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Heavy Merge

Don't Fake The Funk

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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

My Blog

Nuyorican Poet's show and other musings.

Nuyorican's first night of the Women Take the Bandstand series turned out to be a small and cozy affair. While we always hope that gig night will surprise us with a huge turnout (and it has for the p...
Posted by Heavy Merge on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 10:47:00 PST

catching up with technology

Hey Merge Fans Just Starting up with the Myspace technology thig:We'll be at the Nuyorican on March 21st 8 pmin a great double bill....Check out some:Press ReviewsHeavy Merge LPThe Inside Connection"T...
Posted by Heavy Merge on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 01:22:00 PST

Ghosts of Heavy Merge's Past

Or the other title to the blog is: i must confess that a bio is difficult to write, plus it's a marketing tool that makes me super cranky.The purpose of this particular entry is to round out the line ...
Posted by Heavy Merge on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:29:00 PST