SPOT/Albert
Austin, TX / Dallas, TX
www.myspace.com/spotalbert
www.spotinator.com
www.celticmusic.com/alfonso_bodhrans
www.myspace.com/spotthespot
SPOT/Albert is a duo with a unique "bend the rules" approach to their music. SPOT (guitar, tenor banjo, vocals) is equally at home on both acoustic and electric instruments with a style best described as "two-fisted picking" which he backs up with outstanding composition and writing. He has toured and shared stages with such indie rock legends as Mike Watt, Sonic Youth, Drive-by Truckers, The Sadies, Eugene Chadbourne, DeVotchka, Fugazi, and with more "traditional" artists such as Alejandro Escovedo, Clandestine, Michael Hurley and Ed Miller. Albert Alfonso (drum maker, bodhran player) is the man the legendary Mick Moloney calls "The Celtic-Cuban Connection." He has performed and/or recorded with artists such as Solas, Altan, Liz Carroll, Roger Landes, Greenfields of America, Brian McNeill, John Doyle, Jerry Holland and J.P. Cormier. In addition, he has conducted drum workshops across North America as well as with the Royal Academy of Music in both Glasgow and London. Their new CD release is titled "In the Bag."