Cole Alanson has been an East Bay fixture on the keyboards for over a
decade. Cole has been busy the past 20 years playing rock and roll keyboards
for Mostly Water, The Howlers, 7th Direction, Shanty Town, Saul Kaye Band, Willy G and the G-Spots and Serafin among others. Mr. Alanson is also an established teacher of both piano and drums and has taught children of all ages at The New Mozart School in Palo Alto and The Alameda Boys and Girls Club. He is also a registered music teacher for Musica and teaches adults out of his home studio. Cole has recently started his own band, The Cole Alanson Project.
Shawn Swayze - Drums / vox
Jeff Houston - Bass
Influences
Beatles, Dead, The Who, B.B. King, Son Seals, Muddy Waters, Tom Waits, Little Feat, Phish, Beethoven, Thelonious Monk, Peter Tosh, Engelbert Humperdinck, Barry Manilow, ABBA and Laurence Welk
Sounds Like
Bluesy Rock with screaming Hammond Organ, thunderous drums, funky bass
Cole Alanson Project (C.A.P.) is a power trio lead by Cole’s keyboards and vocals. The beauty of this band is the pure musical freedom of the trio format, monster drummer Shawn Swayze gets to really play out while bassist Jeff Houston lays down funky pocket grooves.
The band features some Cole Alanson original songs and covers a wide variety of rock and roll.
for booking email colealansonproject@gmail.com
some pics here http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Hali_McGrath_Photography/KrampusNacht%20-%2012%20Galaxies/?start=64
Hey, Cole! Hope you're well. I wanted to let ya know that I'm playing a show with KFOG Local Scene Volume VI artist Mike Gibbons at Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco this Friday, August 21st! Tickets are $8.00 in advance at http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2419994&pl=reddevil or $10.00 at the door. Come on out and support some local music! It would be great to see ya there. Doors open at 9:00pm. Music starts at 9:30pm. Thanks!
Hi Cole. Cool music...thanks for reaching out to B.O.T. and sending us a friend request...also note that Big Organ Trio has a brand new studio album coming out in 2009!...hope all is well in Emeryville! Here's some more Big Organ Trio stuff below if you're interested:
You can visit the B.O.T. MySpace profile to hear free music samples. CD tracks from B.O.T.'s debut album can be downloaded through the links below, and the full hardcopy CD is available via mail from CD Baby. Thanks for your time!
Email List: Join the Big Organ Trio EMAIL LIST to receive the latest updates on the band, including shows in your area, and the release date of B.O.T.'s new album.
