For most of his life, Jeff Bianchi has spent the
majority of his
waking hours on music. Whether it be performing, writing, recording or
practicing, he is constantly doing something pertaining to his craft.
At 17 years old, Jeff was performing 4 hour club
dates with his
first band “Drift”. The band continued working for 4 years and
disbanded when he moved to Atlanta, GA. While there, Jeff co-founded
the Vacant Halls. With this act, he was able to perform at many of the
high profile clubs in Atlanta while earning a showcase slot at the
Atlantis Music Conference. 2 years into its inception, the group
amicably and collectively decided to “call it a day”, making way for
each other to pursue their own artistic endeavors.
They say
“when one door shuts, another one opens.”, and this was entirely true
in his case. A couple months after the break up of his band, Jeff
drove to Nashville, TN to audition for the nationally touring road act
“Young Guns”. He was immediately given the lead guitarist position and
in a matter of weeks, embarked on a 15 month tour of North America. The
group had only 3 weeks off during this time and traveled through 70% of
the country. Jeff has compared it to sort of a “musical boot camp”
due to his performing on average of 5 nights a week for 4-5 hours a
night. With Young Guns, Jeff performed Southern Rock, Classic Rock
,Classic and Modern Country; enabling him to expand his musical
vocabulary, stamina and professionalism. When they had enough touring,
Jeff came back to Georgia and caught his breath. The open road soon
called though and he hit it yet again as lead guitarist for the “Chace
Roberts Band” (St. Paul Minnesota). When Chace decided to end his
touring days and spend more time with his family, Jeff headed back
to Georgia and immediately became a lead guitarist for SCF
Entertainment.
The invaluable position with SCF Entertainment
gave Jeff the chance to work professionally with all of its “era
tribute bands“, playing throughout the South East everything from
Marvin Gaye to Pantera. Through this organization, Jeff regularly
performed with “Stone Cold Fox” (70’s Dance, R&B), Free Ride
‘75
(Classic Rock), Electric Boogaloo (80’s Rock/Metal, New Wave) the Dock
Martins (90’s Alternative) and the Rock Mafia (Live band karaoke with
music from the 60’s thru modern era). After five years with
SCF
Entertainment, Jeff continued on stage for six more years with the
Atlanta wedding / corporate band "The Answer Band". Through out his
tenure in this act, he focused mainly on the Motown and R&B
genres.
The years of providing heavy rhythm support for "The Answer Band",
greatly enhanced his skills playing rhythm guitar.
In addition his work on the electric guitar,
Jeff also gives numerous performances throughout the U.S. as a
classical guitarist. Jeff has performed around
the United States,
giving concerts as far away as West Texas, Idaho, Wyoming, Minnesota,
Iowa, Wisconsin and all of the South East.
Jeff currently lives in Thomaston, Georgia. While not on
stage, he is still “on the job”, working hard to perfect his
craft.