JOSEPH LOCKWOOD OR AS HIS FRIENDS CALL HIM "JOE" IS A TRANSPLANT FROM NEW YORK TO CLEVELAND BEING
A MEMBER OF A MUSICAL FAMILY HIS COURSE WAS MUSIC PLAYING A LITTLE PIANO AT 4 AND NOT LIKING IT HE TURNED
TO BASS GUITAR A LONG WITH HIS BROTHER RANDY CREATED THE GROUP WARP FACTOR IN THE EARLY 70'S THEN WENT ON TO PLAY
ALONG WITH BROTHER RANDY AND OLDER BROTHERS BOBBY JR, KENNY,MELVIN,EDDIE AND LEROY IN THE BROTHERS 5 SINGING GROUP
AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OF THAT HE THEN BROKE OFF FROM THE FAMILY AND HELPED FORM WHAT WOULD BECOME HIS BAND OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS
THE ELEMENTS OF SOUND (LOVE U GUYS) FINALLY LEAVING IN 2006 MOVING TO NC FOR A YEAR LEAVING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MUSIC SCENE
COMING TO CLEVELAND IN 2007 THE REST AS THEY SAY IS HISTORY JOINED THE MOTOR CITY GOLD FAMILY HOLDING THE BOTTOM DOWN
AND LOVING IT
HIS MUSICAL INFLUENCES ARE STANLEY CLARKE, JACO PASTORIUOS, BOOTSY COLLINS JAMES JAMERSON AND
SO MANY OTHER GREAT BASSISTS
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