uplift i

Uplift I is a constant struggle. It's a labor of love that combines many different skill sets on many different levels from many different places around the globe. I just want to record music, so I will even do yours for you under the right circumstances.

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I also play with THE FIRELYTES STEEL DRUM BAND, LUCKY

, KELLY EVANS TRIO, ELLIOTT RUTHER TRIO, KNOTTY PINES, SOCKMONKEYS, CLETUS ROMP, TSLY

Formerly I have played with Apogee, SAMIWAS, EASY AXESS, 4 TRACK ALL STARS, lowkey, Kris Brown and the Family Sauce, BW4, Luscious Brown, P.I.C., Marvin and the Experience, FreeKbass, Gwendolyn Speaks, T-SLY Band, 7tsly, with Mike Wade and Bastion. I have played with George Clinton and also The SCIENCE BAND, and for Bootsy Collins, most treasured experiences, as they are musical heroes.

I truly appreciate all music as an expression of the soul. All time heros are Hendrix and Bootsy for doing with the instrument what was not previously imagined.

Greatest thanks to Mom, Jeremy, Uncle Maurice, Uncle Butch, Josiah, Barami, Folz, Kruse, Little, Basone, Summers, Kinsella, Easton, shawn pearson, Brown, Why?, Coleman, Doseone and johnny rapp for having the most profound of effects on me and my musical development.