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Help Local Band, Who Are Those Guys, Make it to Bonnaroo Music Festival

Popular North Fork band, Who Are Those Guys, have a CD coming out this summer and want to take it to noted Tennessee music festival.

Who Are Those Guys have been writing and producing music locally for over 25 years and constantly entertaining North Fork audiences with original tunes and a huge catalogue of classic rock covers. The sound of this six-piece band has been described as, neo-rock with a taste of rock favorites, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Creedence Clearwater Revival.

And armed with a new CD to be released this summer, they hope to take Tennesse's famed Bonnaroo Music Festival by storm on June 12.

"I couldn't wish for a better group of guys to work with," said Marty Attridge, guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist for the band. "We all share the same passion and love for music. We're more like a family than a band."

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Alongside Attridge, Who Are Those Guys are: Doug Attridge (Guitar, Vocals), Jim Gorman (Bass, Vocals), Tom Daly (Drums), Pat Petrosini (Percussion, Drums, Vocals) and Lindsay Reeve (Harmonica, Concertina, Vocals). All live on the North Fork.

Currently, they are entered into a contest that ends Friday to win a spot at Bonnaroo Music Festival. Support the band through your Facebook account, click here, type in Who Are Those Guys and download their song "Praying For the Rain" (its free). You can find more detailed instructions and updated information about them on the band's website, www.whoarethoseguys.com.

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A CDbaby.com review called Who Are Those Guys, "The rightful heirs to Big Pink...From the innate pop sensibilities of the 60's sounding Blue Skies to the surf sound of Surfin' with Neil, and the cry in your beer country twang of Up All Night. These guys play new music with a classic vibe. Very Groovy!".

The performs regularly throughout the North East. Recent shows include: Orange County Choppers; Woodstock's "On the Green" concert series; The Montauk Music Festival; The New Jersey Balloon Festival; Marlow, New Hampshire; The Southampton Arts & Harvest Festival; The Mattituck Strawberry Festival; The Riverhead Blues Festival; The East Hampton Endless Summer Jam and many other venues.

Their music can be heard on several radio stations throughout the world and their CDs are on sale at amazon.com, walmart.com and itunes.com.

The band recently created three more songs in the past couple of years that will be featured on their upcoming CD due out this summer. In the coming months, they will be performing at the Montauk Music Festival in May and the Great South Bay Music Festival in July. Be sure to check them out and support a great local band that is revolutionizing music and are proud to call the North Fork their home.

"Performing live is absolutely liberating," said Reeve. "Seeing people dancing, singing and enjoying our music is elevating."

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