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Wow, you have some resume Donny!!
We are both CBGB veterans!!!
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Do you have a song writing formula that you and Andrew adhere to??
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Our Black Cats NYC songwriting formula is very basic and unpretentious...
We write and play who we are ….
and find the groove or pocket in every one of our compositions
and then let it roll out...and let the people dance!
It helps we both are fans of many genres of music and find ways to incorporate all
of it into our brand of rock and Roll.
When playing at the clubs, we like when fans say we play
present day rock
and that we also take them back to Max's Kansas City and CBGB's in the early
days!!
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Name three guitar players that have inspired you and that you study.
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It would be hard to limit it to any finite number of guitarists because I am
influenced by everyone I hear and like... Including you James, Matt, Frank, Gass,
Fuzz, Ronnie, Anne, Susan, Alan, Ricky, Joff, David, Phil and Mark Rentzer, to
name just a few... Of course the past masters include Mick Ronson, Jeff Beck,
Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Dave Davies, Dave Edmunds, Brian Setzer, Keith
Richards and Johnny Ramone. Going further back, Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly,
Albert King, Freddie King, T Bone Walker, Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry to
cite just a few...!
I am MOST influenced by Andrew Giordano, my Dimmer Twin. He plays a note
and I finish it, he plays a chord and I play a note, we write alone, we the add
another... It starts out with a phrase and soon we have 'Gone, So Far Gone...'
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Thank you so much Donny
Yes, everyone you mentioned is phenomenal!!!!
Your collaboration with Andrew is awesome,
the confidence you have in each other, is definitely evident during
THE BLACK CAT performance
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I have certain guitars that do specific jobs and bring out my personality during a
performance, for example: My Gibson explorer is my F15 fighter jet.,