Tea Cup Gin Durham/Raleigh/Hillsborough/CH "Take A Spin With Tea Cup Gin!" ♦ | GENRES | Original and Vintage Jazz ♦ Blues ♦ Torch ♦Tin Pan ♦ Ambient vocals of 1920s-50s ♦ | LOCATION | chapel hill ♦ carrboro ♦ hillsborough ♦ durham ♦ raleigh ♦ NC ♦ | BIO | The members of Tea Cup Gin share a passion for crafting original musical cocktails under the influence of an eclectic blend of early 20th century genres (deco era jazz standards, tin pan alley classics, ragtime & delta blues, torch, chanson, cabaret, bossa, tango, & show tunes). The band takes an authentic yet unconventional approach to the great American jazz tradition, stirring together original melodies and lyrics, served up on two blazing acoustic guitars, with impassioned vocals, dynamic upright bass & percussion, and occasional guests on trombone, trumpet, violin, sax & more. ♦ |Name| Why the name “Tea Cup Gin”? During prohibition, speakeasies served bootleg gin in ordinary tea cups to hide what was inside. Although the band’s original songs may look innocent enough from the outside, you’ll soon taste a deliciously intoxicating blend of unexpected ingredients. So “Tea Cup Gin” evokes vintage jazz, while being catchier than saying “you can’t judge a book by its cover.” ♦ | SHOWS | For more details and our more complete schedule of shows see: http://www.teacupgin.com/shows/ ♦ | MEMBERS | TCG includes: John Klonowski - Guitar ♦ Mike Reid - Guitar ♦ Doug Vuncannon - Bass ♦ Christy Benson - Vox ♦ Don Raleigh - Bass ♦ Slimbo McElroy - Percussion ♦ Rob DiMauro - Percussion ♦ Omar Ruiz-Lopez - Violin ♦ Robo Jones - Trombone ♦ Robert "Griffanzo" Griffin - Piano ♦ (TAGS: teacup gin; tea cup gin; teacups; tea cups; jazz; blues; ragtime; tin pan; swing; the station carrboro; crunkleton chapel hill; broad street durham; live music; depot hillsborough; chapel hill; durham; raleigh; bands; festivals; southern rail; local 506; wine; cocktails)
