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Event
- Title:
- No Brakes: HVBA Showcase Series
- When:
- 02/24/2012 07.00PM
- Where:
- Christ Church - Poughkeepsie
- Venue:
- Christ Church - Website
- Street:
- 20 Carroll Street
- ZIP:
- 12601
- City:
- Poughkeepsie
- State:
- NY
Description
The Band
No Brakes is a high energy band playing the best of traditional and contemporary bluegrass. This Poughkeepsie based quintet has been together for over ten years playing many local venues. They have opened for the Gibson Brothers , Bill Keith, Tony Trishka, The Hickory Project and have also appeared at the Willow Creek Bluegrass Festival in Montgomery, NY.
Gary DiGiovanni : Banjo & Vocals
Frank Kara : Mandolin & Vocals
Rusty Boris: Bass & Vocals
Eric Spaulding : Guitar & Vocals
BIO’s
Frank Kara (mandolin, vocals) grew up listening to his dad play fiddle and guitar around the house. After playing electric and acoustic guitar through high school and into his twenties, Frank started experimenting with the mandolin. After discovering the music of Tony Rice and attending his first Winterhawk Bluegrass Festival he decided to concentrate on playing bluegrass mando-lin. Forming a duet with musical partner Eric Spaulding, the two worked up an array of fiddle tunes and classic bluegrass materi-al. Answering an ad for a Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association function got them in contact with other players, and soon No Brakes was formed with banjo player Ken Flowers.
Eric Spaulding (guitar, vocals) also has a father who plays guitar. He and Frank started playing together in the early eighties in a variety of local bands and was converted to bluegrass at the same Winterhawk Festival. Eric's guitar playing reflects the influence of his heroes Charles Sawtelle, Tony Rice and Doc Watson.
Gary DiGiovanni (banjo, vocals) has been a part of the No Brakes family since about 2001, substituting for Ken Flowers on several gigs. Born in New York and raised in New Jersey, Gary's first musical instrument was the trombone. After becoming aware of folk music in the early 1960s he fooled around with the guitar and harmonica, but got bitten by the banjo bug after hearing the playing of Alan Shel-ton. Gary has played in many bands and became a regular member of No Brakes in January of 2004.
Rusty Boris (bass, vocals) from Kingston NY, is an "in demand" sideman with many Hudson Valley bands. He can play all styles of music on both acoustic and electric bass. Rusty has even been known to bow out a fiddle tune or two on the upright bass and is a fine songwriter as well. No Brakes is pleased to have our bottom end in Rusty's capable hands.
No Brakes is a high energy band playing the best of traditional and contemporary bluegrass. This Poughkeepsie based quintet has been together for over ten years playing many local venues. They have opened for the Gibson Brothers , Bill Keith, Tony Trishka, The Hickory Project and have also appeared at the Willow Creek Bluegrass Festival in Montgomery, NY.
Gary DiGiovanni : Banjo & Vocals
Frank Kara : Mandolin & Vocals
Rusty Boris: Bass & Vocals
Eric Spaulding : Guitar & Vocals
BIO’s
Frank Kara (mandolin, vocals) grew up listening to his dad play fiddle and guitar around the house. After playing electric and acoustic guitar through high school and into his twenties, Frank started experimenting with the mandolin. After discovering the music of Tony Rice and attending his first Winterhawk Bluegrass Festival he decided to concentrate on playing bluegrass mando-lin. Forming a duet with musical partner Eric Spaulding, the two worked up an array of fiddle tunes and classic bluegrass materi-al. Answering an ad for a Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association function got them in contact with other players, and soon No Brakes was formed with banjo player Ken Flowers.
Eric Spaulding (guitar, vocals) also has a father who plays guitar. He and Frank started playing together in the early eighties in a variety of local bands and was converted to bluegrass at the same Winterhawk Festival. Eric's guitar playing reflects the influence of his heroes Charles Sawtelle, Tony Rice and Doc Watson.
Gary DiGiovanni (banjo, vocals) has been a part of the No Brakes family since about 2001, substituting for Ken Flowers on several gigs. Born in New York and raised in New Jersey, Gary's first musical instrument was the trombone. After becoming aware of folk music in the early 1960s he fooled around with the guitar and harmonica, but got bitten by the banjo bug after hearing the playing of Alan Shel-ton. Gary has played in many bands and became a regular member of No Brakes in January of 2004.
Rusty Boris (bass, vocals) from Kingston NY, is an "in demand" sideman with many Hudson Valley bands. He can play all styles of music on both acoustic and electric bass. Rusty has even been known to bow out a fiddle tune or two on the upright bass and is a fine songwriter as well. No Brakes is pleased to have our bottom end in Rusty's capable hands.
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