This
recently formed pop-jazz duo
features Tom Doyle, finger
stylist extraordinaire, who is
known worldwide for his
interpretation of big band swing
style jazz arrangements on his
guitar. The multi-faceted
talents of Sandy Cory create a
sound, include playing congas
and flute, along with her velvet
voice. She is influenced by the
likes of Norah Jones, Diana
Krall, Billy Holiday, as well as
contemporary blues singers.
Their music spans generations
and is surely an act to listen
to!
Past Performances:
1) Chet Atkins Convention
Nashville, TN
2) Mainstay Concert Hall Rock
Hall, MD
3) Smyrna Opera House Smyrna, DE
4) Hedgehog Music Arcadia, IN
5) Bedstock, Bedminster, NJ
6) Discovery World Museum
Milwaukee. WI
7) National American Musical
Merchants Show Performance
Nashville, TN
8) Iridium Jazz Club
(Opening act for Les Paul
Tribute & long time engineer for
Les Paul 30 yrs.)
9) Guitar Clinics
10) Delaware Valley Fingerstyle
Society
11) Trumpets Jazz Club
12) NJ Guitar & Mandolin Society
13) Tri-Country Music and Art
Long Valley, NJ
Repertoire:
Through instrumentation of
guitar, flute, and percussion,
this duo performs Pop, Jazz,
Swing from 1930's to present,
including artists standards from
Billy Holiday, Julie London,
Frank Sinatra, Dianna Krall,
Carol King, Joni Mitchell, Norah
Jones, and Mary Ford, just to
name the vocalists. Tom's
influences on guitar are Django
Reinhart, Les Paul, Chet Atkins,
Merle Travis, and George Benson.
Some of the songs in our
act include:
1) Honeysuckle Rose
11) Till Their Was You
2) Exactly Like You
12) Yesterday
3) It Don't Mean a Thing
13) Got To Get You Into
My Life
4) Sunnyside of the
Street
14) Cry Me a River
5) Bye Bye Blues
15) Girl From Ipenema
6) How High the Moon
16) It's Too Late
7) The World is Waiting
for the Sunrise
17) Don't Know Why
8) Dream
18) The Nearness of You
9) I've Got the World on
a String
19) Nauges
10) Makin' Whoopie
20) Crazy
Watch some
of the Shows here...
LES PAUL'S LUTHIER/GUITAR TECH/ENGINEER
FOR 45 YEARS
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While Les Paul was certainly more
than a genius in his quest for his
ultimate sound, tone, and
understanding of music and the instruments
that it took to get there, for over
four decades he relied constantly
on Tom Doyle to make his guitars
whole again after he chopped them
to pieces in has mad pursuit of
that sound in his head. Most people
automatically assume that because
there is a famous guitar with his
name on it, that Les was a guitar
builder, tech, bench man, etc.,
and knew how to build, repair and
refurbish guitars. That just simply
was not the case... he relied on
Tom for that. Tom and Les worked
on countless projects over the 40+
years together and Tom is nothing
less than a walking/talking encyclopedia
about all things Les Paul, Gibson,
build specs, musical history, and
knows more about guitars of all
kinds than anyone you will ever
encounter alive today.
Keep an eye out for articles about
Tom Doyle in:
Les
Paul was working very diligently
in the last years of his life in
an attempt to clean up the
Humbucker pickup. He felt that
the bottom end of the frequency
response was muddy and unclear,
and he fervently wanted to fix
that. Les had an incredible
passion for making things “just
right”... and would tinker,
test, and experiment on things
he wanted to fix, tirelessly -
almost to the point of
obsession. His constant passion
towards the end of his life was
for getting the high-impedance
Humbucker to come alive, and
deliver that clarity that he so
desired. As an homage to his
longtime friend and mentor, Tom
Doyle has brought Les Paul's
Dream of a clear, articulate,
harmonically lively Humbucker
pickup to life...
Tom Plays & Speaks on
The "Thank You Les" DVD
Featuring such Greats as Keith Richards,
Steve Miller, Billy Gibbons, Slash,
José Feliciano and many more!