| Sad News: My old friend Paul Lupien, a virtuoso keyboardist who co-founded the Detroit band The Bump has passed away. RIP Paul. |
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George Kerby is a journeyman musician
from Detroit. He was a member of the notorious
1970s Cass Corridor bands
The Lords,
and The Inside/Outside Band,
and has worked with such notable artists as
Percussionist Extraordinaire
Muruga Booker,
jazz legend
Frank Isola,
blues pioneer Bobo Jenkins,
Motown session pianist
Bobby McDonald,
veteran jazzman
Ralph Koziarski,
guitarist/composer Rob Abate,
perennial DownBeat Poll winner clarinetist
Perry Robinson,
tabla master
Badal Roy,
and The Original
Raga-Rocker
Ted Lucas to name a few.
The 1980s found George in California where he was a regular at the jam sessions at Berkeley's famed Ashkenaz, and San Francisco's North Beach blues clubs before landing the bass chair with Alesia Panajota. Returning to Michigan in 1990, he became an integral member of The Ghost Band, an infamous subterranean group of musicians with its roots dating back to the 1970s. Most recently George has been appearing with Muruga's Free Funk. |
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