I am a 73 year old professional musician from Wilkes-Barre, Pa. This page contains performance samples and equipment lists to be used as an online audition. It is not meant to be a public page. I sing lead and harmony and play guitar, keyboards and mandolin. Also pedal steel, fiddle, harmonica, banjo, accordion, bass
1979-1982 (Country- Guitar, Pedal Steel, Banjo, Vocals)
mostly originals
With The East End Vipers
With Zydecoal
With Tom Slick
With Boots and Bangs
"Walk Away Renee" Bill Davis vocals, 12 string
Big Star's "Thirteen" Bill Davis vocals, guitars
Dire Straits "sultans of swing" with accordion, pedal steel, djembe. Mandolin, vocals
From 1974's "Blue Pine Trees" by Unicorn. Bill Davis, vocals, some of the guitars and bass
Pouges classic Christmas song. Bill Davis vocals and playing banjo and accordion
The Kinks "Sunny afternoon" Bill Davis, vocals, guitar, banjolin
Green eyed lady. Bill Davis guitar and vocal
Tim Buckley's "Buzzin' fly"
Taylor 25th anniversary Acoustic Guitar
Fender G5 Stratocaster modeling Guitar
Kaminski custom Telecaster style Guitar
Epiphone Emperor jazz hollow body guitar with voodoo pickups
Fender jazz bass
Fender FV-3 Electric Violin
Fender FM Mandolin
Korg Krome Keyboard
Kawai EP2 keyboard 88 weighted keys
Sho Bud Pro I Pedal Steel guitar
Rickenbacker 360 12 string Guitar
Rouge Resonator guitar with National resonator and bridge
Pearl Cocktail Drum Kit
Korg multi effects preamp
Epiphone 5 string Banjo
Kaminski Uke
Dean 6 string Banjo
1917 Banjolin
Monarch Upright Bass
Dean fretless Acoustic Bass
Camanero 120 bass Accordion
(2) Digitech Vocalist Live 4 Harmonizer
Boss Katana 100W solid state guitar amp
Boss Katana 50W solid state guitar amp
Fender super sonic 60 watt tube amp
Bugera V5 Tube amp
Gallien-Kruger backline 210 bass/keyboard amp
Marshall G50 1-12" 50 watt combo amp
Mixers
Mackie DL1608 digital mixer 16 channel with 4 Ipads
FOH speakers:
(2) EV Evolve 50 line array system with 2 extra 12" subs
Monitors:
six separate mixes on the Mackie
(2) Electro Voice ZX1A 8" 800 watt powered center fill or monitor
(2) QSC K8's 8" woofer 1000 watts
(11) in ears with Audio Technica ATH-im50 earbuds
Microphones:
(9) CAD 95 condenser Microphones on black boom stands
(6) Shure SM58 Microphones on chrome or black boom stands
(2) Shure Beta 58
(3) Shure SM57
(5) Shure wireless SM58
(1) Shure PGA98 Sax mic
(5) Shure PG1 wireless lavileers
(1) Rode NT1000 large diaphragm condenser
(2) Samson CO@ small diaphragm pencil condensers
(1) Audix cymbal mike
(1) Shure beta 52 kick
(6) Direct insert boxes
Lighting:
(4) battery powered PAR 64 LED instruments
I can record your project with unlimited tracks of hard disk recording (up to 8 tracks at once) using Cakewalk Sonar X3 64 bit software, Waves VST's, Behringer UMC1820 interface, ART Pro Channel tube preamp, Rode NT-1000 large diaphragm condenser microphones, CAD condenser and dynamic drum mikes, Audix drum mikes, and Shure dynamic mikes. A full range of house instruments is available. I have 8 tracks of wireless headphone monitoring (3 separate mixes) on Yamaha and Sony headphones or monitor with Alesis M1 studio monitors.
All this is done in a comfortable 20 X 30 room with skylights (NOT a basement) in Wilkes-Barre.
Producer, Performer, Composer:
East End Vipers "Eaton and Orange" Pelican Records 2015
East End Vipers-"Jazz Band" Pelican Records 2011
Zydecoal "Where you got them shoes" Pelican Records 2004
Zydecoal "Show us your originals" Pelican Records 2007
Zydecoal "Seedy" Pelican Records 2002
Zydecoal "Where there's coal, there's fiyo" Pelican Records 1997
Producer, Performer:
Tom Potsko "You know why" Pelican Records 2008
The Grain- HMN Records 2005
Tom Slick-Live at Halloween 2022
Producer, Recording Engineer:
Live from the Chicory House compilation CD Pelican Records 1998
Recording Engineer:
Selections from Four Shillings Short "Dodging Lodging" 2000
Soundtracks- Producer, Composer, Performer:
Save on Software: World of Trains, World of Space, World of Planes, Digital Tours of the USA, Pandemonium Island 1 -4
Graphic Artist:
Tom Slick and the Converted Thunderbolt Greaseslappers-2009
Live Sound Engineer:
Billy Kirchen
The Voodudes
Tanglefoot
Amy and Jennie
Kim and Reggie with Magpie
Bob Crosby's Bobcats Big Band
Royal Swing Big Band
Janis Ian
Street Beat
Magpie
Midori Brothers Big Band
Tom Rush
Harlem Gospel Choir
David Lieberman Jazz Quartet
Simple Gifts
Livingston Taylor
Arrogant Worms
Bix Biederbeck all stars
Chicago City Limits improv comedy
Rob Schwimmer
Stan Kenton
Bucky Covington
Paula Poundstone
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
Elizabeth Von Trapp
Bucky Pizzerelli
Emily Asher's Garden Party
"All Hands on Deck" musical theater
"A Celtic Christmas" musical theater
Almost Queen tribute band
cast of Beatlemania - Beatles tribute
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac tribute
Who's Next tribute band
Draw the Line - Aerosmith triblute
Wailing Jennies
House Sound, Live Recording, Booking - Chicory House concert series 1993-2009
Whirligig
Chris Smither
Modal Men of Mona's
Susan Werner
Martin Simpson
Dave Van Ronk
Chulrua
Bowery Boys
Eric Andersen
Burns Sisters
Cheryl Wheeler
An Cre'
Robin & Linda Williams
Tanglefoot
Guy Davis
Ceoltoiri
Four Shillings Short
Fiddlin' Around
Ian Matthews
Woods Tea Company
Clandestine
Jay Smar
Salamander Crossing
Bob Franke
Linda Waterfall
Broadside Electric
Simple Gifts
Paul Rishell and Annie Raines
Mad Pudding
Geoff Muldaur
Vance Gilbert
Kim & Reggie
Magpie
Terri Allard and Peter Keane
Artisan
Chaskinakui
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Garnet Rogers
Nightingale
Amazing Incredibles
Michael Smith
Anne Hills
Kick at Heaven
Harmonious Wail
Tamarack
Joel Mabus
John Roberts & Tony Barrand
Jem & Ariane
Pint and Dale
Kelly Joe Phelps
Silk Road
Jive 5
Lisa Moscitello
Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem
Brooks Williams
Louise Taylor
Silk City
The Strawbs
Richard Green
Cara
Slide
Teda
Fishtank Ensemble
My Sweet Patootie
House Sound Tech
Mohegan Sun Casino 2008-2019
Misericordia University 1998-2020