Allman Brothers Band, R.L. Burnside, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Bill Evans, Aretha Franklin, Grateful Dead, John Lee Hooker, Iron Butterfly, Robert Johnson, Freddie King, Led Zeppelin, Meters, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, John Prine, Queen, Rolling Stones, Sly & The Family Stone, Allen Toussaint, Uncle Tupelo, Townes Van Zandt, Muddy Waters, X, Neil Young, ZZ Top and a whole bunch of other stuff.
The potent four-piece plays a rousing, dance-friendly mix of innovative covers and rock ’n’ roll originals that touch on funk, blues and jazz. The band has performed everywhere from Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa to Ringside Cafe in St. Petersburg to Ace’s Lounge in Bradenton to Balcony Music Club and other venues in New Orleans, where Standback resided for a year.
After playing lead guitar with various Tampa Bay blues musicians including legendary keyboardist/vocalist James Peterson (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf), singer/songwriter/guitarist Joel Tatangelo founded Standback as a power trio in the fall of 2006. Based in St. Petersburg, the band spent 2007 performing a mix of Tatangelo originals and covers at such venues as Skipper's Smokehouse (Tampa), Crowbar, New World Brewery (Ybor City), Dave's Aqua Lounge (St. Petersburg) and Ace's Lounge (Bradenton) before Tatangelo and original bassist/vocalist Tommy Stevenson relocated to New Orleans.
Tatangelo returned to St. Petersburg in early 2009. He immediately started playing guitar (mostly slide) with a who's who of local musicians including the Damon Fowler Group. After trying out numerous musicians, he finally assembled a new and improved Standback featuring sizzling, Drummer Adam "The Man" Mann studied jazz at the University of Massachusetts Amherst before coming down South and fine-tuning his chops back in the region where blues and jazz all began. Bassist Miguel “Glue” Lantigua started playing at age 13 with hopes of being a metal guitarist but ended up buying a bass instead because he loved the low end — and his parents wouldn’t buy him a guitar. Soon after, he got into more styles like funk jazz and classic rock. Moved to Florida from Puerto Rico to study at the Ringling School of art and Design, and play rock ’n’ roll.
The current lineup of Standback debuted July 10, 2009, at Ace's Lounge in Bradenton as the opening act for New Orleans funk supergroup Porter Batiste Stoltz. Standback has also performed in recent months at Ringside and Dave’s Aqua Lounge in St. Petersburg, as well numerous other Tampa Bay venue.
Hey guys, thanks for the add.....I have some pics from Monday night, I'll tag them for ya soon.....Love hanging out with you clowns, as always, good times.
Bonjour Thanks for the friendly add Really like your sound and the good energy in your music Best wishes from France (Follow me on twitter.com/pascal95 ) Pascal
Thanks for the kind words and friendship maybe seeyou at Katiki friday Have a great gig on saturday I will keep you in mind when I need a drummer as well Ric
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