michael lindner cocktail napkin released july 2007
i do audio engineering and production with Protools at alleyone studio.
i began music at 8 yrs., playing accordion. February 1964: switched to bass guitar, specifically, after seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. i played in rock and roll bands in high school. bass is my primary instrument. i play accordion, keys, guitar, mandolin and drums.
i have played in numerous bands over the yrs.: 1968-2010
Marvin Gardens, The Mendocino All Stars, Renninger, Black Kangaroo, Avalanche, Link Wray, Brother Buzz. Mojo (Miles Corbin), Jimmy Knight and the Daze, The Baxter Brothers, The King Sounds, Those Darn Accordions, Transistor Rodeo, The Aqua Velvets with Miles Corbin; having produced and engineered eight surf/instrumental cds beginning in 1992. From 2007-2009 I had the honor and the privledge to play with the late great Johnny Downer of Free Peoples in the bands Zymurgy and Pots and Pans.
i am presently playing and creating with:
Jennifer Faust: a smokey voiced singer song/writer, along with Alan Stassforth on slide guitar and Jack Springette on drums.
Peter Kaukonen: playing bass, live and recording.
Adam Lieb: “Haydon Voyage” and “Amnesia” playing bass and engineering and co-producing, also playing live. Adam has a new cd finished: "When in Rome".
Chris Bramble: co-produced and played on his cd "Laugh at the Wind".
Amber Lee and the Anomalies: co-produced and played on her cd, “Estuaries”, also playing mandolin live.
Chris Lods: playing bass live, a cd project in the future.
Recording and creating with singer/songwiter, John Langlois. A project in the final stages.
Just finished a cd project with a rockin' Healdsburg band, Crazy Famous, Brandon Hassur, John Brandau and KC Mosso.
just finished a 4 tune cd for Little lost boys a female duo out of sonoma county. roots traditionalists with a soulful flare.
Playing in a groove/jazz/brazilian group: Jive Samba with David Howard on guitar, David Schrader (SF Saxaphone Quartet) on saxaphone and Tim Gahagan on Drums.
As a bass player, i am very lucky to be playing with the best drummers in sonoma county; Thomas Loos, Tim Gahagan, Jack Springette, Mark Collins (marin county), Osi Scott, Anthony Vito and Scott Charter.
i hosted the open mic at the Ace in the Hole Cider Pub in sebastopol ca on friday evenings for several years. i now host a wednesday night open mic at aubergine afterdark in sebastopol ca and a friday night open mic at cafe azul in santa rosa ca.
i am a voting member of NARAS (National Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences) as Songwriter and Producer/Engineer
thanks for listening and looking