News
May 21 2008

Just a quick thanks to ALL who attended tonight's event at the Wilmington School of Music! We had a fantastic turn out for our CD Release party! Leroy Harper Jr. played an amazing part tonight during Do What? ! He rocked the house. He had EVERYONE up and yelling for more! Wow! Thanks Leroy, you be da man tonight!  Sorry Charlie couldn't make it, but it rocked.

We opened up with Moments with Kevin Kolb and the rockin Taylor Lee on bass. Then we did Ethan's Concerto, with Peter Barbeau and there was not a dry eye in the house. We took a break and came back with Blue Tango with John White on bass and Peter on Sax! Then we brought up Leroy and El Jaye Johnson and did Do What? The house was ROCKIN! Then we did Morning Dance with El Jaye on Guitar and Taylor back on Bass! Then we shifted John White Back on bass and did a rockin Mistor Hiddy! For the finale, we brought Taylor Back up and did Voices with El Jaye ..boards.
After that it was Jam time. John Wade was in the house, laying down some great drums!
Wes Sayer on guitar! Man we had a great time!

Roger and Vinnie from Antonio's provided some great Cheezy Pizza sorta pieces, over the top Vodka Ziti, Amazing Sausages and unbelievable Chicken! oh my! It went well with the Chardonnay, Merlot, Shiraz, and Cabs!

Everyone had a great time! And the house was PACKED! Thanks to all who attended!
Wilmington certainly has a wonderful support for its musical community!
Lee and I thank all for attending and making this a great musical event!

May 07, 2008
Hey there! Please see us tomorrow night, the 8th at the Rusty Nail. We will be giving away free 11 x 17"
posters of the album artwork done by R.C. Gil Warren, with purchase of every CD!
Also please note, that the Antonio's Gig for Friday night is cancelled.
So far the album has had rave reviews. Look for radio play and CD reviews soon! More on that later!
Also please note that as of May 8th, our album will be available and featured at Gravity Records!
Cya tomorrow night!

April 30, 2008
Its here! Our first shipment of our Debut Album, "Without Until"  has arrived!
We will be offering it for sale TOMORROW NIGHT, May 1, at the Rusty Nail!
Show Starts at 9PM! Thanks to all the many musicians and friends who contributed so
greatly to this effort, we hope you enjoy the record!

April 27, 2008
Wow! What a great two nights! As many of you know, we did a double bill with the Jeff Sipe Trio on Thursday
night the 24th at the rusty Nail. It was an amazing show. We opened with Moments,
then with Peter Barbo at the Sax, we did Blue Tango. We then did a version of Ethan from the upcoming CD
never before heard before! We went on to play Mistor Hiddy and the tune HOPE from Mahavishnu Orchestra!
The Jeff Sipe Trio went on next and provided an absolute evening of of great music! There was an impromptu
Jam session at the end of the night that featured all five of us playing at the same time!
We are so glad to have so many of you show up!  As we stated at the show, our long awaited debut
Album is arriving on Wednesday the 30th! We are working on the the date for the CD release party! Stay tuned!

April 13, 2008
The Album artwork, mixing & mastering, has been completed. It has been sent for replication.
We expect this first run by the end of this month! Many thanks to all who contributed to this project.
We are in the planning stages for a CD release party date. Stay tuned to this blog for complete details.
SQ will play a "solo" date this Friday 6-8PM at Montage Art in Leland. Come round for some great Art, music and wine!

Again, April 24th, Without Until w/ The Jeff Sipe Trio at the Rusty Nail
Don't miss this event. Show starts at 9PM, get there EARLY, it will sell out.
Ticket Prices are just $7.50

March 7, 2008
Hey, Just a short note to mention that the album is coming together.
Gil from Morning Glory Visuals is working with us on the album artwork. It looks fantastic so far.
Also we are excited about an upcoming show at the Rusty Nail on April 24, 2008 when we will be doing a
duel bill with The Jeff Sipe Trio (ARU, HLS, Left Over Salmon)  This is going to be a fantastic night with
2 of the Best Drummers in the South East on the same stage!
Make sure to mark the date, and get there early, as it WILL SELL OUT.

February 27, 2008
Hello. Well it is official. The record is DONE. It is now ready for final MASTERING,
as we are very anxious for Lee Jackson to put his signature sound on it. The Album climaxes
with its Opus suite: Ethan. We hope you enjoy it after all this wait. Lee and I spend many LONG hours with
Tommy Brothers of Audio Genesis, putting this album together. Tommy is the greatest to work
 with and is an outstanding guitarist /musician in his own right!

Well, we are looking forward to playing live for you tomorrow night at the Rusty Nail!
Hope to see you there. Also look for my new Columns in The Beat Magazine!

Also, a quick note: Please stop by our new myspace site at:
www.myspace.com/withoutuntil

Drop us a comment and let us know you were there!
SQ

JANUARY 25, 2008
Hey just wanted to mention last nights gig at the Rusty Nail!
Taylor Lee was on Bass tonight, and Lee and I were on fire!
We started out the set with a Bb sorta vibe that went all over the place.
We went into Resolution, then Les Bres in Am (played in Bb), to some
Santana vibe, then Every Night is Ladies Night, and finally Jean Pierre.
 Then we played: Dance of The Maya, Hope, Blue Tango, Lotus Feet,
 Immigrant Song, Voices, Moments (on like 78 speed), Mistor Hiddy (yep, really),
and Red Baron! Lee did some really amazing solos tonight.. as usual!  
Vinnie and Roger as well as other "Antonians" were in the crowd! Gil stopped in,
as well as some Cape Fear Jazz Appreciation cats, Bill the drummer and his friends!
Shaun and Jaron from Organix were there as well as the Rusty Nail regulars!
We met some new friends as well! We are looking forward to the gig on February 7th at the
Rusty Nail when we will be opening for Painted Man! We look forward to seeing you there!

JANUARY 10, 2008
Without Until played tonight at the Rusty Nail, wow, what a show! We had a lots of our friends
come out to see us! We had a blast! Tunes? We played:
 
Red Baron, Stratus, Moments, Immigrant Song (dedicated to Roger and Vinnie from Antonio's in the audience),
Ethan, Blue Tango, some psychedelic Hendrix Jam that extended the borders of a wild Augmented whole tone scale,
Every Night is Ladies Night, Maha Blues, Resolution, Hope, Can't Stand Your Funk,
You Know You Know, Poodle Factory & Jean Pierre. I think that's it.

Lee was over the top (as usual) and Gary nailed the bass with all getup!
I did my best to play an E chord and maybe an A every now and then. It was a blast!
Oh an Gil informed me of some MAJOR NEWS!
 The Original Line up of Return To Forever with Lenny, Stanley, Chick and Al, have reformed and will be touring this summer!
Thanks to all for coming out! See you in 2 weeks back at the NAIL!

JANUARY 9, 2008
Without Until will perform at the Rusty Nail downtown Wilmington from 9PM to 12PM.
We will feature Gary Craddock on Bass! The Without Until debut Album is moving to final completion.
We had on of the more "over the top tunes" named "Mistor Hiddy" mixed by Tommy Brothers of Audio Genesis fame!
Lee's double bass drumming on this tune is going to set new standards for drummers across the globe!
Stay tuned fro more information as we move to release! See you Thursday Night At The Rusty Nail!

NOVEMBER 17, 2007
Last night Lee and I did a duo gig playing the Gala opening of the Montage Art Showroom in Leland.
It was first class all the way!  They made the entire outside surrounding area into a "tent city." Antonio's next door catered
the event with fine china, great crab dip, tons of meats, deserts, stuffed mushrooms, wow!
The local Wine rep, Steve Doumas with Wisdom Beverage, was on hand along side his beautiful wife, and were
 pouring complimentary wines right next to out stage all night! Turns out Steve is a great
guitar player as well as a wine expert! He, and his bride,  took the time to write me and said of our performance:

NOVEMBER 16, 2007
SQ here! Last night we played at the Rusty Nail. While I was setting up I met a gentleman who was floored that
Jazz Fusion was available in Wilmington! Turns out he was a drummer and sat intently and listened while Lee
played on the ceiling! We opened the first night with Resolution from Mahavishnu Orchestra. It was great to be playing
again with Kevin and Gary. We put Gary's bass thru one of our Bose PAS systems to compliment his Bass rig and
MAN!! What a difference it made! Big huge bass! A highlight to the show was when we played Trilogy and had The Music School
of Wilmington's Jennifer Muehrcke playing oboe as she sat in with us! Wow, another color to the band!
We look forward to seeing you again on the 6th of December as The Rusty Nail continues to bring Jazz Fusion to the Port City!

OCTOBER 27, 2007
SQ here! Just a short note to mention last nights gig at Antonio's!
What a journey that was! Lee and I had as a special guest, Cape Fear's amazing Jeff Simmons on Sax and oh what a trip!
This was the first time since the Katrina Relief concert a few years back,  that Lee and I played with Jeff,
and even then, it was an impromptu thing. Last night was another mile marker in an upward spiral with Jeff on Sax.

Last night we played:
Moments, Blue Tango, Every Night is Ladies Night, Teen Town, Jean Pierre,
Over the Hills and Far away / Immigrant Song, 3rd Stone from the Sun, Spain, The Quiet, Sonu Mama

Also I wanted to extend a special thanks to Roger at Antonio's for allowing us to play such music!
Please if you are reading these blogs and haven't yet caught us recently, you owe it to yourself to come on
down and check out the energy and musicality of this band! Every night is a special experience.
With the rotation of so many talented musicians in town sitting in at any given time,
it is as if we are an ever changing group that pushes the boundaries of the last line up!

We also had the good pleasure of recording last nights performance.
Look for an Up coming CD release shortly from that gig!

OCTOBER 19, 2007
JUST IN: Hi there, SQ here from SQV!
Just a short note to thank Sandy at the Rusty Nail for last night's performance of our new group "Without Until"
Yes it is official, we have renamed our band SQV, to "Without Until" Same energy, same (and new) tunes, new name!

Last night we featured Gary Craddock on Bass, and Kevin Kolb on Keys!
It was magical! From the opening song of the night,  RESOLUTION, to the last tune TRILOGY, (Both from Mahavishnu Orchestra)
it was a wild ride of intense musicality! Lee was on fire! Gary played some of the funkiest, tightest bass I have ever witnessed,
and Kevin was on the ceiling! To everyone who witnessed that performance, we hope you enjoyed the ride!

With Roland's recent endorsement of both Lee and I, we have incorporated two new toys into the group.
Lee used his new Roland HandSonic 10 rhythm machine, while I used my new Roland GR-20 Guitar synth! What a combination of new voices!

Last night's version of Moments (from our up coming record) was like a trip thru the Arabian desert on sheets of ice!
Jeff Reid from The Beat Magazine was in the house, and simply said "it was amazing!" Thanks Jeff!

Last nights sets included:

Resolution, Blue Tango, Red Baron, Moments, Voices, Every Night Is Ladies Night, Jean Pierre, Poodle Factory, Hope, Trilogy.

For all who have yet to check out the new Rusty nail, it has been completely
redone inside and features one of Wilmington's nicest stages!
It really is a wonderful venue to play in. We hope to be playing there again very shortly.
Plans are underway to do a live recording there soon, so stay tuned for more information on that event!

Thanks again to all!
SQ

October 19 2007
We are moving to completing the album very shortly now.
All the tunes have been pre mixed down to Stereo 2 track for a final evaluation
and are getting ready for a final eq/mix. we have added local legendary keyboardist steve dyer
to the line up, and his addition to 2 of the tracks so far has been amazing!

We recently added a "bar room scene" to "Do What," and did the final mix! We sincerely hope you enjoy it.
and Thanks again for your patience as we put this project together one piece at a time.

We even have a single that will be ready for release shortly featuring Wilmington's local blues legend,
Mr. Charlie Lucas.
the tune,
"do what?"
is slated for local radio play.
stay tuned for a listing of
stations and air times!
 
We thank everyone for their patience as the album has turned
 into a project way-wayD OUR INITIAL EXPECTATIONS!