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The Mclovins
The Mclovins are a Connecticut based jam band who play a mixture of progressive jam with solid funk and jazz influences. The band was founded in the summer of 2008 by Drummer Jake Huffman, Bassist Jason Ott and Guitarist Jeff Howard. The band coalesced through a series of meetings at summer Jazz and Rock camps. The band started performing locally, playing a diverse group of covers, they then started composing their own original songs. In November of 2008, the band uploaded a video of themselves playing a cover of Yem, arguably one of the most musically challenging of all Phish songs, to YouTube. The video soon went viral and the band gained the attention of Phantasy Tour, an online Phish message board.

2009
In the spring of 2009 they released their first studio album CONUNDRUM. Conundrum featured songs influenced and inspired by the Norton Juster novel THE PHANTOM TOOLBOOTH and this caused the band to quickly catch the eye of Rolling Stone magazine and Hidden Track, the online news outlet for Glide magazine. Conundrum featured Tollbooth influenced graphics by Steve Klinger of Ink Design Studios], and Steve was also the mastermind behind the band's signature Skull logo. The band's biggest show in the summer of 2009 was their appearance at the Green Vibes tent during The Gathering Of The Vibes where they played to their largest crowd yet. The band commissioned a pair of posters from noted poster artist AJ Masthay, to comemmorate The McLovins Phish Pre-Shows in Hartford and Saratoga Springs as part of the celebration for Phish's reunion tour. During the fall of 2009 they continued to tour regionally throughout New England, while still managing to cultivate a loyal following at Keene State College. The McLovins have made multiple appearances at Troy, New York's Revolution Hall including a double bill with 7 Walkers on the closing night of the famed music hall.

2010
In the spring of 2010 the band made their first appearance at Moe.'s spring festival Snoe.down as well as playing Nectar's in Burlington Vermont. The band released their 2nd studio album; again featuring originals written by all three members, Good Catch. The summer of 2010 saw an explosion in the band's fanbase with numerous festival appearances including StrangeCreek, Mountain Jam, the inaugural Nateva Festival, Gathering of the Vibes, Bella Terra Festival and WormTown. The band continues to play locally and regionally with favorite venues including Black Eyed Sally's, The Main Pub and they have made multiple appearances at Brooklyn Bowl as well as Sullivan Hall in NYC. In the fall of 2010, The McLovins collaborated with Tom Marshall to co-write "Cohesive," a single recorded with Marshall and Anthony Krizan (of Spin Doctors fame) at Krizan's Sonic Boom studios.

Discography

 * Conundrum (2009)
 * Virtual Circle (Digital EP 2009)
 * Jam Around The Globe Vol. 1 (2010)
 * Good Catch (2010)
 * Cohesive (2010 co-written with Tom Marshall and Ant Krizan)