Artist description The Basement Beats love to stretch-out beyond the traditional confines of Rock music into free-form, improvisational, poetry-performance pieces and free-flowing flights of musical fancy: from beat poetry to blues, from jazz to jam-band dynamics, and from folk-rock to spacey rhythm & blues! ... Our main goal is to get the words out and have a blast at the same time!

Music Style Blues, Folk, Jazz, Rock & Poetry Performance Pieces.

Musical Influences The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Van Morrison, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Santana, Howlin' Wolf, Herbie Hancock, Booker T & The MG's, Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder, Ken Kesey, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure & Ray Manzarak, The Doors, Patti Smith Group, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Mingus, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, John McLaughlin & The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Larry Coryell, Chico Hamilton, Al Dimeola, Larry Carlton, Steely Dan, Pat Metheney, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Weather Report, Sun Ra, Babatunde Olatunji, Mickey Hart, Aierto, The Kodo Drummers of Japan.

Similar Artists The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Van Morrison, Santana, Steely Dan.

Artist History The Basement Beats began embryonically, in 1989, in the basement of AEOLIA Recording Studio in WAMESIT as a collaborative venture between George Koumantzelis and Leo Tanguay. ... Both poets and musicians, they founded The Basement Beats as a means of expressing themselves through their poetry as much as a means of expressing themselves through their music. ... They perform and record mostly originals, but are also very well-versed in handling their favorite songs of well-known artists, musicians, and bands. ... George lives in Massachusetts, and Leo lives in Maine ( after a long & fruitful stay in Colorado! ), but they get together sporadically - with and without their sometimes fellow companions - to record at AEOLIA and also perform live for benefit concerts or at a local house party across the tracks!

Group Members MAIN MEMBERS: George Koumantzelis: Lyrics, Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Synthesizers, Sound Effects, Bass, Guitar, and all Recording. ... Leo Tanguay: Lyrics, Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Flute, Harmonica, Bass, Guitar, and Costumes. ... CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS: Michael Ginieres: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, and Vocals. ... Al Moody: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, and Vocals. ... Manoj Padki: Keyboards & Vocals. ... Al Boisvert: Acoustic Percussion & Good Cheer. ... Doug Butler: Acoustic Percussion and Mirth. ... Suzanne deLesdernier: Vocals & Percussion. ... Matt Donahue: Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards & Vocals. ... Pip Biancamano: Electric Guitar, Bass & Vocals. ... and Steve Koukias: Electric Guitar & Vocals. ... A zany & zestful crew of pals if there ever was one!

Instruments Acoustic & Electric Percussion, Acoustic Ludwig Drums & Acoustic Zildjian Cymbals, Acoustic Pianos, Electronic Synthesizers, Electric Bass Guitars, Acoustic & Electronic Sound Effects, Acoustic Flutes, Acoustic Harmonicas, and assorted claps, snaps & whistles!

Albums The Wamesit Jams ( #1 ) ( Aeolian Music Works # ), Wamesit Jam Songs ( Aeolian Music Works # ), and more on the way!

Press Reviews We're still waiting! : )

Additional Info E-MAIL: Just click on the CONTACT tab above! ... U.S. MAIL: P.O. BOX 201, Dunstable, MA 01827-0201 USA. ... You can write to us here or send money to this address to buy true, uncompressed, 44.1 kHz / 16 Bit, Red Book, store quality CDs of our music directly from us! ... Thanks for listening, for the feedback, and for all the support!

Location Dunstable, MA - USA

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