Welcome to the Rare Form web site! Rare Form is one of the most dynamic and charismatic wedding bands to serve the greater Boston/New England area. Choosing Rare Form guarantees you the quality live performance you expect from an outstanding group of professional entertainers - everytime! Having performed over 1200 weddings, as well as 300+ other bookings, at some of the finest hotels and function rooms in New England, we've got the experience to handle any situation with grace and style.
We encourage you to listen to the audio clips and look at our new video clips of Rare Form performing. After doing so, we're fairly confident you'll make the same choice hundreds of others have made in hiring Rare Form. And if our sites and sounds don't convince you, our biographies will - the caliber of musicianship in this band is second to none!
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Gigi Abraham : Vocals
You may have been listening to Gigi sing for years and not even know it! As a voice on radio and TV, she is featured in many well known commercials in the Boston area and across the country. She's currently heard on ads for New England Subaru, Comcast, IRA Toyota, and Cumberland Farms among others. Her recording career includes a National Billboard Hot 100 single on Columbia records. Gigi is also a voiceover artist providing the brand voice for Chittenden Bank of Vermont and was an on camera spokesperson for East West Mortgage and the "I Sold My House Dot Com" TV show. Be sure to listen for Gigi as the voice of TJ Bearytales, Hasbro/Playskool's animated storytelling bear that will be released in stores in the fall of 2006.
For additional audio clips and other Gigi related information, please visit her personal website at: www.gigiabraham.com
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Mike Moore : Vocals/Guitar
Mike has been performing professionally for the past twenty years, most recently with the popular greater Lowell acoustic duo "Take Two" (Mike & Mike). Prior to Mike joining Rare Form in 2002, that duo performed over 200 shows a year. Since joining Rare Form, Mike now performs the majority of his acoustic shows with Rare Form co-founder, guitarist and master of ceremonies; Steve Kelly.
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Gene Driscoll : Bass/Vocals
Gene is a Berklee college of music attendee and has played and studied electric bass for 25+ years. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, where he majored in business management. One of the founding members of Rare Form, Gene currently manages the band with his wife Donna from their home in Pelham, NH.
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Steve Kelly : Vocals/Guitar
Steve attended both the Berklee College of Music and UMass Lowell as a music major. He's been playing in a multitude of live and studio music projects his entire adult life. These projects include a wide range of musical styles including rock, reggae, funk, jazz, pop and musical theatre. In addition to Rare Form, Steve also occasionally plays with "All Summer Long"- a Beach Boys Tribute band, "Captain Morgan and the RumRunners" - an acoustic mayhem band, and "Take Two" with Rare Form's lead singer Mike Moore. Steve is also a member of the faculty of the Nashua Community Music School. |
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Eric Goldberg : Keyboards/Vocals
Award winning Keyboardist/Composer/Producer-Eric Goldberg owner of Audiodrome Productions in Beverly, MA has been creating original scores and sound design for some of the top directors and producers on the east coast since 1990. In 1979 he appeared as a principal musician in the Alan Parker/MGM film "Fame." Eric attended Berklee College of music on a scholarship from Downbeat Magazine and later studied under renowned piano teacher Charlie Banacos. He has performed and recorded with numerous artists including Steve Vai, Carla Bley and Steve Swallow, Lew Soloff, Bob Moses, Don Alias, Tom and Bruce Fowler. Original scores and sound design credits include an Emmy nominated score for the WGBH documentary "Old Warrior, The signature theme for PRI/ BBC's "The World", as well as numerous broadcast ads. In 2002 Eric received a Grammy nomination for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" as keyboardist with the Steve Vai Band. In 2004 Eric performed as principal keyboardist in "A Tribute To The Fire Sign Theater" at UCLA starring John Goodman, Chloe Webb, Howard Hesseman, George Wendt and Todd Rundgren. Eric also has extensive credits developing characters for various animated and interactive media productions. To learn more about Eric, please visit his studio's website
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Rick Forzese : Drums
While residing in Los Angeles, Rick performed with various popular artists including Paul Anka, Warren Hill, and Herb Reed and the Platters. Rick enjoys a reputation a solid first-call studio percussionist having recorded with many local and national acts, including Jae Cie on Carbide Records, Lachlan MacLean on Full Measure Records, as well as many others. He's also a first-call fill-in percussionist for numerous Boston area jazz, R&B, rock, and GB bands. During the day he stays busy with a full schedule of private percussion students. To learn more about Rick, visit his personal website at: www.rickforzese.com |
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Mark Berney (a/k/a "The Professor") : Trumpet
Mark has performed in just about every type of ensemble you can imagine. Whether it's a swinging big band, ethnic folk group, or rockin' with Rare Form, he's done it all. He received his undergraduate degree in music performance from University of Oregon, and his graduate degree from University of Rhode Island. He's performed across the U.S. and Europe and shared the stage with a wide diversity of talents including such names as Joan Baez, Beck, Itzhak Perlman, soul singer Mighty Sam McClain, and many others. His recording credits include work with the Grammy nominated Skatalites, the critically acclaimed Klezmer Conservatory Band, and Cherry Poppin' Daddies on their platinum selling album, "Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies."
Currently settled in the coastal community of Pawcatuck, CT, he enjoys teaching applied music and jazz studies on the faculty of University of Rhode Island, an active live performance schedule, and, of course, his wife and two young sons. |
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Chuck Langford : Saxophone
Chuck was born in Texarkana, Tx in 1969 and began playing saxophone at the age of nine. Charles attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and also the New School for Social Research in New York City. He has studied privately with Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef, George Coleman and Barry Harris. He has toured internationally since 1998 and has shared the stage with many great artists such as The Temptations, George Benson, Donald Byrd, Solomon Burke, Dennis Edwards, Mighty Sam McClain, Toni Lynn Washington, Melvin Sparks, and Norman Connors to name a few.
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