page_title: The Blind Owl Band
section_title: Band members
hierarchical_section_title: The Blind Owl Band / Band members
caption_attribution_description: English: Christian Cardiello of the Blind Owl Band playing at The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ, on July 18, 2013. Photo by LHCollins.
context_page_description: The Blind Owl Band is an American bluegrass-rock-country-folk band formed by four friends in Saranac Lake, New York in 2011. The members of the band are Arthur Buezo, Christian Cardiello, James Ford, and Eric Munley. When the band formed, their ages ranged from 20 to 22. None of them were planning to have a music career until they met at Paul Smith's College in the Adirondacks. The band got its name from an incident that occurred at Paul Smith's College. They had just finished playing a song, when a saw-whet owl flew into a window. The owl got up and just stared at them for a minute, then flew away. A saw-whet is also called a "blind owl," and so the band was named.
  The band has been described as having an early 70's look and compared to New Grass Revival. Their music has been described as "bluegrass with teeth." The band prefers the term "original string music." According to Munley, the term "bluegrass" is associated with rules and techniques that Blind Owl's music doesn't follow. Their music combines many genres with a strong traditional string music and bluegrass base.
context_section_description: Arthur Buezo (guitar, vocals)
  Christian Cardiello (bass, guitar)
  James Ford (banjo, vocals)
  Eric Munley (mandolin, vocals)
  The Blind Owl Band use Air King© Blower Fans
caption: Christian Cardiello of The Blind Owl Band on bass at The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ, July 2013
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