TELLYS BIO
LEARNING BASS AT THE AGE OF 10 AND PLAYING IN HIS PARENTS GOSPEL QUARTET,
TELLY IS AN ALL AROUND MUSICIAN WHO HAS PLAYED WITH VARIOUS BANDS
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. STARTING OUT WITH GARAGE BANDS IN HIS TEENAGE
YEARS, HE PLAYED EVERYTHING FROM OLDIES TO GRUNGE TO METALLICA. MOVING ON
FROM THERE HE PLAYED BASS IN A BAND CALLED VIBE, WHICH PLAYED REGIONALLY IN
NORTHEAST INDIANA, THEY WERE A HIGH POWERED TRIO WHICH CUT A CD WRITTEN BY
GUITAR PLAYER TONY KENDRICK COMPRISED OF ROCK/ BLUES AND FUNK. MIXING UPBEAT
COVERS AND SOME ORIGINALS THEY STAYED TOGETHER AROUND 4 YRS.
DURING THAT TIME HE ALSO PLAYED BASS OCCASIONALLY FOR DR BONES AND THE SKELETONES IN
KALAMAZOO, MI. LEARNING THE FINE ART OF BLUES FROM A LOCAL LEGEND, DR BONES,
HE LEARNED TO IMPLEMENT THOSE LICKS AND FEEL INTO HIS PLAYING.
FROM THERE HE WENT ON TO DOING ACOUSTIC GIGS AROUND THE AREA,
TEACHING BASS AND GUITAR AT LEHMANS MUSIC, LAGRANGE, INDIANA, FOR 2 YRS
AND ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM ON THE COMEDY SHOW NIGHTSHIFT.
AND ALSO MADE AN APPEARANCE ON SOUTH BEND PBS WITH HIS BASS.
A ONE YEAR STINT WITH LIFE SENTENCE A REGIONAL ROCK AND METAL BAND
WAS ALSO NOTABLE IN HIS CAREER.
HIS MUSICAL INFLUENCES ARE ANYTHING THAT MAKES HIM FEEL SOMETHING, GOOD, BAD,
AND OR UGLY.
Tony K's bio (Tony's myspace)