Birthday Show w/The Michael Clem Trio (from Eddie From Ohio) + Peyton Tochterman January 7, 2011

Creating new standards, new sounds, and new music for the modern times. With mandolin, accordion and bass accordion, drums and percussion, guitar and vocals, HS is pushing the boundaries of acoustic music through an unusual combination of instruments and cutting edge social commentary. As the C-Ville Weekly notes, the band has "...some of the best musicians in town."

Their performances are spontaneous, original, and most assuredly uncompromised by the cookie cutter mentality that plagues much of today's music.
http://www.peytontochterman.com/

For almost 20 years, longtime Jammin Java friend Michael Clem, has been and still is a member of nationally touring, Virginia-based, folk-rock quartet Eddie from Ohio. For the past two years, he's been putting his musical roots down in Charlottesville. One of the principle songwriters of EFO, Clem continues to hone his left of center lyrics in neo-traditional forms with his newly formed trio. Filling out this threesome is veteran Rusty Speidel (SGGL) on lead guitar, and holding down the low end is Berkeley School of Music grad Thomas Gunn on upright bass, who both help round out Clem's new batch of originals with harmonies and considerably greater height.

"A songwriter, a guitarist and observational comedian... Think Blink-182 with words by Todd Snider and you get an idea of what Clem does within the confines of folk-rock." -The Washington Post

"A multi-dimensional performer, Michael Clem's songs touch universal human conditions that expose our doubts without ever being preachy. His dry and sly wit and clever arrangements soothe the soul but include a social commentary bite that encourages us not to take our lives too seriously. When these tunes are delivered by the Michael Clem Trio's tasty 3 part harmonies and masterful accompaniment from Speidel and Gunn, you will be glad you found them." -Aer Stephen ("Folk & Beyond" 91.1 FM WTJU in Charlottesville, VA)
http://michaelclem.com/

Official Website: http://www.jamminjava.com/