Woodfish

Creating an intoxicating musical style by combining elements of rock, progressive, jamband and funk music together with an explosively energetic stage show, the band Woodfish only plays music that they love. Whether it's 3 people or 30,000 people, “Woodfish is doing it for the right reasons." Staying true to the spirit of rock and roll, and knowing no limitations, Woodfish brings charisma and passion to every performance. The band formed progressively sometime in early 2001 as the result of brothers Steve (bass) and Dominic Kalorin (drums) playing the local jam nights in New Jersey. Starting from the beginning Woodfish started stretching the boundaries of what it meant to be a local indie band by being one of the rare, perhaps only, all original act to play paid performances and satisfy crowds in venues where normally only cover bands could perform. This unexpected satisfying outcome from one of the bands earlier performances fueled the passion and desire to keep the band going forward. Woodfish soon realized that by taking their fresh new intense jamming like sound and applying it to both traditional and cutting edge songwriting arrangement styles, they could write songs that people can relate to and maybe find inspiration in. Also though this they discovered that there music appealed to a wide range of people from young kids to older adults. Although the band has it unique sounds which most of the time stems from the drive of Steve’s bass and Dominic’s drums, the band is not about playing or writing songs that all sound alike. Woodfish embraces the fact that people usually like more than one style of music. The band finds its identity by embracing its interest in multiple genres but still keeping each member's individual influences in mind.

Music has always played a major part in each of the individual members of Woodfish’s lives. Brothers, Steve (Bass) and Dominic (Drums) Kalorin were surrounded by both musical and athletic influences in their lives which they believe has helped to help contribute the to bands intensely rhythmic sound. Singer Jimmy Counihan started singing and belting out awesome melody lines in his church choir at the age of six. His love for performing kept him involved, and moved him straight forward into the world of original rock music. Doug Mikula started playing guitar at the age of twelve in 1997 after first learning to play piano, bass, and drums. A natural musician, with guitar chops that could shred steel into little bits of musical melodic nuggets, Doug’s love for playing seems to keep his guitar in his hands both day and night. Don Honeycutt also known as the “The Guy” or these days “The Big Sexy” has been playing music since the age of three while experimenting on his family's electric organ. After taking up the alto saxophone at the age of eight because the tenor was too large, he gained chops both on other instruments and in many other styles of music, including a stretch of jazz playing in Ithaca, New York. But now he's home, playing rock and roll on the tenor saxophone.

Currently, Woodfish has won several awards including "Best Groove Rock Band", "Best Jam Band" and "Best Bass Player". Woodfish was picked as New Jersey's Shore's performer of the year in 2006 and has performed along side acts such as Foghat, Keller Williams, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, The Spin Doctors' Chris Barron, Particle, Oteil & The Peacemakers (From the Allman Brothers), Will Hoge, deSol, Devon Allman's Honeytribe.







For booking information contact: Steve at 908-309-9601 or Central Entertainment Group at 212 921 2190 Ext 14, or via email woodfishmail@comcast.net

Further inquiries can be made also by contacting Ron Bienstock at
Bienstock & Michael P.C.
250 West 57th Street
Suite 1917

New York, New York 10107
Phone: (212) 399-0099
Fax: (212) 399-1278
Email: info@musicesq.com

For more Woodfish go to.
http://www.woodfishmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/woodfish