Java Monkey Band - Atlanta, GA

The Java Monkey CD is still selling - to listen or purchase go to the band's website Java Monkey Website !

Java Monkey

Steve McRay	Vocals, Keyboards, Key-bass
Marvin Taylor	Guitar
Michael Bastedo	Vocals, Sax, Zendrum
John Holder	Vocals, Drums

Steve McRay......His soulful voice and R&B style comes from the heart & his keyboard playing will make you stop and take notice.BACKGROUND: Recorded with Mose Jones, .38 Special, Ted Nugent,  Meatloaf, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Joan Baez, Ben E. King, Jackson Brown, Francine Reed, Johnny Van Zant.  Co-wrote song "Alien" for ARS. Tours in U.S., Europe, Australia, and Japan with .38 Special, Joan Baez,  Francine Reed, and Ichiban Blues Artists. Songwriter & Composer. Owner of Big Coffee Records, an Atlanta  indie record label.

Marvin Taylor.....A guitar style that’s been perfected with quality and passion. Marvin exudes taste, and  plays with a polished sound that’s filled with emotion. BACKGROUND: Member of Mose Jones. Studio  session player in Muscle Shoals, Memphis, Nashville, and Atlanta. U.S. and European tours with Francine  Reed, and other Ichiban Records artists. Songwriter & Composer. W.C. Handy nominee for song "Been there,  Done that", recorded by Francine Reed.

Michael Bastedo.....A vocal and sax style that’s fun to listen to and exciting to watch. Definitely a soulful  player with ferocious energy and great chops...a driving force. BACKGROUND: Berklee College of Music.  Studio session work in Atlanta and Seattle. Tours in U.S., Canada, and Europe with Dr. Hook, Bertie  Higgins, Francine Reed, Trudy Lynn, Derrick Trucks. Composer and Graphic Artist.

John Holder.....Drums & Vocals. With a style that is funky and “in the pocket”, John provides a launching  pad of explosive rhythm to lock in the band and a perfect beat for dancing. BACKGROUND: Graduate of  Berklee College of Music. Recording and touring with country band Atlanta, including hit single “Sweet Country  Music.” Studio session work in Atlanta and Nashville. Owner of recording studio, engineer and producer of wide  range of music from alternative rock to children’s albums. Tours in U.S., Europe, and Australia with Francine  Reed. This is "Java Monkey"! This band keeps the audience moving to the beat and listening to a  combination of great songs.... originals mixed with classic R&B, funky instrumentals, blues, rock,  soul, and some of their own trademark style of well-known classic songs that everyone likes! The name Java Monkey refers to the fixation, some may say an almost addiction, to caffeine - and the  one vice you choose not to give up. That urge to want more...yes, maybe another cup, just one more!  Just like the band Java Monkey, itself, and the impulse to get hooked. You’ll want more, more, more.... just keep it hot and keep it coming!

Mose Jones "Lost /Found" T-shirts and Coffee Cups now available!!

Mose Jones "Lost /Found" T-shirts and Coffee Cups now available!!

The new Mose Jones "Lost / Found" CD is now available as well as the T-shirts and the Coffee cups! You may preview, order, and have them shipped to you from the Big Coffee Records STORE web site!

Email if you have questions info@bigcoffeerecords.com 

Mose Jones "Lost / Found" CD is now available for purchase!!

The new Mose Jones CD "Lost / Found" is now available for ordering and shipping to your address. 

You'll find it at Big Coffee Records and on CD BABY. 

Soon able to order on iTunes, Amazon, and on other popular sites.

CD was funded by friends on Kickstarter - released on Nov 17th 2013

5 Days Left! Mose Jones' Kickstarter from Kicktraq

Music Missing for 30 Years Returns Home!! Now Going to be Released!!

Kickstarter for Mose Jones's 1980 album that was never released - Lost / Found

#kickstarter #kicktraq #mosejones 

7 Days Left!! Kickstarter for Mose Jones!

Music missing for 30 years returns home!!

7 Days left in our #Kickstarter campaign - funding our Mose Jones "Lost / Found" CD project! Please go to our Kickstarter site - http://kck.st/16Z8Xww


Pre-sales of our music and other goodies (T-shirt, Coffee cup, downloads, VIP party, live music) offered in our rewards sections.

Your pledge will give us the funding we need to release this music with the quality it deserves and the promotion and marketing to send this CD around the world!!

For more information:  Remembering Mose Jones  Facebook site  and Mose Jones website

Band X - Atlanta Party Band with New Promo Video

Atlanta's Band X has a new updated video promo. 

Some of the new footage is from one their shows in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel "The Joint", in May 2013. Other new footage is from their Nashville event at the Grand Old Opry Hotel and Convention Center in August 2013.


Band X Promo

Band X, a nine piece band with 6 males and 3 females, is one of the best party, dance, event, wedding bands on the musical scene today; playing events and performing all across the US. Costume changes, choreographed dance routines, long sets going non-stop song to song, are just part of the charm that has made this band one of the most popular "sought after" party bands in the nation.

Visit the BAND X LIVE web site!

KICKSTARTER for Mose Jones - Lost / Found Project

KICKSTARTER funding campaign for 70's/80's Southern Rock band MOSE JONES!

Steve McRay and Marvin Taylor, former members of the Southern Rock band Mose Jones, have introduced their Kickstarter campaign to release their never released 1980's RCA album - a project they named "Lost / Found"!

The way Kickstarter works it's funding campaign, which this one runs from Aug 31 to Sept 30 2013, is an "All or Nothing" campaign. If you don't reach your funding goal, you get nothing and everyone keeps their pledges. If you do reach or even surpass your goal, the pledges turn into contributions and the project is a funded success.

Our band Mose Jones' last RCA album was never released by the record company. The tapes were put in storage or destroyed, we never knew. 30+ years later, I answered a phone and was asked if I wanted to come pick up some 2" tapes with my name and the band's name marked on them...I went and picked up about 10 tapes, with 6 of them being Mose Jones last unreleased album project.

After our Mose Jones alumni and friend Bryan Cole passed away in December of 2012, I felt compelled to find out what was on these tapes and if the music had survived the years of storage. I called around and found a studio that had a 24 2" tape machine where I could transfer the tapes to digital format. But first, I had to have the tapes "baked" or "cooked" as is known in the trade.

Tape disintegrates over time and the residue comes apart from the tape, so baking them temporarily adheres the tape so they can play successfully on a machine without producing sludge and gumming up the tape heads -which means you would get nothing off the tape.

So the baking was a success, after a couple failed attempts, and the transfers were a success as well! What we retrieved off the tapes was some amazing music and sounds! It was our last recordings in all their analog, now digital, splendor!

The only justice at this point was to finance this project, so we chose KICKSTARTER and we set our goal at $5000. We could use more money, but we would like to make sure we reach our goal.

For more information, go to our KICKSTARTER site! Also, visit our Mose Jones web site for history of the band.