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If you consider yourself a New Orleans music fan, you may find yourself in love with a never- ending web of music that entangles many genres and recordings over the last several decades produced by an unparalleled collection of musicians. The whole of this is what truly defines New Orleans music. You also likely know that by its relatively small size, New Orleans has this enormous music scene that expands well beyond the walls of Preservation Hall and Tipitina’s. And just when you think you’ve heard all there is to hear in original New Orleans music, you almost crave to be surprised by something so special it knocks you down, like the restaurant off the beaten path that had the killing gumbo you weren’t expecting. It was under your nose the whole time you’ve been living here. And it’s part of New Orleans. Hardcore Woodenhead fans are well aware of New Orleans-born guitarist Jimmy Robinson. An unmatchable force on the guitar, Jimmy has been blowing the minds of audiences and players alike since he formed Woodenhead in 1975. A truly progressive fusion-rock band in a city that is anything but, the catalog and longevity of this group speaks volumes of Robinson and company’s dedication to the music they believe in and love. In the late 1990’s Robinson took many of the ingredients of Woodenhead (including longtime members Paul Clement and Mark Whitaker) and formed the guitar collective called Twangorama. Combined with longtime friend Cranston Clements (arguably the most sought-after New Orleans guitarist in the last 30 years, w/ Dr. John, Stanton Moore,Boz Skaggs, George Porter, Jr., Maria Muldaur and more) and Phil deGruy, (a deeply talented individual, primarily a solo guitarist for years earning accolades and praise from guitar luminaries like Steve Vai, Larry Coryell and Danny Gatton) this progressive guitar powerhouse fuels original and existing material to soaring new heights with the compositional and arranging talents of everyone on board. The results are in your hand as a brilliantly crafted, enlightening and awe-inspiring collection of jewels. They single-handedly rewrite the book on what New Orleans guitar is today. And the New Orleans connection, while not in your face, is undeniable. All members of Twangorama were born and bred in New Orleans, and it is bands like Twangorama that are one of those critical ingredients that make the musical gumbo of New Orleans so good and so unique. ...enjoy it, for it’s been right under our noses the whole time.

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News: Performance / Tour

Twangorama at The Green Room in New Orleans on December 12th

Twangorama at The Green Room in New Orleans on December 12th

New Orleans guitar collective Twangorama (Phil deGruy, Jimmy Robinson and Cranston Clements) will perform on New Orleans north shore at The Green Room, on E. Boston Street, on Friday, December 12th. The band (also with Bassist Paul Clement and drummer Mark Whitaker, both from Woodenhead) will play music from Twangorama's self titled CD, and lots of ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Twangorama in Lafayette, LA on October 24th

Twangorama in Lafayette, LA on October 24th

New Orleans all-star guitar asylum Twangorama makes their Debut at the beautiful Artmosphere in Lafayette, Louisiana on Friday, October 24th. The guitar collective features veteran New Orleans guitarists Phil deGruy, Jimmy Robinson and Cranston Clements. The band's debut recording has received critical praise, and spans rock, jazz, roots, celtic, classical and New Orleans rhythm and blues ...

Album

Twangorama

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2007
Track listing: Rat Dust; New Wine; Friday On My Mind; Mode Rage; Sew What; Big Blue; Creature Of The House; Whymn; Who Can I Turn To/My Romance; Son Of Samba; Beck And Call; Other Neighbors.

Album

Twangorama

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2007

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Article: Album Review

Twangorama: Twangorama

Read "Twangorama" reviewed by Craig M. Cortello


Somewhere on the periphery where progressive rock meets fusion comes this CD that merges the talents of three of the most prolific and versatile guitarists of the New Orleans music scene. It is perhaps a meeting of the minds, a display of mutual respect for four decades of fretboard wizardry, and a callout to the world ...


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