RECENT SIGHTINGS:
The Bluebird Cafe - Nashville, TN
The Village Ma - Greenwich Village
Martini Beach - Cape May, NJ
Emerging Artist Showcase - Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Performer, Independent Music Conference - Phila, PA
Performer, Dewey Beach [+]RECENT SIGHTINGS:
The Bluebird Cafe - Nashville, TN
The Village Ma - Greenwich Village
Martini Beach - Cape May, NJ
Emerging Artist Showcase - Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Performer, Independent Music Conference - Phila, PA
Performer, Dewey Beach Music Conference - Dewey Beach, DE
Performer, Midwest Music Summit - Indianapolis, IN
Finalist, Independent Music World Series
(sponsored by Billboard Mag.,Taxi, Discmakers)
Performer, Millenium Music Conference (MMC8) Harrisburg, PA
Performer, NXNE Music Conference, Toronto
Finalist, 2004 Nashville Starvy Awards. Male Artist
Performer, Nashville 2NMC Music Conference
Performer, 2004 Music City Marathon
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Gordon Vincent grew up in the shadow of the oil refineries on the North Jersey coast. He started writing songs in high school, studied American fiction in college and honed his musical craft by thrashing it out in bars. What emerged was an artist of striking originality and depth, so steeped in tradition that he is utterly new. In recent years he has brought his "rock-and-roots" performances to CBGB's in New York, The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, and to Nashville venues like 12th & Porter, Windows on the Cumberland, and The Douglas Corner.
Gordon Vincent on stage. . .controlled abandon. 50's pool halls, big cars on lost highways. A runaway train with a destination. "The insolent calmness of his smile, the heavily-lashed eyes that just dare you to look away." Somehow churning out a groove and melodic hooks at the same time, he conjures a whole band on one guitar: "the guy has fingers on his fingers." The vocals are textured, edgy. His banter between songs will interest you strangely.
This guy is freakishly prolific. Come back from your massage and he'll have 3 new songs. His lyrics range from a heady torrent ("Get up on it now") to a gritty simplicity ("Nobody but myself to blame"). He can write about anything, from the naked empathy of "Feels like rain" to the hilarious send-up of shallow materialism that is "Too short to be a man". But all his songs reflect the insights of an honest soul journeying through a treacherous world. They are nothing less than up-to-the-minute bulletins from the trenches of our time - fresh,
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