| Buddy Ivory's original music
is a blend of many different genres. He is a talented
guitarist capable of playing different styles equally well
including but not limited to r&b, rock, soul, funk, disco,
country, blues, disco, southern rock, rockabilly, and standards
(i.e.; weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, etc).
Biography :
Buddy
began playing guitar at age thirteen. That year; for Christmas,
he wanted a drum set but received an acoustic guitar with strings
which seemed like oak trees. He wanted nothing to do with
trying to press his fingers on those things. Thus, having no
interest for this, he did not practice but had to suffer through
lessons his parents provided.
With
teachers more interested in talking about bowling leagues
and playing music he did not like, there was very little inspiration
to get the job done. He left the instrument lying around for months
and basically went through the motions of practicing such hits as
"Red River Valley" and Skip to My Lou". With all his friends
listening to "Wipe Out" and "Louie Louie", Bud had a real musical
identity crisis.
Some
time later; at a church social, one of his peers' bands was playing
and the lead guitarist played the guitar behind his back. That
was all it took. He was instantly inspired.
Returning home that night, Buddy sat upstairs in his room, with his
favorite records and proceeded to figure out the notes and chords
and basically taught himself how to play. Along the way; starting to
compose some original music.
This
was the start of many years of performing with a multitude of bands
and venues. Buddy has worked with many groups including stints
with Axis (original music/covers), Nottingham (covers) and
Redeye (Covers/Original music). He has had many hundreds of
hours recording time and thousands of gigs as a performer in night
clubs, Military (Officer's Clubs), Weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs,
outdoor concerts, and private parties. You name the Venue, he has
probably performed there.
Having managed and performed with Redeye for over five years and
working constantly, he got married, had a baby, went through a
divorce, and stopped playing for a while. After all this, decided to
give it a rest as it was becoming too much like work and not fun any
longer.
After the 911 attacks in 2001, he decided it was time to get back
into performing, especially writing and recording.
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