Frogs Gone Fishin'

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Frogs Gone Fishin'
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Background information
Origin Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genres Progressive rock, Funk
Years active2005present
Labels Oh/Ya Records, Mountain Size
Members Andrew Portwood
Trevor Jones
Alex Scott
Jeff Jani
Past members Stever Rogers
Mark Levy
Dax Hunter
Wes Baily
Billy Twibell
Ari Michaeli
Stephen Kraft
Zander Masser
Philip Mistretta
Carl Gatti
Zack Mayernik
Website www.frogsgonefishin.com

Frogs Gone Fishin is an American rock band. Andrew Portwood (singer-songwriter/guitarist), Trevor Jones (guitarist/singer-songwriter), Alex Scott (Bass), and Jeff Jani (Drums) make up the four piece rock quartet.

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History

Frogs Gone Fishin' was formed in 2005 in Nashville by guitarists/singer-songwriters Trevor Jones and Andrew Portwood. Hurricane Katrina forced Jones to relocate to Nashville from New Orleans. [1] The band's first line-up consisted of Nashville music students including Wes Baily (keyboards/vocalist) from the band Moon Taxi and various Katrina evacuees including members of New Orleans–based band The Zoo. Frogs Gone Fishin' performed its first show at "3 Crow Bar" in East-Nashville in October 2005 and continued to perform in small clubs and venues in Nashville, until Trevor returned to New Orleans in winter 2006. Original bass guitarist Billy Twibell died in May 2006 in a car accident in Savannah. The group had various members from 2006 to 2007 when Portwood reconnected with Jones, Boston musician Mark Levy (drummer/percussionist), and friend Steve Rogers (bass guitar/vocalist) in August 2007 and signed to Oh/Ya Records.

Formation

Frogs Gone Fishin' began writing and rehearsing tunes with Mark Levy and Steve Rogers in a Nashville upstairs loft in July/August 2007. The band began writing, recording, and experimenting with sounds and instruments while living together in the loft for over a month and focused on getting enough songs written and rehearsed to record their first album on indie label Oh/Ya Records. Levy returned to Boston and Jones returned to New Orleans until May 2008 when the band members moved to their home state of Colorado.

Tell Me True

In 2007 Frogs Gone Fishin' recorded their debut album Tell Me The True in Colorado and Nashville. The band all lived in a Nashville house while recording the album. Tell Me True was released on June 17, 2008 on indie label Oh/Ya Records. [2] The band released the record in Colorado and began to tour the album with some local radio play with the song "Mexico" and "Life in a Magazine".

Colorado

The band relocated to Colorado in May 2008. The Tell Me True tour of 2008 led the band into the Midwest and southern regions of America and exposed the group to life on the road. The Frogs played over 50 shows in 35 cities that autumn with stops in Chicago, Nashville, Austin, and New Orleans. The members of Frogs Gone Fishin' have their roots in Colorado and all attended grade school together and were in various music groups before they formed the group. The group has performed with other Colorado-based bands like The Samples, Kinetix, Polytoxic, Springdale Quartet and Elephant Revival. In July 2009 the band performed at Ford Amphitheater in Vail for a sold-out crowd. After a busy 2010 touring for Actual Natural the Frogs didn't stop there. Throughout 2011 they have toured restlessly all over the country and in their beloved home state of Colorado becoming regulars at all rocky mountain music clubs and bars and as well being invited to many music festivals at the newly remodeled State Bridge Amphitheater in Bond, CO, the legendary Yarmony Grass, Hott Routt Music Festival in Steamboat and several Vail summer music festivals. The Frogs intense dedication to their musicianship has earned them a legion of die hard fans in their home state and beyond. [3]

New Orleans

Frogs Gone Fishin' moved to New Orleans in early 2009 for a few months. [4] [5] The group performed with George Porter Jr. during a Mardi Gras celebration concert in the French Quarter that spring. The band began to expand their music and performances playing over 30 shows in New Orleans in the spring of 2009. The band played two post-Jazz Fest shows at the Balcony Music Club and stamped a place in the New Orleans music scene sitting in with personalities like Johnny Sketch, Dirty Notes, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Papa Grows Funk, Jonny Vidacovich, Stanton Moore, and other musicians from New Orleans. The Frogs wrapped up their stay in New Orleans with two shows on Oak St. in front of Frenchy's art gallery. On every year, they travel to the Crescent City to write and perform original and traditional music.[ citation needed ]

Mountain Size Records

The band signed to Colorado-based label Mountain Size Records in October 2009. The label is run by Brad Smalling (engineer/producer) and Eric McLennan (songwriter/musician). [6] They went into Evergroove Studio in Evergreen, CO in October 2009 to begin work on their second album, Actual Natural. [7] The Frogs continued to play shows in Colorado during the winter months and wrapped up recording in February 2010. During the mix and production of the album, the band traveled back to New Orleans to perform and write.

Actual Natural

This album was released on May 8, 2010. The band's single "Actual Natural" was featured on the CD of the Relix Magazine on July as a promotion single. [8] During the recording process, Hollywood director and screenwriter Travis Milloy produced and directed two music videos for the band.[ citation needed ]

Membership Changes

After the supporting tours for Actual Natural, drummer Dax Hunter was brought on to replace Mark Levy. Dax toured with the band until late 2011, when he was replaced by current drummer Jeff Jani. Steve Rogers (bass) also left the group in mid-2011, and left a rotating bass chair until now full-time bassist Alex Scott joined in December 2011. The band occasionally features "The Horny Toads" horn section.

Members

Current members

Former members

Discography

Studio albums

*Tell Me True- 2007

Live albums

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