Artist description A lone guitar player, and his trials and tribulations.

Music Style Will focus mainly on blues, but experiments with other stuff.

Musical Influences Blues masters like John Mayall, B.B King, Muddy Waters, Magic Sam, Freddie King, Buddy Guy, T - Bone Walker, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and one of my personal favorites: Gil Scott-Heron.

Similar Artists Someone said Cake, but thats just because I talk the lyrics on the b-sides.

Artist History The summer of 1997 I picked up a Fender acousic. A DG-7 I think it was. I played it like there was no tomorrow. By the winter of 1997 I had all but forgotten that I owned a guitar. Over the next two years I purchased three guitars. A Korean Squire Stratocaster, a Takamine G-series acoustic, and a Fender American Standard Stratocaster. I was more of a guitar collecter than a guitar player. In 1999 I moved to Vienna, Austria, and sold my Squire and Fender acoustic back to the store. In Vienna, I played in a few bands, but nothing too serious. In 2001, a month before moving to Richmond, Virginia, I sold the Takamine to a good friend with the hopes of settling down on one axe, and finally learning to really play. Focused and free from disruptions I am now able to learn. What you hear on this site will be the fruits of my labor. Update 11/8/01: I just finished a demo of MxPx's Do Your Feet Hurt. The quality and the singing aren't too good. But what can you ask for when it's a one-take wonder. It's a great song anyway. Update 11/14/01: I should be in the studio soon, set record a four - eight song demo. I think I'm going to call it Sad Songs and Waltzes, but nothing is conclusive yet. Some of the tunes I am considering are: Unlike You's Alone, MxPx's Do Your Feet Hurt, Billy Joel's Vienna, and my very own One in Ten. If you have any suggestions, requests, drop me an email.

Group Members Mike DeSoto - Guitars, Vocals. Dan Reed - Lyrics.

Instruments Fender American Standard Stratocaster, borrowed Stella Harmony acoustic, Fostex Multitracker x-12, Cad 585 mic, misc. cables.

Location Richmond, Virginia - USA

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