TubaJoe's TUBA LOVE

SOUNDS

TUBA LOVE is Downtown meets Dub, Groove meets Rawk, and it’s more than you ever imagined -- that could be done on a tuba.

It’s ‘Tuba Liberation’. Hear and feel the Electric Tuba as it creates soul-shaking grooves amidst a thick sonic vibe. The flavors of keys, drums and horns add the spice to this fashionable “groove casserole”.

Raised on jazz, trained in classical and branded by rock, TubaJoe (aka Joe Exley) is not your typical “tubist”. Bent on improvisation but rooted in the “family business of rock” (his sister is the bass player with Nashville Pussy) Joe’s band TUBA LOVE verges on the noisy, but spits out grooves that make “riffing” feel cool again. It’s as if Miles Davis and Lita Ford had a tuba-wielding love child. It’s cool without having to embrace your inner band geek.

The TUBA LOVE project came out of Joe performing last-poet type gigs with legendary groove-master drummer Bernard “Pretty” Purdie and has become the type of band that wows crowds of any scene.

True Stories: A drunk guy at a TUBA LOVE show said “Dude, that’s the f&*$ing coolest music I’ve ever heard”, and a NYC promoter said: “Your band is a hit with any type of crowd.” A fan said: someone said "Joe, I owe ya one, your band got me some action!" (these testamonials are all completely TRUE)

It’s no question that people LOVE THE TUBA.

TUBA LOVE musicians have included:

Drums: Joe Tomino, Bernard Purdie, John Bollinger, Jeff Davis, Conor Elmes, Dave Treut
Winds: Tony Barba, Zach Lucas, Peter Hess, Tom Abbott, Nate Wooley, Michael Kammers, Elizabeth D.W., Reut Regev
Guitar: Mike Gamble, Clifton Hyde
Keys: Sam Barsh, Tony Kieraldo, Erik Deutsch, Bob Huott, Ben Stivers, Sean Wayland, Adam Klipple, Daniel Kelly
Percussion: Shawn Trail, William Ruiz

Venues played:

Tonic, NYC
55 Bar, NYC
Galapagos, Brooklyn
Sin-e, NYC
Bar 4, Brooklyn
Knitting Factory, NYC
Pianos, NYC
Boogaloo, Brooklyn
Don Hill's, NYC
Rubulad, Brooklyn
Lion's Den, NYC
Bowery Poetry Club, NYC
Club Anubis, NYC
Cafe 111, Brooklyn
Pyramid Club, NYC
AS220, Providence, RI
Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom (Casino Cabaret), Denver, CO

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