Biographies of Texas Silver Moon musicians
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Bart Madeley - electric guitar Bart, a native Texan, had been playing gigs for 30 years, mainly in and around Austin. Bart played at The Armadillo several times, played with bands such as Alex Coke and Friends, with Julie Christianson, Jazzmanian Devil, Cheezmo (schmaltz)., Toby Anderson Band, Clifford Scott, and many others. Bands, Bart had been with, have opened for Sinbad, Eric Johnson, Bugs Henderson, Paul Winter Consort, Billy Preston, Delbert McClinton, Spyro Gyra. Bart also got the key to the city from Mayor McClellan along with bandmates for playing jazz. He played for Walter Mondale and Madelyn Albright at a Minnesota College. |
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Jon Field - electric bass, guitar, mandolin and vocals Jon, a native Austinite, started to play the bass more than 2 decades ago. However, within the last few years, he became serious about it to found a new band--Texas Silver Moon. For most jazz tunes he plays the electric bass, but will switch to the acoustic guitar when swing tunes are called for. Jon loves Bob Will's swing tunes and as Bob Wills' song goes: "Time changes everything....." and indeed it did. You can also hear Jon's soulful voice when singing swing tunes. Besides Jazz and Swing, Jon enjoys Bluegrass music. His enthusiasm inspired him to start The Georgetown Bluegrass Jam on the Square in November of 2002. Bluegrass musicians from the region look forward to the monthly jam on the square as well as to the weekly indoor jams started for bluegrass musicians. His patience and love to share his knowledge of music is appreciated by many. |
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Sigi Field - double bass Sigi, a native of Germany, loves Texas and its people, sits in for swing tunes on the upright bass. The biggest challenge for her is to carry it around. Just watch her how she hoists her bass around. Besides accompanying Bart and Jon she also loves to play Bluegrass. She quickly learned that Bluegrass is as heartwarming as any German Volksmusik would be. Sigi's music background dates back to her German education where Music and The Arts are mandatory subjects, thus she had to learn to read music, play an instrument and sing. Together with Jon she joins in on many area jams, makes new friends and looks forward to meeting many more. Send her an e-mail, she loves to hear from you. Besides her love for music, Sigi's creativity is seen in many of her graphic design works, her photography and painting. She studied fine arts and photography at the University of New Hampshire. Presently, she works as a freelancer in designing publications, advertisements and photography. She assists Jon in their business JRF Computer Housecalls |
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