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Ubiquitone is a Rock-n-Roll Bluegrass and Alt-Country oriented band from the Baltimore/ Washington, DC area that formed in late 2000. Ubiquitone began performing at music festivals throughout the mid-Atlantic region starting in 2001, including events at Sunshine Daydream (WV), the Spring Fling festivals (WV, OH) and Mid-Atlantic Music Experience (WV). The band also performed at a number of venues in the East covering territory including Philadelphia PA, Baltimore MD, Washington DC, Richmond, Morgantown WV, and Columbus OH.In late 2001 the band entered Phase Studios in College Park to record their debut album The Essex Shuck. The session was recorded live in the studio and completed in a weekend. The jam-heavy Shuck album was released in the Spring of 2002 and received radio airplay on independent radio shows in the region, including Roadtrippin with Bill Wright on Annapolis-based WRNR, which frequently featured the band live in the studio. The band continued to perform at venues and festivals in the region in support of the album.
In late 2002, Eric Starr departed the band to pursue other interests which led him to serve in the Peace Corps in Nicaragua. With the absence of Starr, Naylor stepped forward to take on primary writing and singing for the band. Naylor's tight, introspective compositions marked a major shift in the bands music away from jam-oriented compositions. Around this time Naylor increased his use of the guitar in addition to the mandolin, adding a thicker and often more aggressive element to the bands sound.
Recorded over the course of over a year at Bias Studios in Springfield, VA, their second studio album, Americondition, marked a major departure from the live in the studio Shuck album. Tighter and more focused, the disk touches on bluegrass (Coming for You, When Johanna Walks Into the Bar) , rockabilly (Talk About The Blues), alt.country (The Ghost of Sweet Marie, This American Life), folk (Stand By Your Sand), cha-cha (Older Now), and guitar-driven Southern rock (HEY!, Hell To Pay, 14 Days). Dan "BanjerDan" Mazer provided banjo on HEY!, Older Now and Johanna. The session was engineered by Mike "Fish" Fisher, and mastered by Charlie Pilzer at Airshow. Americondition was released in the summer of 2006.
The band hosts their annual "ubiquitopia" cookout and camping event around the time of Autumn's Harvest Moon and continues to work on material for a 2008 release of their Double Album.
SETLIST FILE: http://setlist.com/index.asp?ArtistID=241&DoSearch=Yes&a mp;Order=DESC
Some venues, radio and events:
Mid-Atlantic Music Experience (WV)
Sunshine Daydreams Festivals (WV)
Spring Fling Festivals (WV, OH)
Soundquilt Festivals (VA)
Baltimore Festivals (Street Beat, Artscape)
The State Theatre (Falls Church, VA)
Strasburg Theater (Strasburg, VA)
8X10 (Baltimore, MD)
Georgetown University (DC)
Dell Amphitheatre (Randolph Macon)
Gauley River Festival (WV)
The Cove (VA) Harvest Moon Festival
123 Pleasant Street (Morgantown, WV)
Cary Street Café (Richmond, VA)
Iota (Arlington, VA)
Adams Morgan Festival
Alstons (Harrisonburg VA)
Eds (Shepherdstown WV)
WEBR Radio (Fairfax, VA) live in-studio
U92 (91.7 FM) Morgantown, WV live in-studio
WRNR 103.1 (Annapolis, MD) live in-studio
WKHS 90.5 (Chestertown, MD) live in-studio
Proof Through The Night Events
The Loft (Fredericksburg, VA)
Daves Taverna (Harrisonburg, VA)
Abilene (Philadelphia PA)
Little Brothers (Columbus OH)
Andys (Chestertown, MD)
Carderock Pavillion (MD)
Jamin Java (Vienna VA)
The Royal (Baltimore MD)
Velvet Lounge (Washington, DC)
Mellow Beach (Ocean City)
The Vault (Baltimore)
Highland Jam Pegasus Farm (WV)