Bosco & Jorge
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The story of Bosco and Jorge begins nearly 18 years ago in the quietly
strange town of Bartlesville Oklahoma. Legend has it they met at
a Leo
Kottke concert,
at a local festival called SunFest. Or maybe they had met the day before,
when Jorge was performing an old Scottish tune, Loch
Leven Castle, with the local Guitar society.
Then again maybe they didn't meet at all during that weekend. Jorge has
fuzzy memories of being in a van with a rat tailed Bosco a few years
earlier, Bosco prodding Jorge about how many warnings he had got from the
cops for commiting petty acts of vandalism and other punkish crimes. Bosco
had already had 6, one more and he was off to juvy. But none of that explains
why this website is here, so speculation about ultimate origins will be
put to rest for now. In 1998 they both relocated to Chicago and by 2000
they recorded their first full length , self titled "Bosco and Jorge" released
by the now defunct Explain label. (Rob where are you (SWEET!)) By 2002
they had released their second album "Ally in the Sky", this time getting help
from the great folks at Sixgunlover.
In 2002 and 2003 Bosco & Jorge performed often in and
around the Chicago area, and went on a few tours. AT this time the core
band included John Poston (aka Bud Melvin) on banjo and Steve Hess on
drums. 2004 and 2005 were relatively silent. In early 2005 Bosco and Jorge
caught wind of this new "internet" thing and thought maybe it was time to re
surface from the depths. Bosco & Jorge are working on a new full length album
to be released sometime in 2006 by god knows who. Bosco and Jorge currently
are: Bill Lowman (Bosco) and Brad Gallagher (Jorge), Matt Carson: chorus guitar,
Darren Garvey: drums, precussion, guitar and John Londau Bass guitar.
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