Artist description A rowdy Australian and an assortment of international friends. Cooking up an eclectic blend of folk/rock/pop/roots/world/funk in the San Francisco Bay. UPDATE 1/01/02: Avi has relocated to Portland, Oregon! Check the AVI AND ME website (www.aviandme.com)for news about Oregonian musicians co-opted into the Mad Aussie Muzo's band of merry musical misfits, AVI AND ME. (you can hear Avi solo and unplugged at mp3.com/avi_unplugged)

Music Style World-Pop Folk-Rock

Musical Influences eclectic

Artist History After a childhood spent studying classical guitar, a sweet young Avi headed off to London to be corrupted by the funk scene. From there, he made his way to the US to study at jazz-oriented GIT Los Angeles. The years since then have been spent as a career musician, playing all kinds of music, all over the world. (Ask him sometime about the night in the Iban longhouse in the rainforests of Borneo.) Avi currently resides in Portland, Oregon, where he is the proud poppa of Happy, the Wonder Pugahuahua, who sings and plays piano (check him out at happythedog.com)

Group Members Avi- singer/songwriter/guitar/harmonica. Party Guests have included: Celso Alberti - drums. Celso has toured internationally with Airto, Steve Winwood, and Herbie Mann, and plays regularly with Harry Belafonte MD Jose Neto; Doug Amey - bass/vocal soup. Doug's band, the Nines, used to open for The Smithereens. He is a vegetarian and he loves Sally; Don Fox - electric guitar/vocal soup. Don's first instrument was trumpet, and you can hear the influence in his silky guitar. He is the uberlord of tasty SF band LocaMota; Lou Portella - bass/vocal soup. Lou went pro as a teenager in Puerto Rico before moving to the States for further misadventures; percussion - Marquinhos Brasil. Originally from Brazil, Marquinhos is often on the road touring with a struggling singer by the name of Mariah Carey, and is always playing dad to MQ Jr.; keyboard - Kit Walker. Kit's first Windham Hill solo release was a Top 10 contemporary jazz album. He's worked with artists ranging from Rita Coolidge to Puff Daddy.

Instruments acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, vocals

Albums The Bootlegged Rehearsal

Press Reviews "Unbelievably talented dynamite" (BERT NEWTON, host of GOOD MORNING AUSTRALIA) "...shades of Dylan and the Band run through this...you can just hear this singer getting down with his bad self...I can't stress enough - get T-Bone Burnett on this and crank it!!" (SHAKEY TEE, reviewing song "Big Mamma E" for ARTISTLAUNCH)"Great listening music..AVI AND ME deliver the goods..."(REVIEWED BY POPCHARTS.CBJ.NET-April, 2001)"Wonderfully hypnotic"(DIM THE LIGHTS INTERNET RADIO - April, 2001)"Instantly likeable...One not to be missed!" (KARN INTERNET RADIO- April, 2001) The word from assorted MP3 stations: "Excellent folk. Reminds us of our days at Woodstock gone by" (Zubin in the Park) "This is how a rock band is supposed to sound. A Dire Straights/Springstein feel" (Full Moon Rising) "So different and cool" (Roozey Radio) "The lyrics dance arond the guitar to create rhythm poems and emotions" (Effortlessly) "A unique vocal style...very compelling" (CM's Garden) "Some of the finest acoustic guitar picking you've ever heard" "WKRP in Cincinnatti)"Wild Stuff!" (Whitespace) "Music that's good and good for something" (Independence) "Highly recommended" (Blue Highway)"A huge talent" (Alice in Wonderland)

Location Portland, Oregon - USA

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