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(Don't believe it? Count 'em!
Go ahead.) |
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Trying to straighten his hair, Eddie got the chemical mixture
wrong and created a huge mess. With no other options, he just shaved
it all off. It
looked cool, so he left it that way. In doing so, he acquired
a lifelong nickname and became the namesake of "the Cleanhead
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With a career spanning decades and over 50 albums to his credit,
Pete is a musical living legend in his home base of New Orleans,
where they've commemorated him with a
life-sized statue. |
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July 3rd, Pete Fountain's Birthday.
Happy Birthday Pete! |
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6/30/09: Abraham
Burton, Claudio Corona, Demir Demirkan,
Jerry Lardieri, Dean Lisi, Adam Plotnicki,
Ney Portales, Cristiano Martini Sanna, L.A.
Simon, Stephen Wilhoit, Gianni Zanata |
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5/20/09: John
Boggess, Richard Buyak Jr., Jacky Coppens,
Joel Cross, Martyn Flunoy, Yves Francois,
Mark Hoffman, Phil Jackson, Simon Kashama,
Nathan "Flutebox" Lee, Johnny Markowski, Bob
Niederriter, Walter Smith III, Mark Walker |
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5/4/09:
Troy Bahr, Nathan Brown, Randy Jacobs, Bruce DeShaun
Jones, Jason Langley, Freddie Louden, Ira
Mayfield, Damu Quarles, Alberto Rodriguez,
Frank Wiesen |
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4/18/09: Josh
Brown, Tommy Brunjes, Marc Gambino, Shawn
Kail, Keith McGee, Vince Portillo, Gary
Potts, Edwin Torres, Roy Webber, Paul
Williams |
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4/05/09: Bobby
Brooks, Loren Daniels, Steve Hatfield, Lee
Hurst, Tomi Jenkins, Dale Kirkland, Daryaie
Koorosh, Reggie Littleton, Etienne Mbappe,
Grady Wilkins |
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3/30/09: Alberto Bartolomeo,
Brian Cephas, Juan Manuel Jimenez Chavez,
Erik Kondziolka, Arnold McCuller, Calixto Oviedo
Mulens, Bob "Chips" Pringle, Jimmy Sabater
Jr., Paul Souza, Michael Stuart, Christian
Templet, Bill
Tiller, David Tronzo, Frank Weisen |
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3/21/09: En Esch,
Peter Friis, Matts
Helén, Kirk Lightsey, Luca Martino, Bill Meehan, Pete Nater,
Chauncey Nedd, Brian Palm, William Paredes, Troy
Roberts, Al Warrington, Rick Zurkowski |
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3/7/09: Stanley "MC Hammer" Burrell, Jerry Caringi, Lionel Cordew, Carl Corwin, Joe
Daley, Atila
Darvas, Paul Delong, Marvin Diz, Sergio George, Ricky Gonzalez, Pierpaolo Liori, Gilberto Moreaux,
Frank Pisani |
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This gallery isn't about celebrity
or music
style; it's about hair - or
rather, no hair. So it's just an
alphabetical list of musicians who shave
their heads. Nobody's featured; Seal, Michael Stipe, Jimmy Cliff and Isaac
Hayes are right in there with hundreds of guys you
never heard of.
Click on
musicians' images to go to their websites.
Band
associations and instruments are mostly accurate, but
I'm sure there are errors. If you're doing research,
please double check anything you find here.
If you want to suggest someone to be added,
use the link at the top of this page and
follow instructions. If you're a
bonafide Cleanhead, by all
means, add yourself.
My thanks to the many folks who have sent suggestions and spotted errors.
Keep 'em coming. Remember that I can't grab an image
off of a Flash-based website, so it's a big help when
you include an html web address that has a good, clear photo
of the musician.
Thanks for
visiting.
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 In a
diverse career spanning three decades, keyboardist
Pete Levin has performed and recorded with hundreds of
Jazz and Pop artists - Paul Simon, Annie
Lennox, David Sanborn, Wayne
Shorter, Lenny White, Jaco Pastorius, Robbie Robertson
and John Scofield - receiving critical praise for his
work over a 15 year association with the legendary Gil
Evans, and his 8 years with the Jimmy Giuffre Four.
In 2007,
Pete revisited his roots and first love, the Hammond
Organ, with DEACON BLUES for Motema
Records. His 2008 CD release CERTIFIED
ORGANIC continues to push the envelope of the
traditional organ trio. On top of the grooves laid down
by former Hot Tuna drummer Harvey Sorgen and
Pete’s organ bass, four veteran guitarists stretch out
on the album: ubiquitous New York session guitarist
John Cariddi (Steve Marcus, Patti Austin, Ricki Lee
Jones), the legendary Joe Beck (Miles Davis, Gil
Evans, David Sanborn), Mike DeMicco (Dave
Brubeck, Jack DeJohnette), and Jesse Gress (Todd
Rundgren, Tony Levin Band). Pete knows how to feature
his sidemen, but when it’s time for the Hammond to take
charge, he does just that. The organ’s bass is mixed up
front as an equal element. This is not your father’s
organ trio! The set rocks and grooves hard - not a hint
of Smooth Jazz in sight.
In
addition to Pete’s originals, the set includes some
cover songs that you wouldn't expect to hear with this
instrumentation, notably Moacir Santos’s classic NANA,
and Jaco Pastorius’s signature TEEN TOWN. Two tracks
feature burning sax solos by Erik Lawrence. Pete
and Erik tear it up trading 8’s on TEEN TOWN. In
contrast, there’s Pete’s poignant arrangement of a Gil
Evans classic, WHERE FLAMINGOS FLY, featuring one of Joe
Beck's last recorded performances.
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(Spot any more? Help me out here.)
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4
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)
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3
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)
John Esposito Trio
(The whole band! John, 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)
Steve Smith's Jazz
Legacy
(Baron Browne, Walt Weiskopf & Steve Smith)
Take 6
(Claude McKnight, Joey Kibble & Alvin Chea) |
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5150 (Steve Norde & Bruce McFaul)
AIOIA (Stéphane Sarrazin & Christian Templat)
Baylis/Howard/McCallum
(Paul Bayliss & Jon Howard)
Black President (Charlie Paulson & Greg Hetson)
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)
Concentual (Brian Thuney & Brian Henz)
The Coverup Band (Reggie Littleton * Keith McGee)
Dimension X (DR Burkowitz & Dave Hoover)
Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Gregory Davis & Kirk
Joseph)
Evolution (Myron Edwins & Jerrol Reavis)
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)
Inside 4 Walls (Michiel Kip & Bjorn Hijink)
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)
Mango Machine (Peter Friis & Matts
Helén)
Reduced (Mark "Spark" Williams & Ken "Spleen"
Moore)
Run DMC (Joseph "Run" Simmons & Darryl "DMC"
McDaniels)
Southbound (Drew Rittgers, Roy Fulton)
Spyro Gyra (Scott Ambush, Julio Fernandez)
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? 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 the web
designer.)
349 Vocalists & Rappers
328 Guitar
242 Bass
221 Drums
101 Keyboards
91 Sax
65 Percussion
50 Piano
33 Producers
30 Composers |
26 Trumpet
15 Chapman Stick
18 Flute
16 Engineers
16 Trombone
12
Harmonica
8 Violin
7 Mandolin
6 Organ
4 Banjo |
3 Conductors
3 Accordion
3 Tuba
2 Bagpipes
2 French Horn
1 Clarinet
1 Harpsichord
1 Lap Steel
1 Euphonium
0 Viola (Is this
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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! |
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Clean Head ... thinking of trying it?
Plus side
Very comfortable, especially in the summer.
No bad hair days.
Save lots of money on barbers and
shampoo.
Instantly look 10 years younger.
When it starts to rain, you're the first to
know.
Might be your last shot at a hairstyle. |
Minus side
Does the word "Melanoma" ring a
bell? Use
sunscreen!
Bump your head even slightly and you bleed,
baby!
Money saved now spent on razors and
sunscreen.
Favorite hats from your hair days now look
stupid.
When it gets cold, you're the first to know!
The babes used to love it; Now it's
no big deal. |
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Bald
and proud of it
Had to show you this -
just too good to resist.
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 don't know who put it there or why (the current owner
has plenty of hair), but it was a great photo op. |
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