Jo Gore and The Alternative is a Rock/R&B/Jazz jam band from the NC Triangle. Band members include: Jo Gore (vocals), Bakru Hunsel (drums), Bo Lankenau (Acoustic Guitar/Harmonica/Songwriter), Kip Perry (Acoustic and Electric Bass), and Steve Coon (electric guitar).
Their second album, The Herstory of "Josephine Gore/Return of the Articulate Kinsman Vol.1" is scheduled to be released this upcoming Spring 2012.
Jo Gore's Bio
Jo Gore spent a good portion of her childhood singing at Spring Hill Baptist, located in Columbus County, NC. Jo’s father, A.K. Gore was the church pianist, and the two would play and sing throughout the region.
“Spring Hill Baptist was southern black church. There was plenty of soul, field hollerin, spirituals, call-and-response,…people sung and played by ear. Noone fell asleep.”
Jo has developed a style that borrows from early gospel rock and rollers and soul singers like Aretha Franklin, Mahaila Jackson, and Al Green.
Her heavy vibrato, improvisation, and interpretation of melody is quite reminiscent of the great jazz stylists of the 50’s and 60’s. “It’s no secret that I have tried to pattern myself after Sarah Vaughan. She had such an amazing vocal range and such beautiful vibrato. I worship this woman.”
