"Black Lion" is an investigation of the relationship between effects and the acoustic bassoon. The piece was created to integrate the two instead of relying on one as an effect. This recording features Michael Harley of Alarm Will Sound, and appears on 2014's "Beneath the Ice."

Black Lion (bassoon and guitar effects pedals)

A new track from "Some Things We'll Change," out on Friday, March 3, 2017. Purchase here: https://georgefetner.bandcamp.com/

Some Things We'll Change

It Goes On

The first track off of the 2017 release "Some Things We'll Change." Purchase here: https://georgefetner.bandcamp.com/

Winter Moon

Early morning: I lay awake. 
I search for some sunshine. 
But then I see you sleeping so sound. 
I can't believe what I've found. 

Memories will be made in the future. 
Memories won't let me go. 

Later at dinner, table for two. 
I just look at you. 
And with the silence: you're looking back. 
I don't know what to do. 

Memories will be made in the future. 
Memories won't let me go. 

But floating high, I begin to deny. 
But again it starts to sink in. 

Early morning: I lay awake. 
I search for some sunshine.

Memories Won't Let Me Go

The debut LP by George Fetner and the Strays.

If You Need Me

Love Like A Rocket

Ain't Going Back

The Matador

The Cosmos Blast

Thrive

Carolina Moonlight

Let Down

No Longer You'll Feel So Alone

“A fierce guitarist and accomplished songwriter who has made a name fronting jam band-adjacent groups like Pinna and George Fetner and the Strays, he’s also a new music composer and classically-trained guitarist with undergrad and master’s degrees in composition from the University of South Carolina.

True to form, he also diligently worked on putting together a recorded compilation of his compositions played by USC students and faculty entitled Beneath the Ice, which appeared in 2015, and a solo acoustic album in the vein of Nick Drake and Elliott Smith, Some Things We’ll Change, in 2017. 

His current project, George Fetner and the Strays, which he affectionately refers to as GFATS, finds him back in rock band mode, competently tackling a variety of styles with a renewed emphasis on songwriting while applying a composer lens to crafting individual roles for each player. (Kyle Petersen)

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