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Junkyard Academy

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We live by three words here in the Junkyard;

Sing

Dance

Live

Now go play....

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Hometown	Benicia, AL
Genres	Pop, Singer/Songwriter (Male)
Band Members	Lewis Nowosad - Guitarist/Writer/Vocals; Dave Coldren... » more
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Upcoming Shows	None

Contact Information:	Artist / Band Member Lewis Nowosad Junkyard.Academy@gmail.com 707-751-1641
# Years Experience Performing Live:	2
# Live Perfomances Past Six-months:	1
Market Draw:	Geek Pop: 0-30
Venue History:	Anjelica's Bistro - Redwood City, CA The Rellik Tavern - Benicia, CA
Opener Experience:	Nobody, yet...
Similar Artists:	Bowling for Soup; Barenaked Ladies, ; Goo Goo Dolls; They Might Be Giants
Performing Rights Society:	Other
Discography:	Rooting For The Underdogs EP—2009

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About the Artist

Lewis has played guitar on and off for 8 years. He started Junkyard Academy after his wife gave him a guitar for his birthday, claiming that while it wasn't a sports car, he could buy as many of them as he wished using the guitar.

Two years and 50+ songs...

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Junkyard Academy has added two new members to the by When Band grow....
Dave Coldren met Lewis Nowosad as the result of a posting on Craigslist. Lewis was hoping to hook up with musicians to play Barenaked Ladies tunes together in the capacity of a tribute band. Later, they attended two BNL hosted cruises and got to know each other more. Eventually, Lewis and Dave wound up in Dave’s living room playing the originals Lewis had been working on and Dave agreed to join the band. I'm tickled pink to share a stage with this guy", Says Lewis Nowosad, JYA's lead singer and guitarist, "He takes music seriously. I mean, if you cut him in half, a million little musicians would come flying out - he's good for the band". Dave has been playing since he was 16. He currently plays at 3 different churches and teaches piano both at home and at Guitar Showcase in San Jose, California. While at UC Berkeley, he played with Dead-influenced Lektric Submarine Dance Band (later Goliards and Vicious Hippies), and Blue Cartoon. Dave's musical influences are many - (Roy Bitten and Danny Federici (Springsteen), Jackson Browne, Elton John, Beatles, Nicky Hopkins, Jerry Garcia, Stephen Sondheim, Barenaked Ladies, Guster and lots more. Junkyard Academy is also looking forward to the delivery of their Bassist Paul Imel. Yes, "delivery". He attended High School with Lewis in Morgan Hill California back in the mid Eighties. Twenty-five years later they reconnected via Facebook, only to discover that each had always thought the other was the "cool" kid. When Lewis asked Paul about his playing bass guitar, despite the fact that Paul hadn't played a bass in about twenty years, he suggested Paul move from Indiana back to California to play bass for Junkyard Academy. Paul decided to give it a shot, borrowed a broken bass, (no sound came out of the amp), to get his chops back, and eventually purchased very nice Schecter neck-in bass, (this one works), to play in the band. Paul has a music degree from Greenville College in Illinois, and his influences range from the Beatles to seventies rock to modern alternative folk. He is currently packing to move his family to Benicia, CA. Said Paul, "(I'm) excited to be playing with guys as dedicated and talented as Lewis and Dave. Junkyard Academy looks forward to his mad skillz, his vocal talent and his laid back and positive attitude come mid November.

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We currently own a small PA, but if we get the chance to play in a venue with it's own, we can get a friend to run sound...that is to say if we'd have to pay for said PA, =8^)-