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The Buddha's Groove

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An extremely unique experience of improvisational music comprised of hard-hitting funky beats, deep modal explorations, and jaw dropping solos by four top-shelf musicians. Their blend of jazz, funk, blues with a tasty world music flare makes all shows mind-branding. Between Chris Michalek (harmonica,) Skinny Bishop(bass,) Rob Popescu (Guitar) and Martin Diamond (drums,) The Buddhas Groove combines over a century of musical experience to create an unclassifiable and genre-bending sonic evolution that is always red hot. Every time the band takes the stage, each member of The Buddhas Groove dedicates every drop of their passion for music to their audience. This group of steller musicians has attracted other like-minded musicians when you consider whom theyve shared the stage with over the years including Bobby McFerrin, Bela Fleck, Brecker Brothers, James Taylor, The Yellow Jackets. The combination of the talents of Harmonica virtuoso Chris Michalek, the dazzling guitar work of Rob Popescu, world-reknowned bass master Skinny Bishop, with the driving rhythms of drummer Martin Diamond, brings fans of The Buddhas Groove back again and again.The Buddhas Groove rich and cross-cultural sound allows them to constantly push the envelope of composition and improvisation. The eclectic nature of the band brings fans from a wide spectrum of music together for a truly profound experience

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Member Since: 11/24/2005
Band Website: http://www.thebuddhasgroove.com
Band Members: Chris Michalek - Diatonic Harmonicas made by Joe Filisko. He plays through a Sennheiser 441 for acoustic music. EV RE10 Mic into an EHX Micro Synth into MXR 10 Band EQ into the EHX HOG into the Line 6 Modulation Modeler into a MAXON AF-9 Wah pedal into a BOSS DM-2 into the Line6 Echo Park into a BAssman RI LTD ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................Skinny Bishop- Fender Basses and Eden Amplification ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................Martin Diamond- Drums DW Drums....................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ....................................... Robert Popescu - Epiphone hollow body guitars
Influences: Chris Michalek influences: Howard Levy, Madcat Ruth, Lee Oskar, Robben Ford, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Shaheed Parvez, Nakhil Banerjee, Bela Fleck, Wes Montegomery, Yo Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Ali Akbar Khan, Glen Velez....................................................... . Mahlon Hawk influences: Jaco Pastorius, Ray Brown, Charles Mingus, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers..................................................... .. Martin Diamond influences: Tony Williams, Dave Weckl, Billy Cobham ....................................................... Robert Popescu - Wes Montegomery, Grant Green, Charlie Christian, Joe Pass
Sounds Like: Nobody sounds like us but if you need to know we're somewhere in between Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Early YellowJackets and Weather Report.
Record Label: So far we've turned down all offers made to us.

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