), and the weekend when the Odyssey Blues Band played Friday and Saturday nights in the Guinness Blues Festival in Dublin, flew back to London early on Sunday morning and played the opening set at the Barbican Blues Festival.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Definitely.
Band History:
When I was 15 I built a bass guitar and taught myself to play it. The following year I started to teach myself to play the piano, and I've never stopped learning. Since the age of 18 I've played in bands of various types, including electro-pop, jazz and Memphis-style soul. In 1996 I was a founder member of Mississippi John L Watson's Odyssey Blues Band and was their keyboardist for three years, playing on their debut CD "Ass Kickin' Time" and at blues festivals including Dublin, Isle of Wight and London's Barbican.
Your influences?
Dr John, Ray Charles, Josef Zawinul, Professor Longhair...
Favorite spot?
Swanage, Dorset
Equipment used:
Casio WK-3000 keyboard, copy of Music Man Stingray bass; Squier Telecaster guitar, 1958 Framus archtop acoustic guitar.