

Currently Working
On & Off With:
Mark O'Toole, Mistress AKA the Sin
City Boozers or Log Jam, Derek Sholl, Marshal Reign,
Barrie Cunningham, Scotty
Alexander, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (the musical),
Phil Fortenberry @ Faith Comminity
Lutheran Church, Aaron Stewart @ Central Christian Church,
& Lisa Fairweather @ St. Thomas More Catholic Church.
GEAR
Fender 4 & 5-String Basses;
Yamaha 6-String Basses;
Stambaugh
DC-6 Custom 6-String Bass designed by Donnie (in above picture)
Avalon U5 Direct Box
Peterson StroboStomp Tuner Eeyore Audio Cables
GHS
Strings DR Strings Levy's Gig Bags and Guitar Straps
On Monday, January 22nd, 2007 at 6:30pm, I discovered ASHDOWN AMPS!!!!! WOW!!!!
Initial inspiration to pick up Bass and First "Teacher": Geddy Lee (seen in above picture)
*****
STUDIO BASS HIGHLIGHTS
Click on each link to hear some Realaudio files of my playing from the years.
"ANGRY EYES" BASS SOLO W/ JIM MESSINA, ON "WATCHING THE RIVER RUN" CD, 1997
"PLATINUM BLONDE" BASS SOLO WITH SCOTT HOGUE, MTSU COLLEGE PROJECT, 1990
SHORT BASS DEMO, 1994 "BASSICALLY SPEAKING", DONNIE CASTLEMAN, 1990
Let It Snow Snippets and Bad Edits, 2003
(this is in mp3 format, may take a second to download)
Need Realplayer? Click here..... MUSICAL
ACT EXPERIENCE I've worked with: STUDIO
EXPERIENCE Played on over 500 demos, jingles
& masters; Jingles include commercials for
Golden Corral, Village Inn, Citizen's Bank, Lincoln-Mercury, & Hilton Head
Island; Bassist/Backing Vocalist on Jim
Messina's "Watching the River
Run" album project, 1996; Performance with Doug Stone recorded for
Westwood One Radio Network, 1997; Arrangement of "Let It Snow" performed on 2003
Las Vegas Country Christmas CD to benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation; Just finished working on
Scotty Alexander's studio
album. ENDORSEMENTS
***** PERSONAL
INFORMATION All Musical Styles; Read Chord
Charts, Staff Notation & Nashville Number System; 39 Years Old; Smoke, Drug
& Alcohol Free; Current Passport; A.S. Degree in Music; *****
VOCALS
***** AUTHOR
***** AWARDS
FOR Best Bassist, Jackson TN Battle of
the Bands 1985-1989; ***** I
repair my own basses most of the time, but when I can't, I take my
basses to Bernie Hamburger. I HATE
SOLDERING!!!!! ****
. . . . . . . . . . In addition to the
above experience, I've had chances to work with, jam with, or share the stage
with the following cool people!... Mitch
Adams as Elton John,
After 3pm
Music,
Tony Amato (Boccigalupe), American Pop, Eddie Anders,
The Randy Anderson Band,
Ray Anthony as Ritchie Valens, Denita
Asberry as Aretha Franklin,
Larry Atello, Bad Moon Rising,
Lacy Bailey,
Joe Kidd Baker,
Matt Baldoni,
Tim Ballard Trio, The Bama Band,
Jeff
Bates, Beating the Bishop, Jim Belk, Barbara Blair, Blues Brothers (Eric
Martin and Carmen Romano), Blues Brothers (Dan Meisner and Joe Messina), Barbara Bogar
as Marilyn Monroe, Tom Bongiorno
as Neil Diamond, Bonifice as Prince, Gary Bouchard,
Paul Bowman,
Gary
Bridges, Bobby Brooks as Stevie Wonder,
Gina Butler,
Tory Bailey,
Greg Barnhill,
Dave
Berg,
Gregg Bissonette, Brickie's Pass, Chad Brock,
Lisa Brokop, Marty Brown, Shannon Brown,
Billy Don
Burns, Shelly Bush,
Blues Other Brothers,
Bluestorm,
Roger Bartlett, Vicki Bird,
Central
Christian Church Las Vegas NV,
Clifford Curry,
Country Music USA, Earl Clark, Alexia Counce, Ashley Counce, Country Heroes and Divas, Crimson Rose, Cadillac Jack,
Tom Cunningham,
Tommy Calton,
Jimmy Chandler,
George Cintron,
Clarence Clemons (E Street Band),
Paul Crook,
Rob Caudill as Rod
Stewart, Jay Willee Carroll as Willie Nelson,
Natalie Carson as Leslie Gore, Janice Copeland,
Jeff Carlson,
Deana Carter, Martha Carson,
Craig Canter,
Trent Carlini, The Coasters,
Mark Collie,
Earl Thomas
Conley,
Pete Contino,
Faux Collins,
Larry Cole, Beau Davis, Fran Dimmick,
Lee DeArmond, Sarah
Darling,
Dean Dillon,
Frank Dimino (Angel),
Jim Dunlop, Kristy Deck,
Elvis Elvis Elvis,
Buzz Evans,
Johnny Edwards as Elvis,
Rob Eisler as Vince Gill,
Sara Evans, Joe
Escriba, Website design © 1998-2007 Donnie Castleman![]()
2 1/2 Octave Tenor Vocal Range; Lead Vocal Repertoire of Over 125
Songs
