Russell K. Shores - LS 5 (2009)

Cool bass with alot of soul and hip jazz. Russell Kenji Shores born in New York has a varied and impressive resume. Nick -named Thor or Thunder baby by his peers for his thunderous grooves, he began playing bass at age twelve. Armed with a degree in music, he began his professional career. Russell has shared the stage Diana Ross, Julian Lennon, Unified Tribe , The Kevin Fowler band ,Lucid Dream, The Steve O" Neil band, The Major Burkes band, The ACC jazz band, The Blues Specialist which festures Mel Davis cousin of the legendary T Bone Walker,Elliott Fikes and Soul Sereanade as musical director, Austin Alibi, The First Baptist Church ,Mt. Zion Baptist Church and The Freedom Home Baptist Church Mass Choir under the leadership of Pastor O.B Howard Jr. Russell is also on Staff as the electric and contra bass Teacher at the Academy of Music in Austin Tx. Russell plays and has the endosment of M.T.D basses and U. S Master Guitar fretless bass and MTD strings and Visual Sound pedals and Tec Amps, and AccuGroove speaker cabs