River Ruckus Agenda – Band Bios

Date: 7/18/2013

Event Date: September 7th 2013

2:30-3:45 Jason Spooner Band:

Portland, Maine's own Jason Spooner Band (Jason Spooner - guitar & vocals, Reed Chambers - Drums & Percussion and Adam Frederick - Bass & vocals, Warren Mcpherson - Keyboards & vocals).

Over the last few years this dynamic band has opened for acts as varied as B.B. King, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Ray LaMontagne, Susan Tedeschi, Jackie Greene, G. Love, Guster, Blues Traveler, Peter Rowan and Sara Bareilles. Within the last two summers alone Jason and the band performed at Targhee Fest in Jackson Hole, WY - FloydFest in Floyd, Va - The Festival at Sandpoint - Sandpoint, ID - The Naukabout Festival on Cape Cod, the River City Roots Festival in Missoula, MT and The Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, CO.

4:00-5:15 Marina Eveans:

Local Gloucester, MA basedMarina Evans combines sultry jazz vocals, folk influences and rock into a sound entirely her own. Since her start in her hometown of Rockport, Massachusetts, Marina has taken her music from New York to San Francisco, and from London to Florence, Italy.

Marina Evans was featured on WXRV/92.5 the River the title track of Dogtown on the Homegrown Showcase.

5:30-7:00 Skinny Cleveland:

Jam-infused Alternative Rock band based out of Boston, MA. Manifesting their diverse blend of musical influences, Jamie Simons (Vocals), Dave O'Brien (Lead Guitar), Evan Cormier (Bass), and Trevor McSweeney (Drums) have found common ground in creating music that is tastefully rough around the edges with driving drum beats, funky bass lines, eclectic guitar riffs, and lush melodies.

7:20-8:45 Aldous Collins Band:

The Aldous Collins Band plays uplifting, positive & freeing music. ACB is roots, reggae, rugged soul, flow and funk. Friends and venues throughout New England including the Hard Rock Café’ in Boston have supported ACB for the last 5 years Aldous Collins Band has performed at many River events like Music on the Mountains, Andover Day, Cohasset Tri to name a few – Aldous Collis Band is a local band with a ton of energy they are sure to blow the roof off!