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Champagne with Friends

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General Info

  • Genre: Acoustic / Funk / Reggae

    Location Charleston, South Carolina, Un

    Profile Views: 38826

    Last Login: 9/14/2012

    Member Since 7/7/2006

    Website ..www.thomaschampagne.com..

    Record Label Punch Card Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Art imitates life. Take a life that encompasses dance, spirit, food, heritage, nature, family, soul and a positive vibe and package all this into a stylish, physically-fit man with a resonating voice, strumming an acoustic guitar, and an uncanny energy that captivates a crowd. You have just encapsulated what is the brand T. Champagne. Living between Texas, Louisiana and islands off the East Coast, T. Champagne channels his love of funk, roots rock, and island grooves into a danceable blend of music that utilizes percussive phrasing and catchy lyrics to engage fans to embrace hope, freedom, change…and most of all, life. For More information: www.champagnewithfriends.com Biography Born in the middle of mosquito country on the "Right Side of Texas" or Beaumont as they call it, Thomas Champagne grew up with the best of both worlds, Texas Pride and a Cajun Spirit. Hitting the stage by the age of 14, Thomas' musical roots were formed on piano, bass, and drums. While attending Texas A&M University in the mid 90's, Thomas formed a funk-rock quartet known as 4D2 and began playing throughout the state as the bassist and vocalist. Around the turn of the century, Thomas moved back to his hometown and starting performing bass with the Folsom Creek, a rock/bluegrass mix. After a great run of shows and a new album just a week from hitting the shelf, the group folded and out of that, Thomas discovered his true songwriting style. For the first time ever, Thomas took the stage as a front man forming the band, Audioflava, a jazz/funk/pop entity that evolved into an electric power trio. Audioflava and Thomas moved to Austin, TX where he started working at Arlyn and Pedernales Studios. After a few years in Austin, Thomas and Danny Anderson decided it was time to hit the road and began touring the states as a duo, Champagne Anderson. With such a great success on the road as a duo, Thomas and Danny headed to the studio in the Fall of 2007 to complete their long awaited album, "Old Town", and hence formed the group, "Champagne with Friends". Within the past five years "Champagne with Friends" has performed on over 200 stages amongst 21 different states, and the train keeps on moving. In the Spring of 2011, Thomas was invited to "The Swamp Sessions" in Awendaw, SC where he then connected with Mark Bryan and Danielle Howle who agreed to produce his next project. By late Summer, Thomas moved to Charleston, to complete his second album and begin touring the East Coast as the solo artist, "T Champagne" and when joined by other talent, "Champagne with Friends". Thomas is currently sponsored by The Music Initiative Magazine as their Emerging Artist for 2012.

  • Members

    Thomas Champagne- (guitar, electric bass, vocals)..

  • Influences

    G Love, Sublime, Soul Coughing, Medeski, Martin and Wood

  • Sounds Like

    G Love, Sublime, Soul Coughing, Medeski, Martin and Wood

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  1. Champagne with Friends

    Thomas Champagne has a show on 04/27/2013 at 10:00 PM @ Planet ... in Folly Beach, SC http://lnk.ms/dzcBM #concert

  2. Champagne with Friends

    Thomas Champagne has a show on 04/24/2013 at 10:00 PM @ Barrier... in Folly Beach, SC http://lnk.ms/f72yp #concert

  3. Champagne with Friends

    Thomas Champagne has a show on 04/11/2013 at 09:00 PM @ Home Team BBQ http://lnk.ms/f4z1p #concert

  4. Champagne with Friends

    Thomas Champagne has a show on 04/07/2013 at 02:00 PM @ Pearlz O... in Charleston, SC http://lnk.ms/f4JtB #concert

  5. Champagne with Friends

    Thomas Champagne has a show on 04/05/2013 at 04:00 PM @ Morga... in Isle of Palms, SC http://lnk.ms/dw0fx #concert

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