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The Jon Trowbridge Band

About Me

The Jon Trowbridge Band formed in March 2008. They bring together Rock, Soul, and Pop in an attempt to bring a little balls to piano based music.Jon Trowbridge - Survive
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Member Since: 26/04/2006
Band Website: www.jontrowbridge.com
Band Members: Jon Trowbridge: Vocals/Piano
Jamie Trowbridge: Guitar
Chris Fay: Bass
Dave Staynings: Drums
Influences: Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Brian Wilson, Elton John, Tupac, Aretha Franklin, Barry White, Ben Folds, Bleu, Counting Crows, Crowded House, The Lemonheads, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, John Legend, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, The Roots, Jay-Z, The Beatles, Biz Markie, Tori Amos, Heather Nova, The Carpenters, Foo Fighters, Peter Sallett, Jeff Buckley, Midlake
Sounds Like: bit o' stevie, bit o' marvin, bit o' ben folds, and other stuff mixed up together
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Playdead Camden showcase review!

The guys over at Green Man Music have kindly done a review of our Playdead Showcase gig we did in Camden last month. You can read it here:http://mmamblive.blogspot.com/2009/06/playdead-debut-sh owcase-...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:40:00 GMT

The Jon Trowbridge Band - Live @ The Playdead Fringe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgK_efixcg Here's a video of our performance for the BBC Playdead fringe the other week, courtesy of Playdead Media!
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 01:13:00 GMT

Sugarhill and the 12 bar - double gig session!

We doubled up on the gigs on Sunday and had a great time! First up was our gig at the Sugarhill Festival which was looking like a barren muddy wasteland by the time we arrived. We quickly got stuck in...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:12:00 GMT

New album tracks up now!

We've stuck up a few tracks from the album on our page, so get involved and have a listen! We are still working on artwork and all that, and deciding what we are going to do with it, but in the mean t...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:17:00 GMT

Swindon Shuffle Review!

Dave Franklin over at Green Man Music has done a great review of the Swindon Shuffle this year. You can read the whole thing by going here: http://mmamblive.blogspot.com/2008/08/swindon-shuffle-2008.h ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:10:00 GMT

Recording done! (New tunes up now!)

We zipped through all the recording for our album a little while back and now it's finally done and dusted! We've stuck up 3 new tracks on the main page if you want a listen. They are only roughly mix...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:52:00 GMT

Recording has begun!

Yesterday we started laying down tracks for what would have been our EP, but we've accidentally done an album instead! All the drums are done (thanks to "one take" Staynings!), and we'll get the rest ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:12:00 GMT

Frequently inSwindon

We played at the monthly Frequently inSwindon gig last Saturday along with 3 other bands. It's an open air gig held in the middle of Swindon town centre, the aim of which is to get the locals interest...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:10:00 GMT

Songs of Praise review

We played the monthly Songs of Praise evening @ The Vic in Swindon last week was ace, and the guys at http://mmamblive.blogspot.com/  have done a little review:There has been a wave of piano led ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:09:00 GMT

Brunel Radio Session

I've just uploaded one of the live tracks we did for the Brunel FM show last week. It's an acoustic version of The Writing Is On The Wall. I've also stuck up another track and the interview on my Vox ...
Posted by on Tue, 06 May 2008 01:58:00 GMT