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About Me

sachem onedegodth has led several important bands over the years,the fusion groups power,beyond the concept,revelation,the trio from beyond,the funk/rock group blackadelica.he has opened for groups such as ,blues traveller,spin docters,soft parade,and ginger baker(from cream)he was also a founding member of the funk band nappyhead.sachem &rob met many years ago,jammed and vowed to join forces one day.about 22/23 yrs later they did.sachem was a member of bassist adam marrs band jass abstract which later became amaradillo.he wondered what would happen if he put rob & adam together as a rhythm section.it was explosive,very.the concept was to fuse mahavishnu and coltrane(john and alice).the band recorded its first cd called the inner mounting flame still burns.later bassist adam marr departed and was quickly replaced by chester french who had played with sachem in the trio from beyond and infinity,the band recorded a 2nd cd called sanctified bliss which will be released soon.drummer bostick is getting ready to record his project the life cycle orchestra which will have input from and by sachem who will also play on the cd.sachem also played on bassist adam marrs cd with the band armarillo.sachem has also worked with amuka(shela brody)and gigged with george clinton.during the early 80's sachem played guitar in strafes band departing before set it off was recorded.

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Music:

Member Since: 11/15/2007
Band Members: sachem ondegodth(also known as john purvis)on guitars(electric,acoustic,guitar syth).rob bostick on drums&various percussion,chester french on electric bass,adam marr was the former bassist in this group and played on our first cd.
Influences: john mclaughlin(all his music)john &alice coltrane,miles davis,al dimeola,larry coryell,return to forever,allan holdsworth,billy cobham,the mahavishnu orchestra,david sancious,arthur rhames(eternity)paul bento.
Sounds Like: the original mahavishnu orchestra,impulse era coltrane(john and alice),david sancious and tone,a dash of rtf,and ourselves.
Record Label: its about music.com
Type of Label: Indie

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ReAwakening updates

greetings from the ReAwakening,both sachem ondegodth and drummer rob bostick are working on solo cds.sachem's cd will be titled through the mist and is mainly an acoustic cd with 1 electric cut in the...
Posted by the ReAwakening on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:48:00 PST

the ReAwakening

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFZsPs8iZrU guitar/drum duet...
Posted by the ReAwakening on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:07:00 PST

the ReAwawakening on video

you can now see the ReAwakening on myspace video doing redevotion of the soul and happiness check it out!
Posted by the ReAwakening on Wed, 14 May 2008 08:01:00 PST

new cd available from the ReAwakening

greetings from the ReAwakening,we have a new cd out and its available at its about music.com go to that site ,click jazz and scroll to the ReAwakening.there are 2 cd's available our first cd the inner...
Posted by the ReAwakening on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:17:00 PST