The All Star Garage Band

Members: Bill Unger Jr. (Bass, Leadership), Colin Matthews (Sax, Vocals), Danny Tait (Drums), Todd Coyle (Guitars, Vocals), Scott Wadley (percussion, Vocals), Rickie Hauck (Guitars)

The idea behind the AGB is a weekly improve jam session. We officially call ourselves a jam band and, though,
most of the songs we do live are mine, most of what we do in session are everyone’s. It’s been an opportunity
(and a pleasure) to take my normal song format and stretch it to the outer limits. It’s also a chance for me to play electric guitar which I don’t get to do much since I am primarily a singer/songwriter acoustic player guy.

We pride ourselves on having little or no band structure, and though Bill is the leader and producer, anyone at anytime can start a jam or bring something in.
There are no expectations. Some nights it’s just amazing and other nights….well, it’s always good. A piece can be three minutes one night and twenty the next.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we produce a CD some time.

By the way, Bill is an excellent sound man, producer, recording engineer and bassist. If any one need these services email me and I’ll pass it on.

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Recording with John Fletcher

On occasion, I get together with a friend of mine, John Fletcher, to do some recording. John collects old reel to reel machines. The kind they used to use back when recording was just getting started. Amazingly, he has blank tape for these machines and our hope is to some day be able to offer a “bootleg” CD through this site ( for sale, of course). The recording method is simple. A single mic in the middle of the room and me and a guitar, though some experimentation may occur in the future. The idea is to recreate that old warm sounding feel. I’ve written some things just for this and we’re also redoing some of my older stuff. I may even throw in some covers of old songs. We’ll let you know.

The equipment John uses is:
An Ampex 351. That model was made from 1957 through 1964, and has tube electronics. And an Ampex AG-440 (transistor) machine to record 2-track.

The tape we used last time was “new-old-stock” Audiotape brand "Formula 10". It's a red-oxide acetate base tape that's similar to what was in use during the 1950s (although this tape stock was made in the 1970s).

There is a variety of mics, new and old.

If any body has any vintage mics they might let us use, please email me.

John also dabbles in photography. He is responsible for the photo for this section.