The Manx craft together a collage of wistful lyrics, amiable soundscapes, and pitch perfect production, courtesy of Wilco sideman Mikael Jorgensen
For a guy who (according to legend) was raised by chickens and now tops off his blank-faced mannequin mask and long, black Jerry Curl wig with an empty KFC bucket, Buckethead makes some fairly normal music, but that seems to be the point.
Drummer Mike Clark is hitting the road with another stunning group of musicians. While he has toured recently with young lions like Robert Walter, Skerik and Charlie Hunter (he will introduce some relatively unknown musicians to the jazz world later this year), he is kicking off 2006 with a tantalizing and fresh Headhunters lineup. With hundreds of years of combined performing experience, this ensemble fixes to be so funky that you just might be able to smell it.
Bill Summers returns on percussion and vocals, and things should get interesting with first time Headhunters George Porter Jr. (The Meters) on bass, Donald Harrison (Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers) on sax, and Jerry Z (Melvin Sparks) on the organ. These diverse musicians are bonded by a combination of decades of experience playing jazz, yet an ageless zestful approach to performing. They are each very talented at listening and reacting, yet none are shy about “stepping up” when appropriate.
Tour Dates
Thursday, January 19 | Regattabar at the Charles Hotel | Cambridge, MA
Friday, January 20 | Metronome | Burlington, VT
Saturday, January 21 | The Stone Church | Newmarket, NH
Sunday, January 22 | The Hi-Hat | Providence, RI
Tuesday, January 24 | The Knitting Factory | New York, NY
Wednesday, January 25 | Theatre of the Living Arts | Philadelphia, PA
Thursday, January 26 | Mr. Small’s Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA
Friday, January 27 | Eight by Ten Club | Baltimore, MD
Saturday, January 28 | State Theatre | Falls Church, VA
Guided By Voices, one of the most widely admired and influential rock groups of the 90’s and beyond were famous for writing an astounding quantity of really great rock songs, in a dizzying variety of styles and arrangements, and recording them on whatever equipment was at hand, whether boombox or four-track or professional recording studio. They were also famous for the revolving-door line-up whose only constant was singer/songwriter Robert Pollard, whose output moreover overflowed, on a seemingly endless series of side projects, solo records, and bizarre collaborations with ex-members of the band, current members of the band, and random passersby. Pollard, whose first post GBV release, From A Compound Eye, is due out in late January will be touring in support of it. The band will feature Robert Pollard : vocals, Tommy Keene : guitar and keyboard, Dave Phillips : guitar, Jason Narducy : bass, Jon Wurster : drums.
Tour Dates
JANUARY
Thursday January 26
Athens, GA-40 Watt Club
Friday January 27
Carrboro, NC-Cat’s Cradle
Saturday January 28
Washington, DC-930 Club
FEBRUARY
Thursday February 09
Cleveland, OH- Beachland Ballroom
Friday February 10
Columbus, OH – Little Brothers
Saturday February 11
Newport, KY- Southgate House
Friday February 24
Los Angeles, CA- Knitting Factory LA
Saturday February 25
San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Monday February 27
Portland, OR- Doug Fir Lounge
Tuesday February 28
Seattle , WA- Crocodile Cafe
MARCH
Thursday March 30
Minneapolis, MN – First Ave
Friday March 31
Chicago, IL- Metro
Saturday April 01
Detroit, MI- St Andrews
APRIL
Thursday April 20
NYC- Irving Plaza
Friday April 21-
Boston, MA- Paradise
Saturday April 22-
Philadelphia, PA- Theatre of Living Arts
