Formed in 2002 by Mark Herbert and Perry Smith with Alan Monteath on bass the first year
Dave Hervey joined on bass in 2003
with the addition of percussion and drums from Ron Wilson for a while
followed by Cheick Sissoko for a short stint and then landing on
Eduardo Somech as the staple drummer in 2006
other members, contributors and collaborators over the years have included ,Diana Zaccaria , Jerry Herbert , Harry Paterson, Nick Simon , ,Mark Lanter ,Rick Tobey , Troy pierce Ben morrow and more
The community quickly dubbed their music folk and roll and funky folk rock CGL took over the Wilmington NC nightlife scene playing most everywhere for over 15 years often times 5 nights a week and touring to surrounding coastal towns 2 short run studio albums and several live recordings
CGL paused most full band bookings in 2019 only adding select small venue shows a few times a year while exploring other creative endeavors . The band spawned many other projects . some of which include Broccoli Brothers Circus , Axiom , Neighbro , Earth Cruisers, Cross Creek Band , and Neighbro
Future collaborations are in the works between original members
and we reunite for special causes and celebrations a few times a year !
links to Perry Smith's creative and educational endeavors below Perry Offers his World music and Americana music on the link below as well as guitar lessons and drum lessons
he is currently the director of the Wilmington chapter of Turning the Wheel a non profit changing the World through music and movement explorations
Although we have been known for original music I though I would recently unearthed lizard cover cluster from the archives
featuring the legendary Funky Leroy Harper junior he used to play with James brown and I remember seeing his band Soul Power Posse at the Starlight !
what a blast from the past
