MP3 KG3 - Not So Much

Progressive classic rock with hints of Americana

11 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Progressive Rock, ROCK: Classic Rock



Details:
Put 3 smokin' players with decades of heavy-duty performing experience together and you have KG3.

Lloyd Poole-drums, vocals is a West Coast native, came of age in late 60's San Francisco and has played with many international rock stars. He toured with Sugarloaf in the mid-70's and has played with current and/or former members of Ozzy Osbourne, Santana, Journey, Night Ranger, Steppenwolf, the Doobie Brothers and many others. He has shared the stage with Heart, Van Morrison, Aerosmith, Tower of Power, the Youngbloods and many others.

Tom Mullin-lead guitar, vocals hails from the heartland and has toured with Dennis Provisor of Grass Roots fame. His boyhood friend and former band mate John 'JR' Robinson is now considered the world's most recorded drummer and has performed with just about everyone who is anyone in pop music, including Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Barbra Streisand and a very long list of others.

Newcomer Mike Keesal-bass, vocals spent 15 years working the L.A. metal scene and more recently worked the Seattle scene, studying guitar with Roger Fisher of Heart fame.

KG3 formed in 2003 soon after original bassist Tony Hartness met Lloyd on North Whidbey Island. Lloyd had returned to Whidbey, where he spent much of his youth, after retiring from 3 decades of extensive full-time performing. Through a mutual acquaintance Tony met Tom, also on hiatus, who had recently moved to Whidbey after a year long odyssey from the upper Midwest to the Pacific Northwest. Wanting to live the quiet island life away from the limelight, Lloyd reluctantly agreed to jam with Tony and Tom one time. The chemistry, musicianship and companionship kept him coming back for more and soon blossomed into KG3.

KG3 began recording Not So Much, their debut CD, in September 2004 and sent the master to be manufactured in October 2005. KG3 wanted to get it right; all three players worked at demanding full-time day jobs and the learning curve in DIY production of a pro grade master is steep. Tom was the chief engineer, using a laptop computer along with industry standard software-based recording, mixing and mastering tools. On Halloween, the 2nd anniversary of KG3âs first public performance, they played the CD music live in published song order to a capacity crowd at the same nearby pub where Lloyd and Tony first met. The response was overwhelmingly positive, encouraging the band to further promote the CD and mix the original songs on it in with primarily danceable classic and modern rock covers at their live shows.

Tony resigned from KG3 in March 2006 due to flagging health. Disappointed but not to be deterred, Lloyd and Tom began searching in earnest for a suitable replacement that would fit the band musically and keep the positive KG3 interpersonal chemistry alive. After a string of tryouts and a couple false starts with good players commuting from a fair distance, they located Mike Keesal living nearby who brought serious instrumental chops and fit the band like a glove.

KG3 plans to begin working on a followup CD expected to be released sometime in 2007, based on newly composed material. Most of the songs on Not So Much were penned several years prior and recorded on demo tracks individually by Lloyd, Tom and Tony; KG3 put their own spin on the tunes to create Not So Much. As it turned out the majority of songs included on the CD were composed by Lloyd. Tom's existing originals didnât fit easily into KG3âs chosen genres of classic and modern progressive rock. Tony had composed several good songs that would have fit nicely but didnât make it onto the CD simply because he was unable to participate fully in the project due to his illness.

DJ Pooner Clark interviewed KG3 live in the studio on Bellingham WA radio station KISM (Classic Rock 92.9) on his Sunday evening âLocals Onlyâ radio program in November 2005. Songs from Not So Much have since garnered repeated airplay on KISM.

KG3 continues to perform part-time on and around Whidbey Island, and recently expanded their range to include downtown Seattle and points south.