Artist description Mike Handler is a composer/electric bassist in the jazz/fusion style of instrumental music. He has written for the band "Dagnabbit!" since 1989 and has been the primary songwriter fusing Jazz, Rock, Latin and Funk together in all of Dagnabbit's tunes.....

Music Style Jazz/Fusion

Musical Influences Weather Report - Steely Dan - Pat Metheny - Tribal Tech - Level 42 - Rush

Artist History Formed in 1989, Dagnabbit was comprised of Mike Handler (bass), Tate Rupprecht (drums), Ed Piotrowski III (keyboards), and Bob Kuhar (guitar). This lineup wrote and recorded quite a bit and played in NYC and Philadelphia (and few places between). A high point for the band during this time was getting the warmup gig for (drummer) Billy Cobham's trio - what a show! From 1992 the lineup was Handler (bass), Rupprecht (drums), Rich Hendrickson (piano & keys), and Mike Harrington (guitar). During this time Dagnabbit was lucky enough to be invited by WBJB-FM to do a 1-hour special on the band for their radio show "Sessions From The Secret Garden", which has been replayed several times in the following years..... Recently the band has been rehearsing new material that Mike Handler has written and the latest addition to 'the crew' is Jim Vallone - a fantastic drummer and creative mind. Dagnabbit plans on recording the new material in the very near future with limited gigs to follow in the NYC area........ Stay tuned!

Group Members Mike Handler (basses, keyboards) - Tate Rupprecht (drums) - Rich Hendrickson (piano & keys (tracks 1-3) - Mike Harrington (electric guitar)

Location central, NJ - USA

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