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George Stanford

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George Simon Stanford made his way to the front of the band through the brass section, where he played trombone in every type of band he could as a kid. Trombone proved to be a dangerous 'gateway' instrument, leading him to the bass, guitar, keyboards, and anything else that would make noise. He studied music theory at University of the Arts in his native Philadelphia for a year, where he formed the rock group Townhall. Realizing the academic lifestyle wasn't for him, he left school to set out on the road with his band. After touring, recording, and starving for over five years, the group decided to go their separate ways in early 2006. With the demons of rock and roll calling his name louder than ever, and a new understanding of his own musical voice, George left his home, family, and job at the laundromat for the bright lights of Los Angeles, to record a batch of new tunes. Within weeks of getting to the big city, he found himself in the right place at the right time, and signed a recording contract with Epic Records. After a little shake up in early 2007, George moved to Smash/Mercury Records and became the first artist on the revived classic label. He now lives on the road, and in Los Angeles in his days off.
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Member Since: 9/26/2005
Band Website: www.georgestanford.com
Band Members:
Influences: Paul Simon, Bob Marley, Tom Petty, Cannonball Adderly, The Band, John Lennon, Hank Williams, Lee Morgan, Manu Chao, Sly and the Family Stone, Bjork, Randy Newman, Thriller. Dave Chappelle, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding to Outkast, Beatles to Buddy Guy, and everything in between. Ray Charles, George Jones, Smokey Robinson, Merle Haggard, Fleetwood Mac, The Roots. Microphones, and recording studios. I love old r&b and country records. Elvis, Shuggie Otis, and Frank Sinatra. Sam Cooke, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly. The Sopranos, The Godfather, Deadwood. The music that rock and roll evolved from. Sounds like a good party, no? This list goes for days. Some early musical memories: hearing mom and dad sing old country songs in harmony, getting teased by an older brother for singing along to Aretha Franklin's "You make me feel like a Natural Woman, imitating Elvis, and freaking out at the Dire Straits' "I want my Mtv" video. First rock concert was Tom Petty at the spectrum, which would forever warp his impressionable young mind.

Sounds Like: George!
Record Label: GBones Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I got friends in high places....aimee g

One of the cool things about living in l.a. is watching your talented friends who work hard get good gigs... This edition: Aimee Garcia. i just got back home from her farewell barbeque...Aimee is h...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:35:00 GMT

May Cover of the Month: Under the Boardwalk...Live in Philly

I had a great trip back East last week, and played some very fun shows.... Thanks to all who came out to show some love. Summertime is almost here, and so I've been playing this classic tune, and t...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 11:08:00 GMT

5 stupid things in the Skymall catalogue

I'm currently about halfway through my flight today from Sacramento to Philly via Las Vegas, and about half and hour ago, I inevitably reached that very specific moment of boredom that most of us do o...
Posted by on Sat, 09 May 2009 21:48:00 GMT

Natural Girls

Here's a new tune of mine called 'Natural Girls'There are a lot of women (and men) running around l.a. with plastic bits and pieces, so I wrote this about the type of ladies I think are attractive, an...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 10:43:00 GMT

Field trip to Skid Row!

One of the intriguing things about Los Angeles is the sheer size and diversity of the place. The city is so spread out that it seems there's always somewhere new to discover.....Yesterday, my old fri...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 10:22:00 GMT

Philadelphia Weekly article

check out this article in this week's Philadelphia Weekly about my roller coaster ride over the last year:Philadelphia Weekly Article
Posted by on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:42:00 GMT

New music Vid!

the other day, my friend robe grabbed my tiny little camera, and between sips of tecate, we started making a video for my song 'meet me in l.a.' it's actually not even a video camera...it's a still c...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:30:00 GMT

Cover of the Month

there's so many great songs out there....i've decided to begin sharing some tunes i like to cover once in a while...i'll try to put up a new one every month, and you can download them for free...I fou...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:11:00 GMT

Miniature skate dreams

Last christmas, Nikole got me one of those mini finger skateboards as a joke...we used to make them out of cardboard when i was a kid and let our imaginations run wild on our desks at school. They're ...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:28:00 GMT

no place like home

I've been having a great week back in Philly...My dad's 60th birthday party was this last weekend, which was tons of fun. Happy Bday dad! My older brother Isaac plays pedal steel (very well), and on...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:50:00 GMT