ProJECT PERCoLAToR represents Jim's newest musical venture into a powerful groove & atmospheric guitar driven band. Jim blends rock&blues with funk & jazz groove's combining modern drum loops and samples, to playing beautiful melodic ballads.

This is an all Star Line up Featuring" RODNEY HOLMES-Drums and MITCH STEIN -Guitar with STEVE LUCAS -Bass " playing Jim's original new cd" Percolator" plus other tunes from his previous CD's and Band member's ,always improvising them differently at every show.

Jim Weider, former member of the legendary group "THE BAND" is a master of classic telecaster guitar, is renowned for his rock and blues-based signature sound. He is among a select group of musicians with an endorsement from Fender and for the past three decades he's earned enormous respect from fellow musicians and music fans throughout the world .. Percolator is a new musical direction for Jim , Big Guitars with Modern Grooves! A powerful show that's both exciting and mesmerizing!

MITCH STEIN is one of NYC's most in-demand guitarists. He has toured and recorded with a wide variety of artists encompassing many different styles of music. The Brecker Brothers, David Sanborn, Tania Maria, Cyndi Lauper, Bill Evans, Regina Belle, Mino Cinelu, Steve Kimock, Don Alias, Adam Holzman, Steve Gadd and Jim Weider's ProjECT PERCoLAToR are just a few examples. As a composer/producer, his work is represented on The Hermanators CD "Twisted" and Adam Holzman's CDs "Manifesto", "The Big Picture" and "JazzRocketScience".

RODNEY HOLMES is one of today's most talked about and respected drummers. His talents as a composer and producer are showcased on his highly anticipated solo debut album "TWELVE MONTHS OF OCTOBER." Rodney has worked and recorded with some of the most respected musicians in both rock, and jazz worlds. Carlos Santana, Rob Thomas, Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Joe Zawinul, are just a few examples.

STEVE LUCAS is an international touring musician and recording session bass player sought after for his diverse playing styles. He has played in the best studios in the world including Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in the U.K and has appeared on the Mountain Stage program several times as well as The David Letterman Show. His foundation in jazz and Fusion was influenced by the methodology Bruce Lee used which was to combine the most powerful aspects of different styles. This was the basis for Steve's debut CD titled "Jeet Kune Do" released in 1995. He then finely tuned his talents as a producer,composer and beat specialist to release his 2nd CD, titled "Gamma Jazz" in 2003, which combines jazz with modern styles of drum 'n bass, trip hop and jungle. Steve's library of music is used in Television shows and films around the globe but he thrives on the thrill of live performances with top quality musicians and is thrilled to contribute to the band.

While prog rock and neo-Baroque shred are still highly abundant these days, quality straight-ahead instrumental rock seems to be in shorter supply.

With Percolator, though, Jim Weider—the Telecaster devotee and sideman par excellence—seems on a mission to breath new life into the genre pioneered by Jeff Beck and other singer-less rockers.

Sure, there are welcome traces of outside musical styles on Weider’s new disc—a sprig of fusion here, a snippet of hip-hop there, a mandatory funk breakdown over yonder—but the fat-crackin’ snare drum, all-engulfing B-3 swells, warm glow-bottle guitar tones, compelling riffs, and other timeless elements of straight-up rock refuse to be diluted by any eclecticisms from the outside.

The compositions are rich, layered, and complex, and the mix is superb. Weider, who is perhaps best known for being Robbie Robertson’s replacement in the re-launch of the Band, never succumbs to the temptation every instrumental rocker faces—the near-irresistible urge to weigh songs down with indulgent overdubbing.

Sure, a couple of vamps drift dangerously close to the soothing, but fully un-rocking territory we call smooth jazz (let’s face it—a rock record can only be so edgy without a singer up front spittin’ from the gut) but, in general, this disc kicks.

You’ll be proud to bump Percolator (which features guest virtuosos such as Sid McGinnis, John Medeski, Rodney Holmes, and Tony Levin) through your favorite pair of woofers.

Jude Gold
Guitar Player