Adam Falcon
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Arts |
| Location | New York/ NY |
| Introduction | I don't like to talk too much about myself. However I've often felt there's a story behind everything. Perhaps that's why I like songwriters and writing songs. I've made a nice living out of playing the guitar for a few folks and loved every minute of it (well almost). Wrote a couple of songs that guitarist George Benson happen to cover. Released some of my own CD's. Do a small amount of teaching and help raise two kids who call me daddy... |
| Interests | Without being a jazz musician myself I love to hear it played by the masters and those who master the language. Listening to music in general, Watching baseball, old movies, eating a good meal, hanging out with my kids, my old BMW 2002, Looking at painings, photographs,just hanging out at the house... |
| Favorite movies | Great Expectations,The Godfather, The Last Waltz, Rear Window,anything by Hitchcock, Citizen Kane most Orson Welles,They Call Me Mr. Tibbs, Black Orpheus,West Side Story (The score is amazing) Independent films mostly... |
| Favorite music | Mostly Artists:George Benson, Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Sly and the Family Stone, Bob Marley, Max Roach, Charlie Parker, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Shirley Horn,Duke Ellington, Roberta Flack,Nina Simone, LaBelle, Santana, Earth Wind & Fire, Bob Dylan, Beatles, Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye,Joni Mitchell, James Brown, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, The Band, Miles Davis, Weather Report, Tony Williams, Bill Withers, Richie Havens,Betty Davis, Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughn, Abby Lincoln Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Chet Baker, June Carter, Johnny Cash, Chambers Brothers, Serge Gainsbourg, Caetano Veloso, Joao Gilberto, Gilberto Gil lot's of music from Brazil and Africa, Mozart-Monk-Motown just about and everything in between. 1968-72 on WNEW FM in NYC. Great period for radio and music...I can go on and I like contemporary too but these are a lot my favs... |
| Favorite books | The Color of Water, The Alchemist, Soledad Brother, Song of Solomon, Joe Torre: The Yankee Years, October 1964, Catchafire, Divided Soul, Anything by James Baldwin... I can never do enough reading and I'm so far behind in it but I seem to favor just about any book on baseball or biographies, about musicians, artist,ball players, painters. |