Family Groove Company

Family Groove Company Is An Unsigned American Four Piece Band Based Out Of Chicago Illinois. FGC Tours Heavily And As Of June 2006 They Have Played In 28 States Totaling Over 400 Shows. Family Groove Company FGC Started Out In January Of 2001 When Adam Lewis Guitar And Jordan Wilkow Keyboards Met Janis Wallin Bass And Mattias Blanck Drums While Studying Music At The Musician's Institute In Los Angeles California. It Wasn't Long Before They Recorded Their First Demo Recording And Began Performing Throughout Southern California. The Band Began Touring Quite A Bit Throughout The Western U.S. With Regular Appearances In San Diego San Francisco And Portland Oregon. In Spring 2002 The Band Released Their 10-Track Debut Album Reachin'. With The Number Of Markets Available To The Band Limited By The Vast Expanse Of The West In The Fall Of 2002 FGC Made The Decision To Relocate To Chicago Illinois. Since Then The Band Has Pursued An Aggressive Touring Schedule That Has Included Headlining Performances "opening Band" Exposure Opportunities And High Profile Appearances At Festivals Like Summerfest The 10 000 Lakes Festival And Summer Camp. After Playing Almost 400 More Shows And Adding Over 50 Songs To Their Playlists Since Their First Release FGC Released Their Second Studio Album The Charmer On April 25 2006. The Charmer Was Recorded At Studio Chicago In Chicago Illinois In December Of 2005 With Overdubs In January And February Of 2006. All That Touring Produced Numerous Songs. In All Fourteen Songs Made The Cut And Are On The Album. Family Groove Company Integrates The Groove Sensibility Developed By James Brown And Herbie Hancock With The More Traditional Song Structure And Consciousness Of The Hook Revolutionized By The Beatles. FGC Has Avoided The Jam Band Formula Of The Hip-Hop/funk/rock Groove Combined With Endless Guitar Solos. Their Focus Has Been To Supplement Their Passion For Improvisation With An Attentiveness To Composition. FGC Feels That Compositional Coherence And Ingenuity Are Every Bit As Important As The "jam" That Has Come To Be The Namesake Of Their Genre. read less