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“Big Buck and the Biscuit Boys are built around the vocals, harp playing and most of all, the showmanship of frontman Big Buck.”— Lance Shearer, Marco EagleBig Buck and the Biscuit Boys play blues, but not just any version of the blues — not Delta or Texas blues. The five-piece band plays an urban, funky style that originated up north.For examples of the musicians who inspired their sound, think Muddy Waters, Albert King, and the J. Geils Band. A standout song for the Biscuit Boys is “The Conductor” by Guy LaForge. The center of the band is definitely Buck, the front man, vocalist and harmonica player. Big Buck — Guy LaForge offstage — is BIG, a commanding presence on the stage, hopping onto his skateboard, blowing sizzling lines and keeping up a stream of jokes, not all of them repeatable.“I’m a physical guy. I jump around a lot,” Buck says “I try to give off a lot of energy when I’m up on stage.” His physicality even causes him to go through a lot of harmonicas. “I’ve got big lungs, and I blow out the reeds. I tend to go through harps pretty fast,” he said.Buck, a former Golden Gloves Boxer is, indeed, a mound of sound, or as he sings in one of the band’s songs, “I’m your boy — 300 pounds of muscle and joy.”Buck formed the first band in 1993. It was originally Guy LaForge and the Blues de Ville. The “Biscuit Boys” tag, Buck explains, was inspired by the old “King Biscuit Flower Hour” radio show.Buck grew up in Chappaqua, N.Y., with a piano-playing father and a mother who was in the theater. “There was always music in the house,” he recalled. “A lotta Ray Charles, Stan Getz, and Hank Crawford, who played with T-Bone Walker. I loved it all, but most of all I loved the blues.”J. Geils was Big Buck’s biggest influence, he has seen J. Geils perform more than 50 times, and was even lucky enough to sit in with the band on harmonica. Over the years, Buck also played with the Nighthawks, Lonnie Mack and Hot Tuna.Specialties: Blues fests, Fish Fry's, Cruise Ships, House Parties

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