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Trying to straighten his hair, Eddie got the chemical mixture wrong and made a huge mess. With no better options, he just shaved it all off.  It looked cool, so he left it that way.  In doing so, Eddie acquired a lifelong nickname and became the namesake of "the Cleanhead look" for musicians.

 
   



With a career spanning decades and over 50 albums to his credit, Pete is a musical living legend in his home town of New Orleans, where they've commemorated him with a life-sized statue.

July 3rd, Pete Fountain's Birthday.
 


 


   (Spot any more?  Help me out here.)

► 4 Cleanheads
 Liza Minelli Band
 (Rick Cutler, Bill Washer, Frank Perowsky & Dale Kirkland)
Mozayik
(Eddy Bourjolly, Gashford Guillaume, Welmyr Jean-Pierre & Markcus Schartz)
SF Jazz Collective
(Joshua Redman, Miguel Zenon, Nicholas Payton & Eric Harland)
► 3 Cleanheads
Apollo Theater House Band
 (Onree Gill, Matt Oestricher & Ralph Rolle)
Bluemen Group
(The original 3 guys and all of the offspring, subs, etc.)
Cintron
(Edgardo Cintron, Rocco DePersia & Michael Pedesin)
The Eggs Over Easy Horns
(Pat Bianco, Mark Opas, Pete Levin)
thEROGINNISSZONE
(Carlton Romillie, Rod Youngs & Roger Inniss)
John Esposito Trio
(John Esposito, Ira Coleman & Peter O'Brien)
The Funk Brothers
(Eddie Willis, Uriel Jones, Johnny Griffith)
Mario Biondi's High Five Quintet
(Mario Biondi, Nerio Poggi & Alessandro Magnanini)
Moodswing
(Pat Bianco, Don Gardner & Pete Levin)
Perfect Chaos
(Panu Heikkinen, Janne Karjalainen & Aki Häkkinen)
Right Said Fred
(Fred Fairbrass, Richard Fairbrass & Matthias "Maze" Meusel)
Robert Sack Band
(Henning Stumm, Stephan Hendrix, Robert Sack)
SF Jazz Collective (Robin Eubanks, Eric Harland, Miguel Zenon)
Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy
(Baron Browne, Walt Weiskopf & Steve Smith)
Take 6
(Claude McKnight, Joey Kibble & Alvin Chea)
Woodstock All-Stars
(Daniel A. Weiss, Tony Levin, Pete Levin)
► 2 Cleanheads
5150 (Steve Norde & Bruce McFaul)
ACHD (Marco Mazzini, Marcello Orlandini)
AIOIA (Stéphane Sarrazin & Christian Templat)
Gerald Albright Band (Gerald Albright, Jerohn Garnett)
Baylis/Howard/McCallum (Paul Bayliss & Jon Howard)
Black President (Charlie Paulson & Greg Hetson)		 ► 2 Cleanheads (cont.)
Bob Niederriter Band (Bob Niederriter, Martyn Flunoy)
The Black Spot (Jonathan Red Rossi & William Red Rossi)
The Boneshakers (Nathan Brown & Randy Jacobs)
The Cadillac Kings (Roy Webber & Gary Potts)
Captain Hook (Pieter Hoogervorst, Pieter-Jan Nijessen)
Chambers, Herbert & Ellis (Pierre Chambers & Mitch Ellis)
Concentual (Brian Thuney & Brian Henz)
Current Invention (River Guerguerian, James Vandenberg)
The Coverup Band (Reggie Littleton * Keith McGee)
Dharma All-Stars (Brad Mason & John Favicchia)
Dimension X (DR Burkowitz & Dave Hoover)
Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Gregory Davis & Kirk Joseph)
Evolution (Myron Edwins & Jerrol Reavis)
Fabulous Thunderbirds (Kim Wilson & Randy Bermudes)
Fishbone (Angelo Moore & John Steward)
The Gang Font  (Dave King & Eric Fratzke)
geishaNO (Dani Aberjel & Hagai Shlezinger)
Goldfinger (Charlie Paulson & Darrin Pfeiffer)
The Gypsy Dolls (Vince Portillo & Alfredo Herz)
In Performance Music Workshop (Sean King, Angelo Branford)
Inside 4 Walls (Michiel Kip & Bjorn Hijink)
Al Jarreau (Joe Turano, Chris Walker)
Tomi Jenkins (Tomi Jenkins & Lee Hurst)
JVA (Tim Ellis & Jim Walker)
Shawn Kail Band (Shawn Kail & Keith McGee)
Killswitch Engage (Howard Jones & Justin Foley)
Killteam (Edwin Groenewold & Arnold Havinga)
Mag & The G Spots (Steve Breman & Chris Harris)
Mandingo Ambassadors (Nick Cudahy, Mamady Kouyate)
Mango Machine (Peter Friis & Matts Helén)
Nathan Brown Band (Nathan Brown & Burt Brion)
New Earth Trio (Abe Speller & Rob Williams)
Reduced (Mark "Spark" Williams & Ken "Spleen" Moore)
RogMikEnzo (Roger Innes, Mike Cahen)
Run DMC (Joseph "Run" Simmons & Darryl "DMC" McDaniels)
Lamine K. Sene (Lamine K. Sene, Jose Alibo)
Sivamani (Anandan Sivamani, Keith Peters)
Sixties Show (Steven Eigner, Jeff Miller)
Southbound (Drew Rittgers, Roy Fulton)
Spyro Gyra (Scott Ambush, Julio Fernandez)
Stryker/Slagel Band (Steve Slagel * Jay Anderson)
Steve Smith's Vital Information (Steve Smith, Mark Soskin)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Jay Pierce & Scout)
Trio Loco ("Studio Stu" Chernoff & Dean Sharp)
Uncle Funk (Tony Levin & Pete Levin; occasionally Danny Louis)
Washington Trio Tree (Reggie Washington & Skoota Warner)
Zum (Luciano Pietrafesa & Fumihito Hatano)


Curious about instrumental headcounts in the gallery?  Me too.  Here are some approximate numbers:
(They don't add up because double and triple instrument credits confuse the totals - not to mention confusing me.)

436 Vocalists & Rappers
425 Guitar
288 Bass
285 Drums
127 Keyboards
120 Sax
  82 Percussion
  66 Piano
  46 Producers
  42 Composers
  37 Trumpet		   28 Engineers
  21 Flute
  21 Trombone
  19 Chapman Stick
  17 Harmonica
  11 Violin
    8 Mandolin
    8 Organ
    5 Accordion
    4 Banjo
    3 Conductors		     3 Tuba
    3 Bagpipes
    2 French Horn
    3 Clarinet
    1 Oud
    1 Harpsichord
    1 Lap Steel
    1 Euphonium
    1 Ukulele
    1 Sitar
    1 Xylophone
    0 Viola

Q:  Why do you think there are such high numbers of Cleanhead singers and guitar players?
A:  Maybe it helps them get babes.  Doesn't work for me, but you might want to try it.

Q:  Given the hairstyle constant of the Cleanhead demographic group, does the graph curve showing the diminishing numbers for each instrument of choice reflect any significant artistic, cultural or socio-economic trends?
A:  Beats me!
 
 
 
 

4/25/12: Kenny Baron, Yves Carbonne, Randy Clere, Nick Foster, Onree Gill, Terrence Higgins, Kyle Koehler, Matt Oestricher, Greg Paul, Liviu Pop, Ralph Rolle
4/01/12:  Timothy K. Adams Jr., Jeff Clayton, Julio Cruet-Adrover, Russell Davis, Jesus Diaz, Chris Ellis, James Fortune, Billy Johnson, Branford Marsalis, Ulysses Owens Jr., John "JP" Patrick, Juan Pertuz, Najib Saleem, Will Schillinger, Dennis Stowe, Gary Thomas, Bernie Williams
2/1/12: Stefano Banoli, Tom Beck, Angelo Branford, Peter Dehoff, Patrick Dorcean, James Dylan, Frederik Ehmke, Arden Hart, Ron Hubbard, Frank Jooss, Gustavo Jove, Sean King, Sasha Kulagin, Ralph MacDonald, Rick Norman, Bradley Simmons, Denzal Sinclaire, Tom Stiegler, Lars Strand, Jorge Sylvester, Charles "Black Francis" Thompson, Sahaj Ticotin, Mike Veny
12/15/11: Paolo Amodio, Pierre Chambers, Kenny Chesney, Richard Croft, Mitch Ellis, Stefani "Lady Gaga" Germanotta, Jim Hurst, John Menegon, Brad Oscar, Daniele Picchi, Harvey Sorgen, Rizi "Androgyny" Tamani, Mike Wartell
11/18/11: Rena Beavers, Angel Crespo, Steve Ferrone, Lonnie Rashid "Common" Lynn, Trevor Morris, Chris Ralles, Anandan Sivamani, Andrew Small, Steinar Steffensen, Eartley West Jr.
11/8/11: Marc Abrams, Jeremy Baum, Warren Casteneira, Joe Concepcion, Dario, Stefan Davenport, Francois Gehin, Brian Grosz, Chris Massey, John Mooney, David Richards, Giuliano Sangiorgi, James Todd "L L Cool J" Smith, Mark Soskin, Ted Thomas Jr., Bob "fatfreebob" Tomassone
7/12/11: Dave Anderson, Ray Arias, Gergo Borlai, Bill Cobham, John Moses, Keith Peters, Julian Priester, David Rizzo, Tim Stough, Bobby Weiss
6/14/11: Nick Cudahy, Neil Goes, Ed Horne, Ron Kearns, Mamady Kouyate, Daryl Magill, Bret Primack, Joe Rock, Darro Sandler, Douglas "Buster Bloodvessel" Trendle
4/17/11: Edward Kennedy Ellington III, Wayne Escoffery, John Firman, Rod Gross, Baird Hersey, Scott Hershman, Bruce Jenney, Tore Johansen, Guido Pelli, Nat Reeves
3/22/11: Brian Bacchus, Thomas Bergeron, Burt Brion, James East, Alan Hampton, Gerry Malkin, Kevin "Keb Mo" Moore, Jeff Morris, Rob Morsberger, John Patrick, Andrea Piccioni, Lance Reddick, Marc Sazer, Shawn "Thunder" Wallace, Rob Williams

 

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Any gig I do where there's another Cleanhead in the band means a photo-op.
Even better if there are multiple Cleanheads!
(The rule is that I have to be in it, so please don't send me photos.)

Abe Speller, Pete, Pat Bianco.  Ramsey, NJ
Pete, Dave Anderson

Jay Anderson, Pete, Steve Slagel    The Falcon - Marlboro, NY
Peter O'brien, Mark Marshall, Pete   Kingston, NY

Mark Sganga, Pete, Photographer Pahaka September, Pat Bianco, Don Gardner.  Franklin Lakes, NJ

Pete, drummer Ruperto Ifil, bassist Bruce Wolfeil.
Keegan Ales.  Kingston, NY
Steve Adelson, Pete, Omar Hakim

Pete & Curtis Winchester  (Curtis Winchester Band).   Pleasantville, NY
Michael Levine & Pete.  Remote Control Prod., Santa Monica, CA

Stuart Breed (Art Garfunkle), Pete, Ira Coleman (Herbie Hancock). 
Kleinert/James Gallery. Woodstock, NY
Ken Gorka (Bitter End), Dennis Cotton (Savoy Brown), Pete.
The Bitter End, New York City

Pete, Bruce Wolfeil (Big Stuff), Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel)
Woodstock, NY
Pete, Adam Nussbaum (Dave Liebman), Jay Anderson (Joe Lovano)
New Paltz, NY

Pete, Danny Louis (Gov't Mule)
Rhinebeck, NY
Pete, Rackalam Bob Moses (Gary Burton)
Berklee School.  Boston, MA

Pete, Lenny White (Chick Corea), Dennis Chambers (David Sanborn)
New York, NY
Luther Rix (Tommy), Eric Lawrence (Levon Helm), Tony Senatore (Mary's Magnet), Andy Rothstein, Pete, Steve Jankowski (Blood, Sweat & Tears) 
Andy Rothstein Band.  Belmar, NJ

Arne Wendt (Bernie Worrell), Pete, Pat Bianco (Mood Swing)
Franklin Lakes, NJ
Pete, John Esposito
Woodstock, NY

Pat Bianco (Mood Swing), Pete, Peter O'Brien (Orleans)
Franklin Lakes, NJ		   
Mark Sganga, Don Gardner, Pete
Sugarloaf, Maine

Pete, Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel), Dan Weiss (Joan Osborne)
Stewart House.  Athens, NY
Pete, Tony Levin, Lino Vairetti
Naples, Italy  2005

Stuart Breed (Art Garfunkle), Pete
Woodstock, NY
Pete, Pete Hopkinson (Petey Hop Band)
Kingston, NY

Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel), David Rhodes (Peter Gabriel), Pete, Ged Lynch (Peter Gabriel)
Foxwoods.  Ledyard, CT
Ted Orr (George Clinton), Peter O'Brien (Orleans), Pete
Rich Syracuse on top
Joyous Lake.  Woodstock, NY

Pete, Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel)
Zurich, Switzerland
Pete, Nate Thierrien (Berklee School)
Berklee School.  Boston, MA

Pat Bianco, Marc Opas, Pete
Carnegie Deli video shoot   New York, NY  1999
Pete, Don Gardner, Mark Sganga
Tappan, NY  2010

Nino Antonacci (owner, promoter), Pete
Moody Jazz.  Foggia, Italy
Pete, Phil Ciganer (owner, promoter)
Towne Crier.  Pawling, NY

Michele Ruffoni (owner, promoter), Pete
Osteria Vineria San Giovanni. Valtellina, Italy
Pete, promoter/club owner Tony G, Pat Bianco
Tony G's    S.Hackensack, NJ

Pete & Pete poster
Valtellina, Italy
Laura Passera (promoter), Pete, Pete Poster
Stradella, Italy
   
     

Bald and proud of it - a mystery

Touring Europe and the U.S. in 2006, the Tony Levin Band played a club on Elba Island, Italy and discovered this sign above the liquor storage room, which is not even in a public area.  Roughly translated it means "I'm bald and I'm proud of it."  We never found out who put it there or when or why - the current owner has plenty of hair.

 

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