Member Since: 3/13/2006
Band Website: heavymerge.com/
Band Members: Genevieve Gazon - Vocals, Bryan Vargas - Guitar, Ron Monroe - Bass, Ernesto Abreu - Percussion, Gregg Gonzalez - Drums, Chiemi Nakai - Keyboards.
Other honorary and former/always welcome on the bandstand members: Tino Derado - Keyboard/Piano, Robert Bonhomme - Drums, Pablo Vergara - Keyboard/Piano, Jaimeo Brown - Drums, Peter Basil - Percussion. Orlando Marin, Jr. - Bass and many more friends and musicians who have shared the bandstand that we don't have room to name here. Thanks to everyone who has helped us keep it real and keep it groovin'.
Influences: (these might be influences or more likely... just artists and bands that I love): Rickie Lee Jones, Steely Dan, Sade, Earth, Wind & Fire, Anita Baker, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Oleta Adams, Ozomatli, Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross, Alicia Keyes, Eliane Elias, Elis Regina, Sergio Mendes, Sonia Silvestre, Ruben Blades, Marisa Montes, The Pretenders, Janis Joplin, Billie Holliday, Sara Vaughan. More later.
Sounds Like: Brand New Heavies, Steely Dan, Sade, Anita Baker, Return to Forever (this one came from our friend at WFDU - Marc Copeland!)
Record Label: FunkSandwich Music
Type of Label: Indie