Jupiter One w/ Katy Mae

The New York rock band Katy Mae opened the late show for Jupiter One with a 40 minute set of what I would term Americana Rock. Katy Mae is a four piece band featuring Philip Doucet as lead vocalist/guitar with Hans Gutknecht supporting on vocals and guitar. These two compliment each other well. Bradford Hill is on Bass with Mark Levy providing percussion. Katy Mae has a good sound - you can check them out on their Myspace page. Here's a link to a few photos of the Katy Mae set.

As Jupiter One finished their set my wife looked at me and simply said "now that was worth waiting for". I'd have to agree with her. While she had waited a few hours, I have been waiting since October for them to return to town. These four guys have a unique, uplifting, pop-rock sound that is refreshing every time you hear them. Their timing is excellent, the instrumentation is eclectic, their range of sound is as diverse as their appeal - these guys are the real deal!

On top of all this, these four are also a great bunch of guys who want to talk to and meet the people who come to hear them play. Dave Heilman plays drums and is the outgoing, partially insane, component of the band. K. Ishibashi is the lead singer who also plays guitar, keyboards and violin - to me, it's his voice that makes this band a stand-out. Zac Cowell is also a talented musician who plays guitar and keyboards as well as providing supporting vocals. I'm told that Zac was considered the "cute one" until Pat "Panda" Dougherty joined the band as their Bass player. (Zac told me that...)

Seriously, check out Jupiter One's MySpace page and listen to a few of their tunes - you'll love 'em!!

Here's a link to some photos of the show as well as last Octobers show.

Cheers,

Monty