Original, Groovin Jams is what you'll get when you go to see Ed Van Wicklen live. Most shows you'll see a duo, consisting of him and another guitar player. But on occasion, he'll have his full band on stage for the full experience.
Musical Experience:
After playing classical piano for 5 years, Ed first picked up the guitar at age 13. Playing along to music from the Grateful Dead to Led Zeppelin to Bob Dylan to Eric Clapton and more is how he learned the guitar.
Then, after his first real paying gig in 1994 (other than the occasional private party jam session), filling in with Don Carn and some other local musicians at the Granfalloons in York, PA, he caught the performing bug and has been gigging ever since.
Since then he's picked up every instrument along the way to add to his collection and his resume of instruments played, including: Mandolin, Drums, Bass, and more...
He has been described as many different things including: Jam Band, Rock-N-Groove; Funk-N-Blues, Folky Psychedelic, and more. Which goes to show his diversity in playing and writing. Although much of the sets consist of original music, covers do weave themselves into the mix, which could include artists like: The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, String Cheese Incident, Keller Williams, Jack Johnson, Eric Clapton, Phish, and more.
His 1st CD release, Carved In Stone, has been getting great reviews, lots of radio play all over the world, and can be purchased online right here. Click here to Buy Carved In Stone!
Ed is currently working on another CD and hoping to have it released in late spring of '05.
•Textured Groove: Ed Van Wicklen (Lead Vocals, Guitar); Tony Aguirre (Drums, Vocals); Gus Aguirre (Lead Guitar, Vocals); Jared Mills (Bass). Tony and Gus Aguirre are from the Aguirre Brothers, formally Hard Love; and Jared Mills was the original bass player with Into the Woods.
•Flow: Ed Van Wicklen (Lead Vocals, Guitar); Jon Van Wicklen (Drums); Victor Wueschinski (Bass); Joel Venditti (Lead Guitar); Bill Huff (Saxophone and Vocals).
•The BoogieMen: Ed Van Wicklen (Lead Vocals, Guitar); Ralph Weyant (Bass, Backing Vocals); Sam Panther (Drums).
•The Jim & Ed Show: Jim Topper (Lead Guitar and Vocals) and Ed Van Wicklen (Rhythm Guitar and Vocals).
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