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stratcat
(Bill Simon)


Member Since: Sunday, April 24 2005 @ 11:07 PM CDT
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Location: Lansing, IL United States
Song Comments: 409
Song Votes: 18
Forum Posts: 104
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Total Points: 1173.90
Bio:

Grew up on the south side of Chicago. Big Blues/Jazz/Rock fan. Influences, Robin Trower, Jeff Beck, SRV, Frank Marino, Hendrix, Ronnie Earl, Smokin Joe Kubeck, Jimmy Thackery.

stratcat's Songs (22)
Date Title Rating Hits Genre Last Comment Status
10.17.09 Fender Bender 9.25 (3) 197 (23) Rock 10.23.09 Active
07.06.09 Spanking the Chicken 9.83 (3) 491 (14) Blues (contemporary) 07.14.09 Active
04.30.09 Checkerboard Lounge Pt 2 9.25 (2) 581 (28) Blues (contemporary) 06.29.09 Active
01.27.09 True Friend (MJRF)  (---) 687 (24) Blues (contemporary) 07.15.09 Active
01.13.09 In a Funk 10.00 (1) 589 (18) Blues (contemporary) 01.30.09 Active
11.24.08 Big Red Caddy 9.75 (2) 531 (8) Blues (contemporary) 12.02.08 Active
09.07.08 The Green Mill 9.00 (2) 683 (7) Jazz (instrumental) 11.12.08 Active
05.29.08 King Wah 9.19 (4) 596 (14) Rock 07.01.08 Active
05.18.08 Blues at Sunrise 9.46 (7) 1235 (21) Blues (contemporary) 06.15.08 Active
04.30.08 Slidin at the House (House of Blues Challenge) 9.00 (2) 661 (9) Blues (traditional) 05.11.08 Active
04.10.08 Checkerboard Lounge 9.40 (5) 785 (16) Blues (contemporary) 11.01.09 Active
03.22.08 Chicago Style (MJ Woodstock) 9.50 (6) 1246 (41) Blues (contemporary) 05.27.08 Active
02.06.08 One of these days 9.00 (4) 683 (15) Blues (contemporary) 02.11.09 Active
10.13.07 The Magnificent Mile 8.75 (4) 1094 (23) Jazz (instrumental) 05.26.08 Active
03.17.07 Uptown Clown 8.38 (2) 698 (8) Rock (instrumental) 04.06.07 Active
02.22.07 Desert Dust 8.25 (1) 737 (8) Blues (contemporary) 11.04.07 Active
07.23.06 Swingin Willie 8.67 (3) 1068 (35) Jazz (instrumental) 05.27.08 Active
04.23.06 South Sider 8.00 (4) 1321 (11) Blues (contemporary) 07.24.08 Active
02.22.06 Lower Wacker Drive 8.30 (5) 1776 (23) Blues (contemporary) 03.14.07 Active
12.13.05 Texas Two-Step  (---) 1758 (12) Blues (contemporary) 03.19.06 Active
09.20.05 Get a load of Fatso!  (---) 982 (5) Rock (instrumental) 03.15.06 Active
06.30.05 Sunday Afternoon Remix  (---) 1101 (6) Rock (instrumental) 03.15.06 Active
Favorite Songs (127)
Title Artist Date Genre
Stars On Her Eyes Vic Holman 10.18.09 Rock
Skye Surf Song Ren-Tin-10 10.17.09 Rock (instrumental)
WHAT ABOUT ME? SISTERS 10.17.09 Funk
earthquake ste 10.16.09 Pop (Alternative)
Symphonic Smackdown magnatone 10.12.09 Pop Orchestral
The Winds And The Seasons / remix FrankAxtell 10.09.09 Jazz Fusion
The Time Has Come Moviz 10.06.09 Blues (contemporary)
Never Say Goodbye - Bond Challenge MarkHolbrook 09.29.09 Film Scoring
Stepping Down ziti 09.21.09 Rock (instrumental)
off the deck (w/Z293) ktb 09.17.09 Rock
A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani ) Feter 09.03.09 Acoustic
Juan Song LIOLI 9 sheilad 08.17.09 Romantic
Cats and Dogs (w Drew Kopr, KTB, ziti, Bill Birney) perceptualvortex 08.12.09 Rock (instrumental)
Sco'nuff (ibstrat) Macaudion 07.31.09 Jazz Fusion
Bloofies Blues ziti 07.21.09 Blues (traditional)
Okey Dokey Smokes (Undone) with 12Parsecs PaddyNavinCaryatid 07.19.09 Indie Rock
'More than Enough' Heidi_E 07.15.09 Easy Listening
Blue Note MT sloparts 07.06.09 Jazz (instrumental)
playboy's mailbox blues ziti 06.15.09 Blues (contemporary)
wah wah ziti 05.08.09 Blues (contemporary)
It's no use w/kontrabeat thoddi 05.01.09 Blues (contemporary)
A Prayer (Feter with Doug) HJP Doug Somers 04.28.09 Classical
I'm Bleeding feter,ziti,& pipetones ziti 03.17.09 Blues (contemporary)
Forget My Name maxjsl37 03.15.09 Rock (instrumental)
Summertime-People Say ziti 02.13.09 Blues (contemporary)
Bitter Season (MJRF) DWL 02.10.09 Hard Rock
LIVE Libby's theme ziti 02.08.09 Rock (instrumental)
Silent No More (MJRF) PickQuickRecords 02.02.09 Rock (instrumental)
My Princess '09 (MJRF) obbster 01.31.09 Film Scoring
Song set for Reunion Festival 2007 MJRF sloparts 01.31.09 Other
Green Fields of Canada 09 (MJRF) Rebsie 01.31.09 Folk (traditional)
Meeting The Alien (MJRF) Vic Holman 01.31.09 Rock
Permission to Dive (MJRF) echoroom 01.31.09 Alternative Rock
Too Many Ghosts (MJRF) jiguma 01.31.09 Alternative Rock
Bucket of Suds FEEL 01.23.09 Blues (contemporary)
Do You Know Who She Is?(remix) bronco 01.17.09 Blues (contemporary)
Introspection Blues FrankAxtell 01.11.09 Blues (contemporary)
FDB DEMO ziti 01.11.09 Twentieth Century
Heart On The Road (w/Bob Rodgers) Feter 01.08.09 Blues (contemporary)
Heros( aclarke/mcboy) Mcboy 01.02.09 Alternative Rock
for freddie ziti 12.29.08 Rock (instrumental)
Backslidin' Blues in B rsorensen 10.13.08 Blues (contemporary)
Smile ( Our House Coffehouse) Feter 10.11.08 Acoustic
the Playboys Blues-corrected ziti 09.13.08 Blues (traditional)
Trepidation in Jewelry ziti 08.18.08 Art Rock
EIN'S Rampancy remaster ziti 08.09.08 Rock (instrumental)
TubaPhlapp ziti 07.03.08 Funk
WitterG 1962egg 07.01.08 Blues (traditional)
Cat's Walk ziti 06.24.08 Rock (instrumental)
Progulation #1 (w/perceptualvortex and ibstrat, with ziti remaster) Ed Hannifin 06.17.08 Progressive Rock
New Guitar Blues Take 2 andersOO7 06.12.08 Blues (traditional)
Decaffeinated Blues (MJ Coffee House Challenge) rsorensen 06.03.08 Blues (traditional)
Rainy Day (MacJams Coffee House) Peter Bauckham 06.01.08 Acoustic
Rollin' Ibstrat 05.21.08 Blues (traditional)
Half Way Next To Nowhere FEEL 05.19.08 Rock
Hydrostatic Dreams LunaTrick 05.18.08 Alternative Rock
Driving (with my girlfriend) michael2 05.15.08 Indie Rock
Too Many Years (Robin Hood) TobinMueller 05.15.08 Showtunes
Little White Lie Vic Holman 05.14.08 Alternative Rock
Trance Nation (Ember W/Drakonis) Skean 05.14.08 Trance
Believe This (w/t Evolvweb) echoroom 05.14.08 Art Rock
Beat Up Comic Books (w/michael2) rsorensen 05.13.08 Indie Rock
The Secret(w/Roxylee) Feter 05.12.08 Acoustic
The Magic Jam ziti 05.10.08 Rock (instrumental)
Dinner Bell guitapick 05.07.08 Fingerstyle Guitar
Day after Day - house of blues thoddi 05.02.08 Blues (traditional)
Ride My Funky Horse (was Name This Tune) announcer 04.28.08 Rock (instrumental)
YOU AND ME w/Karmatoburn thoddi 04.28.08 Funk
Sunday IbotenicParadigm 04.27.08 Psychedelic
I Love SlimGirlFat 04.27.08 Dance-Club
Working Man Blues Three Cat Clem 04.26.08 Blues (contemporary)
House of Blues sound bed Feter 04.24.08 Blues (contemporary)
Chicago Shuffle Blues FrankAxtell 04.17.08 Blues (contemporary)
Ibstrat Boogie Ibstrat 04.13.08 Blues (traditional)
The Vein Popper ziti 04.09.08 Blues (contemporary)
Freefall Z293 04.06.08 Rock (instrumental)
Jimi&Sly (ziti&aclarke) (MJ Woodstock) ziti 03.31.08 Rock
Sliding for the Prince ziti 03.23.08 Blues (traditional)
Dream Train Moviz 03.22.08 Rock & Roll
Bridge of Fire (MJ Woodstock) Z293 03.21.08 Rock (instrumental)
Swing Axe (w/PV) ktb 03.15.08 Rock (instrumental)
Key Lime Sunday ziti 03.06.08 Latin Jazz
Ember by Drakonis, featuring Morning Light Vox Morning Light 02.22.08 Ambient
Answers CD VERSION ziti 02.10.08 Blues (contemporary)
Going Back thetiler 02.02.08 Fingerstyle Guitar
Guitar Mayhem alanfraser 02.01.08 Rock
Smurf Rebellion (w/glennkav) ktb 01.13.08 Blues (contemporary)
Lightning Strikes (v1) TobinMueller 11.02.07 Jazz (instrumental)
Cigarette Tadashi Togawa 09.19.07 Jazz (instrumental)
Kneeling Under The Mountain Feter 09.11.07 Classical
P.R. Blues Ibstrat 07.10.07 Fingerstyle Guitar
Synapse Z293 07.09.07 Progressive Rock
The Birdwatcher Ibstrat 07.06.07 Fingerstyle Guitar
WINDS OF CHANGE - w rtcooper jiguma 06.22.07 Alternative Rock
JamBurger (Hectorious/KTB) Hectorious 06.18.07 NUjazz
Kaiju (w Mcboy, Z293, Drew Kopr) perceptualvortex 05.19.07 Rock (instrumental)
Then the Rain guitapick 05.04.07 Fingerstyle Guitar
One On One (w Vac) perceptualvortex 04.23.07 Rock (instrumental)
Kisses4Charlene Hectorious 04.22.07 NUjazz
Taste Like Chicken (Demo) Hectorious 04.04.07 Funk
Resolution guitapick 04.03.07 Alternative Rock
Time's Passing guitapick 03.04.07 Classical
Cosmic Jello guitapick 02.25.07 Alternative Rock
Vamp This Z293 02.11.07 Jazz Fusion
Stray cat Tadashi Togawa 01.11.07 Blues (contemporary)
Strange Days Z293 01.06.07 Progressive Rock
What Happened to Outpost Five? perceptualvortex 12.23.06 Psychedelic
Voodoo Jam andersOO7 12.22.06 Blues (traditional)
Fran's House ziti 11.27.06 Rock (instrumental)
Soulmonk's Music for Intimacy ziti 11.10.06 Rock (instrumental)
KTB,ZITI,HECTORIOUS- Don Juan ziti 09.28.06 Rock (instrumental)
Hash Feter 08.15.06 Blues (contemporary)
Bad Guy Gets Away joel c. 07.07.06 Film Scoring
Piano/Guitar Blues Improv John Stebbe 06.25.06 Blues (contemporary)
godzilla teletwango 04.07.06 Rock (instrumental)
blues for danny teletwango 04.07.06 Blues (contemporary)
Dat Ole Blu-Lite Scorpjammer 03.16.06 Blues (traditional)
FIRE(COLLAB WITH PERCEPTUAL VORTEX) ThroughRivers 03.12.06 Rock (instrumental)
Metamorphosis Z293 02.27.06 Rock (instrumental)
KCSAITO's Blues TK3(kcsaito+scorp+efrenCRS) Scorpjammer 02.25.06 Blues (traditional)
Blue time Tadashi Togawa 02.20.06 Blues (traditional)
Interboro iG.STUDiO 02.19.06 Jazz (instrumental)
Smoke and Mirrors Z293 02.12.06 Blues (contemporary)
Marshall Law Z293 02.05.06 Rock (instrumental)
Shufflerbones(ziti,dkopr,pvortex) ziti 01.07.06 Funk
Dog Leg Left ziti 01.05.06 Rhythm and Blues
Eugene's Blues stratcat51 12.16.05 Blues (contemporary)
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Music Background Started playing guitar at 12 years. Played first bar gigs at 16. (Long time ago in a galaxy far, far away). Played with local musicians off and on over the years.
Music Skills Whats that?
Music Hardware '83 Fender American Strat, modified. Texas Specials single coils. 60th Anniversay Fender American Deluxe with Sumarium cobalt pickups. Fender Blues Jr. amp, Shure SM57 mic, crybaby wah, Bad Monkey tube overdrive, m-audio fasttrack, intel iMac G5 w/1gb ram.
Music Software GB '09
Keywords Guitars, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Instrumental,Simon,Bill,William,Lower Wacker Drive,South Side,Chicago, Count Chocula,Frankenberry,Booberry
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