Aubrey Spurlock
on guitar and bass
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I have been playing guitar since 1968. I began on bass and soon switched to acoustic and electric guitar. I studied music at Appalachian State University. I graduated Cum Laude in the Music Industry Studies program. I took four years of music theory and had the top grade in the department my junior year. I took two semesters of composition in addition to that. The theory and composition were not required for my degree, but were my favorite subjects. I performed with the ASU jazz ensemble and the classical guitar ensemble (we were the first classical guitar ensemble to perform gigs off-campus). I have played in a wide variety of situations since that time, both at live performances and in the studio. I played classical guitar on Joe Shannon's top selling album, Warmlight. Groups I have been a member of include:
- Nevermind - classic rock and original music
- Island - reggae
- The Struds - punk rock and original music
- Tom Donaldson and Aubrey Spurlock - acoustic swing, blues, classic rock, and jazz
- King and Spurlock - folk music
- Chernobyl Breeze - alt country and blues
- Delta Nine - blues rock and jazz
- Funky Junk - original jazz rock
- Laricobius - classic rock and jazz
- Blue Trillium - classical, folk, jazz, country, blues, rock, and jazz
- Aubrey Spurlock - solo guitar playing a wide variety of styles.
- electric guitar - Godin LGX with a Fender Blues Deluxe amplifier. I use what is best described as a vintage tone.
- flat top guitar - Blue Ridge BG 140. All solid wood with vintage bracing.
- resophonic guitar - Regal Duolian with a wooden body. Loud and bright, but mellower than the brass bodied instrument.
- resophonic bass - Regal Resobass with a Dan Electro pickup. The pickup gives it a nice vintage tone (fenderesque).
