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Photo Index, Pg 1,
Pg 2, Pg 3 , Pg 4, Pg 5 ,Pg 6,
Pg 7, Pg 8,Pg 9
Lou Christie and me backstage about ready to ignite his hits,
including "Lightning Strikes." 10.4.03
Johnny Farina, steel guitar legend, and me just before we
performed his monster #1 hit "Sleepwalk." 10.4.03
Formerly of the Hooters, Eric Bazilian, and me in Pitea, Sweden. We were about to play his song "(What if God Was) One of Us" in front of a festival crowd of 30,000 people at 2 am as the Swedish summer midnight sun rose over the audience.
 
Drawing of me by Shane Dixon - 4 years old.
With Don Dixon and Marti Jones while recording at their house in Ohio. Their then 4-year-old daughter, Shane Dixon drew the picture of me I still use as my logo. Apparently I thought it would be much funnier to take pictures in the kitchen than Marti did.
With Earl "Trick Bag" King and New Orleans blues siren Timothea in Bern, Switzerland on my first ever overseas tour. My New Orleans musical education has served me well. Earl also wrote: "Let the Good Times Roll," "Big Chief," and "The Things I Used to Do."
Bonnie Raitt handed me my official Magna Cum Laude Berklee College of Music diploma. Now I'm a genuine Board Certified Bass Player. That and 25 cents will get me a phone call, right?
Pg 1 - Uptown Horns, Stanley Clarke, Sam Moore, Peter Wolf, Vernon Reid & Peter Wolf, Bono
Pg 2 - Bass Legends, Ben E. King, Bootsy Collins, Gloria Gaynor, Shirley Alston Reeves, Solomon Burke, Buster Poindexter
Pg 3- Eddie Floyd, Jay Siegel (Tokens), Bowzer, Dolemite, Howard Tate, The Crystals.
Pg 4 - Ann Peebles, Chi-Lites, Carla Thomas, Mark Bowers, PNC Arts Center, Bob Babbitt, Steve Cropper
Pg 5 - Lou Christie, Johnny Farina, Eric Bazilian, Don Dixon and Marti Jones, Earl King and Timothea, Bonnie Raitt
Pg 6 - Martha Reeves, Corey Glover, Muzz Skillings, Percy Sledge, Spencer Davis, Peter Noone, Finley Quay
Pg 7 - Dick Clark, Mary Wilson, Rufus Thomas, Frankie Ford, Randy Jackson, Istanbul Symphony and Chorus, Rock Concerto Israel Symphony, Rock Concerto Poster
Pg 8 - Richard Street (Temptations), Kevin Bacon, Rick Derringer, Gary U.S. Bonds, Travis Tritt and Sam Moore, The Chiffons, Charlie Thomas (The Drifters), Lester Chambers (Chambers Bros.)
Pg 9 - Eye to Eye, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Rainey,
Al Kooper, Eddie Holman, Terry Sylvester and John Ford Coley.
Ivan uses Warrior basses, Hartke amplification, Dean Markley strings, and Line 6 signal processors. Ivan eats only Little Debbie snack cakes. |