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Pittsburgh Connection
Performed there with Barry White,worked there in early 70's with 'Big Jay Bush' & the 'House Rockers' from dayton,ohio also played there in churches with various gospel groups from dayton.
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Born in middletown,ohio and grew up in dayton,ohio,i'm a guitarist,singer,songwriter,producer & performer and former guitarist for Barry White,Isaac Hayes,Chuck Berry,Wolfman Jack,Clem Curtis & the Foundations,The Atlantic Soul Machine,The Funk Masters and many others between the US and UK.
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At 8:47pm on June 27, 2011, Marta Graciela Bressi said…

Dear Emmet,

 

I´d really appreciate it if you could take the time to look at my work and leave your impressions here or in the guestbook on my homepage -http://www.miartemartagracielabressi.webs.com/- where there are more samples of my digital art works, engravings and sculptures. The web site´s in Spanish but, if you want to read the texts in English, you can access my Livejournal:

http://pallasatheneas.livejournal.com

You can also visit the website we created with the Belgian jazz musician Dirk Schreurs to make our recent video art collaboration known to the world:

http://www.mindsofglass.webs.com/
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Minds of Glass:  ¨All visual compositions perfectly match the soundtrack’s expressive aesthetics in terms of emotional content and artistic strength” (New York/Los Angeles Independent Media Board).


http://cminejazz.com/show/2010/11/12/minds-of-glass

http://martagracielabressistudios.webs.com/

Regards,

Marta

P.S.: Unfortunately, I' ve got too many contact on the network to add more.Feel free to add me if you want.

At 11:29am on September 4, 2009, Sky said…
Hello Emmett!
Thanks for friending me!
Think I'll stay and listen to your player for a while..
So comfy here it feels like home.
At 1:29am on May 27, 2009, Dr. Nelson Harrison said…
Nothing wrong with that at all. That makes you a Pittsburgher influenced musician. ;-) You definitely belong on this network.

BTW you played by the railroad tracks at the I.C. Light (Coca Cola, etc.) Tent on the South shore of the Monongahela River. The sponsorship name of the tent changes from year to year so I don't remember who was the sponsor when you were last here. The show I played with Barry was indoors at the Stanley Theatre downtown around 1974-5. The Stanley was converted into the Benedum Hall as it is now.
At 4:25pm on May 26, 2009, Luiz Santos said…
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Welcome
Feel free to check out my New Album!
Enjoy the ride! Luiz
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At 3:51am on May 24, 2009, Dr. Nelson Harrison said…
Welcome Emmett,

We are so happy to have you as a member. When you played in Pittsburgh with Barry, if it was at the Stanley Theatre @ 1975-76, I was in the orchestra with you. Barry had a full 32 or 35 piece orchestra and I was playing 2nd trombone. If that's the show you remember, it's really a gas to reconnect with you this way. We will be in close touch through this channel as I share your talents with many here who will become new fans as I have.
 
 
 

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