(In no specific order)
Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, Mike Gordon, Les Claypool, Charles Mingus, Gordon Stone, Thelonius Monk, Phish, Umphrey's McGee, J.S. Bach, Trane, Miles Davis, Weather Report, Aram Bedrosian, The Beatles, The Band, and the list goes on.
A little background from Jennifer Harwood, Gordon Stone Band
A while back our bass player, Aram Bedrosian, hurt his wrist. We asked him if he knew anyone who could handle the material we play. A few days later he called to say he had a student, Jon McCartan, who might be up to the task and would be thrilled to play in the band.
Gordon and Jon got together once before the first show. Jon had a mere 24 hours to pull off 20 original songs and a few traditional fiddle tunes (we were playing with Mike Barnett at the time), in front of a few hundred fans in downtown Burlington, VT.
He sailed through the performance. With a few shy grins from the stage he finished the concert. He played with us the rest of that weekend. That was in July of 2005. He officially joined the band in September 2005. He is hard working and motivated and a joy to play with and be around!
He has played with Vinnie Amico from moe., Chris Machetti from RAQ, Russ Lawton, Paddy Keenan of The Bothy Band, Jimmy Ryan and has been on stage at Highline Balllroom in NYC, the Paradise Lounge in Boston, Snoe.down, Sterling Stage, StrangeCreek, Linda Norris Auditorium, and in April 2006 traveled to Thailand to play at the Hat Yai Midnight Songkran* & World Musiq Festival!
Jon is from Albany, NY and moved to Burlington to attend the University of Vermont. His interest in bass began in his early teens and, through listening and exploring different musical genres and sounds, taught himself to play. After making connections in the Burlington music scene, he started taking lessons from Aram and as they say, "The rest is history."
Take a break from your hectic holiday shopping and stop by 1/2 Lounge on lower Church St. (next to Red Square) this Friday from 7-9pm, and relax with SubStation 7!
SubStation 7 performs original instrumental music - Guitar, Looper, Effects and Imagination! Learn more at www. substation7. com.
yo guy. just letting you know i'm gonna be in town for a few days this weekend. shakin' michael j is playing at oddfellows saturday night, although i see you're playing as well at rira's. anyway, we should definitely chill, i'll be around til monday. peace.
Liberate is under 4 weeks away…do you have your ticket?
10+ hours of music with: Rubblebucket Orchestra, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Spiritual Rez, Twiddle, Dead Sessions, Gordon Stone Band, DJ Craig Mitchell , Jeh Kulu African Drum and Dance, DJ Natty Megs, DJ Fattie B, DJ Big Dog and many more.
Liberate is all ages and a zero waste event. Children under 12 are free.
Liberate will feature:
Magic Hat beer gardens and many other local / natural food vendors. Tons of events and things to see- yoga, massage, reiki, yoga dance, sound healing, face and body painting, fire dancing, henna, an open art exhibit at the Bundy Center, a fully staffed kids play area, silent auction, artists market and more!
Advance tickets are on sale now at 35$. This price will increase to 45$ at the gate. All details and tickets are available at: www. liberatevt. com
the new people moved into your old house... i tell them it's not their house everytime i drive by but they don't seem to want to leave.... soon i will begin operation "scare the new family into moving out so the McCartan's can move back in" ...... i'm not very good at this whole coming up with names for missions thing..... but you get the point.
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