BAND
BIO
Funky, homegrown and hot…
The Avant Gardeners are fiddler and vocalist
Laura Light, George Paul
on piano and accordion, Dave Wiesler on keyboards,
guitar and mandolin
and Dan Sebring on guitar. For larger venues,
Jim Roberts joins the
group on percussion.The tunes are eclectic,
original and rootsy -
American hybrid variety.
The deep grooves of the band's mixture of
traditional and composed
tunes have contributed to the delirium of
dancers at countless dances
and concerts from coast to coast. Their range
of performing styles
from traditional swing, Celtic and old time
and their facile
improvisation on fiddle, piano, accordion,
guitar, mandolin, and
percussion have given this group their reputation
as one of the
premier contra and swing dance bands in the
country.
Avant Gardener CDs: Tulip Bandits, with George,
Laura, Dave, Roger
Gold, Stuart Kinney, Scottie Williams and
Bobby Read was just released
in the spring of 2006. This recording is mostly
original compositions
and mostly the dance medleys we've been asked
to record! thanks to all
of you who kept writing to urge us to get
it done! In addition, there
is a little Ray Charles, and a couple of sweet
ballads of Laura's.
Done live in the studio, the recording captures
some of that good
contra mojo.
Original Gardeners, Laura, Dave, and Dan Sebring
with bassist Ralph
Gordon, percussionist Paddy League, and vocalist
Jo Taylor, released
STRONGER THAN DIRT, in 2003 - all original
songs, hot swing, and jigs
and reels. Featuring the writing of all three
gardeners, connoisseurs
of homegrown hybrid folk music will definitely
want to check out this
fresh batch of songs and tunes. This group
is a non-standard variety,
mixing years of misspent youth rock and rolling
with endless jams at
fiddle festivals, swinging jazz with tinges
of Klezmer, Irish reels
and classical strains amongst folk melodies.
"People are going to love this CD!"
- Grammy award winning mastering engineer
Charlie Pilzer, Airshow.
Please call 434-974-1488 or contact Laura
Light at laurafiddle@gmail.com
for CD and booking information.
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DOWNLOAD
Avant
Garderners Duo- Poster with Laura and George
(PDF file*)
Avant
Garderners Duo- Poster with Laura and George
(WORD file)
PLAYER BIOS
Jim Roberts
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David Weisler
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