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Rocket Surgery

from Kingston Ontario
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Rocket Surgery

since 2012
Rocket Surgery consists of singer and songwriter Rueben deGroot and his supremely talented backing band, guitarist Dan Curtis, bassist Elijah Abrams, keyboardist Josh Lyon, vocalist Christina Foster, saxophonist Jon Stewart, and drummers Rob Radford, Daniel Chalmers, and Mark Fraser.

Since 2012, Rocket Surgery's unique melding of jazz, roots rock, alternative, and prog has kept audiences dancing and smiling every Monday night at The Toucan in Kingston, Ontario. Rueben has recently shared the stage with Corb Lund, Sarah Harmer, NQ Arbuckle Band, Coco Love Alcorn, and Oh Susanna (who covered one  of his songs on her 2014 album Name Dropper).

In the tradition of Steely Dan, Randy Newman, and John Prine, Rueben populates his songs with an unforgettable cast of hard-luck heroes. Whether he’s writing about a forlorn road worker, a rogue Wall Street trader, or a beleaguered con man, Rueben balances the poignant with the whimsical, the profound with the quirky. He sets his tragi-comic tales to infectious melodies and scintillating arrangements that call to mind classic seventies pop-rock. In the words of Luther Wright, Rueben “...has a vast arsenal of themes and ideas for a seemingly endless amount of excellent songs.  His phrasing and melodic ideas are as strong and flawless as his clever lyrical choices.”

"Rueben has a vast arsenal of themes and ideas for a seemingly endless amount of excellent songs.  His phrasing and melodic ideas are as strong and flawless as his clever lyrical choices."
~ Luther Wright

Over the past few years, Rueben has performed at the Dakota Tavern in Toronto, the Two Rivers Music Fest in Gananoque, Music Westport, and the Wolfe Island Music Festival in Kingston. In 2015, Rocket Surgery teamed with Greg Ball for their cross-Canada RocketBall tour.
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Rueben deGroot
Vocals, guitar
2012 - present
Dan Curtis
Guitar
2012 - present
Elijah Abrams
Bass
2012 - present
Josh Lyon
Keys
2012 - present
Christina Foster
Vocals
2012 - present
Jon Stewart
Saxophone
2012 - present
Rob Radford
Drums
2012 - present
Daniel Chalmers
Drums
2012 - present
Mark Fraser
Drums
2012 - present

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