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Tim Reynolds & TR3 with special guest The New York Rock
Tim Reynolds: Guitars, vocals
Mick Vaughn: Bass, vocals
Dan Martier: Drums, vocals
With a musical career spanning more than thirty-five years, guitarist, sonic innovator, and two time Grammy nominee Tim Reynolds is known for his masterful command of melody and timing and for his uncanny ability to improvise on any instrument he touches. Having explored most musical styles, from rock, jazz and blues to classical and reggae, Reynolds wide-ranging musical versatility is evident each time he picks up his electric or acoustic guitar. Technically brilliant, yet emotionally honest, Reynolds music is inspired and authentic.
It was in the mid 1980s in Charlottesville, VA, when Reynolds founded his breakthrough electric power trio, TR3 (Tim Reynolds Trio), known for their fusion of funk, rock, and jazz. He toured with TR3 during the 1980s and 1990s, using a rotating cast of musicians. It was at this time he befriended Dave Matthews and their ongoing musical collaboration began. Tim eventually decided to relocate to Santa Fe, NM, and pursue a solo career. His musical progression continued throughout his many years on the road as a solo guitar wizard, playing for packed houses and to crowds who quickly determined that Reynolds is one of the most talented and thoughtful musicians on the circuit today.
After a number of years in New Mexico, Reynolds relocated to the Outer Banks of North Carolina in 2007. After a chance meeting with two talented musicians, bass player Mick Vaughn and drummer Dan Martier, a few rehearsals later and several stealth appearances throughout North Carolina, Reynolds decided to resurrect the electric TR3 and theyve been touring ever since. TR3 released their first double live CD, From SPACE and Beyond in June 2011. In 2009, their first studio CD Radiance was nominated for Home Grown Music Networks Album of the Year. Electric, funky, operatic, edgytheir show is a mix of updated Reynolds classics to wild covers of everything from James Brown, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson and Focus to TR3s ever-evolving catalogue of new material.
The New York Rock
Though known for its vibrant music scene, Ithaca NY is a relative fishbowl musically, often keeping its boundless talents within city limits for nobody outside the local scenes elite to hear.
Meet the fish that jumped out of the water.
The New York Rock has been one of the citys shining stars since its founding in February 2008 by Mike Brindisi (Guitars/Vocals) and John OLeary (Keyboards). Began as a dream of Brindisi on the streets of Manhattan, the dream behind the New York Rock started with handfuls of change in the bottom of a guitar case following a brief stint on Saturday Night Live and a rough runaround in Nashville, when a trip down south after high school ended with a broken heart, empty pockets and another tough lesson learned.
Though superficially a fruitless expedition, the trip yielded a demo that eventually became the foundations of the band. Inspired by the citys local scene, Brindisi moved to Ithaca, NY, where his first single, Crawl, jumped to number 22 on the most-requested chart of local station WVBR. Attracted by its low-key atmosphere and exceptional music scene, it was an excellent place to begin a career, and where he would eventually meet fellow founder John OLeary.
Within the bands first year, they had already opened for national touring act Gavin Degraw and off that first bit of momentum, saw the video for the bands first single make it onto the playlist of Cool TV.
Within two years, Brindisi was in Howard Sterns studio promoting the bands first record.
In the time since, The New York Rock has begun to see their profile grow nationwide, from gigs at the notable Driven Music Conference in Atlanta to one-off gigs in places such as Nashville, Austin, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and a primetime gig at the legendary Bitter End rock club in Greenwich Village, NYCa night the club was packed to capacity.
The band has also appeared on the 2014 Vans Warped Tour, making a single-show appearance in Hartford, CT and in the documentary Passfire, for which they wrote the theme song subsequently performed at the PGI fireworks convention in Iowa, an international event for members of the pyrotechnics industry.
Whether its for a stage of four fans like the early days or the 4,000 the band has played for at venues like Saranac Brewery, the band refuses to sell out, instead looking for a means to hone their craft to the point where nobody can deny their style as a powerful voice in todays industry.
We have always stuck to our guns, Brindisi said. We have always played rock. That's it. Good melodies, loud guitars and great hooks. We have never wavered we want to keep rock alive.
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119 E. State street
Ithaca, NY 14850
United States
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