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Gates & Goodell

West Coast Folk Rock

About Me

Singer/Songwriters John Gates and Bill Goodell, seasoned coffee-shoppers turned folk-rock duo, met in 2002 at a 4-day Jimmy Messina (Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Loggins & Messina) songwriter performance workshop. Sharing musical backgrounds and tastes, they began playing local festivals, showcases and open-mics in the music-rich Santa Barbara area and quickly gained notice and booking in the region. Their original acoustic songs are personal, and real, and range from haunting ballads to rollicking tongue-in-cheek novelties. Their shows are distinguished by the amount of richness in harmony and arrangement they accomplish with only two performers. John and Bill have shared the stage with some legendary musicians including Jim Messina, Kenny Edwards, Freebo, John Batdorf, Crosby Loggins, Kate Wallace and a veritable who’s who of local Santa Barbara musicians. They have twice received "honorable mention" awards in the Billboard World Song Contest and the new CD, “Can Life Be So Simple?” is already garnering rave reviews.


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Member Since: 11/4/2006
Band Website: gatesandgoodell.com
Band Members:
John Gates
-Lead Guitar
-Vocals

Bill Goodell
-Guitar
-Vocals
-Horns
-Mandolin

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Influences: Singer/songwriter duo Gates & Goodell play their original acoustic songs, in a style they call "West Coast Folk Rock", at live performances in pubs, restaurants, festivals and coffeehouses around the Ventura and Santa Barbara areas of the California coast. Their music is influenced by many artists including America, the Eagles, James Taylor, Loggins and Messina and the Beatles.
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Record Label: unsigned
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My Blog

mmmmm...ahhhhh... one singular sensation...

ahhh, May...    weather of all sorts, and competing for audiences with somewhere around 43,283 other events...  mmmmmmm... We had two shows scheduled over the Memorial Day weekend,...
Posted by Gates & Goodell on Wed, 28 May 2008 01:45:00 PST

Our new favorite DJ!

Well, as of this week, we REALLY like Steve Jerrett of KOPN’s "Sunday Morning Coffeehouse" (89.5 FM, Columbia, MO) We met Steve at this year’s Folk Alliance conference, in Memphis. He&rsqu...
Posted by Gates & Goodell on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:44:00 PST

Free webcasts and...ummm.... five dollar bills?

April is approaching... daylight is getting longer... the world is good... except...  ... is it my imagination or are we changing the look of our paper money just for the heck of it la...
Posted by Gates & Goodell on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:55:00 PST

...oh, and banana twinkies...

So, as some of you may notice, I try to find some quirky or interesting tidbit to wrap blogs around, to avoid the standard "we have shows, cds, shirts and stuff" messages. Sometimes I get lucky, somet...
Posted by Gates & Goodell on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:35:00 PST

Showcases, played and seen, and FINALLY more ribs...

Aahhhh...  Always a highpoint of our year. We just got back last Sunday from the North American Folk Alliance conference in Memphis. Yes, yes, this related blog is slow in coming, but I think I f...
Posted by Gates & Goodell on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:09:00 PST

kicking and screaming...

John and I both got a little older in the last couple weeks... not something unusual or even particularly special...  Heck, we do it every year, as do nearly all of you (barring, of course, those...
Posted by Gates & Goodell on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:41:00 PST

Nice add, and, finally, some reviews...

Well, January is almost gone, the superbowl is looming, we're pretty much booked up on our showcases for the Memphis Folk Alliance conference in February, and FINALLY the man who started John and me o...
Posted by Gates & Goodell on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:09:00 PST

Breaking in a new year...

Happy 2008 to all of you who survived your holidays! This makes the beginning of our sixth year playing together, and so far we've lost no drummers, had no heroin over-doses, only marginally trashed a...
Posted by Gates & Goodell on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:55:00 PST

I’m thinking of a number...

2007 is wrapping up, something I wish I could say for all these present boxes still to be wrapped between now and next Tuesday... ...anyway, it's been a fun year, with our first Billboard awards (Two...
Posted by Gates & Goodell on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:10:00 PST

ahh, December... lights, family... and rats, cats and dogs...

So, December is finally here, the last month in a full year. I love Decembers. In December you get Christmas, family, permission to eat really really dangerously bad things. You get cooler weather and...
Posted by Gates & Goodell on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:52:00 PST