Rose Parade


July 2012

Rose Parade is an ongoing musical concept by Gary Eshbaugh and Elliot Wolf. Initially started as Faith in 1993 as a live acoustic duo, their pop, folk, and rock interests led them into broader musical territory in the studio.

As a duo, Eshbaugh and Elliot Wolf have played together since 1993. In 1995 going by the name, Faith, they recorded a ten-song CD entitled, Acrobats and Harlequins. They spent two years playing clubs and coffeehouses supporting that release. Acrobats and Harlequins received local radio airplay, most notably on WXPN in Philadelphia.

In 1999 as Faith they self-released a fourteen-song CD entitled, Lovestruck. Response to the CD material at performances was very strong, and just as important, reaction to Lovestruck from those who purchased it exceeded the band's highest hopes. Faith performed in clubs and coffeehouses from New York to Maryland in support of the CD. Selections from Lovestruck received radio airplay from WXPN in Philadelphia and WSTW in Delaware. In addition, the CD was featured on a number of internet broadcasts and internet stations. The CD is available from select retailers, at CDBaby.com , from Napster, Apple iTunes, Rhapsody, and Amazon .  The CD has been purchased all over the world.

Relationshifts, the first CD under the name Rose Parade was released in 2002 and also garnered radio airplay and internet plays, including WXPN and WSTW. Like Lovestruck the CD is available from CDBaby.com , Napster, Apple iTunes, Rhapsody and Amazon .  The CD has been purchased all over the world. Relationshifts was recorded primarily at Target Studio in Elkton, Maryland, the same studio they used for Lovestruck, with two songs recorded in Queen Anne Studio in Pennsylvania. Relationshifts takes a somewhat more electric turn than the two predecessors. Both musicians intended to turn up the volume on this CD since the beginning of the first recording session and from the opening chords you can hear they've succeeded. Where their previous release was mostly a collection of love songs, the second CD looks at relationships from a more rational perspective. The themes more deeply investigate the psychological games involved, the roles we play, and the breaking of rules and spirit. But, there are still high points where love can overcome boundaries and scale mountains, or where a parent and child can dance and laugh in the moonlight. Relationshifts was well received and garnered good reviews from as far away as Japan where it made a top twenty list for the year's releases.

Rose Parade's new release is recorded, mixed, mastered, and will be available in July of 2012. The new CD was largely recorded and engineered by Gary in Queen Anne Studio. Additional recording and final mixing and mastering was done by the Gary and Elliot with Marc Moss of Target Studio in Delaware. The new release is titled, No Silence Was Ever So Clear. The lineup currently consists of Elliot and Gary on guitars, keyboards, mandolin, percussion, and vocals. Eric Carlson plays drums and Bill Sheffer plays bass. The CD is currently being set up for CDBaby, iTunes, etc. The first single, "Beautiful Girl", is available at those sites along with Rhapsody, Napster, and others.


During the 90's and early 00's Eshbaugh worked on recordings with other Philadelphia area artists as a producer and session musician. In the spring of 2004 he was the music director for the independent film, The Drunkard, and composed and recorded original music for the film. The film was based on an Irish short story and Gary's original music for the film incorporated traditional Irish folk instruments and was very influenced by Irish folk music. The Drunkard appeared in a number of film festival nationally after making its debut in West Chester, PA in late 2004. This was his second stint as a musical director for a film and showed his ability to stetch to other musical genres. His first film score was based more in electric rock and one of the songs from the film, Light of Day, opens Relationshifts. His two televison scores were comprised of electronic music. The first was written with Sean Hopkins and was the catalyst for the original Stranger To Stranger. The second was right at the end of the band's time together with their second lineup. In January 2009 Gary wrote and recorded a new song for the independent film, Dinner for One. The song was credited in the film as a Rose Parade song, but doesn't appear on No Silence Was Ever So Clear.

Gary Eshbaugh was the lead singer of Philadelphia's alternative rock band Stranger To Stranger from the mid-eighties to the early nineties. During that time his songs appeared nationally on college radio charts and received strong rotation on some of the more commercial and influential stations such as WHFS in Annapolis, MD and WXPN in Philadelphia. The Child in Me, in particular, gained national commercial exposure without the benefit of a record label. The band enjoyed a strong following inside and outside of the beltway and there were many great nights at the legendary 9:30 Club in D.C. and the 8X10 Club in Baltimore. Gary has appeared on bills with Modern English, They Might Be Giants, John Cale, and Richard Lloyd of Television and Matthew Sweet fame. Shortly before the band stopped working together they composed the soundtrack for an emmy award winning short documentary.

For additional information or booking interest please contact:

Rose Parade

PO Box 744

Morrisville, PA 19067

roseparade@roseparaderock.com