Artist description One man, one guitar, mainly, though on the CD, Big Block of Cheese, a great band of crazies backs me up, including BARRIE MAGUIRE (formerly of the Wallflowers and bass player for Natalie Merchant's Tigerlily), singer/songwriter guitarist MUKUND RAO, bassist extraordinare ERIC HAMMARBERG and master drummer GARY GOLD (of the Ben Arnold Band), superstar drummer TERRY MAGUIRE and background vocalists JESSICA BOOTH and MARK GEARY

Music Style FOLK/ROCK and a tinge of shameless POP with a little FUNK and down-home BLUEGRASS thrown in for good measure

Musical Influences Oh so many! From DYLAN, NEIL YOUNG and the GRATEFUL DEAD to JAMES BROWN, SLY & his whole big family, to MICHAEL HEDGES and RICHARD THOMPSON and a little ANI DiFRANCO of course MILES DAVIS and COLETRANE . . . .

Similar Artists I have my own sound, fortunately or not, which makes it difficult for those who are prone to categorize music to do so. Wish I sounded more like Zappa . . . .

Artist History From the press kit.... "Jay Sand began his professional performing career in Philadelphia playing fraternity parties and other university venues where drunken brawling was an acceptable form of communication. He also branched out to the non-university world, performing too many local holes-in-the-wall to mention. Sand moved to Boston in 1996 and continued performing there, mainly in folk clubs and dive bars. He expanded his reach to play at many coffee houses and folk performance series’ around the northeast, especially in New York City and his native Central Pennsylvania. Sand has also toured the world with his guitar, supporting his voyages by performing in both formal and informing settings such as LiLi’s Pub in Saigon, Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem, at the foot of the Acropolis in Greece and on the steps of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. He has opened for or shared the stage with such varied performers such as Arrested Development’s DIONNE FARRIS, Rocket99 Records’ BRENDA KAHN, Permanent Records’ TODD YOUNG and His Rock Band, ELIOT DUHAN of the legendary West Philadelphia band, EDO, Ton of Mun Records recording artist BEN KAPLAN, CHUCK BRODSKY of Waterbug Records, central Pennsylvania singer/songwriter DAVID WEISBERG, Green Linnet Records’ CARLA SCIAKY, Spiderwoman Records’ CYNTHIA MASON, Philadelphia singer/songwriters MUKUND RAO and NANCY FALKOW and many others. Sand performs often with his brother, MARC SAND as 'The Sand Family' -- their debut release, Beefcake, is currently available through Permanent Records."

Group Members Musicians on "Big Block of Cheese" JAY SAND: Most guitars, harmonica, all lead vocals BARRIE MAGUIRE: Acoustic and electric guitars, bass, banjo MUKUND RAO: Acoustic and electric guitars, most backing vocals ERIC HAMMARBERG: Electric and acoustic bass, some drums TERRY MAGUIRE: Drums on "Binoculars" GARY GOLD: Drums on "Icarus" JESSICA BOOTH: Backing vocals MARK GEARY: Backing vocals

Instruments When I perform live I play a great guitar, a Lowden 025-C, though I recorded most of the acoustic tracks on the CD with another great guitar, a Martin OM-28

Albums Big Block of Cheese

Additional Info Please e-mail me at jay@tao.ca with any feedback.

Location Morgantown, West Virginia - USA

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