Ed Smith - Lead Vocals/Guitar
Pete Eisler - Lead Guitar/Vocals
John David Coppola - Bass/Vocals
Michelle Grasso - Vocals
Tony Miller - Drums/Percussion
Joe Wells - Drums
Judge Smith plays regularly in venues throughout the DC Metropolitan area. The band released its debut CD, Feel It, in November 2003. In 2005, John and Ed recorded Judge Smith’s 2d CD, Visions, an acoustic duet.
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Ed Smith was born in New York State, but still loses his way up there when visting kinfolk. He has been Judge Smith’s front man and rhythm guitarist since its inception. Judge Smith performs numerous compositions penned by Ed. He keeps threatening to go back into the studio and come out with a killer record.
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Pete Eisler originally hails from New York and has been playing with popular DC-area bands since the late 1980s. All lead guitar work and several rhythm tracks, as well as harmony vocals, on Feel It, are performed by Pete. Pete said that he would never play with Ed again after the infamous break-up of their first band -- when they were thirteen. He relented after Ed apologized for yelling at him to turn his amp down. The boys still don't like to talk about it.
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John David Coppola is a native Washingtonian. John plays bass full-time and has solidified a career in the DC music scene for over a decade. John’s funky bass lines and smooth harmonies are heard throughout the band’s CDs, Feel It and Visions. John keeps teasing Ed about the next CD release date.
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Michelle Grasso is from Pennsylvania and now lives in Woodbridge, VA. She joined the band in early 2007 and has added not only some much needed good looks, but truly immense lead vocals and harmonies. She packs a huge wallup for her tiny frame and can sing sweet ballads with the best of them.
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Judge Smith also features Joe Wells and Tony Miller on drums.
Joe Wells is originally from Richmond, VA and currently plays and records as a member of The Tom Principato Band. He appears on the most recent Principato CD, House on Fire. Joe is a 1995 graduate of the Drummer’s Collective in NYC.
Tony Miller is a master percussionist, living in Capitol Heights, MD. He sat in with the band at a private party this summer and continues to perform with Judge Smith to this day. We hope he keeps showing us the love.
Concrete Alchemy is a tour of 15 visual artists visiting five major urban centers on the East Coast. It is the first tour that creatively combines gallery shows, public panel discussions and numerous murals to present the artists’ unique approach to public arts.
Friday, May 23rd, 2008 – National Harbor, MD The tour will officially end with a gallery exhibit opening at Art Whino on Friday, May 23, 2008 from 6 pm to midnight. The audience will have chance to view artists’ recently finished canvases and a slideshow of photographs from the previous days of the tour.
Then Join Art Whino for an OUT OF THIS WORLD experience as we celebrate Yuri’s Night, a World Space Party commemorating Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, and the first human space flight. Yuri's Night is like the St. Patrick’s Day or Cinco de Mayo for space. It is a day when the world comes together to celebrate the power, beauty, and party potential of space. So dress yourself in your best celestial attire (prizes awarded); come see an art exhibition of other-worldly magnitude, and enjoy a Vodka of space themed libations by Stoli Vodka. Cosmic burlesque performances featuring Miss Saturn, spaced out Russian-style post-punk music by Mr. Moccasin, spacey DJ sets, and more will temporarily elevate you from your daily earthly existence.
Performances by: Miss Saturn, Gilded Lily Burlesque, L’il Dutch & selected scenes from Landless Theatre Company’s Space Battles the Musical will orbit throughout the night, hosted by the enigmatic Master Uranus
Mark your Calendar! Feb 22nd is the solo show for JoKa. Music by HoneyLab's DJ Eddie Twain. The music will be broadcast live by Orcradio. com. 13 New artistist added to the Art Whino Collabortive as well!
Mark your Calendar! Jan 18th is the solo show for J. Coleman. DJ Mikel Panda will be spinning from 6-9pm and a Live Band Perfomace by Object and Live Painting performance by J. Coleman begins at 9pm. 20 New artistist added to the Art Whino Collabortive as well!
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Washington Music Center thanks you for your support! We have been servicing Indie Musicians for almost 50 years! We invite you and all of your friends to stop by and say hello! Be on the look-out for future special announcements!
Take care,
The WMC Crew
Washington Music Center
THE NATIONS LARGEST INDIE MUSIC STORE SINCE 1958!
GREETINGS FRIENDS OF WASHINGTON MUSIC CENTER!!!!!!
Just a friendly reminder that this Saturday
MARCH 24, 2007
CAMP JAM WITH LIBERTY DEVITO!!!!!
(DRUMMER FOR BILLY JOEL)
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JAM CONTEST FOR AGES 7 TO 17 YEAR OLDS!!
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Washington Music Center thanks you for your support! We have been servicing Indie Musicians for almost 50 years! We invite you and all of your friends to stop by and say hello! Be on the look-out for special announcements coming over the next six weeks!
Take care,
The WMC Crew
Washington Music Center
THE NATIONS LARGEST INDIE MUSIC STORE SINCE 1958!
