Brian Batchley On Harmonica

Hi I'm Brian Batchley. I am a musician.I have been fronting the Preachers Blues band since 1987.I play harmonica,guitar,piano and bass. I'm working on drums and digital sax.I also sing. david Reo is our guitar player aka: "Rhode Island Red" We have been playing together for years.Our current line up is : Myself ,David ,Tony Cicero on drums , and a guy named Bob on bass. We play out around Ventura and Ojai California 4 to 6 times a month .We are working on an album too. Also we've been looking to find players who'd like to be in out band in a comitted way not just for thr gig money, which is pretty crappy money anyway at this time. We play blues with variations on rock ,swing and acid music and we write cool songs....you should all come out and see us play. I was born and raised in Queens N.Y.C. and moved to So Cal in 1980 , been here ever since.I still like New York pizza and bagels though. I attended High School of Art and Design in N.Y.C. class of '75'.Theses days I don't do much graphic any more but I do make a living sort of in art ,restoring antique stoves and refrigerators ain't much money in bar music huh? My other major interests include martial arts , I began studying in 1977 with tae kwon do and dabbled in various other arts for years, I settled inopt Aikido 16 years ago and have been training in Aikido ever since - the fit is right for me.Currently I hold the rank of Nidan through Birankai Int and Hombu Dojo. Anyhow , glad to meet you all and maybe more about me later on...Peace.
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