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Bob Kanish Live with Jer Gontang 6-14-02
Bob Kanish Live with Mark Mulligan 6-14-02
AUTO-BIOGRAPHICAL INFO FROM BOB
I have been playing drums since the age of five. My instructor, Tom Bleck,
was a student of Glenn Davis who learned directly from Buddy Rich. I was
able to learn how to play with other musicians at the age of seven when
some of the local high school kids would come over and jam with me.
In high school I played in a few different bands to make some extra
money. we played mostly classic rock covers at parties. In those days we
only could afford one microphone and one mic stand so when it was my turn
to sing I would hold the mic in my left hand and play the drums with only
my right hand and I got pretty good at it. I also played in a short-lived
heavy metal band. We only played one gig at a shopping mall where we
received several complaints from the management for playing too loud and
attracting too many people who were watching us instead of shopping in
their stores. It was in high school that I started learning how to play
the piano.
When I went away to college in upstate New York I joined up with a heavy
metal band and we did quite well up there winning a couple battle of the
bands. I was promptly thrown out of that college after one year, but not
because of the band.
I went back to New Jersey to go to community college and played drums with
a band called Probable cause for a while. We played a mixture of originals
and classic rock covers.
I left that band in 1990 to play keyboards with some old friends of
mine. The band was called Total Enclosure named after the bizarre practice
of gaining sexual pleasure by wrapping yourself completely in
rubber. People really do this! Anyway, we played a mixture of originals
and covers and even made a 13-song demo. we played a lot of bars around
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
After the guitarist left we were faced with the problem of having no one to
play guitar. One day I had been messing around with running my keyboard
through a distortion pedal and it sounded sort of like a a guitar. I began
working on this sound and eventually developed a pretty realistic guitar
sound. Setting all this up was very complicated. I had a huge Ultimate
keyboard stand with three keyboards and a MIDI tone module hooked up to a
chain of four pedals including a wawa pedal for the guitar sound. We
became the classic rock cover band without a guitar player. It was at this
same time that I started teaching myself how to play harmonica so when we
played gigs I was handling lead and rhythm guitar, piano and organ, vocals
and harmonica. we actually did very well playing steady gigs all around NJ
and PA.
When I graduated college in 1993 I started picking up more work as a
musician while still playing with Total Enclosure to keep money coming in
while I looked for a job. I teamed up with an old friend of mine to form a
wild acoustic duo called Hellbound Snowballs. We were amazing. We put out
so much music that we sounded like we were about four people instead of
just two. The guitar player played a tambourine with his feet and I played
keyboards, harmonica and bongos.
We played all around NJ and PA and built up a pretty nice following.
On top of that I joined up with another band made up of two of Tom Bleck's
nephews. They called themselves the Molotov Cocktails and they played
mostly original stuff. I play drums in that band and sang some backup
vocals. we made a five-song demo that was very good.
I had to leave that band in 1995 when I got a job, but I still played with
Total Enclosure and Hellbound snowballs. About a year later I joined up
with another band called Rocking Horse who had a local hotshot blues
guitarist who I had known off and on since nursery school. That band was
completely original and had a great bluesy rock sound. I played keyboards
and harmonica in that band as well. In late 1996 Rocking Horse signed a
contract with a local record company. They were planning to book us on a
tour up and down the east coast. Unfortunately I had to quit that band
because I couldn't leave my job for that long to go on tour.
Shortly after that my job transferred me to San Diego, California. Before
I left my best friend through me a surprise party at a bar that we played
at many times and a whole bunch of musicians who I played with over the
years showed up for one final jam session. for the past five years in San
Diego I have not been in any bands although I regularly sit in on harmonica
with local musicians Jerry Gontang, Gary Seiler, Joe Rathburn and Mark
Mulligan. I also play with a local guitarist and singer named Gordon Price
and hope to get a steady acoustic duo going with him soon.
Check me out on ACB Radio Interactive Thursdays from 3:00 to 5:00 GMT for
the All 70s Extravaganza Bonanza and on Saturdays from 18:00 to 20:00 GMT
for the Bad Bob Brouhaha.
ACB RADIO
BARMUSIC HOME PAGE
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You can email us at gordon@barmusic.com
Bob Kanish Live with Jer Gontang 6-14-02
Bob Kanish Live with Mark Mulligan 6-14-02
AUTO-BIOGRAPHICAL INFO FROM BOB
I have been playing drums since the age of five. My instructor, Tom Bleck,
was a student of Glenn Davis who learned directly from Buddy Rich. I was
able to learn how to play with other musicians at the age of seven when
some of the local high school kids would come over and jam with me.
In high school I played in a few different bands to make some extra
money. we played mostly classic rock covers at parties. In those days we
only could afford one microphone and one mic stand so when it was my turn
to sing I would hold the mic in my left hand and play the drums with only
my right hand and I got pretty good at it. I also played in a short-lived
heavy metal band. We only played one gig at a shopping mall where we
received several complaints from the management for playing too loud and
attracting too many people who were watching us instead of shopping in
their stores. It was in high school that I started learning how to play
the piano.
When I went away to college in upstate New York I joined up with a heavy
metal band and we did quite well up there winning a couple battle of the
bands. I was promptly thrown out of that college after one year, but not
because of the band.
I went back to New Jersey to go to community college and played drums with
a band called Probable cause for a while. We played a mixture of originals
and classic rock covers.
I left that band in 1990 to play keyboards with some old friends of
mine. The band was called Total Enclosure named after the bizarre practice
of gaining sexual pleasure by wrapping yourself completely in
rubber. People really do this! Anyway, we played a mixture of originals
and covers and even made a 13-song demo. we played a lot of bars around
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
After the guitarist left we were faced with the problem of having no one to
play guitar. One day I had been messing around with running my keyboard
through a distortion pedal and it sounded sort of like a a guitar. I began
working on this sound and eventually developed a pretty realistic guitar
sound. Setting all this up was very complicated. I had a huge Ultimate
keyboard stand with three keyboards and a MIDI tone module hooked up to a
chain of four pedals including a wawa pedal for the guitar sound. We
became the classic rock cover band without a guitar player. It was at this
same time that I started teaching myself how to play harmonica so when we
played gigs I was handling lead and rhythm guitar, piano and organ, vocals
and harmonica. we actually did very well playing steady gigs all around NJ
and PA.
When I graduated college in 1993 I started picking up more work as a
musician while still playing with Total Enclosure to keep money coming in
while I looked for a job. I teamed up with an old friend of mine to form a
wild acoustic duo called Hellbound Snowballs. We were amazing. We put out
so much music that we sounded like we were about four people instead of
just two. The guitar player played a tambourine with his feet and I played
keyboards, harmonica and bongos.
We played all around NJ and PA and built up a pretty nice following.
On top of that I joined up with another band made up of two of Tom Bleck's
nephews. They called themselves the Molotov Cocktails and they played
mostly original stuff. I play drums in that band and sang some backup
vocals. we made a five-song demo that was very good.
I had to leave that band in 1995 when I got a job, but I still played with
Total Enclosure and Hellbound snowballs. About a year later I joined up
with another band called Rocking Horse who had a local hotshot blues
guitarist who I had known off and on since nursery school. That band was
completely original and had a great bluesy rock sound. I played keyboards
and harmonica in that band as well. In late 1996 Rocking Horse signed a
contract with a local record company. They were planning to book us on a
tour up and down the east coast. Unfortunately I had to quit that band
because I couldn't leave my job for that long to go on tour.
Shortly after that my job transferred me to San Diego, California. Before
I left my best friend through me a surprise party at a bar that we played
at many times and a whole bunch of musicians who I played with over the
years showed up for one final jam session. for the past five years in San
Diego I have not been in any bands although I regularly sit in on harmonica
with local musicians Jerry Gontang, Gary Seiler, Joe Rathburn and Mark
Mulligan. I also play with a local guitarist and singer named Gordon Price
and hope to get a steady acoustic duo going with him soon.
Check me out on ACB Radio Interactive Thursdays from 3:00 to 5:00 GMT for
the All 70s Extravaganza Bonanza and on Saturdays from 18:00 to 20:00 GMT
for the Bad Bob Brouhaha.
ACB RADIO
BARMUSIC HOME PAGE
RGP TECHNOLOGIES INC. HOME PAGE
You can email us at gordon@barmusic.com
I have been playing drums since the age of five. My instructor, Tom Bleck,
was a student of Glenn Davis who learned directly from Buddy Rich. I was
able to learn how to play with other musicians at the age of seven when
some of the local high school kids would come over and jam with me.
In high school I played in a few different bands to make some extra
money. we played mostly classic rock covers at parties. In those days we
only could afford one microphone and one mic stand so when it was my turn
to sing I would hold the mic in my left hand and play the drums with only
my right hand and I got pretty good at it. I also played in a short-lived
heavy metal band. We only played one gig at a shopping mall where we
received several complaints from the management for playing too loud and
attracting too many people who were watching us instead of shopping in
their stores. It was in high school that I started learning how to play
the piano.
When I went away to college in upstate New York I joined up with a heavy
metal band and we did quite well up there winning a couple battle of the
bands. I was promptly thrown out of that college after one year, but not
because of the band.
I went back to New Jersey to go to community college and played drums with
a band called Probable cause for a while. We played a mixture of originals
and classic rock covers.
I left that band in 1990 to play keyboards with some old friends of
mine. The band was called Total Enclosure named after the bizarre practice
of gaining sexual pleasure by wrapping yourself completely in
rubber. People really do this! Anyway, we played a mixture of originals
and covers and even made a 13-song demo. we played a lot of bars around
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
After the guitarist left we were faced with the problem of having no one to
play guitar. One day I had been messing around with running my keyboard
through a distortion pedal and it sounded sort of like a a guitar. I began
working on this sound and eventually developed a pretty realistic guitar
sound. Setting all this up was very complicated. I had a huge Ultimate
keyboard stand with three keyboards and a MIDI tone module hooked up to a
chain of four pedals including a wawa pedal for the guitar sound. We
became the classic rock cover band without a guitar player. It was at this
same time that I started teaching myself how to play harmonica so when we
played gigs I was handling lead and rhythm guitar, piano and organ, vocals
and harmonica. we actually did very well playing steady gigs all around NJ
and PA.
When I graduated college in 1993 I started picking up more work as a
musician while still playing with Total Enclosure to keep money coming in
while I looked for a job. I teamed up with an old friend of mine to form a
wild acoustic duo called Hellbound Snowballs. We were amazing. We put out
so much music that we sounded like we were about four people instead of
just two. The guitar player played a tambourine with his feet and I played
keyboards, harmonica and bongos.
We played all around NJ and PA and built up a pretty nice following.
On top of that I joined up with another band made up of two of Tom Bleck's
nephews. They called themselves the Molotov Cocktails and they played
mostly original stuff. I play drums in that band and sang some backup
vocals. we made a five-song demo that was very good.
I had to leave that band in 1995 when I got a job, but I still played with
Total Enclosure and Hellbound snowballs. About a year later I joined up
with another band called Rocking Horse who had a local hotshot blues
guitarist who I had known off and on since nursery school. That band was
completely original and had a great bluesy rock sound. I played keyboards
and harmonica in that band as well. In late 1996 Rocking Horse signed a
contract with a local record company. They were planning to book us on a
tour up and down the east coast. Unfortunately I had to quit that band
because I couldn't leave my job for that long to go on tour.
Shortly after that my job transferred me to San Diego, California. Before
I left my best friend through me a surprise party at a bar that we played
at many times and a whole bunch of musicians who I played with over the
years showed up for one final jam session. for the past five years in San
Diego I have not been in any bands although I regularly sit in on harmonica
with local musicians Jerry Gontang, Gary Seiler, Joe Rathburn and Mark
Mulligan. I also play with a local guitarist and singer named Gordon Price
and hope to get a steady acoustic duo going with him soon.
Check me out on ACB Radio Interactive Thursdays from 3:00 to 5:00 GMT for
the All 70s Extravaganza Bonanza and on Saturdays from 18:00 to 20:00 GMT
for the Bad Bob Brouhaha.
ACB RADIO
BARMUSIC HOME PAGE
RGP TECHNOLOGIES INC. HOME PAGE
You can email us at gordon@barmusic.com