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Stevie Salas - Guitar
Stevie Salas was hand-picked by George Clinton as the guitarist
for Clinton’s albums. He’s skipped cities in a private jet with Rod Stewart, playing sold-out stadiums. He signed the largest deal Island Records had ever forked over for a new artist. His second solo album ousted the Rolling Stones and Aerosmith for "Best Album" in Japan. Most books name him as one of the Top 50 Guitarists of All Time. Just months ago Mick Jagger tapped him to be his guitarist... |
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Marc Ganetakos - Guitar
Marc Ganetakos most recently performed with Nelly Furtado, has written and been recorded in a diverse range of musical styles and has performed for audiences across the world ranging from small clubs to large outdoor venues opening for such bands as Spirit Of The West, The Headstones, Tea Party, The Crash Test Dummies, BIF, Wide Mouth Mason, and Alanis Morrisette. Marc also performed as orchestral arranger, documentary score composer and featured guitarist for a live audience of 600,000 at the 2002 World Youth Day celebration in Toronto.When not performing as a lead guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with Toronto's premiere original acts, Marc is writing and producing his debut CD while working as a session musician and composing music for film and television.
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Anesti Karantakis - Guitar
Toronto guitarist Anesti Karantakis is an incredible performer, teacher, and musician. A professional musician for over fifteen years, Anesti's eclectic style and tremendous versatility make him at home in almost any style of music, including an impressive fluency on the Greek bouzouki. He is an Honours graduate of the Humber College Music program where he studied Jazz and majored in composition and arranging. Since then, he has worked with a wide variety of notable artists including Fefe Dobson (Universal/Island Def Jam), Dayna Manning (EMI), Beverley Mahood (Spin/EMI), Sass Jordan (Aquarius), and has performed on numerous recording sessions for television and radio such as the CBC, TVO, and Shaw Cable. As an educator, Anesti has instructed hundreds of students with his inspired practice and applied theory teaching method and has been a faculty member at IMC/Camp Rock, the National Guitar Workshop, the Guitar Workshop Plus, as well as teaching at the Oakville Academy for the Arts since its inception in 2003.
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Neil Chapman - Guitar
Neil has been playing rock guitar since before they landed on the moon. His career choice has taken him all over the world, playing on stage with such great artists as Buffy Sainte-Marie, Leonard Cohen, The Sattalites, and The Pukka Orchestra. He is a seasoned studio guitarist, and has played on countless spots for television, radio, and movies. To quote Neil, "I truly believe that playing the guitar is the best job in the known universe."
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Rob Lamothe - Guitar/Vocals
Between 1992 and 2002, singer-songwriter Rob Lamothe toured throughout Europe more than 25 times and then decided he needed to take a break from performing his own songs in public. There is some irony in the fact that, since then, his musical life has been busier than ever.
In the last two years alone, Rob co-wrote the first single from Canadian Idol winner Kalan Porters' triple platinum-selling debut CD, wrote a song on Tom Wilson's new solo record, 'Dog Years', wrote the title track on Canadian folk music legend David Bradstreet's new record, 'Lifelines' and wrote and sang a track on the American television show, 'Everwood'.
Rob has been playing guitar in Liam Titcomb's band during those same two years, opening 33 shows for Great Big Sea and Jimmy Rankin. Rob and Liam then joined David Usher for his 2005 Cross-Canada tour. In between the tours and a whole lot of music festival performances, Rob and Liam found time to write a couple songs.
Rob spends a lot of time writing and recording with amazing new artist's like London's 'The Joys', (who recently won 'Best Live Act' at the 2006 Toronto Independent Music Awards), Hamilton's Michelle Titian and 15 year-old singer-songwriter (and standout at Ontario Council of Folk Festivals 2006 Conference) Ariana Gillis.
Rob is gearing up for a European tour in early 2007 to promote his latest CD, 'Long Lazy Curve' (due in Canadian stores in early 2007). The CD is getting some amazing advance reviews in The Toronto Star and Exclaim Magazine and Rob is already writing songs for the next one, baby!
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John Tilden - Guitar
John is journeyman guitarist who has been playing professionally since he was 17. In this time he has played with a million bands and done just about everything one can do on the guitar to make a living.
He wrote and performed the music for the Juno Awards 2 years in a row with Mondo Combo; he backed up Wayne Gretzky at Wayne's yearly celebrity event (as a singer Wayne is a great hockey player); he even played with Steven Segal (as an actor Steven is a great guitar player).
John has been lucky enough to play with a lot of the players he idolized while he was growing up -- Etta James, Lowell Fulson, Otis Rush, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Dr. John, John Lee Hooker, Big Momma Thornton, Rufus Thomas, Johnny Adams, and many more.
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Donna Grantis - guitar
In 2002, Donna Grantis graduated with high distinction from McGill University’s renowned jazz performance program in Montreal, Quebec.
She plays lead guitar in the Toronto rock band, The Red Light Riot (www.myspace.com/redlightriot). The band independently released their debut album, War and Ribbons of Euphoria, in January 2007. In addition to her original band, Donna performs with other artists, including Jacksoul (Sony BMG) and Divine Brown (Universal), and as well is part of a four piece progressive jazz group called the Vanessa Rodrigues Soul Project. Donna has played alongside Vanessa numerous times at the prestigious Montreal Jazz Festival; notably in 2004 when the group was nominated for the “Prix du Jazz Award”. She plays a classic white Gibson X-Plorer.
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Jay Speziale - Bass / Vocals
Jay has been a professional musician for the past 25 years. In that time he has performed with Sass Jordan, Ben E. King, Pris Black, Tommy Roe, The Platters, The Marvelettes, The Drifters, Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders, Karen Silver, The Mammas and the Pappas, and a whole lot more! Jay is also the leader of a very successful club band in Toronto called "BACKSTREET". |
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Leo Valvassori- Bass
Leonardo Valvassori is a bassist, cellist and vocalist. His career path has taken him to stages and studios with a list of luminaries that includes blues and rock and roll legends like Ronnie Hawkins, Mel Brown, Snooky Pryor, John Lee Hooker, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, to country and native artists such as Susan Aglukark and Jamie Warren, to young up and comers like FeFe Dobson and Jay Englishman. He was Jacek in the only Toronto production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch with a cast that included Moe Berg, Ted Dykstra and Selina Martin. Since 1996 he has enjoyed an on-going association with Grammy-winning singer Alannah Myles having been at times bassist/cellist/vocalist and musical director. He loves to cook.
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Gerry Reid - Vocals
A vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Gerry studied music at York University in Toronto. He is equally at home playing guitar or flute, and is frequently featured as a vocalist in Toronto area bands along with some of the finest musicians in the city. As a session singer Gerry's voice has been heard on CBC Television, and The Fox Television Network (U.S.). Gerry also sang the theme song for the animated feature film "Ali Baba and the Thieves" (Canadian/Italian co-production). |
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Mike Siracusa - Drums
Mike, a professional drummer, has instructed students in the art of rhythm, rock, jazz, latin, theory, and improvisation for 15 years. His drumming has taken him across North America, touring with original acts and cover bands. He is endorsed by RimShot Drum Sticks and Yamaha Drums. |
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Dave Patel - Drums
Dave has been playing drums for over 20 years and had the good fortune to record/perform with some wonderful musicians and people, including Special Ed and the Musically Challenged, Molasses Run, Mint Band, Bass is Base, One, Jamie Bonk, Nick "Brownman" Ali Chiva, Mike Freedman, Michael Keith, Emily 13, Madagascar Slim, Donne' Roeberts, Ndidi Onwukulu, Katherine Filippeos , Lance Bennett, Wendy Irvine , Ian Crieghton H3O , Gary Diggins, Don Thompson, Simon Wilcox, JukeJoint, Shelly Hamilton, R.C.Johnson, Robi Botos, Planet Earth. You can also hear Dave on over 40 albums/discs , various jingles and some T.V. work.
Dave studied at York University, Humber College and privately with Vito Rezza, Jim Blackley, and Paul DeLong.
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