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"Dirt"

Performing live at GFCM

Thursday June 11th
6:30 PM

Playing Classic Rock from Led Zepplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Ray Vaughn and more.

"Dirt" is:

Innovative drummer Kevin Ellman"The Time Machine" has appeared in concerts, on television and on recordingswith Manhattan Transfer, Bette Midler, Melissa Manchester, Barry Manilow, ToddRundgren, Cab Calloway and Chuck Berry. He is one of the founders of NJRB aclassic R&B band and is now introducing his classic rock band DIRT. www.kevinellman.com

Blonde and beautiful lead singer Cindy Auslio is famous for her five octaverange.  She can crank out a sweet ballad or let it rip as a highenergy rocker.  Formerly with NJRB, Lip Service and other working New York clubbands. 

Eclectic bassist Jeff Ganzhas appeared on recordings and in concert with artists such as Johnny Winter,Rita Moreno, Gerry Mulligan, Tito Puente, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, EddieMoney, Roy Buchanan, the Village People, Andrea McArdle, John Lee Hooker andChuck Berry.  Jeff worked in the pit orchestras of many hit Broadway showsand has done countless jingles for TV and radio.  He continues to be anactive freelancer in the NYC area in many musical genres. www.jeffganz.com

 Ed Howe is a leadguitarist who performs in and around the New York City Area.  He iscurrently performing monthly in the Village with his Beatles tribute band NoMersey.  He also performs original material with The Jenny Amlen Band, andhas partnered with Jenny Amlen on a recently released CD entitled Many Hats,for which Ed co-produced, arranged, and played most of the instruments. He is also musical director of Off The Charts, a local classic rock band,and he is a member of Cream Of The Crop, a classic rock band with leaningstoward the music of Cream.  Ed runs workshops and open jam nights for TheStudio in Manhattan,which is a 'music co-operative' for recreational musicians.

GuitaristLiberty Ellman’simprovisational and interpretive flexibility has allowed him to contribute tothe creative jazz ensembles of Henry Threadgill, Greg Osby, Butch Morris, VijayIyer, and Rudresh Mahanthappa’s and Steve Lehman’s project, DualIdentity.  Ellman also works in a variety of other circles; collaboratingwith DJ Joe Claussell of Spiritual Life, hip hop and spoken word artist MikeLadd, and stand out vocal artists like Ledisi, Somi, and Jen Chapin.  As acomposer and bandleader, Ellman has produced 3 critically acclaimed CDs:Orthodoxy (Red Giant Records, 1998), Tactiles (Pi Recordings, 2003) andOphiuchus Butterfly (Pi Recordings, 2006).  His compositional style hasbeen described as "At once highly controlled and recklesslyinventive,” and “quite original and subtle." And Ben Ratliffof the New York Times wrote: “Mr. Ellman's ballads are special, exoticthings: their melodies are memorable.”www.libertyellman,com