STILL TIME

Think Dave Matthews impromptu harmonica solos with Jimmy Page in his element, but better. Think Sublime flow while slowly biking alongside the velvety sands of Negril, but better. Think the down under easy-going body-undulating beat of Men at Work while watching surfers on the California coast at high tide…but, yeah…better. Think of a sound that holds down the hands of the clock, while you (or I), slightly embarrassingly, begin besottedly swaying to the beat at work. You’re thinking Still Time.

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These San Luis Obispo, California natives combined forces in 2004 and quickly realized their distinctive sounds and tastes were amplified as they began playing together. Being compared to heavy weights such as Ben Harper and Counting Crows is pretty remarkable, sure, but simply doesn’t do these guys justice. Maybe their lyrics can explain it to you better than I. “There’s a song we sing, that leaves us always yearning for them things we’ve yet to find…” (from 9 to 5). You got it? Maybe you’ll have to hear them for yourself…preferably with a Negra Modelo in hand...and a straw hat.

Who's in the band and what do they do?
Paul Smith-Stewart - Bass
Chris Arntzen - Guitar
Nick Bilich - Guitar
John Vucinich - Drums
Dan Curcio - Vocals/Guitar

When and how did the band form?
Chris and Dan met when they were freshmen in the Cal Poly dorms in 2002, and started jamming together acoustically. The next year Chris and Dan were introduced through a mutual friend to Nick Bilich. Then one day on his way to class Chris met John who was drumming on his knee while waiting for a math class. Then a year later, in 2004, John met me because I had just joined the Cal Poly music department and we both ended up in the University Jazz Band #1.