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South Mountain Pass

About Me

South Mountain Pass is Josh Benus on guitar/vox, Steve Elmy on guitar/vox, Matt Reinhardt on bass/vox, and Matt Johnson on drums/vox.

Using their diverse roots in jazz, blues, classic rock, folk, funk, and classical music, SMP creates their unique sound by mixing traditional stylistic elements with high-intensity improvisation.

"Good New Music, and I Mean Good!" - Hartford Courant

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SMP's most recent 6 song EP was completed in February 08 after a 6 day stop at Studio X in Ridgewood, NJ with engineer Rave Tesar. Special guests include Brandon Wright on tenor sax, Josh Bruneau on trumpet, and Rave Tesar ..s (listen above).


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Member Since: 6/7/2006
Band Website: www.SouthMountainPass.com/
Band Members: Josh Benus - Guitar, Vocals / Steve Elmy - Guitar, Vocals / Matt Reinhardt - Bass, Vocals / Matt Johnson - Drums, Vocals
LOOKING FOR A FULL-TIME KEYBOARDIST! Contact us on myspace or at [email protected]

Influences: Too many to name
Sounds Like: listen then you decide
Record Label: none

My Blog

What SMPs been up to

Hey everyone, As you all might have noticed we've been scaling down our schedule a bit in the past couple of months. This is because 1. We moved out of CT and are relocating close to NYC and you know ...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:50:00 GMT

SULLY’S Pub TONIGHT!!

IF you are In or Around the Hartford Area tonight come by Sully's Pub and Check out " The Grift" who will be opening up the night and "South Mountain Pass" who will be closing it out. Cheap Drinks, Go...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:48:00 GMT

GOOD NEW MUSIC, AND I MEAN GOOD! - Hartford Courant

For those of us who listen to lots and lots of music every week, it's such a real pleasure when an unknown group mails you a "demo disk" and you're knocked off your chair. South Mountain Pass has bee...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:06:00 GMT

SMP’s Radio Show on WBAR 87.9

Friends, Fan, and Family, Josh, and I just got back from our debut radio show at Columbia/ Barnard University with our good friend Simeon Cohen as the Host. You can download or stream the Radio Show f...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:41:00 GMT

New Poster

GO SOX!! 2 Great things happened tonightSox are going to the W.S!!! I think YOOOOUK should have gotten the MVP, but whatever.and we got a new poster from our friend Chris who I think is out in Arizona...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:42:00 GMT

Newly Added Song!

The new South Mountain Pass song "Ballad of 95'" is now up on myspace. It might be familiar to some Pass Holes that have been listening to us from the start. But for others this song is one of the fir...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:37:00 GMT