Hey gang, so you want to know a little bit about me? Well, I have been playing guitar since I was able to walk. My father, Chuck Booker, was the guitarist for The Clovers, a popular 50's band that was famous for "Love Potion # 9". This is the first real band that I have played in. When I was about 15, I played in a band called "Capture", but that was for a couple of months, so I don't count it. As for equipment, I use Gibson, Charvel, Ovation, ESP, Floyd Rose and Jackson guitars. For amps, I use Mesa Boogie and Randall. Growing up, the people that I tried to copy were Eddie Van Halen, Neil Shone of Journey, and Stevie Ray Vaughn. I am married and have four children (17 year old Danielle, 5 year old Anthony, and 3 year old Brianna). I met Dawn at one of our shows,.. one thing led to another,. and now we have a pretty big family. When the band is off, I can usually be found hanging out with them. My favorite TV shows are all of the Law and Order series, Temptation Island, and The Amazing Race. My favorite movies are Batman (the first one with Keaton playing Batman), The Game, all three
Godfathers, Goodfellas, all Star Trek Next Generation movies, X-Men, and Spiderman. I was born and raised in Landover Maryland. This band is something that was started about 5 years ago, and I am the only original member of that group. I consider Jenn, Randy, John, Billy and Dave (our Soundman) part of my family. Former members, Al Moran, Joe Nahas, Mike Lee, Joey Dove, Dewayne Green, Joe Roberson, and Mark Marshall are still friends of mine. Most of the changes were do to work schedules and stuff like that. I still talk to most of the people mentioned above several times a month. I play guitar because I love to perform. Special thanks to Rick Hallquist for the photos, Ken Dowell for the website, Gregg at Starleigh for booking us at the cool clubs, Debbie Gavazzi for giving us the chance to start playing in clubs, Jenns girl Gina, Johns wife Bunny. Of course, thanks to my wife Dawn, Danielle, Tony and Brianna for their support, and my mom for buying that first damn guitar! (she said it was a phase that I would get out of quickly). I don't claim to be any better than anyone else, I just enjoy doing it. I hope that you enjoy being part of that. Thanks to each and every one of you that support our band and the local music scene.

Hope to talk to you at the next show!

 

 

 

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