Anthony V. Ga.-DNU

Born in New York City at 9:00 pm, “Show Time”, on a hot summer night, Anthony (aka "Vinnie" Bean Garbonzo) started playing rock & roll guitar and bass in local New York bands. In high school, Vinnie took up violin after hearing the music of Stephane Grappelli, Vassar Clements and Papa John Creach. Vinnie attended Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, majoring in classical violin. While in Flagstaff, he performed with the local band, “Lee’s Ferry” playing fiddle, lead guitar, bass guitar and singing both lead and harmony. After college, Vinnie moved to the California coast where he performed with: Lacy J. Dalton’s “The Dalton Gang’, fiddle legends Dave Stogner and Joe Holly, producer/guitarist Pete Anderson as well as performing at numerous club engagements, county fairs and music festivals. Next music took Vinnie to Carson City, Nevada where he toured and performed on the casino circuit throughout Nevada with bandleaders; Phil Harris, Laura St. Romaine and Herb McQuay. After a series of tours that took Vinnie to Hawaii, Alaska, Atlanta, Georgia and the Southeastern United States, Vinnie settled down with a ‘house gig’ at the infamous and historic Jim’s Place in Clovis, California performing five nights a week for three years. In 1999, Vinnie ‘Bean’ Garbonzo made Austin, Texas his permanent home. Since then he has produced CDs for numerous local artists. In addition to his studio and production work, Vinnie continues to appear live with The Joel Warren Band, Nashville recording artist Robin English, Gray Gregson and Pauline Reese. Throughout his career, Vinnie has appeared and performed with acts such as; Willie Nelson, Rusty Wier, Pete Anderson, Los Lonely Boys, Travis Tritt, Colin Raye, Chicago, Exile, the Bellamy Brothers, W.C. Clack, Hal Ketchum, Kevin Fowler, Cory Morrow, The Guess Who, Eddie Gordon, Bruce Conte, Tower of Power, and Double Trouble.