| THE WES SANTO BAND Wes Santo brings his funky and solful style of bass playing to his new project: "The Wes Santo Band". At age 13, Wes Santo picked up a bass for the first time. His influences grew to include Cliff Burton, Les Claypool, Victor Wooten, Flea, and Jaco Pastorius. Although he considers himself a bass player first, his musical talent extends to drums, guitar, and vocals. Over the past 10 years he has played the tri-state area in various bands and productions canstantly honing a sound of his own. The Wes Santo Band combines a unique blend of rock, funk, reggae, and soul music to create a very distinct sound. |
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| SWAMPADELICA Swampadelica is something of a musical reverse migration. Beginning with the current sounds of rock and hip-hop, traveling to the Gulf states with funk and early American blues, down thru the Caribbean with Haitian Kreyol, ending up back in Africa via Nadine LaFond's African vocal styles and hindehoo-ing. These flavors come together particularly well on Swampadelica's latest album, "S'AC PASSE'?" which is being released July 22nd on Sidewards Records. "S'AC PASSE'?" is a Haitian Kreyol greeting meaning "What's going on?" to which the traditional response is "N'ap Boule!", or "Our fire is burning!". Indeed it is, and others are catching on. Swamp's Nadine LaFond will be appearing on Phish bassist Mike Gordon's new album being released on August 5th and the band will be appearing at Moe.Down #9 later this summer. |
| BERNIE WORRELL Bernie was a child prodigy who began studying piano at the tender age of three, performed this first Classical Concert at age four, and performed with the Washington Symphony Orchestra at ten. His classical studies included private lessons at the Juilliard School of Music, before he entered the New England Conservatory of Music, majoring in Classical Piano. Simply stated, Bernie Worrell is a Master Keyboardist, a founding member of Parliament/Funkadelic and keyboard wizard whose liquid lines deftly steered P-Funk straight to the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Besides this critically-acclaimed tenure with Talking Heads, Bernie's long list of collaborators has included Keith Richards, Buckethead, Jack Bruce, The Pretenders, Bill Laswell, The Last Poets, Les Claypool (Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains), Dave Stewart, and Gov't Mule. |
| CITIZENS BAND RADIO Citizens Band Radio is a live experience that perfectly blends Country and Rock & Roll while showcasing a traditional, authentic style that is filled with a contemporary freshness and energy. Live shows are knows to draw fans of all types, while insisting on them having fun and feeling good. Citizens Band Radio is made up of 6 professional musicians who have each spent a lifetime crafting his/her skills. The combination of talent and passion for what they do is just one of the things that make CB Radio work so well, and sound so good. Their sound is cohesive and tasteful - nothing is wasted. Every note counts and every word speaks the truth with the heart. In today's great melting pot of music, it's easy to think of Citizens Band Radio as the Ultimate American Music Stew! |
| JOE STUBY AND ROCKING HORSE Joe Stuby brings his unique brand of "Psychefunkabluesedelic Rock n' Roll" to the festival. "It is a blend of blues and funk, psychedelia and rock n' roll" says Stuby. "Hendrix meets P-Funk" said NJ music critic Bob Makin, after witnessing the band live. |
| ALL OR NOTHING "All or Nothing" is an all girl band that was formed in December 2007. Their music style and songs (which they call Rock/Pop) are all written by Alexa Warshany and played collectively by the band. In February, the band competed in a Battle of the Bands at Penns Landing in Philadelphia and won. This landed them in an opening spot in the Labor Day Weekend Concert in the Great Plaza at Penns Landing. The girls all agree that they owe a great deal to their guitar instructor, Joe Stuby, whom theycredit as being one of their inspirations. You can catch up with the band and all of their projects and shows at: myspace.com/AllOrNothingTheGirlBand |
| POST JUNCTION Featured in the book 'Jam Bands: North America's Hottest Live Groups', Post Junction brings together funk, jazz, soul, and rock with an emphasis in improvisation. Influences include Parliament/Funkadelic, Sly and the Family Stone, Jerry Garcia Band, Frank Zappa, and Miles Davis. The line up is Camille - vocals and percussion, Jon Fadem - guitar and vocals, Peter Fritz - bass, and John Morgan Kimock - drums. The band characterizes its music as " Earthy funk for your mind and body." |
| THE MIKE FRANK BAND The Mike Frank Band is a new band local to the North West region of New Jersey. Singer/Guitarist & Song Writer Michael Frank has found and put together a new arrangement of excellent musicians from Hunterdon County. The style is slightly funky and jazzy with some rock rolled into a jam band style. Some influences include Dave Matthews Band, Paul Simon, John Legend, Marvin Gaye, and The Grateful Dead. Members of this band have all joined together from local bands familiar to North West New Jersey's Music scene including: Ludlow Station, Avvaid, Simon Circles, The Joint Effort, & Inlimbo. |
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| Sunday, July 13th 12pm-8pm Lebanon Township Memorial Park info@LocalandLegend.com |
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| Please come out to our first annual "Local & Legend Benefit Festival". It will be a fun filled family day with great food and musical talent! Proceeds from this event will go to providing music scholarships for three local graduating seniors, the Lebanon Township Fire Department, and many non-profit organizations through |
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| We are proud to feature Local musicians with living Legend and Rock n' Roll Hall of Famer Bernie Worrell! |
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