Soul Gravity is the right band for a memorable night of fun times and high energy music. They have built a reputation for passionate live performances and have a large repertoire of fantastic material so each show is always new and exciting. The band mixes a bit of acoustic rock sensibilities with contemporary rock grooves and then tops it all off with some fat guitar edge, tight vocal harmonies, and excellent musicianship, all the while creating a great party atmosphere.

The members of the band have spent most of their lives playing music and touring both regionally and nationally. It shows in every aspect of their live performances. Lead singer, John Trupp, was a member of New Potato Caboose, a band that toured the US for years and released a major label recording. Working the states, John learned what works best when you get good folks together who are ready to party.

The band is perfect for events large and small, catering to the expectations of the crowd and the event. For a more intimate event the group can also perform solo acoustic or duo as well. The group can also do a mix of the two if that is what your event calls for and are always flexible on songs, sound, lighting, and scheduling. If there's something you really want, just ask!

Soul Gravity has a unique, energetic and fresh approach that gives their music an original and progressive flavor. The spontaneity of their shows and symbiotic interaction with the crowd make for an enjoyable and memorable event of not just music but of experiences of the moment - something extraordinary that will never be the same on any given night.

John Trupp — Lead Vocals & Guitar

John is a musician-songwriter and native of the DC music scene. Early on, he joined a nationally touring group called New Potato Caboose - what fun. After years of road warrior touring, NPC was signed to Rykodisc and having sold tens of thousands of cds, broke up shortly after. He then formed The True - a modern funkish rock ensemble with memorable hooks and forgettable looks. MCA bankrolled a development deal resulting in an untimely break up after years of regional touring. That's the biz!

He had great times recording albums with John Alagia and Doug Derryberry and made a bunch of cds with various artists. He performed with their band live and on their cd Reinvigorating the Wheel. He also jams with Radio Mosaic and produced, mostly wrote, and performed on their 2 CD releases "Roll" and "Look Around." Radio Mosaic also has a new dvd from their MHz TV performance.

He also made a solo record called "Beware of the Dogma" while in between The True and Radio Mo and just made another CD called Karma Electric where he produced, performed and wrote all the music and also designed the cd. John also has many songs placed in movies and and soon coming to televison.

John's lovin' life, rockin' out with his pals in Soul Gravity. All the boys in Soul Gravity just groove so well together and John loves the vibe of this band and that they can play just about anything. So fun! :-)

Adrian Cox — LowFreqGuy & Vocals

After playing guitar in his freshman year in his high school jazz band, Jim Murdza, the band’s director, told Adrian to “buy a bass, you’re my new bass player”. Adrian feels that this was a defining moment in his musical journey. Adrian had started playing music at age seven, after receiving his first guitar from his maternal grandmother, Loloa. At age nine, he started playing the trumpet, following in his father’s footsteps. He then played all of the lower brass instruments in middle and high school. Adrian attended Towson University and played in Hank Levy’s jazz ensemble as a freshman.

A constant in the Baltimore area local music scene, over the years Adrian has been a member of Junkyard Saints, The Uncertains, Love Riot, BiggerBetterFasterMore and is very excited to join forces with John, Ronnie and Tim in Soul Gravity. Adrian has also played in a wide variety of musical situations, including pit orchestras for local and regional theatre productions, recording studios, most of the dive bars in Maryland and other live venues including The Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and The Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore and the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, CA. Adrian has appeared onstage with artists including The Arundel Vocal Arts Society, Carolyn Black-Sotir, Rain Pryor, Milkshake and Bob Newhart.

Each musical performance is dedicated to three women: Loloa, his grandmother, for giving him his start; Karen, his mom, for keeping him on track as a musical student; and Penny, his wife, for her support and understanding the crazy hours that musicians sometimes keep. Adrian also believes that world peace could be achieved if the whole world took tuba lessons.

Ronnie "Ronstar" Smith — Drums & Vocals

Ronnie got bit by the rock and roll bug early, around 8 years old, and by 10 was drumming on any surface that he could find. Got his first drum at 12 and proceeded to teach himself to play. He also started playing the guitar around the same time and still can't put it down! He moved to Austin, TX. at 18 and played in a few bands there, then moved to Boston to attend The Berklee College of Music for a few years, attaining their Diploma in Professional Music. Left school and ended up playing 275 nights a year traveling thru out the mid-Atlantic region. After several years of this, he switched to part time, working on mostly original singer-songwriter type material and doing a lot of studio recording.

He has had the opportunity to work with some really GREAT musicians. In the mid-90's, he started the band ZIP with local singer/songwriter extrordinaire Cal Everett (Four Out of Five Doctors). They were together around 5 years, made a great album together, and were featured on the last WAMA "Best of DC Artists" album in 1997. Shortly thereafter, he joined The Larry Burnett Band for a couple years and helped make another great album. Larry is one of the original singer/songwriters from the Rock band 'Firefall', and writes some GREAT songs. Currently, he's playing with Soul Gravity, Jonny and the Stingrays, The Deeme Katson Band, Doug Pritchett and Friends, the Tender Polman Band, Greg Reges, and a few others. He also does "fill-ins", studio work, and teaches Drum and Guitar Lessons. Ron is also an avid vintage drum and guitar collector.

Some of the bands he's worked with, are: Tomorrow's Dream, Spyce, The Locust, Face it!, The Shake, The Regenerators, Boss Crow, The Spankmasters, Wall to Wall, The Greg Reges Band, Steve Murphy, ZIP, The Larry Burnett Band, Tommy Lepson and Lazy Boys, The Deeme Katson Band, Perry and Polman, The Cactus Liquors, Walnut Grove, Rita Rocks, Xyra, Karl Stoll and the Danger Zone, Jonny and the Stingrays, Soul Gravity, Wood'n'Steel, Radio Mosaic, and a whole BUNCH more...

Dave Ziebarth — Lead guitar, keyboards, vocals, and everything else

Dave began playing guitar in high school and he’s been playing in bands ever since. He plays many play styles of guitar (classical, electric, jazz, steel-string acoustic and pedal steel) keyboards, bass, mandolin, harmonica, accordian and several other instruments. You may have heard him playing guitar and banjo along with a full orchestra for the musicals Thoroughly Modern Millie and Steel Pier at Montgomery College, lead and acoustic guitar in Godspell at the Warner Theater or any of a dozen other musicals for which he was a member of the pit orchestra.

As a veteran of many wedding bands, he played hundreds of office parties, weddings and bar-mitzvahs over the years. He played lead guitar on a number of shows during the heyday of the New Potato Caboose from 1988 – 1990. He was a longtime member of the band Redline and played lead guitar on their CD Baby Blue. Some other bands he’s played with have included The Nodes, Feel, Whalebone Junction, Buzzy Linhart (who wrote the pop hit song "Friends" and played vibraphone on Jimi Hendrix' song "Drifting"), Charles Wright, The Next Step, Larry Seals Quartet, Crazy Fingers, Joe Dicey & Jamnation, Laura Maureen Sullivan (finalist on Nashville Star), Radio Mosaic, The True, The Hula Monsters and many others.

Dave has recently done a few gigs on acoustic guitar and keys backing up a great Nashville singer/songwriter named Jaime Fox. These have included opening for country star Mark Wills on the 4th of July, and an amazing gig in Cancun, Mexico backing Jaime and another talented Nashville singer Shannon Mock, which was filmed and broadcast on the GAC cable network.