Funk rock powered by gritty, moody, and passionate guitar

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ROCK: Funk Rock, ROCK: Classic Rock



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Vocalist, composer, guitarist and bass player Dorian Mingus has been recording and performing his original compositions for many years. His third CD, "Kindred Spirits" is due to be released in the fall of 2005.

Raised in the Bay Area, and son of renowned jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, Dorian began playing the guitar at the age of ten. He had a facility for reading music, but found he preferred creating his own songs and picking out tunes popular in the sixties, especially those of the Beatles. Early influences in his career were Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Big Brother, Quicksilver, David Gilmore from Pink Floyd, and Richie Blackmoore from Deep Purple.

Struggling with his father's fame, Dorian resisted a career in music for quite some time, and focused instead on the visual arts. He has since embraced his heritage and his talent, and is deep in the exploration of diverse tempos, intertwining different genres of music, while still using the energies of rock and funk. The idea, Dorian says, "Is to stay cool and modern."

Dorian has experienced enough of life, its challenges, its suffering, and joy to give his music heartfelt meaning. He now views his father's music not as a barometer of his own talent, but as a unique legacy and part of the eternal flow.