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Gary Cavico

GARY CAVICO BLUES GUITARIST/SINGER/SONGWRITER

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Hello everybody! My name is Gary Cavico. I am a BLUES GUITARIST / SINGER and ANIMAL LOVER from the Jersey shore. I was brought up in Point Pleasant.I've been playing and singing blues and roots music since the mid 60's I've been in many bands and written many songs since then. I am best known for my crowd pleasing flat/finger picking style of guitar playing,and pure soulful singing voice. Some of the bands i played with are TAKE 5, THE KOKOMOS (I was 14 years old in this band , with a false ABC card ,and we were playing in Asbury's Steve Brody's,The Lincoln Hotel and Many other Places) Then There was THE CHICAGO MASSACRE (In this band I had the honor of playing with local sax legend ED Manion ,Local Bass Legend JIM HENRY and local drum legend JOHNNY REO. This band played in places like Asbury's famous UPSTAGE CLUB , Some of the HULLABALOO CLUBS IN THE AREA and Many clubs around Ocean and Monmouth County ). I also Played in APPLE WINE,LEGACY.BACKTRAX ,BIG DANNY AND THE POWER 13 BLUES BAND,FLATHEAD DAVE, and currently with A BLUES AND R&B BAND FEATURING LOCAL BLUES LEGEND WILLIE MITCHELL called THE WILLIE MITCHELL COLLABORATION. My years of experience playing and dealing with many musicians has made me appreciate TRULY good people and weed out the PHONIES, and BACK STABBERS .My favorite of all is to perform my solo blues show. I like to play at a reasonable volume.... ,and not deal with some jealous guitar player PURPOSLY trying to drown out my guitar solos and my vocals. I GET THAT A LOT LATELY!!!. In The early 80's I formed THE STONE BLUE BAND. We played in JASON'S MRS JAYS,THE DECK HOUSE ,STONE PONY and many other places. The band had JOHN DAFNIS on drums,JIM HANK HENRY on bass KEN STRINGBEAN SORENSON on harp ,WILL JORDAN on sax and BOB FERRAR on sax.The Band still performs together and we are all the best of friends to this day. I'm trying to use my performances to spread the word about ANIMAL KINDNESS. I'm open to suggestions in that area. I am very strongly against animal cruelty and neglect. and would like to promote pet adoption and support for the aspca etc. CLICK HERE FOR THE WILLIE MITCHELL COLLABORATION

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Member Since: 8/5/2007
Band Website: garycavico.com
Band Members:

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GARY CAVICO A.K.A. GARY C. (GUITARS VOCALS),SOMETIMES JOHN DAFNIS (DRUMS) ,AND JIM HANK HENRY ON BASS ALSO WILLIE MITCHELL ON BASS AND VOCALS JOE BONTEMPO ON DRUMS AL HOLMES ON GUITAR AND VOCALS "

Gary Cavico Live At International Blues Challenge Finals

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Influences: ALBERT KING, OTIS RUSH, BB KING, MUDDY WATERS. MY FAVORITE LOCAL GUITARISTS ARE SONNY KENN ,FRANK FOTUSKY,PAT KARWAN,MATT O'REE BILLY HECTOR AND PETE WAGUSA.FAVORITE LOCAL BASS PLAYERS ARE GERALD CARBOY ,JIM HANK HENRY , NORMAN PERKINS , WILLIE MITCHELL. BEST LOCAL SONGWRITERS ARE GEORGE WIRTH, JANEY TODD, MIKE BRETTFAVORITE LOCAL DRUMMERS ARE VIC BAYERS , JOHN DAFNIS, JOE BONTEMPO, JOHN REO ,JOE CARROLL.FAVORITE LOCAL HARP PLAYERS ARE STRINGBEAN, BIG NANCY .FAVORITE LOCAL VOCALISTS ARE FRANKIE BELL, DEBBIE WILLIS, STRINGBEAN.FAVORITE LOCAL SAX PLAYERS ARE ED MANION, VEL JOHNSON, TOM LABELLAFAVORITE LOCAL BAND IS SONNY KENN THESE GUYS ARE GREAT!!!
Sounds Like: A LITTLE CLAPTON, A TINY BIT OF ALBERT KING ,SOME SRV, SOME OTIS RUSH, BB KING, ALBERT COLLINS, JIMMY VAUGHN, ROY BUCHANNAN,STEVE CROPPER,DUANE EDDY
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NEW CD RELEASE "PAST AND PRESENT" 21 SONGS

I JUST RELEASED A NEW CD ON CDBABY.COM ...."GARY CAVICO PAST AND PRESENT" IT HAS 21 ORIGIONAL SONGS I WROTE AND RECORDED AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITH THE "STONE BLUE BAND" CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK TO ...
Posted by Gary Cavico on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:33:00 PST

CHECK OUT MY NEW SONGS

I JUST ADDED SOME NEW SONGS TO MYSPACE. THESE ARE SOME RECORDINGS WITH THE STONE BLUE BAND. MEMBERS: GARY CAVICO (GUITARS VOCALS). JIM HENRY AKA HANK (BASS) JOHN DAFNIS (DRUMS), KEN "STRINGBEAN" SOREN...
Posted by Gary Cavico on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:05:00 PST