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Voted NY’s Top Emerging Band!
Winners of the 2021 NYS Music March Madness competition
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Bio.
It only took 37 years!
Jam scene mainstays Joe Bellanti, Corey Kertzie and Dave Ruch met in 1983 as members of Buffalo NY Grateful Dead cover band “Wild Knights,” a group that still plays reunion shows to this day.
But it wasn’t until early 2020 that they wrote their first original music together, this time as three-piece instrumental organ trio/funky jam band Organ Fairchild.
The debut gig was just a month before COVID shutdowns, but the horse was out of the barn and the response was immediate!
Highlights of the band’s short life to date include:
Featured on Spotify’s “Instrumental Funk” editorial playlist
Four-set booking at 2023 Summer Camp Music Festival, IL (15,000+ attendance)
Main stage appearance at Borderland Festival, East Aurora NY (7,000 attendance)
Full band called out of the audience to sit in at sold out Andy Frasco & U.N. show 12/31/22 Town Ballroom (1,000 cap)
Two sold out shows at Babeville’s Ninth Ward - Buffalo NY January 2023
Tedeschi Trucks Band members sit-in March 2023
Festivals and shows with Goose, Trey Anastasio Band, Umphrey’s McGee, moe., Melvin Seals and JGB, Anders Osborne and Jackie Greene, Andy Frasco & the U.N., Joe Marcinek, Tim Palmieri, Magic Beans, Sophistafunk, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Sam Grisman Project, Dogs in a Pile and more
Voted NY’s top emerging band (out of 64 groups) in 2021
Video greeting to the band from actress Morgan Fairchild
Show history in NY, CT, VT, MA, NJ, DE, PA, OH, DC, MD, IL, IN, IA, VT, MA, Ontario Canada
Individually, these veteran musicians have played music with (not in support of) Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, Robbie Krieger (The Doors), Nels Cline, Tony Rice, moe., Oteil Burbridge, Steve Kimock, Keller Williams, Strangefolk, Gibb Droll, Big Leg Emma, Juggling Suns and more.
But since 2020, they’ve been joined together in the pursuit of groovy tunes and juicy jams in a high-powered organ trio format.
Seriously, get ready to get down with Organ Fairchild!
“Making waves in the scene…”
- JamBase
A special message from actress Morgan Fairchild…
Organ Fairchild received an incredible video greeting from Morgan Fairchild in 2022!
“Fast-rising band…”
- Live for Live Music
Poster admat.
“A triad of effervescent instrumentalists”
- All About Jazz
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Band members.
Joe Bellanti - organ and keyboards
Corey Kertzie - drums and percussion
Dave Ruch - guitar
Contact.
BOOKING AND MEDIA REQUESTS
Dave Ruch
call/text: (716) 998-2001
email: organfairchild “at” gmail “dot” com
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“A live act not to be missed”
- Grateful Web