Mr. Blotto was born in Chicago as an off-night vehicle for musicians who loved each others playing but were in different bands at the time. The only rule was that they would only play what they loved. That philosophy continues today and has led Mr. Blotto into unique musical situations.

Mr. Blotto takes the Jam band asthetic into areas unfamiliar to the standard Jam Scene. They have been known to cover entire albums by Led Zeppelin and the Who as well as perform entire shows of Country and Reggae. Artists as diverse as the Grateful Dead, the Flaming Lips, Willie Nelson and The Velvet Underground have seen their material interpreted by Mr. Blotto in the 2000+ shows the band has performed in the last 15 years, yet covers only pepper the bands hefty catalog of original material stemming from five studio albums and other unreleased crowd favorites.

“GrooveSession” from Southern California (Ontario,Ca.) is a must see LIVE band.

Join the Groovement as they are captivating audiences across the US combining authentic songwriting, remarkable musicianship and heart felt dance grooves. A 1960‘s – 70‘s musical throwback performing 1200 shows over the past 7 years honing a true new Southern California sound.This trio does something unique in todays music scene and that is write and perform conscientious rock rooted songs for every generation. Blending elements of rock n’ roll, funk, jazz, soul, reggae, blues or just call them Americana Rock n Soul. GrooveSession is the real deal and are quickly evolving into the modern day version of The Band on steroids… GrooveSession is made up of brothers Manny (drums /lead vox) & Ronnie Sanchez (bass/vox) and Sarven Manguiat (guitar/vox).

They have opened for The Funky Meters, George Clinton’s P-Funk, Little Feat, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 7 Walkers, Pimps of Joytime, Tea Leaf Green, The Radiators, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, New Mastersounds, Railroad Earth, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Ozomatli and many more…

As well as have performed with many of todays greatest including Leo Nocentelli, Michael Hampton, Robert Walter, Leon Mobley, Pat MacDonald, Wally Ingram, Chris Aaron,Tony Brown, Kim Manning, Eric McFadden, and Walter Salas-Humara these guys love it all!

Two former ‘bag carrying record salesmen’ for Virgin Records – Bill Giardini and Kent Anderson have reunited, this time instead of being backstage they are on the stage.  To round out the trio they have recruited a most capable drummer and nice guy – Eric Pancer to lay down the groove to some old jazz & blues tunes.