Just like to thank everyone that came out on the weekend...The Carleton Tavern was packed tight and we had a fantastic night doing our ALICE COOPER SHOW for you!!! Then Saturday we played out in Luskville and WOW! what a party it was!!!! The old church was just stuffed to the max with ghoulish monsters and it was hopping all night long!!! Halloween is a big time of year for GAMUT and we want to thank everyone for the support you have given us all year long and to let you know we have some great new stuff coming in the new year...so thank you, thank you, thank you all so much!!! On a personal note we also would like to welcome back Brian Carr to the band , and a big welcome to our new addition on guitar Greg Werthman to share guitar duties with Brian!! 2012 will bring lots of exciting energy to our show and we can't wait to bring to you!! THANKS AGAIN!!!

 We'd like to take this oppurtunity to thank Lo for all his hard work in the past year with GAMUT and mAlice & Monsters...he is unable to continue with GAMUT's busy schedule due to his own busy career as a professor at Ottawa University and has recently moved on to another local classic rock band called the 'DeeVanZ Band'...we wish him all the best and our ongoing friendship with Lo will continue. Lo is a fantastic guitarist and made our band better, as he will with his new band!! Dr. Lo, we'll be watching you!!!!!

 We have been getting asked how much tickets are to get into the Arnprior Fair for Aug 5th...tickets are $8 before 5pm and $10 after 5pm.... This is our second year at the Arnprior Fair... we're looking forward to opening for Platinum Blonde this Friday!!!! It's going to be a FUN night!!!!!!!!!!!Hope to see you there!!!!!!

Gamut will be opening up for Platinum Blonde @ the Arnprior Fair(10 Galvin St, Arnprior Ont)

Platinum Blonde were one of Canada's biggest acts in the 80's and early 90's. They were inducted into the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame in 2010. Unfortunately our guitarist Lo will not be on stage with us that night, as he will be on his own version of European Vacation!!! For one night only, Gamut's original guitarist Joe Ovington will man the axe for us. This is an awesome gig for us and we hope as many of you can come out to the show!!!
  

 We had our first gig with Chris back on drums at the Carleton Tavern on Friday night and it ROCKED!!!!... and it's just the start of the great things a head!!!!!  We are working on some tunes GAMUT has never played before and moving forward............ pedal to the metal, look out!!!    

We would like to announce that due to circumstances and situations out of both GAMUT and our friend Robin's control, that Robin will not be with us, but will not be the last we will see of him as he will be with us from time to time and our love and friendship continues with him... on a positive note we are very very excited and happy to welcome the return of Chris Lecompte the original drummer and co founder of GAMUT!! Back after an almost 3 year absence... he has been busy playing with other projects ( UNGLUED STP tribute- UNION JACK British tribute, and a continuing original project called COSMIC PUSH) we were very pleased he was available ,excited and agreed to return to his throne , and now with the recent addition of Allan Wilmore on keyboards GAMUT will ROCK better than ever , look out for some FANTASTIC things to come!!!!!

 GAMUT's ALICE COOPER TRIBUTE mALICE & MONSTERS plus GAMUT
  For more info on GAMUT's ALICE COOPER TRIBUTE, click on pic    

Welcome to...welcome to...welcome to..........................with the show starting off with the loss of power on the right side of the stage, it did start of as a nightmare!! With the band extending the intro, we got power restored and the show began...yay!! These things happen, out of our control, but a very understanding crowd, together we giggled...and a fun night it was!!! We want to thank everyone who came out and for your roaring response after each and every song and we'd like to thank the folks who came up individually at the show with their awesome compliments, it truly makes the work worth it! So THANK YOU! We look forward to next time!!!!!!!...and for the lovely comments in our email. We thank you for your input...

Thank you to The Brass Monkey for their hospitality and to Steve behind the board for his services and all the extras, Gary for the lighting help and to Mark for taking 5 hours out of his day for set up then his camera work thoughout the night....THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!

   
    

MAY 9TH 2011

After a long winter's nap, 'sick things' are beginning to rise again...............GAMUT's ALICE COOPER TRIBUTE mAlice & Monsters are ready to hit the stage and take you on a nightmare of shock rock fun!!!!!!!! With a couple of new monsters added, we promise pure excitment welcoming on guitar AL Fitsgerald and on keys we welcome Allan Wilmore... so get ready kiddies and hang on to your hats for a tour through the mind of ALICE COOPER... we have made Nurse Kitty wait too long so watch out!!

PLUS!!!! We will wipe off our make-up and come back out as GAMUT to play a mix of your favourite Rock & Roll tunes to get you dancing!!

MAY 'FRIDAY THE 13TH' A theatrical Rock show plus Rock & Roll Dance...where can you get the best of both????? ...at an awesome new Ottawa venue, THE BRASS MONKEY (250 Greenbank Rd(right off Hunt Club,the old Broken Cue)

Show starts at 9:30........................    

Here's a link to Eric The Intern's from CHEZ 106 blog...Thanks Eric!!  ERIC THE INTERN


           

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 We'd like to take this oppurtunity to give a very BIG THANK YOU for all the positive feedback from people and from club owners!!!! No better feeling than playing music with close friends and playing for such appreciative crowds. So, thank you, thank you, thank you...it is truly appreciated!!!!!!!!

Just a reminder of a SPECIAL SHOW!!  May, FRIDAY THE  13TH, GAMUT will be bringing you their full theatrical rock opera, ALICE COOPER TRIBUTE, mALICE & MONSTERS to Ottawa's BRAND NEW VENUE "The Brass Monkey"!!!! If you haven't been to the Brass Monkey, now's the time to check this place out!!! Fantastic surroundings, friendly staff,amazing live entertainment, pool tables galore...perfect venue for THEATRICAL ROCK SHOW!!! plus!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mALICE & MONSTERS will wipe of their make up and come back out as GAMUT and play all your favourite Rock & Roll from the 60's to the present for you to dance the night away to!!   Where else can you get 2 SHOWS 1 NIGHT??????The Brass Monkey 250 Greenbank Rd!!!!...For info on our ALICE COOPER TRIBUTE SHOW click pic...

Man we had FUN at the BRASS MONKEY last night for our first gig!!!!!! The staff was great,the sound fantastic(thanks Steve!!) Pat & Brian thanks for taking care of us...and a BIG thanks to Matt from the WHISKEY SOUR BAND for joining us on a few tunes. GAMUT and all our friends had a great time and we know will go back>>> Tell all your friends about this new FANTASTIC venue, THE BRASS  MONKEY~250 Greenbank Rd~ www.brassmonkeybilliards.com
      
            Photos by Mark Flynn...to view more photos, go on PHOTOS
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 We'd like to take this time to wish all of our supporters/friends a very very Merry Christmas and thank you for all your support over the last year with GAMUT and with our Alice Cooper Tribute show, mAlice & Monsters!!!!!We appreciate the positive feedback at each show and will strive to make it even better in the new year!!

Hope you can join us at the Carleton for our New Years Eve Party...always a blast at the Carleton and NO COVER, even on this eve of all eves!!!

Thank you again!!!

Robin, Fred, Lo and Ken
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We want to thank the enthusiastic crowd from last night...very friendly and made us feel very at home at a place we had never played before. Looking forward to visiting D'Arcy McGees again in the future!!!

I am very proud of the guys last night... we had a surprise gig , we have not had a practice together with our newest GAMUT member, Lo. First practice was going to be this week, but it ROCKED LAST NIGHT! All I can say is, get ready, this is only going to get better and better can't wait to do it again!!!NEW YEARS EVE!!!...way to go fellas!!!...Ken
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GAMUT is very pleased and excited to welcome our good friend Dr Lo (Laurent) who is moving over from our ALICE SHOW and is the new lead guitarist in our regular Gamut band!

We will be ready for the new year and booking immediatly! Lo is a very hot exciting player that loves to light it up on stage so - get ready - get set - LOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on GAMUT GANG lets welcome him and say HELLO LO...
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GAMUT would like to thank our guitar player Paul Eastwood for his hard work and excellent guitar playing over the last 19 months. Paul has moved on to another project in music and we wish him success. His skill and dedication will be a huge asset to his band and was a big factor in ours for the past year and a half and we thank him.

GAMUT has taken December off to sort out our options for a lead guitarist and will return to gigging soon.......
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What a week! The Russell Fair was a great night. After the demolition derby, we were able to inflict some damage with our Fenders. The crowd was enthusiastic and kept the energy level peaking for the entire evening.

As an encore, we brought our Alice Cooper tribute to the Lonestar for a Wednesday tribute band show. The acoustic act After The Rain got the evening rolling, and Mothership (formerly Fat Cats) brought their Led Zeppelin Tribute to the stage. If you are a Zep fan, you will be obliterated by the pure talent and the accuracy of their show. If you are not a Zep fan, see these guys and you will become one. The night ended with Alice, with all the mayhem a Cooper show requires.
Great crowd, great sound provided by Ben, and as always, a fantastic experience. Kudos to Cady who excelled in her debut as Nurse Kitty/ temptress/ murderer and full-fledged Monster. The show will continue to grow. We are adding additional songs and bigger and better theatrics, such as..........
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 We made our way out to the LUCKY LOON campground near Brockville, where we had our good friend, Faron Young join the band. Faron is a FANTASTIC! country singer that is in the process of forming a new band. GAMUT really showed their versatility... PAUL, FRED and ROBIN with FARON on vocals stormed through the night with some great country tunes and the crowd was loving it so much, I just stayed the heck out of it and enjoyed the night with family and friends. A great night it was!!!

Thanks again to FARON YOUNG for playing that night... keep an ear out for this fantastic Ottawa performer...
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This past Saturday we played in Limoges at a back yard field party and we had a blast! The folks, as always, were so nice and great hosts... we felt very welcome.

There was this 14 year old girl that came up and asked if she could play a song on her guitar between our sets. She played a bunch of her own songs she wrote, also a few cover tunes. She had so much maturity for her age and her voice...fantastic!! She sang without music twice and she didn't need it, wow!! Look for this girl in the years to come RHIANNA HEINZ is her name and she is looking for young musicians to form a band. If anyone knows some young talent looking to start the same, she is your ticket to ride!!She will be a Star!!! nice job Rhianna Heinz...

Thanks to all again for the great night!!!

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Saturday August 6th we were honored to open the show for Canadian rock legend APRIL WINE at the Arnprior fair, it was a great night!!!! The crowd made us feel VERY appreciated throughout our set and a BIG THANKS to all the familiar faces that made their way out to Arnprior to see the show.  You're always so supportive and it truly makes a difference. It was also a fantastic and rewarding feeling for us with the response that we received from the field full of people who had never heard us perform and they made us feel they were as happy as we were to be there... so thank you all so much!!!! And thank you Lynn Grinstead (entertainment director)who was so nice to us and made us feel welcome and comfortable throughout the day and night and to Shayne Presley on the sound board, thank you for your hard work

Gamut thanks all of you and we look forward to returning next year......
 
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After a short search for a bassist we were very happy and pleasantly surprised to hear that our old friend and ex band mate has completed the important obligations that took him out of the band scene for a while. We are proud of his accomplishments, and happy to hear he that is ready to come back.We are very pleased to announce the return of Fred Hackett as Gamut's bassist. After bettering and securing his future for his family, the timing couldn't be better for his return.

Fred's eagerness, combined with his talent and wit will be a huge addition to the band. His 240 Pound Bass rig was not missed. He was... Welcome back Fred!!
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 GAMUT UNPLUGGED~WHISPERS PUB & EATERY


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We are very happy to announce the union of two people... Patty and Frank Sellars!!! Our first AliceCooper/GAMUT  wedding celebration and it was a blast!!!!

An outside stage fit for Alice himself and a crowd, ages 7 to 70 that couldn't get enough...

The Alice set was well received and we felt their enthusiasm as we took them through the nightmare...and then we came back out with our great mix of dance tunes and had a great celebration into the wee hours of the morning.

Thanks to Patty and Frank for having us as part of your day and thanks to all your great guests for your kind words!!!

     

We played the Carleton Tavern on  May 14th... our 2 IN 1 show with our Alice Cooper Tribute followed by 2 sets of Rock & Roll Classics after many requests to bring back our Alice Cooper show...

The night was amazing and the crowd was extremely appreciative!!!! Especially when our surprise guest (Robin's brother), Peter Fredette (from the Kim Mitchell Band) rocked out a few songs with us...what a treat it was for the crowd and for GAMUT!!  We look forward to his next appearance with GAMUT! We'll try to keep you posted...

Thanks to the packed house (again) at the Carleton Tavern, always a pleasure to play for one of Ottawa's historical pubs

 We played a show at the Metcalfe Curling Arena last night...their theme was the 1970's disco era...as you walked into the room, you felt like you stepped back in time...the staff there did a fantastic job at capturing all the details of the times...it was a huge success!!!

Thank you to Rick Smith for suggesting our band and to all the staff being so helpful. We very much enjoyed performing for the fine people of Metcalfe.

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We had a fantastic weekend in Brockville at The Phoenix!!!!!!! The staff made us feel really welcome and the crowd there really does ROCK...the staff-the crowd-our mix of tunes made a GREAT COMBO!!!!!!!

Thanks John and Brittany, we look forward to our return and future relationship with all the great folks from ThePhoenix...
AMAZING NIGHT!!
We thank you for the awesome feedback!!

We had our first show with our new member of GAMUT, Brian last night and it was FANTASTIC !! Brian Butler our new bass player was great and as always the Carleton Tavern ROCKED !!!!Lets give Brian a warm welcome!!! We added a dozen new tunes and had a blast !!!!

This Saturday we're rockin'  the LUCKY 7 Sportsbar (767 Notre Dame, Embrun)

Hope to see you there!!!!
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GAMUT would like to wish our friend Fred all the best... Fred will be moving on to other projects and commitments, we thank him for his input in this band over the past year. We played a lot of gigs and had a ton of giggles and we are happy to have had him as a part of our team. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors and hope you're able to once again hit the Ottawa stages in the near future.

Lets wish a great guy and bass player all the best... go get'em Fred !!!!...

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 As usual, The Carleton Tavern is always a fantastic place to play and this night was no different...not an empty seat in house and scrounging for standing room.

A big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Chris and a wish for many more!!!!

Our newly added songs were well received...we thank everyone for their enthusiam and look forward to seeing you next time!!!
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ALL we can say is WOW !! What a fantastic night we had at the James Street Pub on Friday night with our mAlice & Monsters tribute to Alice Cooper and into the night with our mix of Rock & Roll!!! it was Freezing cold outside, but man it was hot in the pub!!!... thanks to lots of body heat...thank you all for a great night !!!! and again... everyone go check this place out!! Awesome staff and food!!!...you will not be disappointed!!  LETS BEAT THOSE WINTER BLAHS AND COME ON OUT SATURDAY FEB 6 2010 @ THE CARLETON TAVERN~A WHOLE NIGHT OF AMAZING ROCK & ROLL FROM THE 60'S ON UP TO THE PRESENT!!!!


Thank you to Erick Sodhi for taking these photos...
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HEY GAMUT GANG!!!

WHAT A WAY TO START THE NEW YEAR OFF!!!!!

We played our our first show  since new years and WOW what a gig it was!!!!!

The Carleton Tavern was Rockin'  like never before... the place was jammed packed from wall to wall and the party did not let up... all night, people jumping and singing!!! So much,  that we played our second and third set without a break ... by 1:45am(thinking it was our last song), the crowd did not let up...10 encore songs later we stopped at 2 :20 am with them screaming for more!!! This one goes down as a night to remember...

THANKS to Simon for having us and to Tracy and Kim for their hard work keeping everyone hydrated!!!!!!!

THANKS  to the AWESOME crowd that rocked hard at the Carleton!!!!

GAMUT thanks you so very much for the love we felt...again, thanks...

Join our facebook group @ GAMUT / mAlice & Monsters

GAMUT thanks you so very much for the love we felt...again, THANKS!!!
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OPERATION COME HOME @ THE NAC

GAMUT WAS VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF OPERATION COME HOME...
THE NIGHT WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS...

HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT *ERIC THE INTERN* SINGING HIS CLASSIC SONG FROM HIS CANADIAN IDOL PERFORMANCE...SWEET CAROLINE

CLICK ON CHEZ 106 TO SEE "ERIC THE INTERNS" BLOG FOR THAT NIGHT...