The Bakerton Group is an

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and the side project of the blues rock band Clutch. They incorporate elements of blues rock, psychedelic rock, and

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Biography

The band is currently composed of all four members of the rock band Clutch (

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Jean-Paul Gaster Jean-Paul Gaster (born June 19, 1971) is the drummer for American rock band Clutch. Style and influences Jean-Paul Gaster learned to play drums by playing along to 1960s and 1970s heavy rock bands like Jimi Hendrix, Cream, ZZ Top and Black ...

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) 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,

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, "jazz-infected" feel. 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

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. J. Robbins of

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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,

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of Opeth served as replacement on keyboards, organ, and synthesizers.

Discography

Members

– guitar *

– bass guitar *

– drums *

– guitar

Former members

* Mick Schauer - organ (died 2019)

References

External links

The Bakerton Group
on Myspace {{DEFAULTSORT:Bakerton Group, The Rock music groups from Maryland Jam bands