BIo ... What Bio? ... the Whiners Bio
Our stuff combines a mix of happy/sad life experiences (our own and others - maybe yours too). We call it "whinersmusic".
The Whiner family of players include:
- KEITH (vox, guitars, tape effects & songwriter)
- Jamie Manov (vox, keys, bass guitar, guitars & songwriter)
- Shannon Morton (vox & guitar)
- David Marshall Green (vox, lead guitars, bass & songwriter)
Guests:
- Henry Teitlman (vox and guitars)
- Shelly Davine (vox , keys and percussion)
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Group wise, we're a wee bit aggresive-folk sounding. Perhaps: "alt-punk-new-classic-rock"?
- KEITH uses what he calls "the Band in a Box" for harmony and effects generation when playing all on his lonesome - he got really motivated by watching KT Tunstall and her "wee little bastard" pedal
- Our lead guy, Dave, can play like Dave Gilmour and we love that. So, we can sound pretty electric and dirty when we want to
- Shannon is an awesome singer so we can, and we do, cover chick folk-rockers pretty well
- Jamie is fearless ... the glue that holds our arrangements together
Historically:
The Whiners v.1.0 began in May 1998 as a duo. The duo became a "solo" in May 2005 with a Whiners v.2.0 emerging in June 2005.
There was some continuity in this since the "newest" members
played with v.1.0 as guests on occaision. Thus, v.2.0 officially began
what KEITH calls a looser Whiner family ... the perverbial "new and
improved" version of the Whiners band er, perhaps, we should say
the Whiners and whinersmusic "brand".
Other guests, including Ed Lee, Jeff Currie, Pat Clancy, Henry Teitlman
and Shelly Davine in at times. KEITH and Jamie have gone out as a Whiners
v.2.1 and shannon & KEITH have hit a few stages as have Dave &
KEITH. Basically, anyone who sits in with KEITH is part of Whiners v.3.0
at this point!
That's the story so far except to say our biggest thrill gigs were at
the Opera House and Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. Our Annual Variety
Night has run six years now starting in 2001.
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