The Legendary John Rando + Musician in Wichita, KS

SEEKING

ABOUT

I've been playing bass ( and singing ) in Wichita for over 30 years. Several bands, mostly original music,
( Red Lizard, The Healers, .end of story, Black River ).

TANSTAAFL

MAGA! Make. Sure. You. Read. This. MAGA!

Would like to find a female singer, older would be fine, as long as you can sing lead.
Let's add a Male Singer to that.
Would be even better if you could play some piano and keys. It's always better is everybody on stage can play an instrument.
I need a singer.

Everything But The Girl "Missing"
Missing Persons "Noticeable Ones"
Divinyls "Science Fiction" - "Only Lonely"
The Pretenders "Don't Get Me Wrong"
Cyndi Lauper "Money Changes Everything"
Garbage "Stupid Girl"
The Cardigans "Erase / Rewind"
These are just a few.

Have drums, 2 guitars, and bass. Two guys who can sing lead too. Need more harmonies.

Just doing covers right now, maybe start writing our own with the right person. I still have a few.

Playing::
The Police
The Pretenders
Tom Petty
ZZ Top
Eric Clapton
Don Henley
School of Fish
Superdrag
Neil Young
Social Distortion
BadFinger

been digging The Smoking Popes I KNOW YOU LOVE ME and BEFORE I'M GONE lately.
Also, we already play Superdrag BABY GOES TO 11 but I REALLY like FEELING LIKE I DO...the slightly out-of-tune guitars are fantastic,,,and we've all been there.
Would like a keys guy/girl to cover Eric Clapton's BADGE from One More Car.
Putting some Country tunes in the mix too. Old and new.
From Blake Shelton to Blackberry Smoke. Steve Earle to Merle Haggard. The Wreckers to Sugarland.

( To all you players out there, PLEASE, for the love of all that's
Holy, upload some songs you have recorded. You SAY you can play, how would anyone know? )

If you think this country is still great, and could be better if only we didn't have creeping socialism, and all it's ills, I can deal with you.
( If it wasn't a great country, half the world wouldn't be dying to get here. )

Would like someone who knows the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, and 2000's. Need someone who can PLAY, knows 2nd and 3rd positions and inversions to get that stack.
If you are a visual artist that is more to the middle or to the right we really want a show, lights and sound. We hope to have a light man and a sound man that work with us, maybe not exclusively, but to do all our shows as a team.

We just want to play.
Don't let age fool you.
Getting older but still WANT to write, and play, music with accomplished musicians. There is nothing better than the creation process.
You know it when you hear it.

Screen name:

The Legendary John Rando

Member since:

Jun 29 2008

Active within 1 week

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years playing music:

40

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

2-3 times per week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

Pick a great musician, famous or not. If they have feel and even decent chops, they are an influence.

. Neil Peart
9-12-1952 1-7-2020
Even the legends must pass.
RUSH...
So glad I was here for the ride...
...so sad it has to end...
...so sorry the two remaining have to feel this sad.
"The wound that never heals"

The Constitution. Cream, Beatles, Z Z Top, Frank Sinatra, Deep Purple, Joni Mitchell, Sly and the Family Stone, Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Eagles, Rolling Stones, P-Funk, Steely Dan, FRANK ZAPPA, Freedom, Tom Petty, THE POLICE, RUSH, Stevie Wonder, John Hiatt, Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Nilsson,
The Pretenders, Jaco Pastorius, New Grass Revival, Ohio Players, Pat Metheny, Yes, The Association, Kansas, Montrose, Steve Vai, Snarky Puppy with Becca Stevens or Jacob Collier or Knower, Bill Withers, Kings X, Weather Report, Led Zeppelin, Queens of the Stone Age, B. B. King, The Who, ABC, Soundgarden, The Meters, Stone Temple Pilots, Dave Brubeck, Prince,...not even enough room here for the jazz or country or bluegrass or what is Bon Iver? Debussy's "Clair De Lune" and Vivaldi's "Four Seasons".

Influences? MUSIC!

Instrument experience:

Vocalist:

Advanced

Vocalist - Tenor:

Advanced

Bass Guitar:

Advanced

Background Singer:

Advanced

Harmonica:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

String-ed instruments.
Sound amplifiers and reproducers.
Wooden tubes with artificial skin attached struck rhythmically with sticks.
Devices that capture audio by converting sound waves to an electrical signal.
Many other esoteric and mysterious tools, falderal, twaddle, and buncombe.

MUSIC