Other Music

About the Courtial Band

The band was originally formed to perform music for a play. Us, The Rest of Us folded opening night, leaving the band, already a tight-knit unit, free to open at a small club in Menlo Park, Butterfield's. The restaurant had been featuring Vince Guaraldi, but he had recently passed away, and the owners of the club were friends of Bill Courtial, so when they called to ask for help finding a band, the timing was perfect.
After just a short time, the word had spread, and every night, Butterfield's became the melting pot for Menlo Park/Palo Alto/Mountain View cognoscenti to gather. Ferraris and Mercedes SELs parked next to Volkswagen hippie busses, everybody dancing and partying hard.
After a few months, club still filled to overflowing, the band began plans for this project.. The rest, as they say, is hysterical...

For me as a musician, the experience was nothing short of amazing, true musical telepathy. The band members had only played with Ed, the bassist and founder. I had met Geoff in Big Sur, but we had never heard each other. Yet from the very first notes, there was a commonality of tone, direction and purpose. There was no "trying to make it fit." You just played what you play, and it worked. And sounded uniquely like us. Every time. In no band before or since have I had that experience