Singer/Songwriter/Composer/Guitarist/Pianist/Producer/Arranger... I'm Italian (Naples and Calabria), Aries, Love food and to cook(currently working on a cookbook), all styles of music, art, reading, collecting old books, history, archaeology, all things retro and vintage, social networking...a huge animal lover...had 3 dogs over the course of my life so far... and now a I have cat I named "Gray".She was a stray that just showed up one day and has never left my side since...my best friend! "Gande" (pronounced as in "Gandy") is a stage name...my Father used the same one...he was a Jazz musician...a Bebop, Bigband, Tenor Saxophonist...played with Horace Silver, Charlie Barnet, Jo Jones...to name a few I remember right now... Originally from CT- Born-Hartford, CT, Lived in Farmington till age 7...grew up in- Hometown-Wethersfield, CT 15 plus years a Manhattan New Yorker... Bio/Musical Insight- " Joe Gande...A truly genre-defying original artist..." With soulful, heartfelt vocals, walls of guitars, funky grooves, horns and beautiful string melodies, the music of NYC singer/songwriter/guitarist Joe Gande crosses all barriers. "...music is supposed to make you feel..." Joe's music provides listeners with dynamics, heartfelt emotions and raw intensity. His songs are filled with soaring melodies, catchy hooks, addictive, sing along choruses, introspective, self-searching moments and pure, driving rock & roll. "An Emotional Journey..." Emotions will undoubtedly arise upon listening to the music of Joe Gande.Joe draws on a variety of personal life experiences, painting a thought-provoking, abstract landscape that all can undeniably relate to. Songs about life, loss, ups, downs, love lost and found and the human condition. Songs about searching, questioning, understanding, finding... "Stop, Look and Listen..." Joe has the uncanny ability to reach people and make them feel - a voice, a presence and sincere honesty that immediately draw in a crowd and makes any live performance an exciting, no holds-barred sight to see... "A Natural" Singing, writing, arranging, producing, playing guitar, bass and keys-all without ever taking a formal musical lesson in his life. A prolific songwriter and self-taught guitarist with an ear for melody since a young age, the music just comes into his head. From arranging horn charts, drum fills and grooves, scoring beautiful lush string sections and vocal harmonies, to bangin'out some funky piano...