New Jones McGill DeCarlo Disc KickStarter Campaign Underway!

Hello All!

Hello everyone, We are in the process of beginning work on the new Jones McGill DeCarlo disc featuring Bassist Percy Jones (Brand X), Scott McGill (FreakZoid/McGill Manring Stevens) and Ritchie DeCarlo (FreakZoid/Ritchie Kotzen). We are asking you to check out our KickStarter Campaign for the new disc! Here is the link to the video:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1538085815/percy-jones-scott-mcgill-ritchie-decarlo-2013

You can become an Executive Producer, name one or more of our tunes, get unreleased material and downloads, and become involved in the project as much as you want. We hope to hear from you soon and check us out on FaceBook Pages as well:

Scott McGill: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000392120982

Ritchie DeCarlo:http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002419885022

Thank you and as always, thank you for your support! Jones McGill DeCarlo/FreakZoid

Hello All!

Hello everyone, We are in the process of beginning work on the new Jones McGill DeCarlo disc featuring Bassist Percy Jones (Brand X), Scott McGill (FreakZoid/McGill Manring Stevens) and Ritchie DeCarlo (FreakZoid/Ritchie Kotzen). We are asking you to check out our KickStarter Campaign for the new disc! Here is the link to the video:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1538085815/percy-jones-scott-mcgill-ritchie-decarlo-2013

You can become an Executive Producer, name one or more of our tunes, get unreleased material and downloads, and become involved in the project as much as you want. We hope to hear from you soon and check us out on FaceBook Pages as well:

Scott McGill: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000392120982

Ritchie DeCarlo:http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002419885022

Thank you and as always, thank you for your support! Jones McGill DeCarlo/FreakZoid

Scott McGill Guitarist News: New Interview

Hello everyone,

This is a new interview done by Edwin who is a guitarist running a great site in Indonesia. Many thanks Edwin as it was a great time participating: http://www.guitaronsky.com/2012/01/interview-with-scott-mcgill.html

Scott McGill News and Blog Spot--Jones McGill DeCarlo review

Hello everyone, Here is a recent review of "Jones McGill DeCarlo" that I'd like to share. Best to Peter Pardo and the gang at Sea of Tranquility for this excellent and lucid review of our work.  Scott.

Jones/McGill/DeCarlo: Percy Jones, Scott McGill, Ritchie DeCarlo

2010's 'Trio from Hell' ? That's a great way to describe this hot new fusion act featuring Brand X fretless bass master Percy Jones, guitar wonder Scott McGill, and drum virtuoso Ritchie DeCarlo. Their self titled debut is a fusion lovers wet dream, filled with memorable tunes that just ooze supreme chops from start to finish.

Opening cut "Menagerie Animoto" will have all Mahavishnu Orchestra fans checking their underwear to make sure they didn't soil themselves. After some wonderful bass lines from Jones, McGill comes shredding into the picture with some ripping guitar in true McLaughlin fashion, and the trio tear through near 5 minutes of savage fusion bliss. "Rumsfeld's Spleen" is a more atmospheric number, and features some guest guitar soundscapes from touch guitarist Markus Reuter. The band gets all funky on "F-Hole's Worth", and continue in that direction for the even more down and dirty "Polonium 210 Filter", where blazing runs splattered with effects from Jones and McGill fly about the mix in dizzying fashion. McGill goes for some Indian grooves on the acoustic "Two by Two", and the metallic "43 Letsby Ave." is a crushing display of dark jazz-rock, complete with dissonant shards of guitar thunder from McGill, intricate fills from DeCarlo, and Jones' elastic grooves. The addition of bubbling Moog from DeCarlo only adds to the depth of this ominous piece.
The CDs longest cut is the 9+ minute "The Ghost of 47 Letsby Ave.", the sequel to the previous track, but here the band take a more haunting and atmospheric approach. With Reuter again contributing some chilling soundscapes, McGill & Jones dabble in some restrained lead lines while DeCarlo keeps everything grounded with a tribal beat. "Rising (Parts 1 & 2)" allows the band to breath with some almost Holdsworth styled arrangements, but be sure to check the slippery grooves from Jones, who as always is just a joy to behold. DeCarlo's turn to rip it up comes on "Borgasmord", a wild acrobatic drum solo, and the trio deliver some massive, almost heavy metal sounds on the monstrous "Definition Defied". Album closer "Days Fogged In" ends things on a meditative note, as the band pull off a great impression of something you would hear on the ECM Records roster. McGill's yearning chords and Jones' soul searching melodic bass lines tug at your heart, while DeCarlo's gentle cymbal strains lull you into a trance, giving this CD a real haunting jazz flavor to finish things out.
It's interesting to read the booklet and see the praise awarded this trio from none other than Michael Manring, himself a legendary fretless bass wonder, and also former collaborator of McGill. If Manring was impressed, considering his accomplishments, you have a feeling that the sounds contained within this CD are going to be quite good. That's basically the case, as Jones, McGill, and DeCarlo have come up with a real fusion winner here on their self titled debut. Hopefully we will see more from them in the near future.

Track Listing

1. Menagerie Animoto
2. Rumsfeld's Spleen
3. F-Hole's Worth
4. Polonium 210 Filter
5. TWO by TWO
6. 43 Letsby Ave.
7. The Ghost of 47 Letsby Ave.
8. Rising (Parts 1 & 2)
9. Borgasmord
10. Definition Defied
11. Days Fogged In

Added: September 6th 2010
Reviewer: Pete Pardo
Score: 
Related Link: Band MySpace Page
Hits: 461
Language: english

New Scott McGill/FreakZoid/Jones McGill DeCarlo Page

We have a new page at Flavors Me. Please join us at http://flavors.me/tsmcgill as the new page has our music links at SoundCloud and MySpace, and well as FaceBook, some bio info and this blog. Please visit and contact us soon.