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Moe Biography

The American jam band known as Moe was established in the late 1980’s by founding members Ray Schwartz, Rob Derhak, and Chuck Garvey. The musicians met while attending the University of Buffalo, and by the early 1990’s they had started to perform initially under the name “Five Guys Named Moe,” after the Louis Jordan song.

By 1992, the band had adopted the name Moe and entered the studio to prepare for a debut album. The result, Fatboy, put the band on the map as one of the era’s favorite jam bands, on par with other notable acts such as Phish and Widespread Panic. Throughout their years performing, Moe has appeared at countless festivals, including some of the heavy-hitters: Bonnaroo, Woodstock 1999, All Good Music Festival, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and Lollapalooza, for example. Although the band has released nearly a dozen albums since its inception, it’s the group’s live albums released nearly every year in the new millennium that often receive the most attention.

Until the summer of 2017, Moe continued to perform and record with the lineup of Rob Derhak, Chuck Garvey, Al Schnier, Vinny Amico, and Jim Loughlin. Moe announced an indefinite hiatus beginning in August of 2017, but the individual members do continue to make appearances and the group itself has not officially disbanded.