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LULA AND THE GROOVEHOUNDS was born one evening when the group's bass player, Patrick Crossley was accused of playing like a "groovehound from hell." We thought that was a cool name and so, we pretended we had thought it up. Lula & the Groovehounds try to focus on sounding like a little big band and take many of their signature licks from blues and jazz standards.
LINDA JOSEPH (LJ) is a seasoned entertainer, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Her "one of a kind" vocal and instrumental style combines with a variety of musical influences, but her main love has always been the blues. Her eclectic background helps her deliver an array of musical styles with authenticity and a sensibility for the idiom. Although blues is not usually associated with the fiddle or the mandolin, Linda can make these instruments 'talk'. One of her hobbies is collecting aliases: favorites include 'Lula', 'Linda Lou', 'Magica', and 'O, My Queen'. In 1996, Linda had the good fortune of meeting up with super guitarist, Jeff Pitcher,...
JEFF PITCHER plays electric, acoustic and 12 string guitars. He also writes, arranges, produces and sings. He first heard LJ with a Celtic group and pestered the band relentlessly until they broke down and let him join. LJ recalls, "He didn't know Celtic worth a damn, but he had a great beat, so it worked out." As a soloist he uses a unique cut and paste approach that samples elements of rock, blues, alt country and swing over about a 70-year timeframe. Jeff is a semi-professional wiseass who claims to have invented the Nashville adjective of abuse "cookie cutte" in 1990. To keep in shape, he invents a new label for his style every couple of months. At the moment, he likes 'Paint from History'. What he enjoys most about the Groovehounds project is its' rhythmic vitality.
PATRICK CROSSLEY the group's bassist has had a formidable background in music education. Patrick has studied and performed with world class master players and is accomplished in a wide range of vocal styles. His greatest love is jazz. Patrick has held down long standing engagements at hotels and resorts on the East coast in duo and trio formats. Here in Nashville he continues to be in demand on the jazz circuit. Patrick also has the distinction of being the proud owner of a historic bass fiddle that survived the Holocaust
BRYAN CUMMING is technically not in the group being busy engineering the highly successful Studio 23 and playing in the 70s funk revivalist act C. C. Miller & the Soul Survivors, but we generally nag him into doing it anyway, because he contributed so much to the CD's essential feel. Bryan's areas of expertise include, (but are not necessarily limited to) tenor and alto sax, trumpet, cornet, singing, production and arranging. (i.e., he also does an annoying number of other things well, just not with us.)
JENNIE HOEFT is not in the group at all, she's just the hot local drummer we always call first, and we wanted an excuse to use her photo. She plays with Terry Reid and Girl Talk, has toured with the Warren Brothers and was a founding member of Bada-Bing, Bada-Boom, who we all think are pretty cool.
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CD: Jump for Joy
Label: Unissued
Credits: written by LINDA JOSEPH copyright 2002 LINDA JOSEPH vocals, violin, viola, mandolin JEFF PITCHER guitars BRYAN CUMMING saxophone, trumpet, coronet MICHAEL CLARK drums SCOTT CHAMBERS bass |
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CD: Jump for Joy
Label: Unissued
Credits: written by LINDA JOSEPH copyright 2002 LINDA JOSEPH vocals, violin, viola, mandolin JEFF PITCHER guitars BRYAN CUMMING saxophone, trumpet, coronet RICK LONOW drums MICHAEL THORNE bass |
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CD: Jump for Joy
Label: Unissued
Credits: written by JEFF PITCHER copyright 2002 LINDA JOSPEH violin, viola, mandolin JEFF PITCHER guitars BRYAN CUMMING saxophone, trumpet, cornet MICHAEL CLARK drums DAVE FRANCIS bass |
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