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barney's jive band

we rocked a little.

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorPLEASE VISIT OUR HOMEPAGE FOR FULL, LIVE VERSIONS OF THE SONGS YOU SEE HERE!!!!!!!!.The very beginning goes back to 1996, when guitarists Paul Loiodice (Somers, NY) and Adam Way (Asheville, NC) met as sophomores at Spring Valley high school. Paul later played on the Varsity Soccer team, where he met Kit Richardson (bass, Columbia, SC), who later became a Sig Ep, little brother to drummer Craig Crosby (Greenville, SC). The four knew eachother while attending Clemson, but the project did't get kicked off until 2001. Craig Crosby, Kit Richardson, and Paul Loiodice began the project in a basement, rehearsing various blues tunes, as well as others from moe. and Grateful Dead. Adam Way later joined the band, adding vocals and another guitar to the mix. Together the four worked hard several times a week with aspiriations of doing a show at Backstreets in Clemson, SC.
Adam McFarlane (Greenville, SC) joined the group in fall of 2002 to officially get the ball rolling. The band has changed formations several times, experimenting with percussionists and trombone players, and now has an additional full-kit drummer (Lindsey Bounds, New Orleans, LA) to add an Allman Brothers sound. We've now taken on a more progressive sounds, attitude, and style with the addition of Jonathan Hunt on drums.
Not two years later, having realized their initial dreams, the band has left their nest in Clemson to explore the Southeast. They now tour with shows 2-3 times a week, from Raleigh to Atlanta, and as far west as Columbia, MO.
The band has experienced everything from clubs to large festivals (Fall for Greenville, 3 Rivers), music conferences (Altantis Music Conference), and studio recording time. Their main focus now is to grow along the Eastern seaboard spreading their take on modern music.
We pride ourselves on being the hardest working band in Upstate South Carolina, and it shows in our four-part harmonies, dueling guitar leads, and rock solid rhythm.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/15/2004
Band Website: barneysjiveband.com
Band Members: Adam Way: Guitar
Paul Loiodice: Guitar
Kit Richardson: Bass
Jonathan Hunt: Drums

Influences: steely dan, allman brothers, grateful dead, stevie ray vaughan, bill withers, moe., umphreys mcgee, the police, bruce hornsby, jimi hendrix, counting crows, black crowes, string cheese... as far as covers go, lots of them are moe. including Rebubula, Bullet, Meat, Sensory, and Shoot First, but 90% of the show is originals.
Sounds Like: We're somewhere between everything you've heard before, and nothing you've ever heard before.
Record Label: barneywho?
Type of Label: None

My Blog

YOUR NAME HERE!

So, in leiu of our transition to a three piece, we've decided to change names. We're not sure yet, but we've got a few ideas.  If anyone else has any ideas for a name, please post it in this blo...
Posted by barney's jive band on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:28:00 PST

First show @ Headliners

Hosted By: Music Mind ProductionsWhen: Saturday Nov 26, 2005 at 9:00 PMWhere: Headliners @ Banana Joe's700 Gervais St. (in the Vista)Columbia, SC 29201USDescription: Music Mind Productions Click Here...
Posted by barney's jive band on Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:14:00 PST

BARNEY WHO?

Well, let's see, there's... Barney Gumble: Barney Bush: Barney Fife: Barney Rubble! Barney the Dinosaur: not to mention.  Barney's of Amsterdam!!! (great coffee by the way) ...
Posted by barney's jive band on Wed, 02 Nov 2005 07:18:00 PST

new drummer

Yes, we've taken on additional staff. He's come to work with us in the midst of our growing pains, and hopefully will be the solution we've been searching for. He now joins Craig peace....
Posted by barney's jive band on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Charleston II

Well, they say what goes around comes around and we knew we were gettin this one. Kickin Chicken cancelled our December show. It's fair though. We cancelled two of the last... well, two shows. One...
Posted by barney's jive band on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Charleston

Charleston... here we are.  Mellow Mushroom blew ass.  They didn't have the playing area cleared til 10:45.  Then bugged me about starting at 11:30.  It takes 2 hours for us to set...
Posted by barney's jive band on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

steely dan

We've been working hard all week getting our shows together for Saturday and Sunday. We're gonna have some Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin and a whole lot of other good stuff. Upstate SC come to...
Posted by barney's jive band on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

fun weekend

Well... we've had a couple of long ones with our stuff breaking down, bad luck with managers, and poor turnouts.That's all about to change, though. Starting with us and Acoustic Syndicate friday night...
Posted by barney's jive band on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

crap

I think we're about done with playing parties... just too much confusion and everyone's too drunk to know or care what's going on... Saturday night was a bit of a blur, but we ended up with a blown c...
Posted by barney's jive band on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Double Header Saturday

So it's been a busy week, got back from Asheville at 4.30 this morning, it's made for an interesting friday for those of us with day jobs. The response last night was good, we're taking Asheville jus...
Posted by barney's jive band on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST