Yes, it’s another Oregon band but can I help it if we turn out awesome music? SuperTrout out of Eugene (start spinning, people) blends the artistry of great musicians such as Clapton, Hendrix, Garcia and more to make their own personal sound. From their MySpace page, “SuperTrout is dedicated to creating a environment and ritual experience that transcends everyday life and gives special meaning to the gathering of like minded people in a way that adds to the quality of our human existence.”

Sa-weeeeeeeeeeeet. Wynter’s favorite track on MySpace is Jokerman. Give a listen and tell me what you think-

They’re offering free stickers for their fans too. Send a SASE to: SuperTrout 85213 S. Willamette St., Eugene, OR 97405.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Good Until Friday, March 21, 2008

Contact: John Swan, (541) 729-5525, swan31@efn.org

Supertrout press materials available at:
http://www.flyinginkmedia.com/supertrout_epk.html

Additional Supertrout material available at:
http://www.myspace.com/supertroutjams

Press release covers events at:
Fenario Gallery, 881 Willamette St., Eugene, Ore.
http://fenariogallery.com/

SUPERTROUT TO PRESENT AN ‘EXPERIENCE’ FEATURING LIVE MUSIC,

LIGHT SHOW AND RITUAL CELEBRATING THE EQUINOX

Eugene, Ore. – Supertrout will present an “Experience” featuring a spectacular light show, live music and ritual during the peak of the Vernal Equinox on Friday, March 21, 2008 at the Fenario Gallery, located at 881 Willamette St. in Eugene.

Tickets will be available at the door only at 8:30 p.m. for $10.  The celebration “Experience” will begin at 9:30 p.m. for everyone of all ages.

Spring is coming and SuperTrout is spawning.

SuperTrout invokes musical spaces by creating an environment in which sound blends with light that combines with the audience to create a safe, inviting place – not a rock concert but an “Experience.”

Initially conjured by John Swan, SuperTrout is a Eugene, Ore.-based group of musicians
that deliver the highest quality sound, visual, lyrical and ritual experience by combining psycho-acoustics with light.

“Nothing can raise your spirits more than a ritual event where the lighting and music and people and energy just builds into a magical place to eject us from the ordinary,” John says.  “SuperTrout is not just the music, but the culture of a common environment, a safe place for enchantment and experimentation.”

Of course, everything first begins with the fish, a symbol of life, spiritual change and motion: Fish were considered sacred to the Greeks and Romans. The first Christians represented trinity by three fishes. The fish is also one of the eight sacred symbols of the Buddha.

The fish moves freely through water – a symbol of life which is honored in many cultures. Water is constantly flowing and the fish totem is an excellent teacher of transitions through life.

“We are all really connected to the land and the indigenous spirit of the fish, which is very important to the Pacific Northwest Native Americans, and leads us to the fertile grounds of the mystical SuperTrout,” John said.

Known as “Swani,” John first discovered his appreciation of unique spaces after meeting Ken Kesey and becoming a second generation Merry Prankster.  Traveling throughout the United States and to Europe on Furthur II, the second generation bus based on the bus Further that Kesey used during a cross-country trip detailed in Tom Wolfe’s “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” John learned a lot from Kesey about creating magical spaces during their long friendship.

In SuperTrout, John is the lead vocalist and plays lead/rhythm guitar, as he has for years in various bands, including the Magic Swan Band, The Dreamers, The High Rollers, The Revelators and The Thunder Machine Band, which toured with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters during readings of Kesey’s collection of  essays entitled “Demon Box.”

John also owns Smartlites, a company that provides professional lighting event services, currently providing the intelligent lighting at the McDonald Theatre and the Cuthbert Amphitheater, both maintained by Kesey Enterprises.  His experience with casting light during a wide variety of events and concerts enhanced in him the importance of combining light space with music.

Another cornerstone of SuperTrout is Joe “Spose” Croce, who plays a vintage Alembic Series One bass and assists with creating the necessary pscho-acoustic spaces.  Joe moved to Eugene from the east coast after years of engineering a sound based on

refining instrumental output to generate the highest quality tone.  Joe, a self-proclaimed ‘gear head,’ has worked for years to generate powerful, yet clean sound in any concert setting.

“The music and space of SuperTrout works on a sub-sonic level where there is more going on that’s sublime and impossible to explain, where some listeners can feel the sound and others can hear the sound,” Joe said.  “We use technology to create music that’s inviting and doesn’t assault the listener.”

Living and playing music for many years in upstate New York, Joe lived in Woodstock, moving from  jam to jam, including some famous events at the “Cloud House” in New Paltz.  He then moved deep into the Santa Cruz mountains, living and playing music briefly at Bodhi Pacific, a Buddhist commune located at the highest peak.

Joe moved to Eugene to participate in the unique culture of the area, where creativity is multi-dimensional and defined by the environment as much as the participants.

SuperTrout invites some of the best known and skilled musicians in Oregon to play their shows, including drummers Rich Sellars and Tim Donahue, and saxophonist Paul Biondi.  The music can be a slow ballad or classic rock or an original tune that always incorporates the pulse of the lyric.  SuperTrout is not a jam band.

“While the Jam Band scene has evolved into instrumental jazzy fusion, I’ve always felt the importance of words,” John says.  “Lyrics add significant meaning to the space created by music and light.”

And so SuperTrout is spawning, weaving throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond, playing outdoor festivals and concert halls with enough space to create space – a fish creating water for life renewal.

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