Excerpts from Bruce's musical past

Solar Circus was a band that I was in between 1988 and 1991.  The band did extensive touring, mostly on the northeast coast of the United States, playing to a small but extremely dedicated following.  A jam band in the tradition of the Grateful Dead, Solar Circus had an extremely large repertoire of both original and cover tunes, always mixing things up every show so that our audiences never knew what to expect.  The track below, Fortune Teller, was off of the band's first album on Relix Records, Juggling Suns, recorded in December, 1988.  The song ends abruptly because its last chord is the first chord of the next track on the disc.

Fortune Teller (6:16)
  (Diomede)
Mark Diomede - Lead Vocal, Lead Guitar
Brad Hall- Drums
Steve Greene - Rhythm Guitar, Harmony Vocal
Ken Golojuch- Bass
Bruce Wigdor - Piano, Harmony Vocal
 

Influx

Influx was a band that I was in between 1992 and 2000.  The music was heavily inspired by the progressive rock from the 1970s, and also by the grunge rock of the 1990s.  Originally playing a mix of originals and eclectic cover tunes, the band transitioned into becoming an all-original act somewhere around 1995.  In 1997, the band played several high-profile gigs, including opening for one of our own all-time favorite bands Marilion, and also for Marillion's former lead singer Fish.  The first track below, The Maze Inside, was written by the keyboard player Tom O' Brien, and to this day remains my favorite recording of all those of which I have been a part.  Why was recorded in the same recording sessions.

The Maze Inside (9:21)
  (O' Brien)
Dave Kilpatrick - Lead Vocal
Andy Mackie - Drums
Tom O' Brien - Keyboards
Rich Pierro - Saxophone
Rob Victory - Guitar
Bruce Wigdor - Bass, Harmony Vocal
 

Why (6:31)
  (Victory/Kilpatrick)
Dave Kilpatrick - Lead Vocal
Andy Mackey - Drums
Tom O' Brien - Keyboards
Rob Victory - Guitar
Bruce Wigdor - Bass, Harmony Vocal
 

Juggling Suns

In 1999, I reunited with Solar Circus guitarist Mark Diomede and joined what was essentially the remnants of Solar Circus, Juggling Suns.  Mark had lost the legal rights to the name Solar Circus and was keeping the band's tradition alive by using the name of the band's first album as the name of the band when I joined on.  This time I joined as the bass player, and enjoyed some really good musical experiences until I left the band in 2003.  The version of the Beatles' Come Together included below was recorded live at The Vault, a club in Baltimore, Maryland.

Come Together (5:09)
  (Lennon/McCartney)
Mark Diomede - Guitar
Ivan Funk - Drums
Gus Vigo - Keyboards
Bruce Wigdor - Vocal, Bass