Fred Torphy and Jamie Fordyce began playing music together as childhood friends growing up in Rhode Island in the 1980's. Their shared history is a cornerstone of the band's songwriting and live performances.
Big Light came together in San Francisco during the middle of 2007. 3 of the 4 musicians who make up the band (Fred Torphy - guitar/vox, Jamie Fordyce - guitar/bass/vox, and Bradly Bifulco - drums) had been playing in the bi-coastal cult outfit The White Thighs.
When Fred booked a solo gig at San Francisco's Boom Boom Room in May of 2007, Jamie and Bradly joined him as his band, and this combination would serve as the core of Big Light.
On November 3rd 2007, Fred, Jamie, Bradly, and Colin Hoops (keys) made their live debut as Big Light, opening up for world-class singer/songwriter Nathan Moore (ThaMuseMeant, Surprise Me Mr. Davis) at Il Pirata in San Francisco. The following night, Nathan opened up for Big Light at an encore performance at the Connecticut Yankee. At both performances Big Light collaborated with Nathan on several obscure tunes from his 1000+ songbook. Big Light continues to play a few Nathan Moore songs at most every show, with Nathan's explicit blessings.
Currently at work on their first studio effort with producer Jeremy Black (drums - Apollo Sunshine), they hope to release an EP in the first half of 2008. Big Light performs regularly in and around the San Francisco Bay Area.
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