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A
few folks we've shared the stage with:
Jimmy's Chicken Shack
Fools and Horses
Soldiers of Jah Army
Mambo Sauce
Naked Blue
Junkyard Saints
Tom Principato
Mary Ann Redmond
Tommy Lepson
The
Nighthawks
Mary Shaver
Janine Wilson
Generation Vinyl
Linwood Taylor
Radio Mosaic
Hand Painted Swinger
Jonny and the Stingrays
Zachary J Band
The Guzzlers
Lori and Cletus
Tender Polman Band
Mike's Garage
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A few places we've played:
National Capital BBQ Battle
The State Theater
Constitution Hall DAR
Billingsley House Museum
Mayhurst Inn
Leesylvania State Park
Hyattsville Concert Series
SIlver Spring Concert Series
River Farm
RIRA
Dad's Pub
High Topps
Sasso
Derwoodstock Festival
Quincy's
Fireflies
Austin Grill
Middleton's Tavern
Sunset Grille
Fast Eddie's
Dogfish Head Alehouse
Greene Turtle
Bistro Europa
Dogwood Tavern
Bangkok Blues
Growler's of Gaithersburg
JJ Muldoon's
Whitlow's
Firestone's
Old Angler's Inn
Kirkpatrick's
Nick's
Sunset Grille
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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
Zeibarth — 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.
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