Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley

Electric and Acoustic Bass

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Photo Index, Pg 1, Pg 2, Pg 3 , Pg 4, Pg 5 ,Pg 6, Pg 7,
Pg 8,Pg 9


A GIANT in the industry! Also standing next to me is Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand, taken after we shared the stage on "Dick Clark's Good Old R&R Show" at Casino Rama, Ontario, 3.19.04.

Mary Wilson of the Supremes and myself after performing together on ABC's "Live with Regis and Kelly," 1.28.04.

Rufus Thomas, the late great master showman, the world's oldest teenager (82 yrs. young here!), and myself performing in Brooklyn, NY, summer 1998. We did the Funky Chicken. We Walked the Dog. Oh, yes...

With Frankie Ford, New Orleans legend backstage at the Warner Theatre, Washington, DC, getting ready to tear into his million-selling hit: "Sea Cruise," 2.28.04. Ooh Wee....

Randy Jackson, "The Dawg," and myself hanging in the studio. Randy took a break from "American Idol" to produce the latest CD by my boss, Sam "Soul Man" Moore. Los Angeles, February, 2006.

The Istanbul Symphony and Chorus and me. About 150 musicians on stage performing Alexander Markov's "Rock Concerto" in Istanbul, April 2006.

"Rock Concerto" Soloists Gregg Gerson, Alexander Markov, and myself just before performing with the Israel Symphony Orchestra, Rishon LeZion, and Chorus (150 pieces on stage!) near Tel Aviv, March, 2005.

Izmir, Turkey State Symphony Orchestra poster for the "Rock Concerto," May 21, 2004. Check out who the "featured soloists" are, though I was acutally playing "electro bas."


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.





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