Your Nom de Plume / Handle or Pseudonym used here

[Altitude]

I started with a different user name. Folks confused me with someone else with a similar name who was, um, not appreciated here on TB. I change mine to be more memorable and to distance my self from the other person.

Now you’ve got me wondering.

 

[Wavy]

Two different friend groups who didn't know each other assigned me the same nickname.

 

[5StringBlues]

Old blues cat I used to play with had written and recorded a bunch of stuff in the 90s that required a 5 string for low D and C notes to play properly.

I switched over to 5ers when I joined the band in 2004.


5StringBlues

Don't think that these were just straight 1 4 5 blues changes in low keys, I could have just tuned down for that.



These were slick funk and R and B tunes, with horn sections and B3 keyboard parts.



My guy was born in 1928 but loved to keep things "FRESH", as he used to say.

 

[red_rhino]

My name has several origin stories. Take your pick:

1. It’s a nickname from my NFL days. I’m 6’7” @ 325 lbs. Running downfield in a red jersey and helmet, I look like a charging rhino.
2. It’s my witness protection code name. I know where all the bodies are buried, cuz I put them there. (My handlers told me to pick a low profile profession that wouldn’t attract attention. So I choose “bass player” instead of working at the Cinnabon at the mall. )
3. It’s my name on OnlyFans. Tip me $20 and I’ll show you why.
4. When I had hair, it was long and red. One day at rehearsal my guitar player called me “Red Rhino”…. and it stuck.