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Rustic Overtones

American rock band Rustic OvertonesRustic Overtones at the 2007 Maine Lobster FestivalBackground informationOriginPortland, Maine, United StatesGenresRockInstrumentsGuitarbass guitarkeyboardsdrumsbaritone saxtrombonealto saxtenor saxYears active1993–2002, 2007–presentLabelsRipcordAristaBMGTommy BoyWarner Bros.VelourMembersDave GutterJon Roods Lucas DesmondJamie ColpoysGary GemmitiJason WardPast membersSpencer AlbeeTony McNaboeRyan ZoidisDave Noyes Rustic Overtones is an American rock band from Maine, United States, active between 1993 and 2002 and from 2007 to the present. They were the first group to perform live on XM Satellite Radio, and their 2007 album Light at the End was the fastest-selling local disc ever in the state of Maine. History Early years: 1993–2002 Rustic Overtones started in the early 1990s as a three-piece cover band known as Aces Wild with Dave Gutter, Jon Roods, and then-drummer and close friend Matthew Esty, playing small bars. This lineup produced the very rare Smile album. Rustic Overtones gained popularity during the mid to late 1990s in the Portland, Maine, music scene, although it had many self-financed tours throughout the country, mostly the nort