GROOVESESSION
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August 28, 2008 in
Music
CITY OF ORIGIN: Ontario
MEMBERS AND INSTRUMENTS: Manny Sanchez (drums, vocals); Ronnie Sanchez (bass, vocals); Sarven Manguiat (guitar, vocals).
RECENT RELEASE: The Flying Burrito (2008)
KINDRED SPIRITS: Herbie Hancock, head noddin’, Phish, toe tappin’, Santana, smile makin’, Jimi Hendrix, extreme hand clappin’, The Meters, Stevie Ray Vaughn
WEBSITE: myspace.com/groovesession
Great rhythm sections never receive the notoriety they deserve. These players are often subjected to the smallest slice of pay, get no real respect from audiences, work long hours (if not longer than the people they’re backing), and can’t throw the hissyfits that most frontpeople can often get away with because they’re “so easily expendable.”
However, on occasion, a great rhythm section will emerge and, even in the harshest conditions, at least attain some semblance of respect. For instance, there’s Hal Blaine’s Wrecking Crew, who performed with some of the ’60s and ’70s most popular artists. But even the Wrecking Crew weren’t attuned to the basking in the stage lights of the folks they supported.
Let’s hope that instrumentalists GrooveSession attract a little more notoriety. This Ontario-based trio of guitar, bass and drums places all of its members into the foreground at all times. And while that may appear like the wankfest of the century, we promise you it’s not.
Founded by brothers Manny and Ronnie Sanchez a few years ago as a casual catchall of backing musicians seeking to support other local musicians, the pair quickly converted GrooveSession into a full-fledged band after enlisting guitarist Sarven Manguiat last year. Since then, the band’s landed gigs across the vicinity (Dos Lagos Amphitheater, The Hip Kitty, The Lake Alice Trading Company), and according to Sanchez, helped raise over $50,000 for various causes. And not only are they kind-hearted, GrooveSession are probably the most talented batch of young dudes we’ve seen in the area in a very long time—on album and on stage.
“GrooveSession is a musical journey fusing many genres,” says Sanchez. “As long as it has a groove, it’s making music, making love, that’s GrooveSession . . . We like to take audiences with us and show respect and joy from playing diverse genres knowing the root of music is what fuels each show.”
–Waleed Rashidi
GrooveSession at the Riverside Plaza, 3545 Central Ave, Riverside, September 5, 5PM
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CITY OF ORIGIN: Ontario
MEMBERS AND INSTRUMENTS: Manny Sanchez (drums, vocals); Ronnie Sanchez (bass, vocals); Sarven Manguiat (guitar, vocals).
RECENT RELEASE: The Flying Burrito (2008)
KINDRED SPIRITS: Herbie Hancock, head noddin’, Phish, toe tappin’, Santana, smile makin’, Jimi Hendrix, extreme hand clappin’, The Meters, Stevie Ray Vaughn
WEBSITE: myspace.com/groovesession
Great rhythm sections never receive the notoriety they deserve. These players are often subjected to the smallest slice of pay, get no real respect from audiences, work long hours (if not longer than the people they’re backing), and can’t throw the hissyfits that most frontpeople can often get away with because they’re “so easily expendable.”
However, on occasion, a great rhythm section will emerge and, even in the harshest conditions, at least attain some semblance of respect. For instance, there’s Hal Blaine’s Wrecking Crew, who performed with some of the ’60s and ’70s most popular artists. But even the Wrecking Crew weren’t attuned to the basking in the stage lights of the folks they supported.
Let’s hope that instrumentalists GrooveSession attract a little more notoriety. This Ontario-based trio of guitar, bass and drums places all of its members into the foreground at all times. And while that may appear like the wankfest of the century, we promise you it’s not.
Founded by brothers Manny and Ronnie Sanchez a few years ago as a casual catchall of backing musicians seeking to support other local musicians, the pair quickly converted GrooveSession into a full-fledged band after enlisting guitarist Sarven Manguiat last year. Since then, the band’s landed gigs across the vicinity (Dos Lagos Amphitheater, The Hip Kitty, The Lake Alice Trading Company), and according to Sanchez, helped raise over $50,000 for various causes. And not only are they kind-hearted, GrooveSession are probably the most talented batch of young dudes we’ve seen in the area in a very long time—on album and on stage.
“GrooveSession is a musical journey fusing many genres,” says Sanchez. “As long as it has a groove, it’s making music, making love, that’s GrooveSession . . . We like to take audiences with us and show respect and joy from playing diverse genres knowing the root of music is what fuels each show.”
–Waleed Rashidi
GrooveSession at the Riverside Plaza, 3545 Central Ave, Riverside, September 5, 5PM
