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- Johnny Cuomo
Cuomo's musical style has flourished into one that has fused modern folk rock with an innovative Irish twist. If a comparison is necessary, imagine David Gray singing a Bob Dylan tune. Johnny has made numerous trips back to Ireland in the past years, not only to keep current with his traditional playing, but to bring his own simple, organic blend of folk/rock music to Dublin fans who have given him much respect. He has played for audiences of more than 350 at various pubs and venues in Dublin, including Whelans, Vicar Street and The Cobblestone, where he recently did support gigs for Australia's favorite guitarist, Tommy Emmanuel, and Dublin's own Whirlygig.
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- Iridesense
Once in a while a truly original and inspired act breaks through the mold and creates change through music.
At it's true core, Iridesense is a celebration of sounds. From Rock and pop, to psychedelic, folk and post-punk/new wave their music is unparalleled and unique. Brother and Sister Rick and Tara Eberle's uplifting and thoughtful lyrics easily inspire, and they sing with harmonic intricacies and counterpoints as their rhythm and bass guitars dance and crunch.
The lead guitar riffs of Rob Viccari and drum rhythms of
Rich Drouin create a bed of melody and weave the sound together in a steady flow and it's all fused together creating one of the most intoxicating and invigorating aural experiences you can or ever will find.
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- Jay Scott My Space
Jay Scott's sound is immediately recognizable because of his distinctive and passionate vocal style and bluesy, heartfelt songs. He has one of those voices that make people stop in mid sentence and turn to the stage when they hear him for the first time. In 2002, his group Square1 recorded and toured locally, creating a buzz throughout NYC and Long Island before moving to Southern California where they toured from LA to San Diego. Simple Citizen was born when Chris DeFao joined the group, and after they disbanded, Jay Scott began performing as a solo artist, and still performs with DeFao today. His current Band, GRAND CASE SCENARIO includes DeFao on Drums and vocals, Dave March (of Miles to Dayton) on Bass, Jen Morgo on Violin and Aaron Palmadessa on lead and lap steel guitars. Whether he is playing solo or backed by his groove-inspired band, Jay Scott sings from the heart. His lyrics and music are truly for the mind and soul
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- Ghosts of Electricity
The Ghosts of Electricity are quickly gaining the reputation as the world's best Dylan cover band!
They do original interpretations of
his music, reinventing it just as Dylan does. An EP is due soon
featuring some tracks from their recent appearance at Katie's of
Smithtown when they played the entire John Wesley Harding album.
The current line up features:
Michele Sivori, a veteran of local theater on vocals
Frank Pomponio, formerly of Deciding Tonight, on lead guitar
Tim Strohsnitter on bass
Bill Herman on guitar
Drummer Chris Cauley from My Last
Band will be joining them for their upcoming appearance at the
Paradiddle Records Holiday Hullabaloo at Katies of Smithtown on
December 21st.
Vocalist Anthony Tesoriero of Revolver joined The Ghosts of Electricity on the Bob Dylan Uncovered Bonus Disk performing "As I Went Out One Morning".
Johnny Cuomo played dobro and mandolin when they backed Michele on Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues from the Bob Dylan Uncovered Bonus Disk.
On Happy Holiday's From Paradiddle Records the father & son duo of Steve and Andy Hammond added ripping guitar solos to Jingle Bells. The vocal credit was given to Two Hot Tamales-Michele Sivori and Erika Montaperto from Lewd Buddha.
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- Chris P. Cauley
An independent musician and songwriter who lives in East Patchogue, New York.
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- Last Charge of the Horse
Last Charge of the Light Horse was formed in winter of 2004. Singer/guitarist Jean-Paul Vest had just finished a second stint in Blue Sandcastle and was looking for an outlet for some new songs when longtime Raven drummer Artie Riegger called. Together with bassist A.J. Riegger they began rehearsing new material and bending Blue Sandcastle songs into new shapes. After roughly a year of rehearsals and local gigs, they finally decided it was time to head into Freeport's Vu Du Studios. With Bob Stander at the controls, the trio recorded 12 songs, released in December 2005 as Getaway Car.
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- Lisa Itts
*Solstar* is an original "groove rock" band from Long Island, NY
featuring the songwriting and vocal talents of Lisa Itts. Their music
is melodic, modern rock with just the right amount of "edge". Lisa's
music offers memorable melodies and moving lyrics, vague enough to
self-interpret, yet empowering enough to relate to and inspire.
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- Jesse haynes
2007 brings life to Jessie's own self recorded & released creation, "The Secret Life of Cinderella." This 14 track collection is an eclectic balancing act, mixing acoustic folk, tasty electric guitar work with lyrical Neopagan undertones.
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- Russ Seeger My Space
This Huntington based singer/songwriter has played in the Last Hombres with Levon Helm. He appears regularly on the Island, and plays on both Bob Dylan Uncovered and Happy Holidays from Paradiddle Records. Check out some of his great original music at www.myspace.com/russseegermusic.
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- Mile To Dayton
Born out of the ashes of romantic tragedy, this Long Island based ensemble brings an honest, heartfelt message of love, life and laughter to each performance. The talented brother-sister duo of Dave and Krista March, with musical journeyman Jonathan Preddice, combine to bring a unique texture of harmony and song. After adding young phenom Rob Caniglia on percussion, and the talented Leanne Preddice on the violin, the ensemble has expanded its horizons to both acoustic and/or full band performance setup. Miles to Dayton will leave a lasting impression on your ears, relying on quality musicianship along with a melody that will carry you back to the next show. With the successful release of their first album "A long way back" in 2005, the band has developed a strong regional following. Next up: the 2007 release of a strong, rock oriented sound.
M2D has maintained a busy performance schedule in the Northeast, with notable performances at legendary venues such as The Stephen Talkhouse, The Patchogue Theater, The Knitting Factory, Eastenders Coffee House, as well as participating in the Millenium Music Conference, Meany Fest 2006, and the Patchogue Folk Festival. For booking inquries, please contact booking@milestodayton.net
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- Drew Olsen
Drew, who is set to graduate from NYU in the spring of 06,has been writing and performing solo for 2 years.
His age belies his accomplishment as a guitarist and cellist. His performance of, "Girl From The North Country" on BOB DYLAN UNCOVERED is one of the albums highlights.
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- My Last Band
Making good music takes time and caring. Although these principles can be lost in this fast paced world of immediate gratification, they hopefully haven't been lost with MY LAST BAND. As musicians and songwriters each with a variety of musical experiences to draw from, MY LAST BAND is about refining the basic elements of rock music and writing good songs.
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- Hank Stone
Woody Guthrie meets Cole Porter? That's just the combination that comes to mind when one hears Hank's songs: a blend of innocence and sophistication; a freeflowing folkie feel along with the wit and knowingness of Broadway or Hollywood. Hank has been writing songs for over 3 decades now, and each new creation surprises him. He never knows where the Muse will lead, but he's always ready, willing and able to follow.
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- Roger Silverberg
Roger Silverberg writes songs from a storyteller’s perch yet also brings a
strong rhythmic groove to the music. It’s difficult to stick labels on a
performer who has the broad range of musical connections Roger has. Rootsy
country, American soul, British-invasion pop, street corner doo-wop are
all wound into the sounds. The best comparisons are other artists who had
major name recognition yet managed to avoid being pigeonholed: Buddy
Holly, the Everly Brothers, Johnny Rivers, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, the
Bee Gees, Sam Cooke. Roger calls this “Music Without Boundaries”. But if
you insist on a soundbite, here goes:
If Johnny Rivers, Mark Knopfler, Warren Zevon, Bob Dylan and Van Morrison
wrote songs together at the gravesite of Buddy Holly, the result would be
something like Roger Silverberg's music… but not exactly!
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- Lewd Buddha
The members of Lewd Buddha create a tasty form of "Sonic Gumbo," blending hard rock, funk, soul, and blues with a dash of Latin flavor and a love for spontaneous musical combustion.
The hard hitting funk sound was born when members Frankie and Robert wrote Habitual Ritual on a tour bus. The sound they discovered had them wanting more, and when they got off the bus they collaborated on four more tracks – all before they had a backing band. Jonathan entered as a background vocalist but soon stepped up as second guitar and the third songwriter.
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- The Last Hombres
"This IS a curse! This is not a blessing this music thing we do, we have to do this, we have to do it everyday, I call that a curse."
--Levon Helm
What do you do when Levon Helm rings you on the phone and asks if he can be your drummer?
"You say, 'WHAT? I mean YES! For chrissakes, YES!' then hang-up thinking this may be the best damn birthday ever," laughs Paul Schmitz, the guitarist for The Last Hombres.
Schmitz had been playing in roots rock bands for the better part of 15 years with Michael Meehan, a Texas-bred bassist extraordinaire, who he had first met in high school. After a steady stream of good guitar players but bad band mates had passed through the Hombres' swinging saloon doors, Russ Seeger and his dead serious six-string strode into their lives. Schmitz relayed that the mysterious Seeger, a man of many licks but few words, "just sauntered in from parts unknown one day when we were setting-up for a gig and asked if we were looking for a slinger. As luck would have it, our then-guitarist had informed us only hours before that this was to be his last gig. So we asked Seeger if we would sit it for a few tunes that night and, man, he just lit it up. And he's continued to do that on every gig since. Russ went from killer hired gun to an official Hombre quickly. He still doesn't talk much, but when the man plays like that, you just don't ask."
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- Lone Sharks
This quartet fronted by Gene Casey has been rocking the New York, Long Island area since 1988. Mixing original songs with classics from the likes of Bo Diddley and Roy Orbison, they rock with a decided "twang-billy bent".
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- Cadillac Moon
Contemporary blues done the Long Island way. Cadillac Moon delivers a lethal combination of funk, rock, soul and blues. Their material is derived from the heart of New York, New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago and Austin. Band members Leslie Zimei, Mike Nugent, Cliff Hackford, Mark Mancini, John Marshall, Bob Cassara, and Mike Mattia.
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Featured Track
"Rough Folk"
is a must-hear experience... every track is a diamond in the, well,
"rough"... the songs appeal to the ear, the head, sometimes to the
feet, but always to the heart...
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Jay Scott
From his EP Music for Mind and Soul. Come to the Patchogue Lobby January 6th and see Jay record his new CD live.
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Johnny Cuomo and Dan Lowery live from the American Idle CD Release party
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