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About Me

canonico performs original folk/rock music by Bill Canonico, who's been playing guitar and harmonica and writing songs for about thirty years. His material includes jazz, blues, folk, rock and country. Bill is accompanied by Jeremy Canonico, a gifted multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. Jeremy started playing drums and singing harmonies with the band in high school. He's also played bass and is currently featured on lead guitar. Tom LaPens is also a frequent contributor on guitar. Other friends step in as needed, to round out the sound. During the past twenty years, canonico has played at numerous fairs, festivals, bars and coffeehouses. The blend of musical genres, the high quality of the material and creativity of the players combine to create canonico's unique sound. A live cd, "outdoors", as well as a studio demo, "indoors", are available on this site.

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Member Since: 25/02/2005
Band Website: you are there
Band Members: Bill Canonico - lead vocals, acoustic electric guitar, harmonica : Jeremy Canonico - guitars, bass, harmony vocals, drums, percussion : Tom LaPens - guitars.

Influences: Bob Dylan, Tim Hardin, Tim Buckley, the Grateful Dead, the Jayhawks, Leonard Cohen, Donovan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Incredible String Band, the Bonzo Dog Band, Hendrix, Jeff Beck, SCI, blues, jazz, classical, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera....

Sounds Like: this...

Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Obama

I was born in 1951 in suburban Long Island, New York, and I didn't know about what back Americans were being subjected to, while I was growing up in a white, middle class community. There were clues, ...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Reggie's Red Hot Feetwarmers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKMCLF9AwIE The trumpet player is my brother, Mike.
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:02:00 GMT

Bill , Paul and Donna skip town

Skipping forward a bit...I went to Woodstock in the summer of '69.  I went to the moratorium on the Viet Nam war in DC, in the fall.  I don't think we changed the world all that much.  ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:34:00 GMT

What is the purpose of art?

A friend of mine recently wrote that the purpose of art should be to change the world.  That got me thinking... I don't disagree with the idea that art can cause or facilitate change, but I don...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 07:25:00 GMT

Bill and Jim go to Woodstock

Okay, I finally got around to this.....During the spring of 1969, we kept hearing about an outdoor music and arts festival that was going to happen in upstate NY.  It sounded interesting, but it ...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:38:00 GMT

the 60's: Bill and his friends go to concerts

Well, I thought I'd write about something less intense than my last entry.....When I was in high school [Ward Melville: class of 1969], I lived on Long Island, which is about 120 miles long and about ...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:44:00 GMT

what makes love true?

Possibly the worst definition of love is one that describes it as an unpredictible, irresistible force.  It sounds romantic until it's the person you love who's telling you they've decided to wal...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:08:00 GMT