Formed in 2002 by Mark Herbert and Perry Smith with Alan Monteath on bass 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
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
CGL paused most full band bookings in 2019 only adding select small venue shows a few times a year while exploring other creative endeavors . future collaborations are in the works
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
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
