The Gladstones are the latest musical adventure for a group of veteran Commonwealth musicians who played seemingly everywhere in the mid Atlantic a few decades ago.
Leading the group is Bob Girard who led the Charlottesville band the Casuals featuring Johnny Sportcoat.. Girards’ career started in Charlottesville in the 70s with the Hawaiians, then most recently with Alligator.
An accident in Rome left Bob Girard with a badly mangled arm. While crossing the street he was hot by a motorcycle cop, then again by a bus. Under doctors orders Girard began playing guitar as therapy and that led to a round of songwriting.
Looking for an outlet for this new material, the Gladstones were born. They mix new material with classic rock that they all know so well from their decades of playing the bars and clubs of the Commonwealth.
