The Groove Orient: New Album, Big Tour, Ticket Giveaway!
“The Groove Orient is a high-energy five-piece rock’n’roll band with heavy influences in jazz and blues.” Says so on their Facebook page. That has been an accurate description ever since the band formed in 2013 and never more true than now for the Orlando quintet. They have played countless gigs and dozens of festivals, travelled throughout the Southeast and as far west as Colorado, and released two EPs, Welcome to the Show and Generation Y.
The Groove Orient are: Harry Ong, bass, vocals; Tommy Shugart, Hammond B3 organ, keyboards, guitar, vocals; Chuck Magid, guitars, vocals; David Vanegas, percussion, bass, vocals; and Aaron “Bucky” Buckingham, drums, vocals.
The band is working to complete their first full-length album, the eponymous The Groove Orient. The tour will find them throughout the Southeast, as far north as New York, and at the Arts in the Hearts of Augusta Festival and at Suwannee Hulaween. They also have a special weekend at The Green Parrot in Key West with amazing blues shouter Kaleigh Baker on the schedule.
They have launched a PledgeMusic project to help them with the completion of the record, designed to help them raise the funds needed to create this album through pre-orders.
And The Groove Orient has a special offer for those attending the Tampa show at the Crowbar. The band will give two pairs of tickets to two fans who pre-order the album on the PledgeMusic link below, share the event, and tag a friend they want to bring with them.
The Tampa show (Friday, September 7th) and the following night at Will’s Pub in Orlando both feature two great bands The Groove Orient has often worked with: Electric Kif from Miami and Leisure Chief from Orlando.
Be sure to read Chuck Magid’s excellent blog at the link below for much more information about the band, the tour, and the album.
THE GROOVE ORIENT FALL TOUR
08/31 1904 Music Hall | Jacksonville FL w/ S.P.O.R.E., The Good Wood Band
09/01 Heartwood SoundStage | Gainesville FL w/ Locochino
09/06 The Funky Biscuit | Boca Raton FL
09/07 Crowbar | Tampa FL w/ Electric Kif, Leisure Chief
09/08 Will’s Pub | Orlando FL w/ Electric Kif, Leisure Chief
09/13 Hard Rock Cafe | Tampa FL
09/15 Barrelhouse South | Savannah GA w/ Formula 5
09/16 Arts in the Hearts of Augusta Festival | Augusta GA
09/20 Wynwood Yard | Miami FL w/ Electric Kif
09/21 The Green Parrot | Key West FL w/ Kaleigh Baker
09/22 The Green Parrot | Key West FL w/ Kaleigh Baker
09/23 The Green Parrot | Key West FL w/ Kaleigh Baker
09/26 Charleston Pour House | Charleston SC
09/27 Jimmy’s at Red Dogs | Wrightsville Beach NC
09/28 Gypsy Sally’s | Washington DC w/ CBDB, Toad Head
09/29 Rockwood Music Hall | New York NY
10/11 Funk N’ Waffles | Syracuse NY
10/18 Doc Taylor’s Seaside Market | Virginia Beach VA
10/19 Pour Taproom | Greenville SC
10/20 Sierra Nevada Brewing | Mills River NC
10/26 Suwannee Hulaween | Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park | Live Oak FL