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Insomniac Gypsy

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Insomniac Gypsy
Insomniac Gypsy is an original, bluegrass-infused, high-energy string band, infusing bluegrass with jazz, funk, and rock to come up with a completely different sound all their own.
Insomniac Gypsy is...
Denny Vanesky
His playing-with-fire, hot picking guitar style is as flavorful as a Kentucky barbeque. Dennys playing is always a blend of technical basting and improvised seasoning. Good tasting, dance-around-the-fire nourishment! Even so, it is Dennys song writing and energetic vocals that take center stage in Insomniac Gypsy music. His raspy and intense vocals are that of a backwoods storyteller, as he conjures up songs about life in the rural Midwest. Denny has shared the stage with many great artists, including John Hartford!
Jeff Sachs
His Bass & fiddle playing is the bluegrass beacon of Insomniac Gypsy. His high and lonesome playing is the warmth of the slow songs, while his winding, out-of-this-world passages during fast songs take the music to that higher ground, somewhere between the Groove Galaxy and Constellation Exaltation. His fiddle playing is pure tie-dye in the sky - colorful. He also Sings Lead And Harmony and Writes and Co-writes Many of the songs in Insomniac Gypsy's Seemingly Endless Repertoire of original songs.Jeff is talented musician and has made some great music with many different bands and people, he has even played Bass live for Vassar Clements!
Theodore Vanesky
plays three-finger style banjo. His self-taught playing encompasses outsider scales and passages that seem to effortlessly glide over the bluegrass rhythms. These melodic and harmonic surges bring jazz overtones to the music, a kind of reweaving of the traditional bluegrass fabric in a way that masterly reinvents it.
Nate Sitzman
is one hell of a Mandolin Player somehow getting impossible tone and sounds from his lightning fast fingers, he is sure to perk up your ears and your feet. Nate also is an amazing lead and harmony vocalist. Nate has also shared the stage with many great bands including, The Miltown Ramblers, Cornmeal, Burnt Toast and jam and The Chicago Bluegrass Band.

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Music:

Member Since: 27/02/2006
Band Website: this is it
Band Members: Denny Vanesky
Guitar, Lead and Harmony Vocals

Jeff Sachs
Upright Bass, Fiddle, Lead and Harmony Vocals

Theodore Vanesky
Banjo, Lead and Harmony Vocals

Nathan Sitzman
Mandolin, Lead and Harmony Vocals

Sounds Like: It's about to melt your face.
Record Label: Fiidleosophy
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Insomniac Gypsy wants you to check out a photo on MySpace in the tye-dyes album

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Posted by on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:14:00 GMT

songs from the road

I've benn writing new songs on the roadhere's the words to a new one............another sunday afternoonof sittin in the shadewatching all my troubles fade awaynow Im left with nothinbut I dont need a...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:55:00 GMT

uproot hootanay

I've been sitting in with a band in deerfield beach on dobro called uproot hootanany. a great bunch of guys chech them out
Posted by on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:44:00 GMT

a lot has happened

in the last month a lot has happened  i jammed with a lot of people and traveled a lot miles. 5000 to be exact I just left atlanta .... jammed with Stop drop and roll on 420 ..... before that i was in...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:59:00 GMT

spring fest

I just had a couple of great weeks in florida, i got to jam with so many awsome people you would not even believe it. Scythian, Jeff moser, , flee market hustlers, waco ramblers, linsay pruett, Steve ...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:42:00 GMT

I hung out and picked all over Key west

I hung out and picked all over Key west. Met a lot of great musicians and had a blast. Denny solo is whats going on and a destination is not needed. I'm on my way to Atlanta to play St. Pattys Day. Pe...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:53:00 GMT

Hey race fans

Denny here in deerfield beach fl.  I'm Headed down to Key west to hang out with christipher on see if I can book some gigs for next month.
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:04:00 GMT

pickin in atlana

I played at the tucker fountian last night and caught a great jazz jam band called Newberry Jam at Moonshadow and got to pick with them and a couple songwriters from town at richie and sams house.
Posted by on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:06:00 GMT

first stop

the flee market hustlers for a little pickin in the hills of tenn.
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:13:00 GMT

Rockin with the Fiddle

Over the weekend i had the chance to play fiddle with Ifdakar on thursday night and with Elf lettuce Friday at cranky pats in neenah and saturday at mr Robberts in Madison. on monday in appleton with ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:15:00 GMT