- Gainesville Sun, May 28, 2009 - Getting things started tonight at the Backstage Lounge is 3rd Stone, the blues, funk and fusion band fresh off of its performance at the Phillips Center for Performing Arts in March with the Original Wailers. The buzz on this band is their 12-year-old guitar player, Anthony Kavouklis, who famously shared the stage with blues legend Buddy Guy in 2006. But this is a great band from top to bottom.
Wester Joseph, 3rd Stone's lead vocalist and guitarist, is a true veteran of the Gainesville music scene and has played with a number of bands to great success. He is an immensely talented player often conjuring Jimi Hendrix during performances while he plays behind his head or with his teeth. He's a lefty too. And the band also has a great rhythm section led by Eli Collins on bass and Sean McGuire on drums. These guys have a lot of game and are a lot of fun to watch live. Any fan of good rock n' roll should make it a point to go see them. read more
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- Gainesville Sun, January 2008 - British guitarist Robin Trower may be best known for "Day of the Eagle," the blistering neo-guitar anthem that had the axeman scaling airwaves of the ’70s nearly as high as the American he was often compared to, Jimi Hendrix. Two weeks ago in Fort Pierce, it was a young American — the 11-year-old, Micanopy guitar whiz Anthony Kavouklis — who soared like a eagle when he and his band 3rd Stone opened for Trower at the Sunrise Theatre. read more
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- The Gainesville Sun, July 2007 - Last year when 10-year-old Anthony Kavouklis stepped on stage with blues legend Buddy Guy at the Phillips Center, few people outside of his family or his classmates at Micanopy Area Cooperative School knew who he was. And when he stepped off the stage after delivering a blistering rendition of Jimi Hendrix' "Voodoo Child" that brought the house down, he was the talk of the town.... read more
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- Blues Matters, June 2006 - 10 + 70 = Damn Right, I Got the Blues Anthony Kavouklis, 10, was called up on stage by blues legend Buddy Guy during his concert at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Gainesville, FL last week. After playing with Guy, Anthony received a standing ovation. Who was that kid? When 10-year-old Anthony Kavouklis of Micanopy stepped onto the Phillips Center stage to trade guitar licks with blues legend Buddy Guy, he was an unknown to most of those who came to enjoy a night of music. By the time he finished jamming on "Voodoo Child," he was the answer to the most asked question in the lobby, "Who was that kid?" read more
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