Harvey Gold
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Harvey Gold , born in Akron
, Ohio
, U.S.A., is an American
guitarist
, bassist
, and keyboardist
for the avant-rock/New Wave
band
Tin Huey
. When the band members first went their separate waysin 1982, he also became a film
and video
producer
. In 1986, he started his own production company
, Gold Teleproductions, which he currently co-owns and operates with partner Dan Epstein in Soho
, New York
. Included among the projects he's produced is, for comedy central
the television series, 2 Drink Minimum
, the house band
including a couple of his bandmates from Tin Huey, Chris Butler (musician)
(as music director
) and Ralph Carney
. After his 20 year stay in New York, he moved back to his hometown where he currently resides with his wife, Dolli. His most recent media project is the multi layered (website, facebook, twitter, youtube) www.yourbeernetwork.com, focused on craft beer & food, brewers, taverns, saloons, movies , music, wine, and 'culture'in general.
In recent years, he's been busy with his spin-off bands, Half Cleveland with Chris, and Harvey In The Hall , whose members include himself on the guitar
, keyboard
and vocals, the Hueys' and Unit 5's 'Bongo' Bob Ethington on drums, Chi-Pig
's Deborah Smith
on bass
and vocals, and Bruce Hensal as producer. Others are guests/unofficial members, including the Byrds' and Flying Burrito Brothers' Chris Hillman
, the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach
, and Dolli; another band of his operating in the H in the H sphere, Mr. Ray Violet, includes himself on guitar, bass, digital sounds, loops and vocals, Tin Huey's Michael Aylward on guitar, harmonica
and vocals, and in the case of "Lemon Beasley," David Stephenson (drummer). Michael and Harvey, more recently have been recording and performed at art galleries as "Huey's Swing Club."
Most recently, Harvey recorded a piano track for Sally Spring's latest offering, "Stars" and completed a "micro-mini" tour (playing bass) with Sally in March of '11, playing at "Not SXSW" in Austin, and other venues including Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Harvey also contributed a track for R. Stevie Moore's Tribute Box Set, a recording of Stevie's "Human Race" everything recorded, as a nod to Mr. Moore's dyi King status, on a Boss Stomp Box looper.
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, U.S.A., is an American
United States
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guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
, bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
, and keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
for the avant-rock/New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
Tin Huey
Tin Huey
Tin Huey is an experimental rock and New Wave band from Akron, Ohio that formed in the mid/late 1970s.-Original lineups:The band was originally known as Rags and started out with three members: Mark Price, Michael Aylward, and Stuart Austin. Later, the band decided to rename themselves after...
. When the band members first went their separate waysin 1982, he also became a film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
. In 1986, he started his own production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
, Gold Teleproductions, which he currently co-owns and operates with partner Dan Epstein in Soho
Soho
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London. Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s, the area has undergone considerable...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Included among the projects he's produced is, for comedy central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
the television series, 2 Drink Minimum
2 Drink Minimum
2 Drink Minimum is the third solo album released by jazz fusion guitarist, Wayne Krantz. It is the first live album released by him, and includes a lot of improvisation and freer techniques than his first two albums. It also includes more use of effects pedals, and implies Wayne's future styles...
, the house band
House band
For the British band that existed from 1984-2001, see The House BandA house band is a group of musicians, often centrally organized by a band leader, who regularly play an establishment. It is widely used to refer both to the bands who work on entertainment programs on television or radio, and to...
including a couple of his bandmates from Tin Huey, Chris Butler (musician)
Chris Butler (musician)
Chris Butler is an American musician led the experimental new wave 1980s band The Waitresses . Butler grew up in the U.S. state of Ohio and majored in sociology at Kent State University...
(as music director
Music director
A music director may be the director of an orchestra, the director of music for a film, the director of music at a radio station, the head of the music department in a school, the co-ordinator of the musical ensembles in a university or college , the head bandmaster of a military band, the head...
) and Ralph Carney
Ralph Carney
Ralph Carney is an American musician. While his primary instruments are various saxophones and clarinets, Carney collects and plays many instruments, often unusual or obscure ones....
. After his 20 year stay in New York, he moved back to his hometown where he currently resides with his wife, Dolli. His most recent media project is the multi layered (website, facebook, twitter, youtube) www.yourbeernetwork.com, focused on craft beer & food, brewers, taverns, saloons, movies , music, wine, and 'culture'in general.
In recent years, he's been busy with his spin-off bands, Half Cleveland with Chris, and Harvey In The Hall , whose members include himself on the guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
and vocals, the Hueys' and Unit 5's 'Bongo' Bob Ethington on drums, Chi-Pig
Chi-Pig
Chi-Pig was a New Wave power trio hailing from Akron, Ohio. During the 1960s and 1970s, Susan Schmidt and Deborah Smith were active in several area bands, notably The Poor Girls, Cinderella's Revenge, and Friction...
's Deborah Smith
Deborah Smith
Deborah Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 35 novels in romance and women's fiction. Her books include 21 series romances under her real name and under two pen names...
on bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and vocals, and Bruce Hensal as producer. Others are guests/unofficial members, including the Byrds' and Flying Burrito Brothers' Chris Hillman
Chris Hillman
Christopher Hillman was one of the original members of The Byrds which in 1965 included Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, and Michael Clarke....
, the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach
Dan Auerbach
Daniel Quine Auerbach is an American musician. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known as the guitarist and vocalist for The Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. He is married to Stephanie Gonis, with whom he has a daughter, Sadie Little Auerbach, born in 2008.- Childhood and early...
, and Dolli; another band of his operating in the H in the H sphere, Mr. Ray Violet, includes himself on guitar, bass, digital sounds, loops and vocals, Tin Huey's Michael Aylward on guitar, harmonica
Harmonica
The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
and vocals, and in the case of "Lemon Beasley," David Stephenson (drummer). Michael and Harvey, more recently have been recording and performed at art galleries as "Huey's Swing Club."
Most recently, Harvey recorded a piano track for Sally Spring's latest offering, "Stars" and completed a "micro-mini" tour (playing bass) with Sally in March of '11, playing at "Not SXSW" in Austin, and other venues including Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Harvey also contributed a track for R. Stevie Moore's Tribute Box Set, a recording of Stevie's "Human Race" everything recorded, as a nod to Mr. Moore's dyi King status, on a Boss Stomp Box looper.
Bands That Involved Harvey Gold
- Tin HueyTin HueyTin Huey is an experimental rock and New Wave band from Akron, Ohio that formed in the mid/late 1970s.-Original lineups:The band was originally known as Rags and started out with three members: Mark Price, Michael Aylward, and Stuart Austin. Later, the band decided to rename themselves after...
- Half Cleveland
- Harvey In The Hall
- Mr. Ray Violet
- Huey's Swing Club
- Sally Spring and Ted Lyons