Saturday Nov 14 at 8 pm, pwyc at the door. €œJericho€ is multi-genre acoustic-based duo consisting of Jeremiah McCaw Budnark and Eric Bower. They describe their repertoire as `from roots to rock €“ our way!` The amalgam of Jeremiah`s `folkie` with Eric`s R&B background has provided them with a rich and varied repertoire (including some original material). It also helps that the pair share a finely developed sense of the absurd that often creeps into their performances. [Photo by Kyle Weir] http://jericho-duo.ca/
Although aware of each other as electric bass players, and both involved in the operation of the Brantford Open Stage for several years; it wasn’t until an impromptu jam on stage at Oakville`s Moonshine Cafe in March of 2009 that Jeremiah realized that Eric also possessed considerable `conventional` guitar skills, as well as a facility for harmony singing. Discovering also that the pair shared similar performance sensibilities; the duo officially formed over coffee later that same evening.
The name `Jericho` is a corruption of `Jerry, Eric & Co` (Guest performers becoming part of the `duo` is not an unusual occurrence at a Jericho gig.)
Eric also operates Bower Audio, a professional sound reinforcement company.
Jeremiah has a website (http://jeremiah.ca) on which he maintains as much information as he can find on folk music in south central Ontario, including club listings and a reference calendar.
Jericho has a website €“ http://jericho-duo.ca €“ currently under construction.