Junky, that Genre' would have to be created for some of our songs. A hybrid cross between jazz fusion blues rock funky, = Junky... We are a 3 piece band from the central east coast of Florida. We have a very wide musical capability.
Steve Thorpe on vocals, electric guitar, slide guitar and square neck Dobro. Powerful bluesy fire in his playing, plus a jazz'esk approach to his Dobro. Steve will also sit down with a round neck resonator and bang out bare bones Delta Blues as well. A singer not really cornered into any particular box.
Alex Petrosky on drums and vocals,. He studied in Central Florida with Frank Adams (formerly of the Chicago Philharmonic) , Independent Recording Artist/Percussionist Brian Slawson, and Danny Gottlieb (Mahavishnu Orchestra...) Alex also attended Berkley College Of Music and studied privately with Mike Mangini .
Nathan Thorpe on bass, studied the likes of Stanley Clark, Victor Wooten and Jaco Pastorius. An extreme bass slappin', tap playing, jazz fingerboard ripping, funk master of the bass guitar with many national endorsements.
here are a couple links to various videos and web sites:
Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, in Jan. 09 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdmUsyCX860
Live in the studio rehearsing Galatia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbKMgOQwtsU
Nathan demonstrating tap and slap technique with the theme from Legend Of Zelda http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICEr-RpzKP0
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