Arts & Entertainment

Sparta Band to Make Morristown Splash

Rigbi to play at Drip in Morristown.

Sparta based band Rigbi is headed to the Morristown Green for a summer concert on Aug. 10. 

Playing at Drip Coffee, which opened at the beginning of the season, Rigbi is the latest in a series of live entertainment acts designed to fill the new coffee house with patrons. They also launched Game Night last month.

“Drip actually found us and asked if we wanted to play during one of their Saturday night music spots," said Rigbi manager Marc Reynolds.   

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Rigbi has been a group for almost 15 years but only officially formed in 2011, according to their website. After coming together, they went to work on a self-titled album at Landbridge Records in Sparta, which came out last year.

Dedicating time to local bands is something that the management at Drip was dedicated to, and "discovering" local talent for display has been part of their mission since opening.

 The Rigbi lineup playing Aug. 10 includes:
  • Brian Cornish - drums
  • Jon Irizarry - vocals, guitar
  • Patrick Maloney - keyboards, glockenspiel, percussion
  • Rick Rogers - guitar
  • Randy Sabo - bass
While the members of Rigbi grew up in Sussex County and the studio they own and operate is in Sparta, where Cornish lives, Irizarry and Maloney currently live in Morris Plains. Sabo lives in Montebello, NY and Rogers hails from Blairstown.

“The fact that they all went to school together when they were young and started playing music together in the fifth and sixth grade, I think is great," Reynolds said. "The guys are super talented, creative and just really well grounded and down to earth."

Reynolds said he met the band while he was working on a documentary.

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“I met them about a year and a half ago when I was looking for music for a short documentary I was making.  Randy had worked with my wife at Novartis and she suggested I speak to him and see if they could work with me on the sound for the video," Reynolds said. "Needless to say, I found a track that I loved that was going to be on their first CD. They tweaked it for me, took out the lyrics and it turned out very well. It even eventually lead to someone getting a TV gig."

After spending time with the band, Reynolds asked them if they ever had anyone helping them manage the band. When they said no, he offered his services. 

"They all thought it was a great idea. The beauty of it is, I am their built-in photographer as well," Reynolds said.

More information can be found on the band's Facebook page and website.


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