Chris Bukata & Paul Heitmann

The
Constables

Two guitars, twenty years, and a pile of songs. Original, acoustic-based blues, folk, rock and funk — out of Gladstone, New Jersey.

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Chris Bukata and Paul Heitmann walking down a tree-lined path carrying acoustic guitars
Chris & Paul, on the way to the next one.
Chris Bukata and Paul Heitmann standing with their acoustic guitars on a spring afternoon

About the band

Musical twins from different mothers.

Chris and Paul have been playing guitar together for 20 years. Somewhere in there the two of them stopped being two guitar players in a room and started being one sound.

What comes out is original and acoustic-based, but it refuses to sit still in one lane — a blues turnaround leans into a folk melody, a folk melody picks up a funk groove and walks off with it. Fingers are flying and we're having a blast playing a variety of venues and gigs.

No backing tracks, no laptop, no fuss. Two guitars, two voices, and songs built to work in a listening room, a brewery, a backyard, or a barn.

  • Chris BukataGuitar & vocals
  • Paul HeitmannGuitar & vocals
  • Based inGladstone, New Jersey
  • Sounds likeAcoustic blues · folk · rock · funk

Recordings

Have a listen.

A couple of tracks from the two of us. More on the way.

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Upcoming Shows

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Get in touch

Let's find a date.

Booking a venue, a private party, a house concert, a wedding cocktail hour, a fundraiser? Tell us a little about it and we'll get right back to you.

Home base
Gladstone, New Jersey