Brett Naylor: mandolin, guitar, vocals
Brice Bartley: guitar, vocals
Rob Carbonello: bass guitar, vocals
Andrew Wright: drums
Fred Miller: piano, organ
Rob Wickham: percussion
Influences
Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Widespread Panic, Uncle Tupelo, Leftover Salmon, Beatles, Donna the Buffalo, Drive By Truckers, Wilco, Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead, White Stripes, Professor Longhair
WE'VE BEEN ON THE BILL WITH:
Widespread Panic
moe.
Drive By Truckers
Rusted Root
Les Claypools Frog Brigade
Medeski Martin & Wood
Disco Biscuits
Karl Densons Tiny Universe
Rays Music Exchange
Jazz Mandolin Project
Bill Kirchen
Catfish Hodge
Donna The Buffalo
Particle
Steve Kimock
Jerry Joseph
Vince Welnick
The New Deal
Leftover Salmon
Cracker
Clutch
Keller Williams
Tom Principato
Hackensaw Boys
Ekoostik Hookah
RAQ
New Monsoon
Virginia Coalition
The Recipe
John Cowan
Vassar Clements
The Big Wu
The Radiators
Max Creek
All Mighty Senators
Bernie Worrell
Ubiquitone is a Rock-n-Roll Bluegrass and Alt-Country oriented band from the Baltimore/ Washington, DC area that formed in late 2000. Ubiquitone began performing at music festivals throughout the mid-Atlantic region starting in 2001, including events at Sunshine Daydream (WV), the Spring Fling festivals (WV, OH) and Mid-Atlantic Music Experience (WV). The band also performed at a number of venues in the East covering territory including Philadelphia PA, Baltimore MD, Washington DC, Richmond, Morgantown WV, and Columbus OH.
In late 2001 the band entered Phase Studios in College Park to record their debut album The Essex Shuck. The session was recorded live in the studio and completed in a weekend. The jam-heavy Shuck album was released in the Spring of 2002 and received radio airplay on independent radio shows in the region, including Roadtrippin with Bill Wright on Annapolis-based WRNR, which frequently featured the band live in the studio. The band continued to perform at venues and festivals in the region in support of the album.
In late 2002, Eric Starr departed the band to pursue other interests which led him to serve in the Peace Corps in Nicaragua. With the absence of Starr, Naylor stepped forward to take on primary writing and singing for the band. Naylor's tight, introspective compositions marked a major shift in the bands music away from jam-oriented compositions. Around this time Naylor increased his use of the guitar in addition to the mandolin, adding a thicker and often more aggressive element to the bands sound.
Recorded over the course of over a year at Bias Studios in Springfield, VA, their second studio album, Americondition, marked a major departure from the live in the studio Shuck album. Tighter and more focused, the disk touches on bluegrass (Coming for You, When Johanna Walks Into the Bar) , rockabilly (Talk About The Blues), alt.country (The Ghost of Sweet Marie, This American Life), folk (Stand By Your Sand), cha-cha (Older Now), and guitar-driven Southern rock (HEY!, Hell To Pay, 14 Days). Dan "BanjerDan" Mazer provided banjo on HEY!, Older Now and Johanna. The session was engineered by Mike "Fish" Fisher, and mastered by Charlie Pilzer at Airshow. Americondition was released in the summer of 2006.
The band hosts their annual "ubiquitopia" cookout and camping event around the time of Autumn's Harvest Moon and continues to work on material for a 2008 release of their Double Album.
Hey there- DC banjo rock home show after national tour at the Rock and Roll Hotel this Saturday- $1 PBR special during our set! hope you can make it out! cheers, Junior League Band
JFJO returns to BALTIMORE at The 8x10 on THURS. APRIL 16th with the new quartet lineup, in support of 'Winterwood' - the new studio album available as FREE download at www.JFJO.com! Cobiill show with Lafayette Gilchrist & the Valcanoes! See you there!
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