Have You Ever Used A Stage Name?

[JSngry]

I used to play in a blues band where I used the name Tall Boy Horn, just for grins.

But then, I've known cats who've used a stage name for more, uh... "protective" reasons.

Share your tales here.

[Dmitry]

I used to play in a blues band where I used the name Tall Boy Horn...

Tall Boy Horn...?! Gay porn, anyone?

Back in the single days I used to tell the ladies my name was Inigo Montoya...

[JSngry]

I used to play in a blues band where I used the name Tall Boy Horn...

Tall Boy Horn...?! Gay porn, anyone?

I actually knew a female poet who called herself Gaye Pourne.

[Noj]

[JSngry]

That was sorta the original impetus...

[Dan Gould]

I assume this qualifies ...

My first radio gig was at a country station in Tallahassee, FL. The PD didn't think "Dan Gould" sounded "right" for a country audience (guess he assumed a Jewish background) so I decided to use my mother's maiden name and became Dan Cunningham. I figured it would be easier to remember than a completely made up name, but there was still at least one moment where I said, "I'm Dan ... Cunningham" and I felt like such a fool, not knowing my name.

It helps, however, if you say this at 3:50 AM and no one is listening.

I was damn glad though when my next gig allowed me to use my real name. Much easier to keep track of.

[Dan Gould]

I just realized this is in the Musician's Forum, so perhaps I shouldn't have shared. Oh well. But hey! It was still show biz ...

Edited September 6, 2006 by Dan Gould

[JSngry]

Nah, it's good.

[Dmitry]

Gay porn is out; after 17 years I'm still getting a hang of the American vernacular....

[.:.impossible]

I did some radio shows under the name Bobby St. New Mexico. It just came to me and I went with it.

[Chuck Nessa]

Leon "Big Spider" Beck

Edited September 6, 2006 by Chuck Nessa

[7/4]

I was DJ Lassie K for a while but I only recorded - never performed in public.

[JSngry]

Leon "Big Spider" Beck

What was the occasion?

[Chuck Nessa]

Leon "Big Spider" Beck

What was the occasion?

Blues singer.

[JSngry]

Leon "Big Spider" Beck

What was the occasion?

Blues singer.

Despite your best efforts, do tapes survive?

[Chuck Nessa]

Leon "Big Spider" Beck

What was the occasion?

Blues singer.

Despite your best efforts, do tapes survive?

Absolutely not.

[DukeCity]

Touring with Maynard's band (R.I.P.), I used to do a blues feature almost every night. In a slightly altered state, I decided I needed a blues nickname so I asked MF to introduce me as Glenn "Butter Bucket" Kostur. The tune was then announced as "Butter's Bucket of Blues". That lasted about a week, when I finally sobered up for a minute .

[Joe G]

Leon "Big Spider" Beck

Is there a stage name for the parking meter routine?

[Joe G]

I've been asked if Joe Gloss is my stage name. :rsmile:

[Larry Kart]

I wrote an article about numerology for a high school literature textbook I was editing, using the name Conrad King (chosen by me). It seemed just right.

[WD45]

I have DJed under the moniker of DJ Indestructible.

I even made a photocopy of my Art Blakey album of the same name, created a stencil, and made my very own shirt. Then similar shirts were made available commercially. [Not by me.]

[Chuck Nessa]

Leon "Big Spider" Beck

Is there a stage name for the parking meter routine?

Buddy "Happy" Feet.

[Van Basten II]

I write articles under a pseudonym.

[Chuck Nessa]

Most folks here.

[JSngry]

But do they listen?