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SKY BLUES: What you need to know...

Formed: 1989/1990
Hometown: Scarsdale, New York
Recordings:

IN TIME
IN TIME
(1997)
TEMPTATION & PERSUASION
TEMPTATION & PERSUASION

(1992; out of print)
DREAMTOWN, 1931
DREAMTOWN, 1931

(1991; cassette-only;
out of print)
DREAMTOWN, 1931
SKY BLUES

(1990; cassette-only;
out of print)

Compilation Appearances:

Other Items of Note:

  • Subject of an MTV Profile on Up-and-Coming Bands
  • Featured as a 'Buzz Band' in Rip Magazine
  • Finalists in Musician Magazine's Best Unsigned Bands
Marc Ian Keslow of Sky Blues
Todd Leiberman photo
 


Marc Ian Keslow of Sky Blues

  • Instruments: Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
  • Graduate of: University of Rhode Island
  • Influences: Led Zeppelin, Ian Astbury, Freddie Mercury, Eddie Vedder
  • First concert attended: The Moody Blues
  • Other musical project: 2010 Solo Record New Life
Jon Rubin of Sky Blues
Todd Leiberman photo


Jon Rubin of Sky Blues

  • Instruments: Guitars, Bass, Backing Vocals
  • Graduate of: The American University
  • Influences: Ace Frehley, Jimmy Page, Slash, Cliff Rubin
  • First concert attended: Kiss (of course)
  • Other musical projects: Skyfactor,The McGees, Omega Baby
Cliff Rubin of Sky Blues
Eric Flisser photo


Cliff Rubin of Sky Blues

  • Instruments: Guitars, Bass, Backing Vocals
  • Graduate of: NYU Film School
  • Influences: Keith Richards, Ritchie Blackmore, Marc Bolan, Jon Rubin
  • First concert attended: Johnny Winter
  • Other musical projects: Skyfactor,The McGees, Omega Baby
Greg de Sousa of Sky Blues
Todd Leiberman photo


Greg de Sousa of Sky Blues

  • Instruments: Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
  • Graduate of: University of Notre Dame
  • Influences: Keith Moon, John Bonham, Stewart Copeland
  • First concert attended: Bruce Springsteen


 
SELECTED LIVE APPEARANCES/VENUE LIST

 
NEW YORK CITY
  • Wetlands
  • Coney Island High
  • CBGB's
  • The Mercury Lounge
  • The Lion's Den
  • New Music Cafe
  • Rock Ridge
  • The Village Gate
  • Continental
  • Spiral
  • Kenny's Castaways
  • Danceteria/Rocketeria
  • L'Amour
ON THE ROAD
  • The Bayou, Washington, DC
  • American University, Washington, DC
  • Georgetown University, Washington, DC
  • Nick's, Alexandria, VA
  • The Irish Brigade, Fredericksburg, VA
  • Twisters, Richmond, VA
  • Sunnyside Music Garden, Morgantown, WV
  • University of Delaware, Newark, DE
  • University of Maryland, College Park, MD
  • Duke University, Durham, NC
  • Mainstreet, Murfreesboro, TN
  • Emory University, Atlanta, GA
ON THE ROAD continued
  • Mama Kin, Boston, MA
  • Fat Cats, Springfield, MA
  • Club Metro, Northhampton, MA
  • Granny Killiam's, Portland, ME
  • The Strand Theater, Providence, RI
  • River City, Providence, RI
  • University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
  • Lake Compounce Amphitheater, Bristol, CT
  • Hanover House, Meriden, CT
  • Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
  • SUNY Albany, Albany, NY
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  • The Haunt, Ithaca, NY
  • Joyous Lake, Woodstock, NY
  • Seton Hall University, Maplewood, NJ
  • Images, Fairview, NJ
  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Penn State University, State College, PA
  • Crowbar, State College, PA
  • Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  • Rick's, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Rick's, E. Lansing, MI
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
  • Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN
  • Paramount Music Hall, Madison, WI
  • The Chamber, Madison, WI
Original Sky Blues logo by Albert Zee of Alz Productions