Greg HersomGreg Hersom was born in Napa CA in 1971. He's been playing ever since he bought his first guitar at a pawn shop at age 15. Being a San Francisco Bay Area native he has done a lot of work in CA. Most recently he played with SF Funk/Jazz group Raw Deluxe which regularly plays SF clubs and venues as large as Shoreline. Mostly self taught, Greg has been lucky to study with some very talented local players such as John Fine (Guitar Player magazine) and Will Bernard (MotherBug, TJ Kirk, Robert Walters). Also a studio engineer he co-founded Sun Set Digital Studio and later broke off and started Triple Action Music. He's done mixing and mastering work for film, & radio. He brings 9 years of studio experience to the band producing the latest new releases from The Whys. Greg states "One of the most important things any new band can do today is to make a meaningful contribution to music". |
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Musicians Playing On Complistication
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Cody Stumpogrew up in a musical family and has been playing music seriously since the age of 6. After a decade of school music programs on clarinet, he switched to bass and learned how to really get down. Studied jazz theory and improvisation with Christy Dana at UC Berkeley. Then proceeded to play in countless jazz, funk, rock, and everything else bands in San Francisco, Detroit, San Diego, and now San Francisco again. He has played hundreds of gigs for clubs, private parties, festivals, TV shows, recitals, musicals, you name it - as well as appearing on studio recordings, giving lessons, and generally being a professional musician. |
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With The Whys, Cody used the following gear
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was born in San Jose, CA in 1980 and is the newest and youngest member of the group. He's performed professionally in the Bay Area for 5 years and has played places like Slims, and The Pound - opening for acts like George Lynch and Eric Martin. He's taken private instruction from drummers Rick Cuttler, Tom Hayashi, and his current instructor Jason Gianni (from the band Miggs). Although he's young, Mark has the skills and the funk. |
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Tim “Baby Boy” Baker Tim “Baby Boy” Baker had just been given a partial scholarship to Berklee School of Music. He’s planing to attend later in the year. Tim was a pleasure to work with and tackled some of the more complicated odd-time sections of the CD as well as the bass solos. The Whys thanks Tim and wishes him the best. |
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Alex Baky Alex Baky, a 22 year old Tenor Sax player handled the majority of the horns on Complistication. He had just graduated from Sonoma State weeks before. In one three hour session Alex knocked out all the remaining horn tracking for the album, Awesome! You can catch this talented young player in his regular Soul/Jazz group the Monophonics. |
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George Stanley George Stanley is the man playing the screaming Sax on the title track ‘Complistication’. George has played with many professional groups both locally and regionally. He was a touring musician for 17 years. |
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  Tracy Tuttle & Tiye Scott
Bay area vocalists and long time friends, Tracy Tuttle & Tiye Scott lend their unique vocals to 2 tracks on Complistication. Between the two, they boast over 15 years experience singing Gospel, Jazz and R&B throughout the Bay Area. Former bandmates of Greg Hersom from The Stranger Than Fiction Project, the ladies can always be counted on to pitch in a few last minute vocal touches on a Sunday after church or argue about politics with Greg & T around the dinner table afterward. |
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