The Woodshed

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You dont often see a band that plays mostly instrumental jam funk, but also dips into lyric heavy pop-rock, flowing composition and also features a drummer whose legendary beard puts him in the rare company of pirates and lumberjacks! You dont often see it, but The Woodshed isnt exactly your typical band. This trio plays a blend of jazz, rock, and funk that is picking up new fans every time they play!
Hammond heavy funk gnarls give way to elegant guitar lines and syncopated drum breaks all grounded by an impressive Soulive style keyboard/bass juggling act! The Woodshed presents a very wide variety of styles and moods throughout a set, and is able to take any jam soaring to the stratosphere, then snap back blissfully to the song form.
"We really try to play with the idea that absolutely anything can happen" says keyboardist Andrew Grosvenor, "It means that sometimes we might fall flat on our faces, but it really brings energy to a set, and always results in some absolutely amazing moments."
One of the band's signature songs, Andorra, was written by guitarist Jeff Rhoades. It starts with a majestic opening that gives way to bubbly chase lines and a sparse, wistful guitar solo before falling straight into 2 chord power funk! "It's a song that's got a little bit of everything really, I'm very proud of it" says Rhoades.
Playing to larger and larger crowds in the northeast, and sharing the stage with acts like P-Groove, U-Melt, Razorface, Roots of Creation, Funkfoot, Joe Deninzon's Stratospheerius and Dizzy Reed of Guns n Roses, The Woodshed is a band that continues to impress, and is quickly becoming established as the hottest emerging band on the jam scene. With the release of their first full length studio album, Tonic & Gin, and their rapid emergence on the northeast circuit, the sky is the limit for this impressive and inventive young trio!
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Member Since: 03/03/2005
Band Website: www.woodshedband.com
Band Members: Andrew Grosvenor - Keyboards, Jeff Rhoades - Guitar, Pete Casselman - Drums
Influences: Phish, Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Traffic, Bob Marley, 311, Miles Davis, Medeski Martin & Wood, Soulive, Charlie Hunter, Herbie Hancock, ulu, Spinal Tap, Duke Ellington, Stanley Clark, Charles Mingus, Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers, Chick Corea, The Talking Heads, Stevie Wonder, The Band
Sounds Like: DOWNLOAD LIVE SHOWS HERE
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Video from Halloween

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Posted by on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:41:00 GMT

New tracks up!

Just threw up some new live tracks on the old mspace!Both are from our super september rampage in Burlington, Islands II is from 9/30 at Battery Park, it's like 15 mins long (sorry about the compressi...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:27:00 GMT

Parkside Video from sometime last spring!

.. width="425" height="350">..>Electrostatic ChillsI was just going through my camera and I came across some footage from a Parkside lounge show in NY last spring. More to come soooooon!
Posted by on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:37:00 GMT

Excited for Nectars!!!

Just wanted to say that we are incredibly pumped for Nectar's. This show is gonna be large and in charge!! Even Kaya, the official Woodshed dog, is yowling in anticipation!
Posted by on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:04:00 GMT

New Archive Tracks!

That's right! It's that time again! New archive tracks just for y'all! This batch is exclusively from our show on 4/29 at St. Anthony's Hall at Trinity College in Hartford. We ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 May 2006 15:26:00 GMT

New Archives Tracks!

Sorry I'm a little late on this...but here's the new crop of archive tracks!!!I kicked things off with one of my old faves, "Chank" from 12/10/04 at Sully's in Hartford - This was our first ever bar g...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:02:00 GMT

NEW: "From the Archives" Every Week

Starting this week I'm going to post 4 "from the Archives" tracks of the 'Shed every week right here on MySpace, don't worry, our demo is still available at www.sonicbids.com/TheWoodshed. This week we...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:08:00 GMT

Download the latest show!

You can download our most recent show (1/12) right here: http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=32747 check it out! it's a good one!
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 06:14:00 GMT