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Hey everybody!
I'm a NYC singer/songwriter/guitarist....Italian, Aries...love animals..have had 3 dogs and now have a cat...a stray that adopted me!:)
Love the arts, history,archaeology,food & cooking...all things old and retro, fleamarkets...
Just getting things going here on Imeem.
More music and videos to come!:)
Please have a listen to my music:)...and also hope you enjoy my favorites!
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Musical Insight/Bio:
With soulful, heartfelt vocals, walls of guitars, funky grooves, horns and beautiful string melodies, the music of singer/songwriter/guitarist Joe Gande crosses all barriers.
"Music is supposed to make you feel..."
Joe's music provides listeners with dynamics, heartfelt emotions and raw intensity. His songs are filled with soaring melodies, catchy hooks, addictive, sing along choruses, introspective, self-searching moments and pure driving rock & roll.
"An Emotional Journey..."
Emotions will undoubtedly arise upon listening to the music of Joe Gande. Joe draws on a variety of personal life experiences, painting a thought-provoking, abstract landscape that all can undeniably relate to. Songs about life, loss, ups, downs, love lost and found and the human condition. Songs about learning, searching, questioning, understanding, healing, finding...
Stop, Look, and Listen.
Joe has the uncanny ability to reach people and make them feel - a voice charisma and presence that immediately draw in a crowd and makes any Joe Gande and The Godsend Sessions live performance an exciting, memorable no holds-barred site to see-passion and pure guts!
"A Natural"
Singing, writing, arranging, producing-all without ever taking a formal musical lesson in his life. A prolific songwriter and self-taught guitarist with an ear for melody since a young age, the music just comes into his head. From arranging horn charts, drum fills and grooves, scoring beautiful lush string sections and vocal harmonies, to bangin'out some funky piano...
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city
New York City
state/country
NY, US
time
? - present
 
 
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Joe Gande: Singer/songwriter/guitarist/piano/keys/producer/arranger...All lead vocals, vocal harmonies, backup vocals, guitars, piano, keys, conga -on all studio tracksThe Godsend Sessions:Craig Shrawder: Keys - Live & Studio tracksKevin Bregande: Drums- Live and all studio tracksAndrew Frawley: Drums - LiveNeal Ostberg: Bass - Live and all studio tracksJohn Miles: Bass - LiveThe Mountain Stab Horns:Dig Horns? Joe has had the privilege and honor of performing with some of the finest, most talented horn players in NYC and the world... Some of the best have joined Joe live on stage!Tim Ouimette: Trumpet (The Four Tops, The Temptations, Ray Charles, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Keith Richards, Cab Calloway, Ben E. King, Dizzy Gillespie...)Nate Mayland: Trombone (The Four Tops,Temptations, Southside Johnny, Frankie Valli, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, The Gene Krupa Orchestra...)Maximilian Schweiger: Saxophone (Ray Barretto, Israel Cachao, Mario Bauza, Wynton Marsalis, Arturo O’Farrill, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons, The Funkbrothers, Paquito DRivera, the Duke Ellington Orchestra...)Danny Wilensky: Saxophone (Santana, Lauren Hill, Steve Winwood, David Bowie...)John Allred: Trombone (The Four Tops, The Temptations, WoodyHerman, Toshiko Akiyoshi...)Jim O’Conner: Trumpet (The Four Tops, They Might Be Giants...)Rick Kriska: Bari Sax (The Four Tops, The Temptations, Cab Calloway, Ben E. King, Artie Shaw...)Kiku Collins: Trumpet-Live/studio track-"Lost her Head"(Psych The Clown, NYC Blues Devils, Beyonce, Michael Bolton...Ben Griffin: TromboneRich Nichols: TrumpetShlomi Cohen: Saxophone
Influences
'60's and '70's Soul, R&B, funk...Motown, Classic Rock, Aerosmith!!,Steve Tyler and Joe Perry, Cheap Trick!!, The Beatles, Hendrix, Bad Company(Paul Rodgers),Led Zep, ELO, Journey, Cream, The Who, Deep Purple, Leslie West-Mountain, Robin Trower, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ronnie Van Zant(southern rock),The '70s, Hard Rock , Metal, Glam, AM Radio, Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Earth,Wind and Fire!, Tower of Power, War, Early Chicago, Toto, Prince... My Father...Life!
Other Artists
Jeff Buckley, The Black Crowes, Lenny Kravitz, STP, Chris Cornell, Flamenco guitar, Classical-Love strings..., Antonio Carlos Jobim, Andres Segovia, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin...all kindsa shit... If I get a chill and my hairs stand up I'll probably dig it...
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Aerosmith!!,Steve Tyler and Joe Perry, Cheap Trick!!, The Beatles, Hendrix, Bad Company(Paul Rodgers), Led Zeppelin, ELO, Journey, Cream, The Who, Deep Purple, Leslie West-Mountain, Robin Trower, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ronnie Van Zant(southern rock),The '70s, Hard Rock , Metal, Glam, '60's and '70's Soul, R&B, Motown, AM Radio, Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Earth,Wind and Fire!, Tower of Power, War, Early Chicago, Toto, Prince... My Father...Life!I also dig Jeff Buckley, The Black Crowes, Lenny Kravitz, STP, Chris Cornell, Flamenco guitar, Classical-Love strings..., Antonio Carlos Jobim, Andres Segovia, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin...all kindsa shit... If I get a chill and my hairs stand up I'll probably dig it...
movies
Movies-The Godfather I, II and III, Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart, Gladiator, 300, Pirates, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Passion, Moonstruck, Old world war II movies, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Nicholas Cage, Clint Eastwood , Errol Flynn & John Wayne movies...on a lighter side...Mel Brooks movies, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy...Lethal Weapon...
tv shows
The Sopranos, CSI Miami, Law and Order, Heroes, Monk, Top Chef, PBS, Food Network, Documentaries, HBO's The Band of Brothers, 70's sitcoms
actors
Robert DeNiro, Al PAcino, Nicholas Cage,John Wayne, Errol Flynn, James Cagney

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Jan 31st, 3:06am
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UN SALUDO CECI

Jan 21st, 6:14pm
Fantasia

UN SALUDO CECI

Jan 14th, 10:17am
thanks for the add

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Jan 13th, 10:01am
Jan 8th, 4:16pm
Thanks Joe...have a great Day my Friend !!
Sep 13th, 12:38am
Have a great weekend! :)

~Deborah (aka)GuitarsNdreams
Aug 25th, 9:02pm
Aug 21st, 2:52am
thanks for the add!! you rock :)

xo-Lisa

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