| Pony began playing the Bass when he was eleven years old. A unique playing style, Pony plays left-handed, with a righ-hand bass, turned backwards, flipped upside down with the G-string on top. Pony attended High School in Los Angeles, California. He later enlisted in the Armed services where he continued to play the bass at the NCO Club on the weekends. 1985 marked the beginning of Pony's professional career in music, first touring with the Johnny Otis Show where he played Carnige Hall with Ella Fitzgerald and Bull Moose Jackson and went on to Switzerland, Italy, France, Holland and Finland. He later joined Hank Ballard and the Midnighters where he toured Canada and played the Casinos in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Studio work included 'Nut Pony' and 'Funk It Up' (which Pony wrote) with Johnny Otis, and studio work with the Manhattan Transfer/Hank Ballard and the Midnighters on 'Keep the Fat'. Pony performed with Etta James at the Long Beach Blues Festival and a variety of lounges throughout the Los Angeles area. While with the Phillip Walker Blues Band, he toured the United States as well as abroad. Pony eventually joined the Ike Turner Revue where he again performed in Las Vegas, New Orleans, Biloxi and Los Angeles. Pony has also performed with great talents such as: B.B. King, Lowell Folsom, Barbara Morrison, Mickey Champion and many others... Pony is also a talented Songwriter and producer. To his credit he has composed and recorded several arrangements: Gonna Be There, Last Night, Move On With Your Life, Checkin Out Myself, Ticket to Luv, Since I Don't Have You, Once Upon A Time and many more... Pony has written and produced a host of instrumentals and bass solos. In 1999, along with his partner Patricia Irvin, Pony formed his very own record company, 'Pony Records'. The record company had been a life long dream of Pony's, it took Pony and Patricia together to make this dream a reality. Pony's band 'Final Snapp', perform Blues, R&B, and Oldies. Under Pony's leadership the band performs throughout California. Final Snapp also performs a great deal for the senior citizens in the Los Angeles area at facilities such as: adult day care center, retirement facilities, senior centers and more. Pony is a true believer in playing the music that the seniors can relate to and appreciate; he enjoys playing music for those individuals that aren't able to make it to the night club venues, or festivals where Pony also performs frequently. |
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