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Welcome to
our site
Let's start by
establishing that the Gary Harvey Band is first and foremost a Rock and Roll band.
There may be a whole lot of different styles of music that go to make up
what the band is all about, but if you really have to nail it down, the
musical journey which they follow takes you from the Southern States of
America through to Liverpool England. In particular one place really lies
at the heart of it all, and that's the lonestar state of Texas. Bands and
musicians from Stevie Ray Vaughan the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Joe Ely
through to Doyle Bramhall II and Joe Bonamassa.
With two CD's
worth of their own material drawn from these influences the sound is an
edgy and powerful mix built around a blues
foundation.
That's not to say
that they aren't also unashamedly populist, they definitely don’t
shy away from playing covers from all styles. And they cover quite a lot
of ground; from Chuck Berry and the Beatles, to Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric
Clapton the Doors and Tom Petty. The band does often speak of Texas blues, but that's because of the depth
and honesty of the music that is drawn from that place. Their brand of sexy southern blues rock is the reason the band remains one of the favorites with festivals and blues events throughout New Zealand.
The Gary Harvey
Band is Gary Harvey, Tony Abbott, Mike Beck and The Stray Falcon.
**Dont forget to check our
MySpace site: http://www.myspace.com/garyharveyband
** NEWS - 22/1/08 Launched the new GHB site**
** BURNING
NEWS – It’s been
an adventurous start to the year so far. We’re sorry to see that Ian has
decided to leave the band and follow another musical path. Ian’s been
with the band for a good number of years and has been a real rock in both
his playing and presence, we’re gonna miss him, it’s been a great time
together and we wish him good luck for the future.
Taking over
on the skins is another great drummer and personality – Mike Beck. Mike’s
a real solid player and with the recent arrival of The Stray Falcon on
guitar and vocals, things are taking a decidedly new route for the band.
We’re lookin’ to head into the studio shortly to start work on some new
material and bring the new sound to the masses – you know who you are.
We’ve gone through a few changes over the years and this latest line up
takes us back to our classic line up of two guitars after having two very
fine musicians, Rueben Cutts and Murray Patten on keyboards as part of
the sound for the last few years. 2008 saw the band return to a power
trio, but this new line up looks like it’s going to be the most powerful
in the bands eleven year history.
Don’t forget that we’ve
now completed the live DVD that we recorded at the Glenfield Tavern last
year – Rockin The Glenfield. At the moment it’s only available at our
gigs, (we like to vet who’s gonna see it), but if you just can’t wait to
be vetted, drop us a message and we’ll get one out to you.
Gary Harvey
(027) 241-2771
gary@garyharvey.co.nz
GHB would like to thank our sponsors for their continued
support
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