Ivan Funkboy Bodley

Am I Famous Yet? Ivan Funkboy Bodley

"Am I Famous Yet?" chronicles the life of a working musician who has met, worked closely with, and gotten to know renowned rock stars. He has practically become a rock star himself but without all of the annoying trappings of actual notoriety or fortune. Follow this sideman's hilariously heartbreaking search for fame, financial stability, and the ever-elusive quest for emotional peace of mind. Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley is a bass player and music director to the stars. He has performed with 50 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. He has been music director for Sam Moore (Sam & Dave), Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, The Shirelles, The Crystals, and has performed with Sting, Elvis Costello, Temptations, Solomon Burke, Ben E. King, Percy Sledge, Eddie Floyd, Bo Diddley, Paul Rodgers, Wynonna Judd, and David Foster. Appearances include Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, 12 Broadway shows including Rock of Ages, Spider-Man, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Today Show, Emeril Live, Imus in the Morning, Charlie Rose, Live with Regis & Kelly. Ivan is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Berklee College of Music and an inductee into the New York Blues Hall of Fame. He has traveled to 29 countries and played to audiences of up to 82,000 people in combos ranging from jazz duos to 150-member symphony orchestras. Originally from Chattanooga, TN, Ivan has lived in New Orleans, Los Angeles, London, Boston, and is now based in New York City. His writing has appeared in Entertainment Weekly, Jazz-FM Magazine - London, Wavelength Magazine - New Orleans, and Bass Player Magazine. He has also authored the bass curriculum sight-reading textbooks for the Musicians Institute in Hollywood. This is his first memoir. More information is available at www.funkboy.net. Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley uses Fender, Moxy, Gretsch, and Warrior basses, Hartke Amplification, DR strings, PRA Audio wireless, and Tech 21, Digitech, and Line 6 signal processors. Ivan eats only Little Debbie snack cakes.