The Bakerton Group
{{Short description|American rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Bakerton Group
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| origin = Lewistown, Maryland, U.S.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/arts_and_entertainment/arts_and_entertainment_topics/music/article_8db45ae3-1e55-50f4-9b4c-b8c68b21f8a5.html|title=Musician to musician|date=April 18, 2013 }}
| genre = Blues rock, psychedelic rock, jam band, stoner rock
| years_active = 1999–present
| label = River Road, Emetic, Weathermaker Music
| spinoff_of = Clutch
| website =
| current_members = Tim Sult
Dan Maines
Jean-Paul Gaster
Neil Fallon
| past_members = Mick Schauer
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The Bakerton Group is an instrumental blues jam band and the side project of the blues rock band Clutch. They incorporate elements of blues rock, psychedelic rock, and jazz.
Biography
The band is currently{{when|date=April 2022}} composed of all four members of the rock band Clutch (Tim Sult, Dan Maines, Jean-Paul Gaster, Neil Fallon) and has toured extensively throughout Canada and the United States. Taking a sidestep from the traditional Clutch sound, The Bakerton Group focuses on the instrumental talents of its members with songs of a psychedelic, groovy, "jazz-infected" feel.{{cite web|url=http://www.theagencygroup.com/artist.aspx?ArtistID=4639 |title=The Agency Group Ltd |publisher=Theagencygroup.com |date= |accessdate=October 15, 2011}}
The band's first release came in 2001 with the three-track EP Space Guitars, made available as a free download on the official Clutch website.
In August 2006, the band began recording new material for their first full-length release at the Magpie Cage in Baltimore. J. Robbins of Jawbox fame produced the album, which incorporated a new member, Mick Schauer, to play the Hammond organ. In October 2007, over a year after recording began, the eponymous album was released.
On February 17, 2009, The Bakerton Group released El Rojo. Also produced by Robbins, it is the band's first release on the Weathermaker Music label. After Schauer left the group in 2007, Per Wiberg of Opeth served as replacement on keyboards, organ, and synthesizers.
Discography
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| 2001
| Space Guitars EP | River Road Records |
| 2007
| Emetic Records |
| 2009
| El Rojo |
Members
- Tim Sult – guitar
- Dan Maines – bass guitar
- Jean-Paul Gaster – drums
- Neil Fallon – guitar
=Former members=
- Mick Schauer - organ (died 2019)
References
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External links
- [https://myspace.com/thebakertongroup The Bakerton Group] on Myspace
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