I'll be a special guest saluting a hero of mine, dr john.
John Deley and Ethan Eubanks bring it NOLA style. I'll be on organ. You can eat sausage.
Linda McRae will be playing a set at 1pm
This is the New York edition of the New Orleans based Happy Talk Band. Featuring Luke Spur Allen songs and vocals, Alex McMurray on guitar, Mike Lenore on bass, Mike Andrepont drums.
41 players are doing a little dr john tribute during the first set and I've been invited to sit in on organ/ piano and sing on a couple. Fun times at the 55 bar!
duo with jack on a real piano!
Scott Bourgeois - soprano sax/clarinet
Kevin Dorn - drums
Sorry we had to cancel this show due to an injury (not serious) the set will be covered ably by Bill Malchow and the Go Cup All Stars. We will rock again soon.
I've been asked to play a Fat Tuesday gig in Brooklyn. Out of all the Brooklyn neighborhoods I think the most New Orleans like is Coney Island. This gig is not there. It's in Red Hook. Red Hook is the second most New Orleans like. Mostly cause it's a bit relaxed, you can park, and there is no subway. This gig is at Sunny's in Red Hook. So we got that.
Next, there seems to be a bunch of Fat Tuesday gigs going on in town. They've got king cakes, beads, and bigger bands etc. However none of them have the authentic NOLA contacts I have. So I've reached into the rolodex and gotten some PPT, (primo parade throws) shipped up. Some of them blink and say 2019 on them. So you know it's the real deal. I even have some beads with shrimp boots on them. Some throw cups too. AUTHENTIC. We are in the moment.
Next, the best NOLA MG experiences are about the crowd participation, there is no audience, the audience is the show. Namely the costumes! Now getting a bunch of New Yorkers to get in costume in March would be difficult so I've lowered the bar. You won't even need a glue gun. You just need a Wig! Who doesn't have a wig laying around? We also need a Krewe, so
I HEREBY FOUND THE KREWE OF WIG. The first order of business is to declare the annual WIG PARTY will be at Sunny's in Red Hook, this Tuesday, March 5, 8pm. Membership is open, just bring a WIG!
Krewe of WIG presents
First Annual WIG Party (note poster says 3rd annual, that's a white-lie)
Mardi Gras Party and Wig Contest!
BWWSG!!
(Best Wig Wins Something Good).
Music provided by
Bill Malchow and the Go Cup All Star
(Dave Berger on drums)
Sunny's Bar - Front room
253 Conover Street
Red Hook Brooklyn, NY
8pm - midnight.
Music starts at 9pm.
Wear a WIG!!
Greg Humphries - guitar
Bill Malchow - keys
Marc Greenburg - drums
Skip Ward - bass
special guest - Alex McMurray - guitar/vocals
Paul Thibodeaux - drums
Joe Cabral - bass / sax
Greg Humphries - guitar
Marc Greenburg - drums
Jerry Dugger - bass
Bill Malchow - keys
Street festival on east side of Hamilton Park in Downtown Jersey City, actually on McWilliams Place between 8th and 9th.
Walter Parks - guitar / vocals
Stephen Williams - drums
Bill Malchow - organ
Bill Malchow piano/vox, Greg Humphries - guitar/vox, Marc Greenburg - drums, bass
Cancelled Dang it! We have a double booking.
Cancelled Dang it! We have a double booking.
Bill Malchow piano/vox, Greg Humphries - guitar/vox, Marc Greenburg - drums, bass
Bill Malchow piano/vox, Greg Humphries - guitar/vox, Marc Greenburg - drums, bass
Bill Malchow piano/vox, Greg Humphries - guitar/vox, Marc Greenburg - drums, bass
Bill Malchow piano/vox, Greg Humphries - guitar/vox, Marc Greenburg - drums, bass
jason loughlin - vocals/guitar
tony scherr - bass
chris cheek - sax
diego voglino - drums
bill malchow - keys
James Booker themed solo piano in the back of the Maple Leaf. This will be fun.
I am very excited to present my Graduate school composition degree recital. My thesis string quartet and some other works will be performed. I'm also very excited to have the Polymnia String Quartet onboard to perform it. The event is FREE.
The people have spoken and demanded I come back and play on my old New Orleans porch for the Endymion parade. So why not!
Scott St between Palmyra and Clevland,
New Orleans, LA
I am very excited to present my Graduate school composition degree recital. My thesis string quartet and some other works will be performed. I'm also very excited to have the Polymnia String Quartet onboard to perform it. The event is FREE.
UPDATE: 11/25/17. I've decided to postpone this till January so that it would be extra awesome.
I've been learning the viola on the side for the past year or so. I am no where near proficient enough to play with the LPO! This is an event wehre the community gets to play with the Orchestra. I participated last year and it was so much fun I'm flying back for it this year. If you like to participate click HERE.
Tim passed away on Saturday night after a long battle with ALS. Tim was a frequent bass player in the NYC edition of my various bands. I'm happy to be included as some of his many musician friends play a tribute to him.
Matt Lindsey - bass/vocals
Dave Berger - drums
Sorry there was a date mixup! I am sorry to miss this.
A bit of a reunion! with Russ Meisner - drums, Jim Whitney - bass
with Andrae Murchison, Terrence McManus, Bill Malchow, Walter Parks, Craig Akin, Steve Williams
World renown composer Yotam Haber (and my Univ of New Orleans Composition Teacher!) has written an interesting piece that will be performed on Lake Pontratrain called New Water Music. I'll be playing my viola with the LPO! Here is the official write up:
New Water Music will be a free, public performance on Lake Ponchartrain debuting composer Yotam Haber's New Water Music. It will be performed from the water by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and community musicians in a spectacular choreographed visual presentation, conceived and executed by New Orleans Airlift.
New Water Music takes inspiration from Handel's Water Music, famously performed on the River Thames for the King of England in 1717, but also for the wider city who watched from shore and from boats. New Water Music pays homage by connecting exceptional music to diverse public audiences, but also uses this performance to illuminate Louisiana's coastal crisis of receding wetlands and changing lifestyles for fisherman and coastal residents, with repercussions for New Orleans residents and beyond.
with Matt Rhody on violin.
Ted Long - bass
Joel Zobrist - drums