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Gary David Sisto

About Me

Gary "Twisted" Sisto has been playing guitar since age 7. As a lad in NJ he was trained at Red Bank Music under the guidance of teacher-legend Jim McNamara , author of 1967's " Guitar Chords For Beginners ". During his impressionable teen years Sisto was schooled by Jersey Shore guitar hero Bruce Wacker . As a young adult at American University in Washington, DC, he studied classical guitar under the late, great John E. Marlow --a student of Andres Segovia, founding member of The Washington Guitar Quintet (with the late Charlie Byrd), and namesake of the The John E. Marlow Guitar Series .
In early 1991 Sisto founded and led Washington, DC's progressive rock group Cathedral . Cathedral was signed by the Kinesis label and released two albums, " Kingdom Of Ends " (1992) and " There In The Shadows " (1993). Upon the release of "There In The Shadows" the band found itself opening up for Dream Theater. In the book " The Progressive Rock Files " (CG Publishing, 1998) author Jerry Lucky includes Cathedral as a contributing member of the worldwide progressive rock legacy. Cathedral is also part of the international Progarchives .
With the departure of it's keyboardist in late '93, Cathedral regrouped as Hip Omelette and recorded one more album. Hip O disbanded in late '94.
In '94-'95 Sisto worked as house guitarist for Washington, DC's artist management group Master Entertainment and played under the direction of keyboardist extraordinaire Valdez Brantley of Usher fame.
Sisto relocated to NYC in late '95 and played in a variety of outfits. In '96 he joined the Off Broadway comedy " The Bitter Poet Show " and was fortunate enough to replace the amazing Larry Mitchell as guitarist of the show's band The Sound of Angst. From '96 to '98 he also did stints with gothic metal monsters Vasaria , the drop-D power trio Beefbug (now Sweet Magma ), and Wind Chill Factor (with members of Flay Of Soul) playing legendary venues such as CBGB's, Continental, Meow Mix, Don Hill's, Spiral, Under Acme, and Webster Hall.
In '99 Sisto teamed up with female vocalist powerhouse E.G. Woodard to form Full Moon Syndrome . In 2000 they released their self-titled urban folk album. Also in 2000 Sisto joined the instrumental group Funk Soul Brother playing the best of The Meters and Booker T and The MG's. Then in '01-'02 Sisto formed Plush Horses with vocalist Peter Wilson (Smile Orange) recording a three-song EP.
From '02 to early '08 Sisto appeared at the Three of Cups Lounge in the East Village late on Sunday evenings as a solo acoustic act and was featured on their album "Live In The Lounge" (2002).
During this period Sisto was fortunate enough to have taken a few guitar lessons from musical (jolly green and white) giant Francis Dunnery and a friendship was formed as Gabriel-era Genesis freaks. A highlight was going to see the uncanny tribute band The Musical Box recreate the "Selling England By The Pound" tour in NYC.
In '06 Sisto joined Xraygun and teamed up with old friends from Gutterboy and Vasaria to make psychedelic space rock, theremin and all. Xraygun imploded in Spring '07.
In '09, Sisto played with his good friend Neil Nathan at NYC's The Living Room and The Bowery Ballroom.
For the time being Sisto continues to write and record songs in his home recording studio, and, when possible, jams out live with friends somewhere in NYC or the Jersey Shore.
Besides the six songs in the Myspace player above, below there is a Reverbnation player with dozens of songs.

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Member Since: 16/09/2005
Band Website: www.myspace.com/cathedralites
Band Members: Ego, Id, and Superego
Influences: Jimmy Page, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, David Gilmour, Francis Dunnery, Steve Marriott, Peter Frampton, John Lennon, George Harrison, Duane Allman, Dicky Betts, Bert Jansch, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, David Sylvian, Jeff Buckley, Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, Devadip Carlos Santana, Pat Metheny, Danny Gatton, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, Mick Taylor, Alex Lifeson, Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp, Andy Summers, Ace Frehley, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Andres Segovia, David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Peter Murphy, Robbie Blunt, Robert Plant, Elton John, Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell...

Sounds Like: Sounds for sore ears
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Rockin' the Bowery Ballroom

It was a gasssssss playing dirty rawk balls guitar to a full house with the Neil Nathan band on Saturday night 4/25/09. Everything at the Ballroom was top notch, including the hot, sweaty energy of th...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:02:00 GMT

Jon "Champ" Meyers and The Vinyl District in The Washingtonian.com

Both my good buddy and my favorite music blog have made the big time:Champ In The Washingtonian
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:03:00 GMT

The Vinyl District: My favorite music blog from top Zuma: Champ

The Vinyl District is the creation of my good friend and fellow Zuma Jon "Champ" Meyers. Champ rocks balls.The Vinyl District
Posted by on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:04:00 GMT

Gary David Sisto: ASSOCIATED LINKS

Cathedral @ Kinesis CD'sCathedral @ ProgarchivesCathedral @ MyspaceXraygun @ MyspaceThe Progressive Rock Files by Jerry Lucky @ Amazon.comThe Progressive Rock Files @ JerryLucky.comBruce Wacker Band o...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:03:00 GMT

VIDEO: "Almost Cut My Hair" (but I did fuck up my knee!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQIzrr8c4yQ Gary Sisto plays David Crosby's "Almost Cut My Hair" on acoustic guitar whilst whacked out on Vicadin, as part of his recovery from ACL replacement ...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:19:00 GMT

VIDEO: HEMISPHERES live 1984 @ Middletown High School North, NJ: "The Song Remains The Same"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmRb5TU4B_U
Posted by on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:37:00 GMT

VIDEO: XRAYGUN live 12/7/06 at Otto's Shrunken Head, NYC: "Occam's Razor"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gooPH1mribk
Posted by on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:31:00 GMT

Xraygun

Happy to say that I'm now playing guitar with my good old buddies in Xraygun: Scott Harris (drums), Eric Hulsizer (bass), and Danny Hulsizer (vocals/guitar). I used to play with Scott in Vasaria back ...
Posted by on Sun, 14 May 2006 13:11:00 GMT