It’s been a LONG time coming…

Out on all major digital music outlets January 15th, 2021, Organ Fairchild's Seepin’ is a song almost forty years in the making.

The single, mastered by Alan Evans of Soulive, marks the very first original music output from three long-time veterans of the jam band scene.

Individually, these musicians have gone on to play with Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, Robby Krieger, Nels Cline, Tony Rice, moe., Oteil Burbridge, Steve Kimock, Keller Williams, Strangefolk, Gibb Droll, Big Leg Emma, Juggling Suns and more, but it all started in a friend’s basement in the early 1980’s as part of seminal Buffalo jam band Wild Knights.

Joe Bellanti (organ and keyboards), Corey Kertzie (drums and percussion) and Dave Ruch (guitar) spent decades performing the music of the Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers and The Band before finally taking a stab at writing their own music together.

But then, 2020!

…and what a year to start an original band

Organ Fairchild was born last winter as the very first original project for these three musicians. The band’s debut gig fell just four weeks before COVID shutdowns!

But the response was immediate, with major festival, drive-in series and club bookings after that very first show.

“An incredibly hot new Buffalo band” – The Buffalo News

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About The Single & The Band

Seepin’ is the debut single from a forthcoming (May 2021) full-length release by Organ Fairchild.

Written by Dave Ruch
Arranged by Organ Fairchild

Recorded by Corey Kertzie
Mixed by Corey Kertzie and Dave Ruch
Mastered by Alan Evans (Soulive)

Band members:
Joe Bellanti – organ and keyboards
Corey Kertzie – drums and percussion
Dave Ruch – guitar

Fresh off signing with nugs.net and spring/summer appearances at New Orleans Jazz Fest (late night), Dark Star Jubilee, and more, Buffalo’s fast-rising super trio Organ Fairchild announce a lengthy fall tour across the Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast — including the Midwest debut of “Organ Fairchild Plays Grateful Dead” on Halloween night.

All ticketed shows go on sale Tuesday, August 5 at 11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT at organfairchild.com/calendar

9/12 Borderland Festival, East Aurora, NY
9/14 Borderland Festival, East Aurora, NY*
9/19 TBA, Cincinnati, OH
9/26 Beachland Tavern, Cleveland, OH
9/27 Allegheny City Brewing, Pittsburgh, PA
10/25 Sportsmen’s Tavern, Buffalo, NY
10/28 Robert’s Westside, Forest Park, IL
10/29 The Bur Oak, Madison, WI
10/30 Gabe’s, Iowa City, IA
10/31 Mackey’s Hideout, McHenry, IL**
11/01 The Coterie, Kokomo, IN
11/03 xBk Live, Des Moines, IA
11/04 The B. Bar, Omaha, NE
11/05 The Zoo Bar, Lincoln, NE
11/07 Rumpus Room, Chelsea, MI
11/08 Mr. Blotto’s Mars Hotel Festival, LaPorte, IN
11/14 The 8x10, Baltimore, MD
11/15 118 North, Wayne, PA***
11/16 Umbra, Brooklyn, NY****
11/18 Pour House Music Hall, Raleigh, NC
11/19 The Flat Iron, Greensboro, NC
11/20 Martin’s Downtown, Roanoke, VA
11/21 One World Brewing West, Asheville, NC
11/22 Nowhere Bar, Athens, GA

    Organ Fairchild & friends: tribute set to Garth Hudson and Phil Lesh
    ** Special Halloween two-set “Organ Fairchild Plays Grateful Dead” show
    *** Philadelphia debut
    **** NYC debut

ABOUT ORGAN FAIRCHILD: Voted #1 out of 64 up-and-coming bands across New York State in 2021, Organ Fairchild has since signed with nugs.net, hit #1 on the Relix/Jambands radio charts, recorded with Jorma Kaukonen, landed on Spotify’s “Instrumental Funk” editorial playlist, toured 25 states plus Canada, sat in with Maggie Rose, Andy Frasco, and members of Tedeschi Trucks Band, and been featured on SiriusXM’s Grateful Dead Channel.

BAND MEMBERS:
Joe Bellanti — organ and keyboards
Corey Kertzie — drums and percussion
Dave Ruch — guitar