Avant Horizon moves at a fast pace
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Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 4:18 PM
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Local band Avant Horizon formed out of a Bob Marley tune.
Members of the local quintet, who are Ellie Ferguson on vocals, Andy Gent on keyboards, Tyler Kelley on guitar, and a rhythm section of James Mirabal on bass and drummer Evan Stambler, had been at one of the few open mic nights hosted at local bar the Starlight Lounge during the music-dry summer of 2020.
Ferguson and Kelley were on stage playing Marley’s “Is This Love” as Mirabal and Stambler watched. Mirabal thought the vocalist and guitar player needed a rhythm section, he motioned and mentioned to Kelley about joining in, and the duo quickly became a quartet. Thank Marley for having a catalog that’s a jackpot of hooks and catchy, accessible melodies that hang by our heads like