GILDAY-Lead Vocals and Guitars, Richie Cannata- Saxophone, Mario Staiano- Drums, Gerry Sorrentino- Bass, Billy Heller- Keyboards, Danny Kean- Keyboards, Mark Mancini-Keyboards, Dave McDonald- Drums, Nick Masios- Bass, Bryan Carrot- Vibraphone, Chrissy Lawless- Background Vocals, Tim Lawless- Background Vocals, Don Casale- Engineer (Master of the Board).
Influences
Howling Wolf, The Clash, Neil Young, The Sex Pistols, Steve Earle, Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, The Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, The Who, The Beatles, Stiff Little Fingers, Henry Rollins' Band, Social Distortion, Johnny Cash, The Eagles, The Allman Bros... to name a few.
Sounds Like
Neil Young with a dash Springsteen, add some Steve Earle and you're getting close...
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
*Radio airplay on over 30 College Radio Stations
*Live radio interview on Boston University in The
Morning Show
*Over 13,000 myspace page views
*3,500 Gilday mp3 downloads
*1,200 YouTube Channel Views
*CD- "GILDAY"- 8/2008 (1725 units distributed)
Reviews mention Bruce Springsteen, The Counting Crows, John Cougar Mellencamp, and Steve Earle as some influences heard in Tim Gilday’s music. Gilday embraces this as a compliment as he sees it as his music having roots.
At a Tim Gilday show audience members play percussive instruments and sing along to his songs. When people come to a Gilday show they are a part of the performance. The uplifting mood and good feeling overtakes the club. Gilday says, “My vision is to have 20,000 people singing and playing percussions at my shows. A true happening.”
This approach began at a show last year. The audience was singing along and Gilday jokingly said he should bring instruments for all of them. This spurred the audience to play the proverbial spoons and glasses the rest of the night. The show was a smash! That's when Tim decided to go out and get an assortment of instruments for his next show. Now the audiences are jamming along.
The 2008 release “Gilday” came about in true serendipity. New York Producer Mickey Earle put Tim in touch with Don Casale. Casale’s musical credits include, among many others, recording ‘IN A GODDA DIVITA’ by IRON BUTTERFLY. The 2008 “Gilday” CD was recorded at Don Casale Studios in Westbury, New York.
Gilday performs as an Indie Americana Rock Band and a solo acoustic artist at NYC clubs. He plays colleges in the Northeast and hopes to continue to expand the audience for his music. He is now recording his upcoming June 2010 release, “Live It Now”, at Don Casale Studios. A tour in support of his next release is in the works and be sure to be ready to jam when you come!
