Steve Jones & The Garden City Hot Club

The Garden City Hot Club is a swinging trio of two jazz guitars + bass, built around the hot lead guitar and easy-going vocals of Steve Jones. Although Steve and second lead/rhythm guitarist Bob Hiltunen are still in their 30′s, they bring close to 50 years of combined guitar experience and professionalism to their music. Using the “Gypsy Swing” of Django Reinhardt as their base, the GCHC bring their intensity and joyful approach to original compositions, old jazz standards, modern Roma-influenced music, swing-based novelty songs, blues, and anything else that sounds good.
While living on the East Coast, Steve Jones has jammed with the likes of Dorado Schmitt, Angelo DeBarre, Tchavalo Schmitt, and the Ferré Brothers, and had an extended engagement with Dan Levinson and the Djangophiles in New York City. Now living back on the “North Coast” of Upper Michigan, Steve leads the GCHC in performances that always engage audiences and usually get the dancers in the crowd to their feet.
Steve Jones grew up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and has been playing guitar since age 7. The one person who had the most profound influence on Steve was the late Ervin Ollila (known to most as Heinie). It was from Heinie that Steve learned the styles of Merle Travis & Chet Atkins. It was also he who instilled in Steve the feeling of music and not just mechanics. The two played together at …establishments and special events throughout the U.P. until 1998 New Years Day, when Heinie passed away.
In 2004 Steve entered a national guitar competition sponsored by Guitar Center and won first place for the East Coast Regional Finals at The House of Blues in Cambridge, MA. Following this he flew to Las Vegas where he took runner up in the national competition at The House of Blues at Mandalay Bay, opening for Cheap Trick.

$17 GA, $27 VIP
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