2007 San Diego Music Award Winners for Best Funk/Jazz Album, ON THE ONE walk alongside KDTU & the Greyboy All-Stars when it comes to export music from America's finest city. Drum king John Staten (Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe) teamed up with long time friend and sax aficionado Jesse Molloy (Giant People) to create ON THE ONE in the summer of ‘06. Bassist Andy Irvine (Giant People) alongside celebrated jazz guitarist Pete Lombardo square this funky soul rock quartet. With his touring peers regularly calling John their “biggest influence” and “the best drummer out there”, Staten’s hard hitting hip-hop drum beats drive OTO’s sound. Sax, groove bass, and effortless guitar team up to bring the generations to the floor.

ON THE ONE signed their 2008 debut studio album, Love Addiction, to the Japanese P-Vine label through a licensing deal with NYC based Velour Recordings (Soulive/Lettuce/Kaki King) and are busy in the studio crafting their sequel.

ON THE ONE Press Bits:
•The name ON THE ONE originates from both Prince and James Brown lyrics. Both singers have been known to drop, “ON THE ONE!” literally meaning “everyone in the band drop in on the first beat…on the ONE.”
•OTO was handpicked to support Earth Wind & Fire, summer 2008
•While touring with Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe OTO drummer John Staten opened for an entire tour supporting the Allman Brothers. The Allman’s were so impressed with his drumming that they invited him onstage nightly culminating with John playing their encore at Red Rocks in Golden, CO.
•ON THE ONE averages over 10,000 miles a month on the road
•They played over 250 days in a 12 month period when the band formed on the 4th of July a little over 2 years ago and have averaged 150 shows a year since inception.
•Their average set length when playing a solo “evening with” show is 3 hours and 43 minutes with no set breaks or bathroom stops. They once played six hours seventeen minutes straight from 11pm til’ 5:17 a.m.

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