Wellfleet

After meeting at a summer barbeque, Patrick Curry and Craig Roy traded cell numbers. It isn’t uncommon for fellow local musicians to network, but at the time Craig was sitting in with a bunch of bands and Patrick was well-invested in his own local act.  Three summers later, their paths crossed once again and the timing was right.  The duo got together for their first jam session and things have grown from there. Named after the peaceful and charming resort town at the end of Cape Co...

After meeting at a summer barbeque, Patrick Curry and Craig Roy traded cell numbers. It isn’t uncommon for fellow local musicians to network, but at the time Craig was sitting in with a bunch of bands and Patrick was well-invested in his own local act.  Three summers later, their paths crossed once again and the timing was right.  The duo got together for their first jam session and things have grown from there. Named after the peaceful and charming resort town at the end of Cape Cod, Wellfleet is committed to the ideal that music brings everyone together.  With songs such as Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower”, Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer”, and Ray Lamontagne’s “For the Summer”, the duo focuses on cover songs that appeal to the masses, while also infusing accessible original material into their set list.  About Patrick Curry 18 years ago Patrick Curry snuck into his older brother's room and stole his acoustic guitar and chord charts.  For some reason, his brother Nate had forgotten to take it back to college in Philadelphia.  But his forgetfulness provided Patrick with an opportunity to teach himself to play and use song books to play along with his Dad's Beatles records.  He soon shifted his focus from playing other people's  music to writing his own, and with that, a new local musician and artist was born.   In college, he fronted the young and energetic Short Bus, a quartet that played the local bar circuit as well as the UNH and UMaine Campuses where they went to college, with the highlight being an opening slot for Guster at a sold-out UNH Field House in 1999.  After graduation, the band parted ways, leaving Patrick to start a solo project called Hear Patrick, in which he recorded an album on his computer and sold burned copies to his friends and family.  A couple of years later Patrick was reacquainted with a former college roommate at a gig and the two decided to perform some songs together in an impromptu jam session, with the friend lending his vocals talents and hand percussion to Pat's originals.  The small audience enjoyed the harmonies and all-acoustic vibe and a few months later the two teamed up with another friend to start The Whatnot. The Whatnot marked Patrick's most successful original project to date, with over 350 performances ranging from Portland, Maine to Atlanta, Georgia and many places in between.  The band played clubs, bars, coffeehouses, colleges, prep schools, and ski areas including big name rooms such as CBGB's Gallery and The Living Room in New York City, The House of Blues, Paradise Lounge, and Harpers Ferry in Boston, Nectar's in Burlington, VT, the Maine Center for the Arts in Orono, Maine, and Meadowbrook in Gilford, NH.  The band shared the stage with such notable national artists as Willy Nelson, O.A.R., Howie Day, Matt Nathanson, Ben Kweller, Angie Aparo, Fighting Gravity, and Ari Hest,  and was named one of the Best Acts of 2009 by New Hampshire magazine, with an invitation to perform at their annual celebration at Manchester’s Verizon Wireless Arena. The trio released 2 full-length albums and sold more than 1000 copies of each via their website, live shows, and online distribution such as iTunes.  After 7 busy years, the band decided to part ways. About Craig Roy Craig Roy started his musical journey at the age of 14 when the Blues Bug first hit him.  With support from his parents, he started frequenting the Blues circuit in New England.  Playing Blues clubs from Portland Maine down the coast to the House of Blues in Cambridge Mass, west to Antrim and as far as Chicago, IL. Craig started making a name as one of New England’s finest harp players, and through the years he has played and jammed with greats such as James Montgomery, James Cotton, Taj Mahal, Rockin’ Jake, Larry McCray, Magic Slim, Johhny Hoy, Dave Hull from the Joe Perry Project, Duke Robillard, Bruce Marshall, Jimmy Vivino from Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Jim Belushi, J. Geils, Roomful Of Blues and many more.  He started branching out from his roots background and met up to share the stage all over New England with some of the East Coast’s finest artists such as Vitamin C, Percy Hill, Pondering Judd, Moon Boot Lover, Princes of Babylon, Truffle, Dan Walker and The Chad Hollister Band.