| Lynn Stover served with the Peace Corps in Tunisia, where he fell in love with the people and the culture. He learned to sing in Arabic and play the darbouka, a ceramic drum which is prominant in North African and Middle Eastern music. |
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| About Namaste | ||
| The band was formed in 1991. |
| Lynn Stover served with the Peace Corps in Tunisia, where he fell in love with the people and the culture. He learned to sing in Arabic and play the darbouka, a ceramic drum which is prominant in North African and Middle Eastern music. |
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| Dave Moyar, long fascinated by African-American music and culture, played electric bass in R&B and funk bands. |
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His interest in the roots of this music exposed him to African artists and grooves. |
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Together, they joined with Julian Aguirre, a guitarist raised in Montevideo. He grew up with the rhythms of South America and the influence of electric guitar heroes like Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa. |
| They performed as a trio until Jeff Coleman joined on second guitar and accordion, sometime around 1993 or 4. |
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He has played punk, bluegrass, and almost everything between. |
| The rhythm section has since been augmented by Jeph Rebert. His Latin percussion (congas, timbales) and improvisation on a variety of hand percussion greatly increased the rhythmic range of the band. |
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Namaste
performs regularly at festivals, colleges, coffee houses and
bookstores. Some notable appearances:
The Bethlehem Music Fest '97
Celebration of Cultures Street Fair Lancaster PA '94-'00
Penn State Capitol Campus '98
Gettysburg College '96
Countdown '95-'96 Lancaster PA
The Wire New Cumberland PA '94 through '97
Borders' Books, Lancaster PA- York PA- Towsen MD
10,000 Villages, Ephrata PA- Fells Point MD- Bryn Mawr PA
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