Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams
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Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams is a Sleepy Hollow, New York based band, which was founded there in 1998. The band's music is a form of Folk Rock and is sometimes described as "punk classical hillbilly Floyd,"[1]
The band regularly plays the major folk music venues and coffeehouses in the Northeastern United States, often to sold out crowds. They also tour in other regions of the United States[2]. In 2006 they played a number of major folk festivals, including Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in Hillsdale, NY, Forksville Folk Festival in Forksville, PA, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, and the Moab Folk Festival in Moab, Utah[3].
There are four official members of the band:
- Joziah Longo - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Sharkey McEwen - lead guitar, backing vocals, mandolin
- Tinkerbell Lloyd - accordion, cello, flute, piccolo, theremin
- Tony Zuzulo - "percussives"
Joziah and Tink's son, Chen, frequently plays bass guitar with the band.
The band is represented by The Roots Agency[4].
[edit] Discography
- A Good Thief Tips His Hat (1999)
- Live from the Puppet House (1999) [out of print]
- Live from WDST - Acoustic Breakfast [out of print]
- Live at the Towne Crier (2001)
- Flapjacks from the Sky (2004)
- A Night at the Puppet House (2005)
- Christmas at the Towne Crier (2005)
- Flapjacks from the Sky 12" vinyl (2005)
- Flapjacks from the Sky Live Concert DVD (2006)
[edit] External links
- The band's official webpage is http://www.slambovia.com.
- Review of Flapjacks from the Sky on Chronogram.com
- Article in New Haven, CT's Play magazine.
- The unofficial CircusFans fan discussion group on Google Groups.
