NAT BAILEY
Nat Bailey Born in Birmingham England, received his first guitar at the age of eight and trained to be a singer following the footsteps after his late father who was great influence on his music creativity, know as Clyde Bailey who had top 40 hits in the 60’s and worked Georgie Fame in the London Area. Moved to New York City at 12, and by the age 15 performed in his first professional project with The Drifters that started with a nationwide tour. It has been a non-stop adventure year after year and band after band and project after project that has been the motivation to his successful career touring all of Europe, USA, & Canada.
Nat Bailey has performed and recorded with many acts such as Jo Dare (produced by Keith Olson of Foreigner), The Appollinaires (MTV Studios CBGBs Records), Inner Voice (produced by Bob Wright of Atlantic Records) Stone (Westend Records) Trudy Lynn, T-Ski Valley (Grand Groove Records), Finesse (PMP Records), Hush Productions (RCA Records), Colonel Abrams, Phillip Morris Company, Gitano Jeans Company, Arista Records and Chrysalis Records, Sam & Dave, The Drifters, The Inkspots, The Coasters, Toots and the Maytails, Mongo Santamaria, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Clarke Terry, Bill Doggett, JVC Jazz Festival France, Jazzmobile, Music Trust Fund, NYC Dept., of Parks & Recreation, Bo Didley Jr., Ailey Dance Theatre of Harlem, Time Warner TV Studios, CBGBS Records - MTV studios. He is an active member of ASCAP and owns his own publishing company.
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Available bookings to perform live and studio work. Read music and have a great ear, very versatile in Arrangement and Production.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Jo Dare (produced by Keith Olson of Foreigner), The Appollinaires (MTV Studios CBGBs Records), Inner Voice (produced by Bob Wright of Atlantic Records) Stone (Westend Records) Trudy Lynn, T-Ski Valley (Grand Groove Records), Finesse (PMP Records), Hush Productions (RCA Records), Colonel Abrams, Phillip Morris Company, Gitano Jeans Company, Arista Records and Chrysalis Records, Sam & Dave, The Drifters, The Inkspots, The Coasters, Toots and the Maytails, Mongo Santamaria, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Clarke Terry, Bill Doggett
These are all of my own units:
SAVOIR FAIRE, SOLID STATE, FLEXX, NAT BAILEY TRIO, NAT TIGER BAILEY
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Yes, all over the Tampa Bay Area.
Your musical influences
Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Parker, George Benson, Bob Marley, Sergio Mendes
What equipment do you use?
FENDER, PRS, Dark Horse, CARVIN, Mesa Boogie
Anything else?
Check me out I have a lot good music in me.
