Chuck Garvey is one of two guitarist

Guitarist

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s for the American

United States

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 rock band

Rock Band

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 moe.

Moe.

moe. is an American jam band, formed at the University at Buffalo in 1989. The band members are: Rob Derhak , Al Schnier , Chuck Garvey , Vinnie Amico , and Jim Loughlin ....

. His playing has been influenced by Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

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, Mick Ronson

Mick Ronson

Michael "Mick" Ronson was an English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. He is best known for his work with David Bowie, as one of The Spiders from Mars...

, David Bowie

David Bowie

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, Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...

, Andy Summers

Andy Summers

Andy Summers is an English guitarist born in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. Best known as the guitarist for rock band The Police, he has also recorded twelve solo albums, collaborated with many other artists, toured extensively under his own name, published several books, and composed...

, Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...

, and Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan

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. He currently lives in the Cincinnati, Ohio

Ohio

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moe.

Garvey is one of the founding members of moe. along with Rob Derhak

Rob Derhak

Robert Derhak, also known simply as Rob, is the bass guitarist and a founding member of the American jam band moe..- History :Derhak's earliest known time performing as a member of a band was on Halloween 1989, playing at a party with guitarist Chuck Garvey and a drummer named Ray Schwartz...

."Touring takes toll, but moe. sees payoffs, like Red Rocks" by Mark Brown, Rocky Mountain News June 2, 2006 Both first played a Halloween show at a friend's request in 1989 with drummer

Drummer

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 Ray Schwartz. Since then, Garvey has been co-guitarist of the band along with Al Schnier

Al Schnier

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He was recently voted, along with Schnier, as one of the "Top 20 new Guitar God

God

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s" for a Rolling Stone magazine cover story

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Other bands

Garvey has also performed as part of Ha Ha the Moose with Derhak and moe. drummer Jim Loughlin, as well as with the All Thumbs Trio.