It was a really awesome experience and we gained a ton of fans.Īnything new such as CDs, Merchandise or tours/shows? Another claim to fame, I guess, is that we went on a self-booked and self-promoted tour last summer for two weeks.I guess a well-known CT band would be Tip the Van, who we love playing with.
#The go getters band plus
Plus other bands of course, but I would say those are the most famous ones we’ve shared the stage with. Yeah – we’re played with these guys: Minus the Bear, Kevin Devine, Mad Caddies, Nightmare of You, and Patent Pending.So it’s tricky to tell people about us without them automatically thinking we play ska.ĭoes GCGG have any claims to fame, who is the best artist you’ve shared the stage with? Another important point I want to make is that, yes, we are a rock band with horns, but we definitely don’t categorize ourselves under the ‘ska’ or ‘funk’ label.Everyone has their own influences, and they all seem to come out at once.” I think we try to stress that we don’t really sound like anything out there, that’s a pretty clichéd response but we’ve started writing songs that sound like Mad Caddies, Brand New, or John Mayer songs and by the time we’re done they don’t resemble those bands much at all.
Here is a quote from Mike (guitar): “As far as bands we sound like, Steve from the Space said we remind him of Buena Vista Social Club. Monty Are I, RX Bandits, Wolf Parade, John Mayer, Muse, Mad Caddies, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Brand New, and Charlie Parker. I think if I were pressed to give a short list of our musical influences, I would list the following artists (in no particular order):. Of the new songs we’re writing right now, one’s very latin influenced but the melody is a quote of “Nature Boy” by Duke Ellington one of them is very reminiscent of new music like Wolf Parade another one is heavily influenced by John Mayer, but also at the same time Sly and the Family Stone. Of the four songs on our upcoming EP, one is in a jazzy style (almost like “Love Song” by Sara Bareilles) but quotes classical composers like Mendelssohn and Chopin another song has an atonal sax solo one is in a latin style that switches to a disco for the chorus and there’s a hard rock song that’s mixed with a little funkiness. All of us have very diverse influences on our personal musical styles, and so the music that we make together is not easy to classify. Fun fact: some of our current songs are actually rock versions of the jazz trio’s originals. Over the years the rest of the members joined and the band evolved more into what it is today. The band formed a long time ago (I believe in 2001) as a jazz trio, featuring only John-Michael (who played sax at the time), Adam, and Sean. John-Michael (vox/piano/guitar) and myself (alto sax) go to Yale Mike (guitar) goes to Quinnipiac Adam (bass) goes to NYU Sean (drums) goes to UCONN Andy (tenor sax) goes to UMass Amherst and Tom (trumpet) goes to Williams. All the members are from Madison, CT, except for (me) Stephen who is from Oyster Bay, NY. Here’s a Q and A with Stephen from Great Caesar and the GoGetters
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