Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley

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

(left to right: Me, Bob Funk, Larry Etkin, Arno Hecht, Crispin Cioe) My first show with the amazing Uptown Horns Revue, August 16, 1994 at the Bottom Line in New York City. I had a week to learn their show which that night also featured Peter Wolf, Vernon Reid from Living Colour, and Bernard Fowler from the Rolling Stones as well as the world's greatest horn section. Talk about trial by fire. I've been with the Horns ever since and loved every minute of it. Over half of all my professional credits I owe to my good friends, The Uptown Horns.

Stanley Clarke, August, 2001, getting a bass lesson from the master, my mentor and friend.

With the incredible Sam Moore, the "Soul Man" himself, and his lovely wife/manager, Joyce after music directing the show and performing with him at BB King's, NYC, 4.29.03.

Peter Wolf and me backstage at the Bottom Line in New York City getting ready to tear into some of his J. Geils Band hits.

Vernon Reid, Peter Wolf, Crusher Green, Crispin Cioe, me, and Arno Hect at the Bottom Line. My first show with the mighty Uptown Horns, 8.14.94.

Me & that kid "Bongo" from U2 (apologies to Phil Hartman) at the Nice, France Jazz Fest. He couldn't see over me to watch Wilson Pickett. 7.27.03.


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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