The Josh Dion Band June 28, 2007

TWO SHOWS! 7:15pm and 9:45pm

Josh Dion was born at the tail end of the disco funk era, when popular radio bore the sounds of Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, and 'four on the floor' drum beats! He grew up playing drums to the simple and beat driven sounds of Nick Mason and Ringo Starr. Cream, Zeppelin and the Stones led Dion to Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson and beyond. At nine he witnessed the Gene Krupa Story (1959) and began an obsession with old jazz and dixieland music. At twelve, he stopped playing music all together to become a gospel preaching, piano playing man. At 17, he was led to the FUNK and to jazz post- 1955! He moved to New Jersey where he met the beautiful members of this configuration. Sarah Versprille, the only girl that could possibly handle these derelicts on a regular basis, happens to sing her ass off, in a Billie Holiday meets Prince manner, and be a former All-State trumpeter. Brian Killeen, the solid and outspoken bassist coming from a U2 meets Red Hot Chili Peppers meets Louis Johnson approach, has some Will Lee jumping ability. On keys is Pat Firth, the classically trained, former Keith Jarrett obsessing, veggie eating, ex-longtime roommate of Dion. Then there's Daniel McFaul Hindman, the Delaware boy who has found a unique sound somewhere between Robbie Robertson, Eric Clapton, Wayne Krantz and Charlie Christian, fully speaking the language of dreams.