"Shared Genes" is a father/son instrumental acoustic guitar duo inspired by, among others, the world famous British New Age/Jazz group "Acoustic Alchemy," who appear annually in Rochester at Milestones. As you can see from our play list, much of our other inspiration comes from The Beatles, The Ventures and several other classic rock groups.

Our goal is to play important tunes from a variety of musical periods while utilizing acoustic guitars in our interpretation. We do not sing, so our instrumental songs are more intricate to make up for the lack of vocal harmony. We arrange our versions of these classic songs in such a way that they can be played with just two guitars, but still take on a totally new flavor while retaining the familiar qualities of the original tune. Our play list includes compositions by Acoustic Alchemy, America, The Beatles, The Bangles, The Byrds, Glen Campbell, Eric Clapton, John Denver, The Eagles, FireFall, Glen Miller, Carl Perkins, Santana, Simon and Garfunkel and the Ventures. That's quite a range!

While this is unique in itself, it is also worth mentioning that the youngest member of the group, Ted, is only fourteen years old and is able to play over 100 complete songs from memory while also providing the primary lead guitar. For example, he plays the George Harrison lead guitar sections for songs such as Something, And I Love Her, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps, etc. In addition, he does the complete main section of "Here Comes The Sun" which I like to refer to as "Here Comes The Son". And who else do you know who plays acoustic versions of California surf songs by the Ventures!?

We have been playing at many local venues for over five years now. These locations included: Jeremy's Java, The Village Coffee House (Webster), SPIN Caffe (Park Ave), Silvio's Espresso Bar, Captain Yogi's Restaurant, Bagel Basket Café, Abundance Co-Op Market, Northfield Coffee Company (Penfield), Fairport Village Coffee House, Earthtones Coffee House, Jose and Willy's, Bayside Landing Restaurant, Desert Skies Coffee, Jitters Café, The Zen Garden Café, Chesapeake Coffee House, Leaf and Bean Coffee House, Cam's Pizzeria, Moonbeams, SPoT Coffee, Starry Nites Café, Joe Bean Coffee House, Woody's II, Kinley's Restaurant, Zaz's and the Mona Lisa Cafe. We also just began playing at area festivals several years ago. These included Webster Village Days, Williamson Apple Blossom Festival, Hilton Apple Festival, Park Avenue Festival, Brockport Arts Festival, River Romance at Maplewood Park, and several other local festivals. The crowd reaction is always enthusiastic, especially when they see the "new kid in town."

We have been featured on CBS station WROC (Channel 8, twice), Time Warner cable station R News (Channel 9), on FOX News station WUHF (Channel 31), and on the "News-10-Today Morning Show", NBC Channel 10. We have appeared live on the Brother Wease show on WCMF and on the Sunday Night Shakedown with Frank Deblase on 98.9 THE BUZZ. In addition, we have been interviewed by the City Newspaper, the Democrat and Chronicle, the Messenger POST Newspaper and the Webster Herald Newspaper.

So, if you get a chance, stop by and and check it out! You won't be disappointed, since there's no one else like "Shared Genes." Our schedule can be found in a separate section of this website or you can check the entertainment listings of the following papers under "acoustic": 1) The City Newspaper (weekly) or 2) the Democrat and Chronicle Newspaper Weekend Section (on Thursdays).