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The Very People have blended their fondness for many styles of music. With influences such as Stevie Wonder, Prince, Chaka Khan, Cat Stevens, Peter Gabriel, The Strokes, The Meters, The Police, Bob Marley, James Brown and many, many others, The Very People play fun, funky, and memorable songs highlighted by great vocals and exciting musicianship.
"The Very People play music for us. [...]The family Luoma is rich with talent. Brothers Jesse and Ben, along with sister Rochelle, create impeccable harmonies, augmented by the skilled guitar ministrations of Nathan Mattson and the rhythm and percussion dyad of drummer Sebastian Witherspoon and bassist Ryan Earp." -The Transistor, Duluth, MN
CD IS NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE at The Electric Fetus in Duluth, MN, at Barnes and Noble in Duluth, MN, and at our other website: WWW.THEVERYPEOPLE.COM

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Member Since: 12/28/2005
Band Website: theverypeople.com
Band Members: Ryan Earp: Bass guitar and vocals Ben Luoma: Electric guitar and vocals Jesse Luoma: Acoustic guitar and vocals Rochelle Luoma: Vocals Nathan Mattson: Electric guitar Sebastian Witherspoon: Drums.. make
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Influences: Marvin Gaye, Al Green, The Meters, The Strokes, Peter Gabriel, Bob Marley, Rage Against the Machine, Steely Dan, The Alrights, James Brown, Cat Stevens, Chaka Khan, The Beatles, and a lot of others.
Sounds Like: The sweetest funk/rock/pop band you've heard in a long time.
Type of Label: None

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online songs for sale!

Buy individual tracks from us through snocap.com.  Check it out.
Posted by the very people on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:41:00 PST

CD Release Party

CD Release Party!!! CD RELEASE PARTY - June 22nd - TAP ROOM 10pmCome celebrate with us the release of our first full length album called Standing In Line.           ...
Posted by the very people on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:26:00 PST

CD recording update

Here's an update: we're pretty much done with the basic intrument tracks on all eleven songs.  Vocals are partly finished on a few.  We'll be adding some percussion and perhap...
Posted by the very people on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:12:00 PST

New Videos

Check out three new live FineLine videos on our video page!  Hope you like them.
Posted by the very people on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:08:00 PST

We're going to be recording a full-blown CD soon

Hey, everybody.  We're going to start recording a CD with Eric Swanson at Sacred Heart in just a few weeks.  We hope to have it done by the spring so everyone can get one.  Wish us luck...
Posted by the very people on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:17:00 PST