The Gordon Stone Band plays original music focusing on composition, interaction and improvisation. They combine bluegrass and jazz, blended with Latin, world beat and funk in tunes ranging from laid back grooves to high energy musical excursions. As journalist Tim Lynch puts it, 'This is music with enough energy to appeal to rock and jam-bands fans, as well as acoustic music lovers, newgrass fans and jazz lovers, all with enough danceable energy to move entire festival sites into dancing frenzies.' The music will lift you up. * 1992 - '94 Gordon records on Phish releases, 'Picture of Nectar ' and 'Rift' and plays live shows with them.The Gordon Stone Trio is formed with Jazz Mandolin Project's Jamie Masefield and Stacy Starkweather * 1995-'97 CDs 'Scratchin the Surface' and 'Touch and Go' are released featuring Gordon's compositions and many of Vermont's finest musicians. Gordon Stone Band plays at Phish's,'Clifford Ball', 'Great Went' and 'Lemonwheel' festivals. * 1998 release of 'Even with the Odds' is acclaimed by the Gannett Press as 'instrumental album of the year.' Gordon Stone Band receives 'Best Bluegrass Performer/Artist Award' from Good Citizen's Vermont Music Poll. Gordon records on Strangefolk release 'Weightless in Water' * 1999 The Gordon Stone Band records Gordon's original film score for the movie 'Mud Season'. The film is an official entry at 'Slamdance' and wins best picture at both the Pasadena and Silver Strand film festivals. * 2000 -'01 GSB's recording of 'Runaway Jim' is included on the Mockingbird Foundation benefit compilation CD 'Sharin' in the Groove', celebrating the music of Phish. Other artists on the disc include Dave Mathews, Arlo Guthrie, Jimmy Buffett, Little Feat and more. Russ tours w/Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, on his acoustic/electric tours.GSB releases their new CD 'Red Room'. 'Seven Days' said 'Red Room proves once again that Gordon Stone is one of the most impressive musicians to ever come out of northern Vermont'. Gordon records on The Nields 'Love and China' * 2002 GSB releases 3 Live discs with rockslide.com. Gordon joins side project 'Al and the Transamericans', who are: Al and Vinny from moe., Erik Glockler from Strangefolk, and Kirk Juhas. They record 'Analog' in Richmond VA at David Lowry's studio. * 2003 Phish bassist Mike Gordon's album 'Inside In' is released on Atlantic Records Rope a Dope label and Gordon tours nationally with Mike and an 8 piece band in October 2003. * 2004 Gordon joins Sam Bush, Peter Rowan and Vassar Clements on stage at The Gathering of the Vibes - World's True Masters of Bluegrass. * 2005 'Rhymes With Orange' is released - the fifth studio album - never before recorded original music. Gordon receives Boston Emmy for the soundtrack to Jay Craven's 7 episdoe public television series, 'Windy Acres'. Gordon receives Best Instrumentalist 2005 from Seven Daysies Reader's Poll in Vermont. 'Rhymes With Orange,' the latest Stone offering, serves up a sprightly, toe-tapping feast of groove-driven funk and buoyant bluegrass flavors - with some Indian spices sprinkled into the mix - that Stone stirs together with his jazz sensibilities and compelling melodies.' -Time Argus May 2005 '...It's no wonder that 'Fast Enough for You,' a languid rumination deftly colored with guest Gordon Stone's pedal steel, was picked for release as a (Phish) single in 1993.' - Relix Magazine November 2004 'The music lifted me up and carried me away. I became so absorbed I forgot to swallow.' -Phish Bassist, Mike Gordon 'A standout during Phish bassist Mike Gordon's recent solo tour, Stone is a terrific banjo picker and pedal steel guitarist with not an ounce of wank' -Richard Gehr, The Village Voice 'Burlington banjo and pedal steel player Gordon Stone has contributed his genius to genres from hillbilly to punk and back again. ...A hybrid sound next to which the term 'jazzgrass' wilts.' - Pamela Polston, Seven Days 'Gordon Stone is somewhat of an enigma, a musician that refuses to be categorized or limited by established musical boundaries. His eclecticism can be mind-boggling.' -Joe Ross, Acoustic Musician 'Whether it be the traditional bluegrass style, a classical motif, a bebop number or one of his own striking original compositions, Gordon arranges his music with impeccable taste and plays with an infectious verve and vivacity.' -Bill Keith 'this record stands up next to everything from Fleck to Grisman to Grapelli to Strength in Numbers...' -Tim Lynch on 'Even with the Odds' PARTIAL LIST OF FESTIVALS COLLEGES Phish's Lemonwheel, The Great Went, The Clifford Ball UMASS Colby Strangefolk's Garden of Eden Penn State JohnsonState Ben & Jerry's One World One Heart St. Lawrence Connecticut The Gathering of the Vibes Wesleyan Paul Smith The Berkshire Mountain Festival UVM Godard Vermont Family Bluegrass Festival Middlebury Univ. Wisconsin Summer Sun Music Festival Bates St. Michael's Mother Earth Music Festival Bowdoin Solarfest Clarkson Beatjam Florida State PARTIAL LIST OF CLUBS Knitting Factory NY,NY Parting Glass Saratoga, NY Wetlands Preserve NY,NY Peasents Greeneville, NC Lion's Den NY,NY Bessies Wilmington, NC Paradise Theater Boston, MA Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA Middle East Cafe Cambridge, MA Skippers Smokehouse Tampa, FL Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA The Grog Shop Cleveland, OH The Flynn Theater Burlington, VT Nectar's Burlington, VT Higher Ground Winooski, VT The Ark Ann Arbor, MI Rick's Cafe Ann Arbor, MI Martyr's Chicago, IL Cicero's St. Louis, MO Barrymore Theater Madison, WI.