Chuck Garvey is one of two
guitarist
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s for the
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rock band
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moe. His playing has been influenced by
Frank Zappa
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Mick Ronson
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,
David Bowie
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Pete Townshend
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Andy Summers
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Jimi Hendrix
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, and
Stevie Ray Vaughan
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. He lives in the
Cincinnati
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Ohio
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area.
On the morning of November 6, 2021, Garvey suffered a stroke while at home.
moe.
Garvey is one of the founding members of moe. along with
Rob Derhak
''Robert Derhak'', also known simply as Rob, is the bass guitar player and a founding member of the American jam band moe.
History
Derhak's earliest known time performing as a member of a band was on Halloween 1989, playing at a party with guit ...
. Both first played a Halloween show at a friend's request in 1989 with
drummer
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Ray Schwartz.
Since then, Garvey has been co-guitarist of the band along with
Al Schnier
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History
Schnier was born on January 9, 1968, in Utica, New York. He attended New Hartford Central High School in Oneida C ...
.
He was recently voted, along with Schnier, as one of the "Top 20 new Guitar
God
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Rolling Stone magazine
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Other bands
Garvey has also performed as part of Ha Ha the Moose with Derhak and moe. drummer Jim Loughlin, as well as with the All Thumbs Trio.
["Jam band moe. weathers blizzard, tendinitis" by Chris Jordan, ''Asbury Park Press'' October 21, 2006]
References
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
Living people
People from New Hartford, New York
Date of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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