It only took 37 years!

Jam scene mainstays Joe Bellanti, Corey Kertzie and Dave Ruch met in 1983 as members of Buffalo NY Grateful Dead cover band “Wild Knights,” a group that still plays reunion shows to this day.

But it wasn’t until early 2020 that they wrote their first original music together, this time as three-piece instrumental organ trio/funky jam band Organ Fairchild.

The debut gig was just a month before COVID shutdowns, but the horse was out of the barn and the response was immediate!

Highlights of the band’s short life to date include:

* Four-set booking at 2023 Summer Camp Music Festival, IL (15,000+ attendance)

* Main stage appearance at Borderland Festival, East Aurora NY (7,000 attendance)

* Full band called out of the audience to sit in at sold out Andy Frasco & U.N. show 12/31/22 Town Ballroom

* Two sold out shows at Babeville’s Ninth Ward - Buffalo NY January 2023

* Tedeschi Trucks Band members sit-in March 2023

* Festivals and shows with Trey Anastasio Band, Goose, moe., Umphrey's McGee, Melvin Seals and JGB, Anders Osborne and Jackie Greene, Andy Frasco & the U.N., Sophistafunk, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dogs in a Pile, Sam Grisman Project, Magic Beans & many more

* Voted NY’s top emerging band (out of 64 groups) in 2021

* Video shoutout to the band from actress Morgan Fairchild

* Jambands.com Radio Charts Top 30 List (2x)

”Fast-rising NY band”
- Live For Live Music

"Making waves in the scene"
- JamBase