| THE BAND: The roots of CityGoat stretch back
to 1994, when in the middle of a deep, alcohol fueled conversation Erik
Santos (bass) said to Daniel Worley (guitar, vocals), “Hey man, let’s
start a band.” Finally, in 1999, after Erik returned from Pennsylvania,
the first sputtering incarnations of CityGoat were born… through countless
personnel changes, reformations and band names, the early songs and their
musical partnership survived. Then in mid-2003, while recording some demos
of original songs, Dan and Erik began working with the jazz/rock keyboardist
Neil Donato on what would eventually become CityGoat’s first album,
When Goats Fly. After drummer Mike Gabelman joined
the band during the summer of 2004, CityGoat began gigging regularly in
Michigan and Northern Ohio, flooring audiences at The Blind Pig,
TC’s Speakeasy, The Ann Arbor Art Fair,
Small’s (in Detroit), The Ypsilanti Heritage
Festival, Papa Pete’s, The Riverside
Arts Center, The Village Idiot and many more with
their high-energy roots-rock shows. CityGoat released their second album,
Can of Worms, in December 2005, solidifying their
sound and widening their audience. Once Upon a Time, a single from
Can of Worms, has, as of this writing, become a finalist in the acclaimed
2005 International Songwriting Competition, drawing the
attention of the music industry (the winners will be announced in March
2006). |
