IVY ROOM Presents MIKE DILLON BAND FEATURING NORWOOD FISHER(FISHBONE)
Website [http://www.mikedillonvibes.com/]/ Facebook
[https://www.facebook.com/TheMikeDillonBand/]
Milt Jackson and Frank Zappa stumble into a Trouble Funk show that The
Dead Kennedy's opened.
Mike Dillon plays vibraphone and rants into the microphone. Combining
styles and years of experience, MDB makes a noise that is unique in
many ways. Dean Wean said, " The Mike Dillon Band is my favorite
touring band on the planet' at the Ween after show where all of the
band, sans Gene, joined the stage with Mike. The current lineup
includes some of the planet’s most creative musicians. To keep
things interesting for the audience and Mike, MDB is now more of a
collective than a set band. Every chair in the ensemble has two or
three bad motherfuckers that know the music and will bring their
approach to moving sound waves . The anchor of the Bass Department is
Nathan Lambertson. A top call New Orleans musician, Nathan plays
Upright, Synth and Electric with his heart of gold. Norwood Fisher of
Fishbone and Brad Houser from Critters Buggin both do a couple of MDB
tours a year. James Singleton has recorded and played New Orleans gigs
on Upright. When Norwood and Brad are in the mix, the pocket has that
the depth that only these two legends of the low end can deliver. As
of late, Brooks Hubbert III has been playing guitar and singing. In
New Orleans, Mike likes to get Tiff Lamson from Givers to play
percussion and sing. Some nights the fourth member will be Otto
Schrang ripping it up on mallets. The Drum Department is a revolving
cast of characters. The list includes Brendan Bull,Brady Blade, Earl
Harvin, G. Maxwell Zemanovic, Claude Coleman Jr., Paul Thibodeaux,
John Speice IV, Go Go Ray, Doug Belote and Jean Paul Gaster(Clutch).
Mike has even hired Johnny Vidacovich to be the Rhythm man from time
to time. Stanton Moore, James Singleton and Doug Belote all appeared
on the latest Mike Dillon release “ Bonobo Bonobo”.
How many artists have been praised a “punk rock provocateur,”
“jazz vibraphone visionary,” and “percussion virtuoso” in the
same sentence? There’s only one: Mike Dillon. Whether through his
affiliation with artists like Les Claypool, Primus, Rickie Lee Jones,
and Ani Difranco, or collaborations such as Nolatet, Garage a Trois,
The Dead Kenny G's, Critters Buggin or bands he has led, including
Mike Dillon Band, Mike Dillon's New Orleans Punk Rock Percussion
Consortium, Billy Goat and Hairy Apes BMX, the Texas-native has set
his own standard for 25 years now. life-is-not-a-football-600x600Over
the past decade, Mike Dillon has released a number of acclaimed
albums, intertwining a range of influences from Zappa-esque
eccentricity to Fishbone punk funk, D.C. Go-Go to Milt
Jackson-influenced vibraphone majesty.
NORWOOD FISHER(FISHBONE)
Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/JohnNorwoodFisher/]
John Norwood Fisher (known as Norwood Fisher, born September 12, 1965)
is the bass player for the funk/punk/rock/ska/metal/soul band
Fishbone. Fisher has played bass in the band throughout its history,
even as other members have come, gone, and returned. Fisher generally
lends propulsive slap-funk playing to the band's tunes, while holding
down the band's grooves throughout their myriad changes of musical
direction. He is a founding member of funk band Trulio Disgracias. He
is also known for his live and in studio ongoing works with artists
such as Rodleen Getsic. Most recently he has been working on a solo
project calling himself Woody Weedstraw, his material is inspired from
his love for pot smoking. In addition, he is part of the supergroup
Mr. Green All-Stars, consisting of ex-members of Bad Brains and the
Dead Kennedys.
Fisher is known to style his hair into a single, well-endowed dread on
top of his head that he calls his "sacred antenna" to communicate with
people around the world, and for wearing robes (or sometimes only a
bath towel or garbage bag) on stage.
RADIO VELOSO
Website [https://radioveloso.com/] / Facebook
[https://www.facebook.com/radioveloso/]/ Instagram
[https://www.instagram.com/radioveloso/]
RADIO VELOSO is a San Francisco-based instrumental quartet that
combines hip-hop beats, heavy funk bass, Afrofunk guitar and low-fi
horn lines. Modern groove music to bounce to.
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