Years before my music career took on the on a softer-jazzier music style one of the Pop type bands I was a member of in the early 1980’s was group called, The Burgers. This group encompassed everything I loved about rock, pop, jazz and fusion. Guitarist David Nielsen was someone I considered a genius. His guitar playing could rival that of John McLaughlin’s best, but his rock sense was from the New-Wave movement and his songwriting-vocal performances was what was happening at the time.
Together with Ed Cohen and Craig Mesco on drums, we played throughout the Los Angles area, building a following and attracting label interest. We recorded quite a bit at the Pasha Music House on Melrose in the Larchmont/Hollywood area, and received local airplay from radio station KROQ.
Here is an albums sample worth of material from the Burgers for you to listen too that takes me back to a much younger period in my life.
