Moonalice is an exuberant Bay Area ten-piece known for delivering a unique brand of psychedelic soul and rock-tinged Americana.
With an unparalleled list of collaborations with some of the biggest names in music, the family tree of Moonalice has touched every corner of rock and roll history.
Led by vocalist Lester Chambers, who co-founded pioneering ‘60s psychedelic soul group The Chambers Brothers; bassist Pete Sears, a founding member of Jefferson Starship who has played with everyone from Rod Stewart to Jimi Hendrix, and guitarist Roger McNamee, who was an advisor to Grateful Dead and U2 and fights against entrenched power in the tech industry—their incredible chemistry shines through in their live performances and the recent release of the Chambers Brothers classic, “Time Has Come Today.”
Moonalice also features esteemed members Barry Sless (lead guitar and pedal steel), Jason Crosby (keyboards), Grammy winner John Molo (drums), along with the next generation of legends including Lester’s son Dylan Chambers, and Erika, Rachel, and Chloe Tietjen of acclaimed Americana band the T Sisters.
Moonalice has a renegade spirit and an ethos of love, peace, and happiness that permeates everything they do.
When we asked the band what inspired this playlist, they shared,
We’re loving the grooves, so spark up and get down!
Every stoner has asked this question, but no one asks it better than Asleep At the Wheel. One day we will release our own version of this classic.
Moonalice has written lots of weed songs and played entire shows about weed. For us, the highlight is our song “It’s 4:20 Somewhere,” with 4.6 million downloads, certified by the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame as the highest number ever downloaded from a band’s own website.
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
