About the Groove Scoundrels

The Groove, feelin groovy, gettin groovy with the groove, findin the groove then a scoundrel walks in…

Hi, Im Steven Kinetic Roberts, I’m a musician, I make music. I dig the groovy music which can be from any style or genre. The groove is a feeling and for me I feel it most when playing music. I’ve described it to others as being “gonzo” so wrapped up in the groove I lose all sense of self but not of my surroundings and other musicians all connected via the groove. Some people don’t or can’t dig what I do with music, especially trained musicians, I seem to irritate them the most. I’m really not sure why. A character in a book once exclaimed: “Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.” – Charlotte Bronte

An amazing line from an amazing author indeed uttered by an amazing character. Groove Scoundrels is about the groove and paying little to know attention to the “rules” or genre, mixing elements and instruments from all around the world and thru time and making groovy music.

Currently the band consists of myself; Steve Kinetic Roberts on guitar, synth guitar, djembe, bass drums, percussion and keys. Kinetic writes most of the songs with help from the rest and is the owner of the pro home studio in Bradenton FL. where the heavy lifting is done. Kinetic works as a web developer and hosting company owner by day and fills his free time with making music and has been playing music and working as a session percussionist for over 30 years and has worked from several big name studios in the past including Paisley Park in Minnesota.

Wayne Ridenhour on guitar, drums piano synthesizers. Wayne states “I’ve been playing guitar for a little over 35 years (if I had stayed focused more in my 20’s & 30’s I would be a lot better now) … my other main instruments include flute & tuba … I know how to play other wind instruments but not so well.” (SKR: I happen to think he is one heck of a mojo man on the guitar!) We like to incorporate musicians from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and educate music and that anyone can be a musician is a musician. We think thats the defination of being groovy.

Danny Flanagan of Bradenton Fl. Danny has an incredible voice that Axle Rose and Steve Perry would envy and he is a damn fine kit drummer. Danny and his 2 daughters were featured vocalists on the Kindred Souls track Slow Walk Home and has since cut track with us as a founding member on several songs including Somethin in the Air, Off The Cuff/Gettin Caught up, Got Me Runnin, and our newest singles Sleepless & Few Miles From Home

 

We are extremely proud to have join us is Jerry Bohannon of No Excuses on lead guitar. Jerrys style of total shredding gives his guitar parts a fierocity that cant be touched by mere mortals. Jerry plays on an Ibanex Steve Vai in bright yellow thru a Line 6 Spyder 5 amp he is a true master of the shred and can seriously improvise on little to no info on a song. simply play it and he goes to work. I personally believe he was sent here by aliens…

Jarno Luhtanen of Koskenkorva Western Finland is an amazing musician and brings not only unearthly Godlike guitar chops but writing, keys, drums and percussion and a very cool way of looking at music his blues song Sleepless collaboration with us scoundrels dropped on February 29th 2009 and that wasnt enough we just released Few MIles from Home another deep collaboration with Jarno His Music Kinetics Lyrics and Danny’s Vocals