MacJams.com - Artist: stratcat

stratcat
(Bill Simon)

Member Since:	Sunday, April 24 2005 @ 11:07 PM CDT
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Location:	Lansing, IL United States
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Weekly Points:	5.75
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Bio:

Grew up on the south side of Chicago. Big Blues/Jazz/Rock fan. Influences, Robin Trower, Jeff Beck, SRV, Frank Marino, Hendrix, Eric Johnson, Ronnie Earl, to name a few.

Date	Title	Rating	Hits	Genre	Last Comment	Status
05.29.08	King Wah	9.19 (4)	146 (14)	Rock	07.01.08	Active
05.18.08	Blues at Sunrise	9.46 (7)	507 (21)	Blues (contemporary)	06.15.08	Active
04.30.08	Slidin at the House (House of Blues Challenge)	9.00 (2)	246 (9)	Blues (traditional)	05.11.08	Active
04.10.08	Checkerboard Lounge	9.40 (5)	340 (14)	Blues (contemporary)	04.25.08	Active
03.22.08	Chicago Style (MJ Woodstock)	8.43 (7)	613 (41)	Blues (contemporary)	05.27.08	Active
02.06.08	One of these days	9.00 (4)	311 (14)	Blues (contemporary)	02.11.08	Active
10.13.07	The Magnificent Mile	8.75 (4)	447 (23)	Jazz (instrumental)	05.26.08	Active
03.17.07	Uptown Clown	8.38 (2)	337 (8)	Rock (instrumental)	04.06.07	Active
02.22.07	Desert Dust	8.25 (1)	337 (8)	Blues (contemporary)	11.04.07	Active
07.23.06	Swingin Willie	8.67 (3)	775 (35)	Jazz (instrumental)	05.27.08	Active
04.23.06	South Sider	8.00 (4)	815 (10)	Blues (contemporary)	04.25.06	Active
02.22.06	Lower Wacker Drive	8.30 (5)	1051 (23)	Blues (contemporary)	03.14.07	Active
12.13.05	Texas Two-Step	(---)	1267 (12)	Blues (contemporary)	03.19.06	Active
09.20.05	Get a load of Fatso!	(---)	710 (5)	Comedy-Satire-Parody	03.15.06	Active
06.30.05	Sunday Afternoon Remix	(---)	848 (6)	Rock (instrumental)	03.15.06	Active

stratcat's Favorite Jams

Title	Artist	Date	Genre
TubaPhlapp	ziti	07.03.08	Funk
WitterG	1962egg	07.01.08	Blues (traditional)
Cat's Walk	ziti	06.24.08	Rock (instrumental)
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)
YouRockFinal...	Dee1962z	05.20.08	Rock & Roll
Half Way Next To Nowhere	TEXASFEEL	05.19.08	Rock
Hydrostatic Dreams	LunaTrick	05.18.08	Alternative Rock
No Regrets (w/ Jiguma)	Micheal_Wark	05.16.08	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
Waste Of Time	PickQuick Records	05.13.08	Heavy Metal
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)
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)
I feel Happy Final. ( In collab with Paul F Page.	Dee1962z	04.09.08	Acoustic
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)
Sirens "Woodstock MJ - 2008" (featuring members of Yes, Genesis and ELP)	Alimar	03.20.08	Progressive Rock
Swing Axe (w/PV)	Karmatoburn	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)	Karmatoburn	01.13.08	Blues (contemporary)
Lightning Strikes (v1)	TobinMueller	11.02.07	Jazz (instrumental)
Blues for the Bishops	ziti	10.16.07	Blues (contemporary)
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)	khanusx	03.12.06	Rock (instrumental)
SlingersII(Collab:z293/Drew Kopr/Mcboy)	Mcboy	03.11.06	Rock (instrumental)
transit	Karmatoburn	03.06.06	Jazz (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

genetics

Music Hardware

'83 Fender American Strat, modified. Texas Specials single coils. 60th Anniversay Fender American Deluxe with Samarium 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 '08

Keywords

Guitars, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Instrumental,Simon,Bill,William,Lower Wacker Drive,South Side,Chicago, Count Chocula,Frankenberry,Booberry