ANCIENT HARMONY

Location:
Georgia, US
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Jam Band / Indie / Psychedelic
Site(s):
Ancient Harmony

09/08/09



What’s in a name? Since Ancient times, people have gathered in tribal groups to work together, but also to play and dance to musical vibrations and commune in Harmony with one another.  

Ancient Harmony…… A Southadelic band of brothers creating rhythms, melody, harmony, and yes, Joy - Live and in real-time. As Harmonites, we invite one and all to join in, share, and celebrate our collective creative energies as we gather at clubs, theaters, and festivals to smile and shake our bones to this music.

Out of the 60’s, new forms of music evolved which combined folk, blues, early rock, and improvisational jazz. That coincided with the rediscovery of the healing and creative powers released when people gather to dance and sing and Turn On Their Lovelights.  The band Ancient Harmony both honors and moves forward out of this tradition. Each talented player creates, improvises, and merges into ONE to channel the audience and band energies into the notes and spaces, creating musical orgasms thru anticipatory tension and blissful release.

Founding member Shell Stamps, guitarist extraordinaire and vocalist, lays down a uniquely personal style and tone, yet one informed and influenced by Jerry Garcia and popular ‘slow-hand’ players such as David Gilmore, Eric Clapton, and Mark Knopfler. His playing thrills listeners with a sensibility and effortless capacity to take a melody and turn it into a soaring, inspirational journey. 

 Founding member Steve Patton, bassist supreme, channels the melody while living in the pocket. Sometimes he turns a groove into a poly-rhythmic landscape, other times he floats a subtle soundstage, or thunders with the best of them. The intuitive, nearly telepathic, long-term musical relationship between Shell and Steve is the core of the Ancient Harmony experience. 

Chad Jackson, drummer, writer, and vocalist, adds creativity to the mix as a true equal, resulting in an exquisitely balanced trio of improvisers where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Influenced by Rush's Peart, Genesis’ Collins, and Zepp’s Bonham, Chad’s style is precise, metronomic, yet still surprisingly fluid, while infused with a clear, spiritual vibration that informs his lyrics and onstage energy.

 The Audience is the final member of this band. We all bring our personal life-stories and energies to these gatherings. I personally discovered and connected to the power and mind-expanding creativity in this band and music during a performance of their signature tune Memory at a historic, outdoor Music Park under the raging nighttime cauldron of racing clouds in a near-miss-hurricane sky.  The band’s performance was totally in sync with Nature’s awesome display. Ancient Harmony?  Indeed.

(Words mostly by ‘Mountain Jim’ Lyle with contributions by Ben Nelson and Jason King) Grab This Layout: Cool MesmerizerLayouts - Comments - Graphics - Photobucket
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