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Welcome to <strong>The JamHouse Forum</strong>.

Hi, I'm Tony Avery, founder of The JamHouse. The JamHouse is a free jam club whereby musicians and vocalists actually gather to jam and perform with one another in a friendly, easy going, non competitive, and fun atmosphere. The motto of The JamHouse is: Musicians Honoring Musicians. And it is within this spirit that we meet, play music, and socialize with one another.

The JamHouse Forum is an extension of The JamHouse and is used by The JamHouse members and guests to better know one another. The forum can also help in scheduling jams, rehearsals, gigs, parties, cookouts, and other events within our membership.

The JamHouse provides a place where member musicians and vocalists can come to enjoy socializing with one another and to jam, form bands, rehearse, collaborate, and to have a great time playing the music they love. The JamHouse opened on Dec. 8th, 2007 with 23 members in attendance and has been going strong ever since. While originally our jams were held on private property and open to a limited number of members per jam our member base has grown to the point where we now meet at local venues around Raleigh where our numbers can be better accommodated. Venues such as Fat Daddy's, Reds, Tailgaters, and most recently The Pickled Onion and Bone Daddy's Hideaway.

By joining this free forum and music community, you will be able to read and post topics, you'll be able to communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content, and access many other special features such as email, right from our forum. Registration is fast, simple, and absolutely free, so please, <a href="/profile.php?mode=register">join our music community today</a>!

JamHouse members receive notices and email invitations to jam. When you receive an invitation it is important that you RSVP your intentions to attend, or not, for any particular jam. Another musician can be invited in your place if you cannot be here. Space is limited, even at venues around town, and we wish not to "over invite" and become over crowded. Overcrowding results in less quility playing time for all.

As a forum member you are encouraged to submit a member bio, song list, and any other info that will help members to better know one another. Of course attending our jams is a fast and fun way to meet other members.

Thanks for visiting The JamHouse Forum. Please consider joining our jam club and register. You will then be ready to start attending our jams and other events. Please call on me if I can be of any assistance to you.

Tony Avery - JamHouse Host, Band Promoter & Booking Agent, & The JamHouse Forum Site Adminstrator.
Cell: 919-880-1381
Email: thejamhouse@nc.rr.com

A review: Southern Reunion, you're back!

Well, you would think that a band who has experienced recent changes in personnel and who hasn't had a lot of time to work through all the kinks might show a few jitters when making their "debut" at O'Malley's last evening. Not so Southern Reunion. With their new frontman Dean "Dino" Pratt strutting his stuff out front for their lead song Southern Reunion opened up with a hard hitting rendition of Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band". What a way to break the ice. Not only for the band, but for us fans as well. From the first moment Southern Reunion was poised, confident, and ready to kick some ass. And that they did.

Every member of SR gave their all to us last night. Not only was Dino as strong as ever at the mic, he seemed to lay claim that the "new" Southern Reunion was one to be reckoned with. There was no backing down by Southern Reunion's new frontman. Dino gave us a strong performance last night. Dino was up beat, energetic, and happy to be among the many friends who came out to welcome him back as frontman. I enjoyed Dino's performance and thought him to again be at the top of his game. Welcome back Dino.

Southern Reunion's guitarists; Charles Langdon, Billy Gerringer, and Robert Hendrix shared all forms of guitar duties; lead, rhythm, and slide guitar. Plus they all added harmony and background vocals. Charles, the ever steady rock, was solid and so cool that he was hot. Charles paved the way and laid down the foundation for the others to build upon. As always. Billy a phenom on guitar, not only roamed all over the stage he joined in and out with the audience too. Never missing a cord while showing us perfection by getting sizzle, smoke, and fire out of an electric guitar. And, making it look easy. Superb. Robert did an outstanding job in many areas. Not only was Robert's guitar playing right on, he provided the lead vocals on several tunes and added special effects to other songs. Robert, the man of many talents, came through on all fronts. Together, Charles, Billy, and Robert showed us a lot of talent and much versatility throughout their performances.

Southern Reunion's bassist, Steve Msarsa, also had an outstanding performance. Steve managed to maintain the low end while bringing a lot of energy out front to add to Dino's "no holds barred" deliverance. Not only was Steve's bass hitting the mark, Steve meshed very well with Dino by providing his own share of harmony and background vocals. Steve was full of energy, stage presence, and audience appeal. Well done Steve.

And then there was one. That's right, the one and only, David Baum. Southern Reunion's drummer, David Baum, rocked the house last night. Besides providing the thunder to the storm David also provided background vocals as well as some lead vocals too. As much as Southern Reunion's song list provided David with ample opportunity to create a seismic event should he want too, he was able to highlight technique along with talent which made David's performance on the drums sound like perfection. Fantastic job Dave.
So to those of you who enjoy classic southern rock and don't mind a little blues to be gently spread throughout the mix you'd better not miss the next performance of Southern Reunion. Southern Reunion takes the best of folks like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Marshall Tucker Band, Tom Petty and more, and delivers it up southern fried with down home pride.

Southern Reunion, you're back! We'll be seeing you again on Saturday, Oct. 17 at MVP's.

*** Tony @ The JamHouse ***
Moderator: Tony-JamHouse Admin

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