Lauren Faggiano- lead vocals keys and viola,
Ken Schumacher- bass and vocals,
Alex Lasher- guitars and vocals,
Faith Lasher- sax and vocals
Joe Chesebro- drums and vocals,
The Deep Blue Dream is one of Rochesters best original/cover bands. We throw anything from Blues to Funk to Rock to Jazz to Folk and even back to Bluegrass. The band is constructed of some seriously good musicians that all just happened to come together by a miriad of wild coincidences, each bring their own variety of influences and styles together into a big ol mixing bowl to make this fresh Casserole of Soul.
The band began it's formation when Lauren and Ken who had played together on LF's first CD Into the Blue. This cat Brian threw in a good word for this local guitarist Al, who had been sitting on his ass for so long his ears were growing moss. He joined up in March of 06 thus completing the 4 piece lineup so we could go out and start gigging. About a year later Al's wife Faith after months of prodding, poking, and begging sat in at practice with her saxamophone and brought us the cherry on top of our Ice Cream Sundae of Funk. (sorry I must be getting hungry) The most recent addition, Joe Chesebro, is an eclectic drummer with a passion for soulful music. Either way now we are complete as a 5 piece, soulful, funky, blues rock jam band with irie overtones. Just think about a box of crayons with all different colors to chose from! We are currently working on putting our 2nd CD together. Since it's conception, The Deep Blue Dream has shared the stage with many great musicians including Medeski Martin and Wood, The Campbell Brothers, Phoebe Snow, Jimmie Highsmith Jr. and even the great Patti Labelle.
BARNBASH 2008 is September 26th 6PM till ? and September 27th 8AM till Midnight! Hope you can make it out to party with us. 22 bands in 28 hours! If you did not already get one, contact me with an email addy and we can make sure you get a personal Evite with all the details!
