THE SNL ROYAL TREATMENT

The new guitarist in NBC’s Saturday Night Live band brings both an encyclopedic knowledge of music and a genuine connection to the jamband cene to national TV. “I learned over 150 songs for this season before I even showed up for rehearsals,” admits Jared Scharff. “Technically, the band could play for a day if they wanted. We would drop dead, but…” The gifted young artist also has a talent for writing pop-rock ear candy laced with guitar-hero theatrics, supplemented with a historical study of improvisation. “[Now-closed club] The Wetlands was my home away from home when I first came to college. I eventually started playing there, which had always been a dream of mine. Great things were going on, and it wasn’t just another music venue in New York City.” The guitarist/vocalist also fronts Jared Scharff  & The Royals, with whom he released The Coast and is currently finishing another EP. “I grew up a classic rock and jamband fan, and I was a huge three-and-a-half minute pop song fan. My band is an accumulation of that.” www.myspace.com/jaredscharffmusic

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