Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley

Electric and Acoustic Bass

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Pg 8,Pg 9


Eye to Eye in the studio, NYC, July 2004 after finishing recording for their album. L-R: ace producer Rhett Davies, Deborah Berg-vox, John Putnam-g, Ivan Bodley-b, Julian Marshall-keys, Martin Ditcham-dr.

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie and me as we laid down some greasy tracks in the studio together in New York City, Nov. 2005.

Chuck Rainey, bass legened from so many of my favorite records, and from whom I have stolen so many licks, graciously allowed me to have a fan moment with him in NYC, March, 2005.

Rock legend and bon vivant Al Kooper and myself just before playing together backing up soul sensation Howard Tate in Boston, May, 2005..

Eddie Holman and myself just before performing his smash hit "Hey There Lonely Girl," in Pennsylvania, Sept. 2005.

Terry Sylvester of the Hollies ("He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress") & John Ford Coley of England Dan &... ("I'd Really Love to See You Tonight") getting ready to rock Trenton, NJ, Oct. 2005.


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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