George Dimitri - Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Lead, Harmony & Back-up Vocals, Harmonica

A seasoned veteran of the live music scene, George began his playing career back in 1985 when he purchased a Cort hot pink Titan bass (which he still has). He thumped out the low end in 80’s local bands Taz and In N Out and George has 2 CD recordings of original music from those bands. In 1992, with the coming demise of the 80’s metal scene, George moved on to Top40 and for the next 10 years played in successful Top40 variety bands such as Impostor, Skyline, and Wildfire (voted Best Band overall – 2000 Western Maryland Times/News Annual Reader’s Poll). It was with Wildfire that George moved from bass to playing keyboards, guitar, and harmonica. The trend continued when he joined Alive-n-Kickin' in 2002.

From 2002 until summer 2006 George was AnK's keyboardist and rhtyhm guitarist. Member changes that summer led to several auditions for a new bassist. After several attempts, it was decided that the Conklin beasts would come out of retirement and George would be back on his strongest instrument, the bass.

George's bass influences are numerous and vary across many styles of playing. The speed of Bill "Buddha" Dickens, the thunderous gallops of Steve Harris, the tapping virtuosity of Billy Sheehan, the frenetic slapping of Flea, and the smooth Jazz improv styles of Stanley Clarke and Jaco Pastorius can all be heard in his playing.

George has years of theory training, vocal coaching, and instrument lessons under his belt. The versatility necessary to playing all the styles of music that Top40 demands has made George an exceptionally complete player on several instruments. You can check out George as a featured artist on the Conklin guitars web page at by clicking here.

Accenting his playing, George is a very active entertainer. His energy is unparalleled on stage. “I have always felt that musicians need to entertain and showmanship on stage is part of the entertainment package.”

George resides in LaPlata, MD with his wife Shannon, sons Shane and Nico, and numerous assorted critters (Codo, Podo, Sandie, Icy, Bugs, Oreo, and Reginald) and has a top-flight cosmetic dental practice in Waldorf, Md. If you need dental advice George will be happy to give you his card but, please, do not ask him for dental treatment while at a band job. Check out his website at www.dimitridental.com.

George uses the following gear: Conklin GT-7 and Custom Shop Fretless 7 string basses (exclusively), Line 6 Bass POD Pro, Line 6 Shortboard, QSC power amps, Yamaha and Ampeg enclosures, Shure wireless systems, LeCover amp covers, Access cases, and a whistle he got at Sports Authority for $0.99.

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