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Downtown Dayton Revival Festival Band Spotlight Volume 4

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Wheels

As the Downtown Dayton Revival Festival approaches, we here at Dayton Most Metro are highlighting all the bands that will be bringing music to the masses.  Here are four more acts that will be performing.

Wheels

From the pleasant city of Yellow Springs, Wheels are ready to give the crowd an incredible show.  Recently, the band released their second album, Big Feeling.  To help fund the equipment needed to self-record all of their own albums, including their newest one, Wheels decided to call upon the help of their fans and others and set up a Kickstarter account.   The band set a goal of $3,000 to help pay for several studio equipment, which included microphones, software, and computers.

Their seasoned sound is a collection of different styles-classic rock and roll, with folk and bluegrass influences.  Their love for Ohio comes alive in some of their songs.  The most common thing you hear about this quintet is that the fact they are so young.  Don’t let this fool you.  Wheels bring a style and sound that is well beyond their years.

Red Wanting Blue

Columbus, Ohio brings us the alternative rock band Red Wanting Blue.  The band has been touring for over a decade now, gaining fans one by one throughout the United States.  Red Wanting Blue take pride in letting it be known that will do what it takes to make fans in every stop.  In return, Red Wanting Blue is emerging as one of the top indie bands in the county.
The bands lyrics tell stories of being on the road, the people that meet while remembering where they have come from.  The band’s sound bursts at the seams with passion, which gives theirstage show one that keeps people engrossed from start to finish.

Early this year, Red Wanting Blue released their 9th album, From The Vanishing Point.  According to the band’s website, the album ‘sheds some of Red Wanting Blue’s small-town sensibilities as it evolves into the world-class rock n’ roll outfit that audiences have believed in for years and marks an official move to the national stage for a band that will always remember where it’s from’.

Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers

Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers

In the western parts of Massachusetts in 2003, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers were formed.  Kellogg and the Sixers have an unashamed way about them and their music has given them a rabid fan base.  With a roaring sound of rock, coupled with folk and country flavor, the band’s lyrics are about their lives, and the world around them.  They sing about their relationships, past and present.  They sing about wisdom given to from family.  It gives you a very intimate feel, and just connects you with the group even more.

Gift Horse is the latest work from Kellogg and the Sixers, and it will be the last album for a while.  The band posted on their website back in July that at the end of the year, they will be going on hiatus.  The reason for the planned break, according to the band, is that band needs to ‘explore other facets of life’.  In the meantime, the band plans on bringing their wild stage show to the Dayton festival.

Kristy Lee

 

Kristy Lee is one of the few female acts taking the stage during the two day festival.  From her home in Alabama, Lee will be bringing a rawness that will no doubt leave people with their mouths wide open.  Her vocals are rich with that trademark Southern soul sound.  Lee’s lyrics are filled with heartbreak and anger.  However, with the pain of losing love, the healing is the bond that forms with the crowd, singing along with her.  Raise The Dead, Lee’s recent album, talks about starting all over again, and finding your way.

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Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival Spotlight – Volume 3: Shake! Shake! Shake! with Bronze Radio Return

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The Downtown Dayton Revival Festival will be highlighting over 30 bands that are from all over the United States, including some from the great city of Dayton.  On September 8th and 9th, most of the festival goers will be given the first chance to see and hear a lot of the bands for the first time.  One band in particular is ready to make an imprint here in town.

Bronze Radio Return

The band’s name is Bronze Radio Return.  The band consists of vocalist and guitarist Chris Henderson, Bob Tanen on bass, Rob Griffith on drums, guitarist Patrick Fetkowitz, Matt Warner on keys, and guitarist Craig Struble.  The band helms from the city of Hartford, Connecticut.  The band got their name from Henderson.  When he was growing up in the picturesque state of Maine, Henderson would spend time in his father’s art studio, and music could be heard blaring through an old bronze radio.  The music played through the radio inspired Henderson to dig more into music. During a recent phone conversation, Henderson explained more in detail.  “I love listening to an album all the way through, over and over again.  I love finding all the different things that you discover with each listen.”

The band’s beginnings trace back to when Henderson, along with Griffith, Tanen, and Warner all attended the Hartt School of Music, which is located in Hartford.  “We studied all kinds of music, including the backgrounds of jazz, and blues players”, Henderson mentioned to me.  With the knowledge of the greats before them, the band wanted to incorporate those styles and influences it into their own music. So, the three guys recruited Fetkowitz and Struble, and headed to the studio.

The band released their first EP in 2008, followed by their full-length debut album ‘Old Time Speaker’, which they recorded in Nashville.  In 2011, the band released their sophomore album, ‘SHAKE!SHAKE!SHAKE!’.  The album, recorded in Oklahoma, shows the band’s evolving sound with the continue fusion of rock and soul.  Currently, the band is working on their third album.  The band recently spent 5 weeks on a farm in Virginia to record most of the album. “It’s good to go to different places to work on an album,” Henderson explained. “It keeps you focused on the music.”  The album is slated to be released sometime between January and February.

Listening to the band’s albums, you are instantly conscious of the band’s different elements.  Each member of the group brings their own flare to the band.  Whatever it’s the banjo being strummed passionately to the sweet sounds of the harmonica, Bronze Radio Return bring a sound that makes them stand apart from the rest.  And their live shows are no different.  The band makes it a point to make sure that their audience is having as much as fun as they are. Henderson added, “We will make sure that people are moving in the audience.  We want to see people swinging around.”

Bronze Radio Return will be embarking on a tour starting on September 5th.  “We are ready to get our stage legs going again”, Henderson says.  “We are excited about the atmosphere we are about to witness.”  The tour will take the band throughout most of the eastern seaboard, along with a few stops in the Midwest, including Cleveland.  The tour will end on October 27th at the Mercury Lounge in New York.

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A Plea For Purging/As Hell Retreats Say Farewell To Dayton

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It’s sad saying goodbye to bands that play that special kind of soothing metal that inspires sweaty, stinky freaks to jump, dive or prance into a pit and cause gleeful self-immolation. It is both the sounds they make on stage from the furious roar into the microphone to the metal thrashing mad guitar playing that drives the kids nuts to the giant footstep thud of the bass and drums that sound like your right underneath a medieval war dance.

The Quit Your Band and Get a Real Job tour is the found farewell of Tennesse’s A Plea for Purging and As Hell Retreats. They played their last Ohio show Friday August 24 at The Attic with a Haemolacria tear in the eye,  a heavy metal heart and a Chelsea Grin from ear to ear. Though they loved touring and seeing the fans across the nation the rigors of road life had got to them and were ready to settle down and be normal/respectable folk again. But not before they gave the crowd a thoroughly severe kiss goodbye dose of noise corruption.

Kettering’s happy groove metal Ignite the Empires were the first of the surrounding areas finest young up-starts to help say goodbye. Screaming Soprano Nick Moshos and band gave a truly uniformed performance proudly sporting work shirts, name-tags, bow ties and aprons that pay the bills. Alongside some unison metal hopping Moshos let out a Pepperidge Farm collection of crying, banshee yells and pig destroying vocals. They indulged in some government cheese with their Cheap Wine and opinions on the state of the union. Mild mannered Moshos pulled an unexpected cartoonish gesture Superman style, minus the phone booth, breaking out/thrashing out in a presumably alter ego Sponge Bob outfit (possible second job at Nickelodeon). Proving that even animated yellow cleaning accessories that soak can be hard-core. Next up was a nice little loud twanger ’bout Them Trailer Park Boys.

Dayton’s own local living legends Gnashing of Teeth sporting a veteran band history rivaling both headliner’s combined have definitely put the time in earning their spiked fist in the face reputation for onstage sound mangling. Formed in 1993 originally called Enslaved (not the Norwegian progressive metal band) with a different sound. Taking a break in December 1995, they chose their known biblical bicuspid biting moniker and their piece of local history was born. Several members changes later their coming back stronger, fiercer, and louder than ever. Founding member guitarist/vocalist Duane White has kept the gritting/grinding sound alive releasing Walking The Appian Way in 2010 on Sancrosanct Records and is working on new material for future release.

Their harmonious artillery range of sound bludgeoning began with Death of Beauty. They played disk opener Separate with its Burton C. Bell yells and technical string prowess and old school Arch Enemy sound/Meshuggah delivery of Death By Design. Singer Chris McKinney, a Daniel Bryan fan, threw the stage into himself resembling a young Buzz Osborne screaming like he could and would swallow your soul showing off sparkling dental work. Playing their own unique conveyor belt metal with the mechanized fury of Fear Factory and brutality of Slayer conjuring up hell fire and brimstone through their instruments. Their harmonies and ‘softer’ parts are like riding an acid death tidal wave onto sands of sulfur from the eternal sea of madness while their spiked mallet to the noggin chugs n riffs and earthquake inducing delivery could bring the house down, literally.

Hamiltons female fronted The Rose Hill was next. Originally named the Epidemic in 2007 they’ve survived through several member changes releasing their first CD With All That I Am in 2010 and will release their second effort Powerless on Sancrosanct in September. Don’t be fooled by a female voice leading the worship. If Rebecca St. James/Natalie Grant is your pleasant cup of tea then the loud but sweet metal screeching croaks of Bethany akin to Morgan Lander, The Agonist’s Alissa White-Gluzz with a little Angela Gossow sprinkled in will hardly be the comfortable shut-eye lullaby you’ll wanna plug into before bedtime.

If vocals that could make birds fall out of the sky wasn’t enough The Rose Hill employs a keytar player. That’s a guitar shaped keyboard for anyone born after the 80’s, Google it. An impressive antiquity to have considering production ceased in the mid 2000‘s. They’re on their second edition and if this one breaks maybe they can borrow Lady Gaga’s. It definitely added a unique ambiance and effect to the metal ripping around it.  They broke out all new goodies for the crowd playing five songs from the upcoming CD. A Sinners Plea and Reaching can be previewed on their Facebook page and you can look forward to hearing Oh Wayward Girl, Forsaken and New Life when you get the CD. Bethany spent the whole set throwing all of her petite frame into every heavyweight word and in a few years could be a contender for Revolvers Hottest Chicks in Metal.

The first half of the nights Facedown alumni bidding a loud final farewell As Hell Retreats played like their namesake throwing out a menagerie of twin guitar biblical progressive death wraith math metal that would send the most evil dark hearted of the devil’s dark dominions howling away in surrender . They hit hard with a nine course set with all the hard thumping metal fixin’s and you didn’t even need a bent salad fork.  They played with machine gun fire fret fingering, blasting out Young Heretic, Inferior (can be heard on Facebook), Shun, Misanthropist, A Beggar, Transgress, Raze and Matriarch. The unique technical, slow chug of some tunes made for unique free-styling pit activity breaking out and an unconfirmed report of an Irish jig was spotted. The building block metal sadly had to end at some point but not before they raised hands to the crowd and God Almighty with a blaze of glory thank you for a journey and career well spent.

A Plea for Purging answered a plea for more with a gnarled good mess of fun. Zakk Wylde’s doppelganger guitarist Blake Martin spun some true metal hair shredding for an hour presumably when he’s not stunt doubling for Halloween’s Tyler Bates. The no weight limit crowd surfing began on a sea of human bones. With fists and fury the fans threw their passion at the band and a fistful of metal was returned. Singer Andy Atkins walked the stage screaming with a red-faced pallete taking the space as his own for the evening belting out 7 years of old and new tunes that could easily be used for any respectable underground fight club.  The crowd used what they had left creating an all out adrenaline bomb set to go off at Atkins calculated repeated command. The forces of human nature re-opened the pit with toxic human windmills and an old school circular tornado style pattern. They slowly slowed it down to 110 MPH so the kids could regroup. Near the end Atkins said that it was time to give up the ‘rockstar’ life and become mere mortals again getting real job s and spend cherished time with friends and family. Through all the hardships and annoyances of the road the fans made every negative worth it, thanks for listening. He also advised for any of the musically motivated to form a band, play one show and quit.

Atkins roared out a band ending bucket list of favorite tunes including ‘The Life’ the video of which was filmed during their last stop at The Attic. Shiver that has a very moving religious parody video on Youtube, Malevolence giving a how to guide for rock stardom and riches beyond imagination. Along with nine other loud face pounders hitting you like a fist wrapped in granite headache. Two bands, two breakups, one tour and a final tear down the wall curtain call.

Note: originally published at citizenusa.net

 

Jazz Spotlight: Dayton Art Institute + Upcoming Local Jazz Aug 29 – Sept 11

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Happy August 29th; the great jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker was born on this day in 1920.

What is the Dayton Art Institute?

Founded in 1919, The Dayton Art Institute is one of the country’s premier fine arts museums and a major asset to our fair city. In addition to exhibiting outstanding special exhibitions and impressive collections of art from throughout the world, the museum is renowned for education programming that includes an array of offerings for diverse audiences.

The Dayton Art Institute also hosts concerts, family and youth programs, classes, social events and more. Of most interest to local jazz fans is the Vectren Jazz & Beyond series, upcoming on September 6 they will present the Rob Dixon Quartet. The local Dayton Public School radio station, WDPC 89.5-FM provides their disc jockeys, on a rotating basis to help MC these events.

Vectren Jazz & Beyond showcases some of the best and brightest local and regional jazz performers … and more! Performances take place on the first Thursdays of March – June and August – November (no performance in July). All performances are 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. in the intimate setting of the museum’s Shaw Gothic Cloister.  Admission is FREE for museum members and $8 for non-members. Cash Bar is available for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets may be purchased at the museum the night of the performance.

Jazz Calendar

Here are some (not all) of the upcoming jazz events for the next couple of weeks:

Tonight Wednesday, August 29 – JD Allen is doing a Creative Workshop at the Thompson House in Cincinnati and Ron Hartwell presents the Tuxedo Junction Big Band at the Dayton Event Connection.
Thursday August 30 – the last big band night at Riverscape MetroPark this season will feature the Kim Kelly Orchestra in Dayton and the Mike Wade Septet featuring Steve Wilson closes the series at Seasongood Pavilion at Eden Park in Cincinnati.
Friday August 31 – the Faux Frenchmen are at the Blue Wisp in Cincinnati and you can catch the Shawn Stanley Trio at Carvers Steaks & Chops in Centerville.
Saturday September 1 – Noah Wotherspoon will be at Gilly’s and the Gem City Music Festival is at Welcome Stadium, both in Dayton.
Sunday September 2 – Cornelius North 2UNES Woodall is at Gilly’s and Jazz Central’s Jazz Jam continues, both in Dayton.
Monday September 3 – a Jazz Jam, hosted by Sandy Suskind, is at the Blue Wisp in Cincinnati and the John Taylor Trio is at the Brio Tuscan Grille in Beavercreek.
Tuesday September 4 – the Tony Monaco Trio is at the Rumba Café and the great jazz jam at the Park Street Tavern continues, both in Columbus.
Wednesday September 5 – Ricky Nye & Bekah Williams are at the Main Strasse Village in Covington, KY and Dave Greer’s Classic Jazz Stompers is at Neil’s Heritage House in Dayton.
Thursday September 6 – the Dayton Art Institute Vectren Jazz & Beyond series presents the Rob Dixon Quartet from Indianapolis and the Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars is at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights.
Friday September 7 – Doc Broadnax and the Thompson House in Newport presents the Mark Lomax Trio in Newport, Ky, Dwight Lenox Trio is at the Worthington Inn in Worthington, OH and the Pete Mills Quartet plays the Blue Wisp in Cincinnati.
Saturday September 8 – John Legend will be performing at the Downtown Dayton Revival Budweiser Stage and The Giant Steps performs on the Downtown Dayton Revival Monster Stage, both in Dayton.
Sunday September 9 – a Nancy James Tribute to Rosemary Clooney takes place at the Gallagher Student Center Theater, Xavier University in Cincinnati and Train takes to the Downtown Dayton Revival Budweiser Stage.
Monday September 10 – Mark Flugge, Derek Dicenzo & Jimmy Castoe perform at Due Amici and Tia Roseboro & Vernon Hairston is at the Old Bag of Nails, both in Columbus.
Tuesday September 11 – Cyrille Aimee & Diego Figueiredo will be at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights and the Moss & the Society Jazz Orchestra is at Schwartz’s Point in Over-The-Rhine in Cincinnati.
More info and jazz listings can be found at JazzAdvocate.com

Dayton Music Fest Announces 2012 Lineup

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We’re a little over a month away from one of my favorite local events: Dayton Music Fest (October 5th and 6th).  Yesterday the organizers announced a really exciting lineup that includes the addition of a stage at the Midwest Outdoor Experience (formerly Gearfest), two appearances from Southeast Engine and a live performance from Captain of Industry who we haven’t seen perform live since their series of reunion shows in 2011.  Of course with a great lineup, comes some tough choices.  Here’s the full lineup so you start mapping out your weekend.

Note:  Each venue links to the listing on Dayton Most Metro’s events calendar where you can hear samples of most of the bands performing in that particular place.

Southeast Engine

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 

OMEGA MUSIC
5- Goodbye
6-The 1984 Draft
7- Shrug
8- Southeast Engine

CANAL STREET TAVERN
9- Grendaes?!
10- Roley Yuma
11- Vanity Theft
12- Astro Fang

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6

Me & Mountains

MIDWEST OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE (at Eastwood MetroPark)

NOON- Starving in the Belly of the Whale
1- Duke of Owls
2- Tim Pritchard & the Boxcar Suite
3- BJSR

SOUTH PARK TAVERN
5- Al Holbrook
6- City of Kings
7- Sleep Fleet

TROLLEY STOP
9- Stillwater River Band
10-The Turkish Delights
11-Me & Mountains
12- Ruckus Roboticus

TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION
9:30- Feathered Serpent
10:30- Abertooth Lincoln
11:30- Grand Mammoth
12:30- Dumbell

Gretta Smack of the Dirty Socialites

BLIND BOB’S
9- Shut Up
10- Robthebank
11- Motel Beds
12- Captain of Industry

OREGON EXPRESS
9:30- Bonneville
10:30- Electric Banana
11:30- Dirty Socialites
12:30- Jasper the Colossal

CANAL STREET TAVERN
9:30- Amnesia
10:30- Good English
11:30- Frontier Folk Nebraska
12:30- Southeast Engine

In Memory of Jeremy Frederick (1972-2012)

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Jeremy Frederick 1972-2012

On August 16th, the Dayton music community lost a friend, a fellow musician and a fan with the passing of Jeremy Frederick who performed with Sunken Giraffe, Tribal Nation, Cigarhead, Lazy, Dirty Walk, Let’s Crash, and Human Reunion.  Tonight at Blind Bob’s, friends and family will celebrate his life from 6 to 10pm, and late that night the Motel Beds and Astro Fang will continue the tribute as part of Blind Bob’s 4th anniversary.

I can’t recall the first time I met Jeremy because for as long as I can remember going to shows in Dayton, he’s been there – either onstage or in front of it dancing and voicing his support for whoever was performing. As a musician Jeremy helped create songs that were both incredibly ahead of their time and yet very accessible (when I helped my mom set up iTunes on her iPad two Christmases ago, Human Reunion’s Arc de Square was one of the albums we transferred from her computer). As a fan, Jeremy was a source of unbridled, infectious enthusiasm. He was never shy with his praise for the bands he enjoyed and would always be quick to tell me who would sound great as a guest on Kaleidoscope. When it came time for Human Reunion’s performance on Kaleidoscope, I wondered how their big yet intricate sound would do in WYSO’s then-tiny studios, but listening back to that performance over the past week, it sounded great. What’s stuck with me most about that interview was just how proud Jeremy was of Arc de Square. You could hear it in his voice.

Although music was the context in which I knew Jeremy best, there was much more to him than that. I’ve invited a few friends and bandmates to share their memories below, and I invite you to do the same in the comments.

Jeremy with Santa at HoliDayton 2007

Gladgirl Shelly

The last time I saw Jeremy Frederick was about 2 weeks ago. He was crossing Wyoming at Brown and I was at the stop light. I honked my horn at him and without missing a beat he turned around, raised his big goofy hand in the air and at the top of his lungs sang “HEYHEY GLAAAADGIRL!” and blew me a kiss. I cannot get that image out of my head today.

Dave Doughman (Swearing at Motorists)

For many, you were more than a friend, you were family. Like the crazy cousin that you could never see enough of, telling the best jokes at the worst times, and the worst jokes at the best times. Somehow, your timing was perfect. Sure, you were a pain in the ass at times, but we know it’s only because your ass was in pain. You were the unlikely glue that held our sanity together during the worst moments. You lived life to the fullest, and we are lucky to have known you. You made us laugh, you made us dance, and our memories of you will give us many smiles for years to come.

Thanks for everything J. Ferrari

Mariah Gahagan

A couple months ago, I was having a bad night at Sidebar. I stepped out for a smoke, and Jeremy appeared.  He gave me a big hug,and told me of his dreams, in vivid detail. Then he did a little soft shoe shuffle, and completely changed my mood. He was always good for that.

Jeremy performing with Human Reunion in 2012

Jay Madewell

Jeremy sang, played guitar, synthesizers & wrote songs but was also a drummer & played bass in Dirty Walk. He really could do it all & was in consistently great bands. He was one of the world’s best storytellers, but I never understood his constant need to embellish; the truth was plenty interesting on its own- I think that’s why we always forgave him. Violently clumsy. Spilled beer more beer than he drank. He was the guy that you had to get a beer for on the way to getting him beer.

The best thing is this; when I now think of Jeremy- I think of at least 40 other people. People that I may’ve never met otherwise. In his prime- he made you feel important, like you were joining a club by simply knowing him, “all admitted”.

Tim Krug (Human Reunion, Oh Condor)

I can’t remember if it was 2005 or 2006, but I think it was Halloween weekend, and someone had organized a Misfits tribute show or something comparable at Elbos over on Jefferson. A bunch of different guys in face paint were taking turns playing Misfits tunes, rotating out members like a cage match of leather vests, devil-locks and dark mayhem. Jeremy decided that what this particular night really needed was some stand-up comedy. You know, to round out the entertainment. I don’t know how, but he convinced someone that if he could run up between songs and do a few jokes, it’d be win-win for everyone. I felt like this was going to end beyond terribly, and I was already secretly plotting out an escape route.

Jeremy at Human Reunion's last show at Gilly's

Just as the band finished the next song, Jeremy saw his opening, jumped up on stage, and grabbed a microphone. He told some jokes I can’t quite remember. One about Coretta Scott King and Hostess Ding Dongs and maybe the one about fingering, but I think a lot of his “time” was spent telling people to shut up so he could tell them the jokes.. which was kind of the joke in itself. The few people that really knew Jeremy and especially those of us privy to his love for Tony Clifton / Andy Kaufman were cracking up in the back. He was making people uncomfortable, and it was kind of great. Everyone else though, including the band, were not as pleased with how this unannounced comedy ambush was going. They started another song, and Jeremy came off-stage with a big grin on his face.

This happened a few more times between songs, each time the band and the crowd getting angrier and booing him offstage quicker until I was asking Jeremy to let it rest for the night; that maybe we should just move on to another bar or go spend some time on the patio at least. He seemed to be almost agreeing with me when suddenly his eyes lit up and he was off again. The whole room had turned against him, and he was absolutely determined to win them back over.

As the next song ended, he quickly grabbed up this white wooden corn-hole game, and ran up to the stage. People were already booing. The singer was on the mic explaining in no uncertain (and quite vulgar) terms that there was no way this was happening again. He wasn’t going to have any more of this decidedly not funny “comedian” taking up his valuable set time, but it was too late. Mid-protest Jeremy was already there next to him, holding the corn hole game in front of him with his face showing through the hole at the top and yelling out to the crowd “REMEMBER KIDS, DON’T FORGET TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH!”

He’d found the nerve and struck gold. Everyone was back on his team, laughing, and he came lumbering back down to the bar triumphant. Class Clown at any cost.

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Music Video Monday: August 20, 2012

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Nightbeast has been writing and performing for about 10 years, but earlier this year he teamed up with a band to give his already awesome live shows an extra punch.  Nightbeast also released an EP earlier this month called You’re Welcome, which is available on iTunes.  The video below made its debut during the release party for You’re Welcome, and word has it that a follow up video is already in the works.  You can catch Nightbeast at the 90s Reloaded show on August 31st at Canal Street Tavern.

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Dayton Gives Back-Sidebar Benefit Show

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When you walk around the Oregon District, you take in some of the great places that people frequently visit.  You have Omega Music and The Record Gallery for all of your music needs.  If you are looking for an establishment to have dinner at, Thai 9 has become one of the premiere places to partake in.  If you are looking for a night involving drinks, you certainly have your fill of the many options, with Lucky’s to Trolley Stop to Oregon Express and more.

The former Sidebar (photo by Tommy Johnson)

One establishment that you couldn’t help and check out when you were in the Oregon District was the sophisticated and trendy Sidebar.  The lounge was very distinctive as opposed to other nearby bars with their exposed steel beams, old brick walls and hardwood pine floors that creak with every step.  Sidebar’s sleek layout with a very stylish vibe gave the bar its own staple in the area.

Sadly, the crowds that flocked to the business each and every night will no longer be coming.  The dim lighting that gave the bar an intimate vibe will no longer be turned on.  The building that gave the neighborhood a suave, New York/Chicago vibe will become a building that will sit empty, collecting a colony of dust in the inside.

On July 30th, Sidebar owner Brian Higgins decided to close the doors of the bar for good after unpaid rent and taxes.  Employees were not only told about the closing, but they also weren’t paid for weeks.  If they received a paycheck, former employees would only see that check bounce.  The men and women who gave their life to the bar, who sacrificed everything, now were left with nothing.

With the people of the now-obsolete hotspot becoming a thing in the past, and the folks of the Sidebar now having to find jobs, they still needed to figure out how they were going to make ends meet in their everyday life.  With rent, utilities, insurance, children, and other things piling up, times are sadly going to be tough till they can get on their feet.  In spite of all this, light streaked through the clouds.

Bob and Lisa Mendenhall, owners of the Oregon District’s popular watering hole Blind Bob’s hosted a benefit concert for the former employees of Sidebar that took place on August 7th.  Also that night, a raffle took place of prizes that were donated from companies located throughout the Dayton area.  Some of the prizes were a certificate for a $50 payment to any utility company, pieces of art from local talent, t-shirts, 2 bottles of Grateful Dead vino, ton of CDs, steel tipped darts and a schnapps branded dartboard just name a few.

M Ross Perkins onstage at Blind Bob's (photo by Tommy Johnson)

The turnout was simply astonishing.  The weeks leading up to the event, people went to  the Facebook event page to not only voice their frustrations about the undoing of the establishment, but also show support.  The closer the event came closer, the number of people going increased.  As the night of the benefit show went on, Blind Bob’s became jam-packed.

The live music from all the bands was filled with a little bit of everything.  The first band that came out to perform was Orange Willard.  The five member band that is known for the grunge/prog rock sound stripped down and performed acoustic.  The set was raw, intense, and emotional.  M. Ross Perkins sang songs of businesses corruption and being hurt by phony people.  Roley Yuma changed the pace of the show with their brass, unapologetic set of punk blaring thru the bar.  Me & Mountains finished the show with their smooth indie rock sounds, giving the crowd a little bit of everything.

The night raised over $3300, giving some of the former employees of Sidebar a little help.  The night also raised awareness of  the depth of love that Dayton residents have for one another.  Strangers coming together at a moment’s notice to help others in the time of need.  Giving back to others who they have never met.  It didn’t matter.  The former employees of Sidebar will always remember this generosity.

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Editor’s Note: video footage courtesy of the great Gem City Diamond YouTube channel.  We’ll be featuring more of their videos in the coming months here on Dayton Most Metro.

Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival Band Spotlight – Volume 2: Werking Hard On The Duck Farm

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Catch The Werks At The Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival

Music. It has always been with us. It has been our healer, our voice, our stories as well as our histories. It has been an invitation to dance, a call of the community spirit and a spark to inflame one’s temperament. The ambiguous moniker of “jam band,” while conjuring up images of searing light shows, the untroubled writhing of bodies and feverishly hypnotic rhythms held together by intensely introspective melodies, it is also a signal for a shamanistic release. In the final analysis, it is an uncompromising unity of spirit that not only surpasses, but supersedes and envelopes the music itself.

The Werks, a Dayton original if there ever was one, have found themselves in possession of the perfect potion to create the perfect storm of music, ambience and spectacle that has skyrocketed them into the pantheon of progressive musical groups. Formed in 2007 by Dave Bartoletti, Rob Chafin, Chris Houser and Chuck Love the group has run through various permutations, ending up with their current line-up of Chris Houser (guitar and vocals), Dino Dimitrouleas (bass and vocals), Norman Dimitrouleas (keyboards and vocals) and Rob Chafin (drums, vocals, samples and percussion). Through their melding of various styles of rock, funk, psychedelia, jamtronica and other musical elements, The Werks has created what they have coined “psychedelic dance rock.”

Recently, I was able to speak with  Rob Chafin, the band’s drummer, to ask him about the band’s role in the upcoming Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival, how they have dealt with the band’s dramatic rise in popularity as well as the role the fans play in creating an exceptional show.

DMM: With the audience being just as much part of the show as the band, do you feel that it more about a communal event rather than just being about the band?

Rob: Oh, absolutely! We feel that the audience and that connection that we have between the audience and ourselves is great. We feed off the energy that they throw at us and the more people that are getting into it, the harder we play. It’s a cycle. That’s what makes the improvisation at our shows so unique every time. The crowds and the energy of the room has a lot to do with that.

DMM: Do you think that the audience being a very active member in the band keeps everyone’s egos in check?

Rob: Yes. We’re all very humble guys and we’re all really down to earth. We like to talk to everyone after the show, just to say hi and to thank everyone for supporting us.

DMM: I don’t know if you can speak for the band on this, but what would one of your ‘dream collaborations’ be for a jam session?

Rob: Ones that have already happened?

DMM: No. One that you would love to have happen. It can even be one that you know could never really happen.

Rob: Is this with living musicians today?

DMM: Yeah…well, hell…let’s throw in the dead ones too.

Rob: (Laughs) Well, that would be broadening the list quite a bit. I think I’ll stick with the live ones. I think it would be pretty cliché to say Phish. I’d really love to jam with David Grohl.

DMM: Now that was more of a personal one, right?

Rob: Yeah, definitely. Oh, it would also be great to jam with Santana.

DMM: What do you think is one of the more oddball covers that you guys have done?

Rob: The Power Ranger’s theme song.

DMM: That would be cool! I’d actually like a recording of that.

Rob: Trust me…no you don’t (laughing). We like to have fun onstage and for everyone to have a good time, so sometimes we’ll throw in something weird. We do a version of Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine, so that’s kind of an oddball cover for us. We’re kind of all over the place, so you never really know what to expect.

DMM: Aside from the musical aspects of the band, are there other elements that you guys want to incorporate into the live performances that you haven’t gotten to yet?

Rob: I’d like to get even crazier with the lights. That’s my goal: to get the light to where we’re even wearing LED suits. It would be fun. We feel that the visual aspect is very important to the show as well. When you go to a concert, you’re not just listening to a CD, but you’re going to see a show. Sometimes, you have to rely a lot on the showmanship and the visual aspect of the show just as much as the music, but we have been very successful because of that. There is something to be said for that, that’s for sure.

DMM: With the Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival, are you guys going to be able to do a full set or is it going to be shortened?

Rob: Oh, it’s definitely going to be a shortened version of our usual shows. In a perfect situation, we would try and go for two or three sets, but I think that we are only going to be playing for an hour or an hour and fifteen minutes. It will be a quick little taste of what we do, as it is with any festival.

DMM: Is the band being recognized more readily outside of Dayton?

Rob: Dayton is definitely our home base, as is Columbus for me. I guess Columbus would be our biggest draw as of right now, but Dayton is where everyone else in the band is from, so there will always be strong roots in Dayton. Ohio in general is just great for us.

DMM: Now, you guys shot up in popularity incredibly quick. Are you all taking it in stride or are you still standing around trying to make heads or tails of it?

Rob: Everything in your life is relative. Every once in a while, you have to step back and take a look at the big picture. Sometimes, it’s funny. There are things that happen now that, if they had happened two or even three years ago, we would have just absolutely flipped out. Now, it’s like, ‘Oh! Cool!’ We’ve definitely been blessed with a lot of amazing opportunities and have met a ton of wonderful people who have helped us throughout the years.

After getting a “quick little taste” of The Werks at the Downtown Dayton Music Revival, make sure to catch them September 20th through the 22nd at the Werk Out Music And Art Festival being held at the Legend Valley Music Center in Thornville, Ohio. For more details about this and other upcoming acts appearing at the Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival, go to http://www.downtownrevival.com. To learn more about the Werk Out Music And Art Festival, as well as The Werks other upcoming shows, go to http://thewerksmusic.com .

 

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Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Todd the Fox and Daniel Dye and the Miller Road Band to Perform at WYSO Community Concert

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Holy Ghost Tent Revival

On Sunday, August 19th, WYSO 91.3FM will present a free summer concert at RiverScape MetroPark featuring Holy Ghost Tent Revival. Local musicians Todd the Fox and Daniel Dye and the Miller Road band will also perform.

“We’re looking forward to another great gathering of the WYSO community,” says WYSO Music Director Niki Dakota. “It’s a great treat to bring live music to the Miami Valley.”

Hailing from Greensboro, NC, Holy Ghost Tent Revival has built a reputation for highly energetic live performances. The six-piece band blends Dixieland and ragtime inspired folk with rock and roll and a horn section for a memorable sound. Since 2009, Holy Ghost Tent Revival has played 300 live shows a year including several previous stops in the Miami Valley. Their third studio album, Sweat Like the Old Days, will be released later this year.

Todd the Fox and Lisa Bunny (Photo by Frank Coleman Jr.)

Dayton-based singer/songwriter Todd the Fox mixes blues, folk, bluegrass and rock and roll influences to create what he calls “Hyper Delta Blues.” Performing with a resonator guitar and homemade suitcase drum and accompanied by a washboard, Todd the Fox delivers a fun, engaging live show.

Openers Daniel Dye and the Miller Road Band are a Springfield family band made up of front-man Daniel Dye and his nieces and nephews. This all-acoustic group is making a name for itself with a softly powerful Americana sound.

“Bring the whole family as we celebrate WYSO music and its ability to bring us together,” says Dakota.

The concert begins at 6pm. Food will be sold at RiverScape’s Cafe Velo, and craft beer will also be for sale. Families are encouraged to attend and bring chairs or blankets for seating. Free admission is made possible by support from Wagner Subaru, Freund Freeze and Arnold, and the University of Dayton Department of Continuing Education.

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Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival Band Spotlight – Volume I

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On September 8th and 9th, Dayton will be participating in the first annual Downtown Dayton Revival, a festival that will celebrate music of all kinds.  With three stages planned to be set up, people that attend the festival will be enjoying chart-topping entertainers, up and coming talent, along with some artists and bands that have become classics over the years.

Buffalo Killers

Andy Gabbard, Joe Sabaali, Zach Gabbard

One of the bands that will be taking the stage is the boys from Cincinnati, Buffalo Killers.  The trio consist of brothers Andrew (vocalist and guitarist) and Zachary Gabbard (bass guitarist), along with drummer Joseph Sebaali.  In 1999, Zach formed a garage rock band Thee Shams.  The band released four albums before disbanding.  In early 2006, Sebaali joined the brothers to form what the band is today.

Buffalo Killers have released four albums since their inception.  The first self-titled album was released in 2006.  The album was originally set to be a five-song demo that was going to be released independently.  However, the band received a call from Alive Records wanting the band sign with them.  The band agreed, and went to the studio and recorded an additional five songs.  The band quickly developed a following that included The Black Crowes lead singer, Chris Robinson.  Robinson loved the band so much he had the band open up for the The Black Crowes fall tour in 2007.  In 2008, Buffalo Killers released their second album, Let It Ride.  The album was produced by Black Keys guitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach.  3, the band’s third album, was released in 2011.  And just recently, the band released Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.

Buffalo Killers’ undeniable sound is pouring with their influences from the music they grown up listening to-Neil Young, The Grateful Dead, Rolling Stones.  With their garage rock roots still embedded, they also have a Southern psychedelic sound with them.  Without question the minute you start to listen to the band’s music, you instantly become infatuated.

Burnt Sugar

Our second band that will be highlighted helms from the streets of New York.  In 1999, guitarist and writer Greg Tate wanted to start a band and experiment with playing music outside of the boundaries.  Burnt Sugar, as he named the band, started to dig into the libraries of great soul and funk legends Chaka Khan, Nina Simone, George Clinton and the P-funk All Stars, along with jazz musician Miles Davis, and big band great Duke Ellington.  As the band improvises while playing, Tate will direct them by doing conducting them.  The unusual 12 person mash-up themed band has seen over 40 musicians come and play.

Burnt Sugar has over 15 albums out, with their latest in 2011 All Ya Needs That Negrocity.  Each album highlights the bands distinctive sound of soul, jazz, funk, blues, rock, and reggae.  A perfect blend of styles soar through each album.

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Rusted Root

 

90’s music is still widely popular throughout the United States.  Many consider the decade to be the best time for music ever.  One band that is still seeing fans come in hordes for their live shows, and will see their share of fans at the Downtown Revival is the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania band, Rusted Root.

Rusted Root released their first major-label album in 1994, When I Woke.  Now, in the 20th year as a band, the band have released 7 albums and sold over 3 million records worldwide.  In the fall of this year, Rusted Root plans on releasing their new album, tentatively titled Fortunate Freaks.  “Send Me On My Way” has become the band’s most popular song, both commercially and with fans.  Rusted Root’s blend of acoustic and rock, mixed with influences from the many musical styles of the world have given the band a following that many compare them to the likes of the Grateful Dead and Dave Matthews Band.  Having talked to some people that have seen Rusted Root perform live, I have been told that their jam sessions during their live shows is simply poetic.

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 The Cliftones, Robert Randolph and the Family Band

The Cliftones

The Cliftones will be generating some dancing with the crowd at the Downtown Revival.  The 10 piece Cincinnati-based band will be supplying the masses with rich reggae music.  On the band’s website, they declare that ‘the crowd always leaves their show a sweaty mess every time’.   If you are a fan of The Gladiators, The Congos, and of course the best reggae singer possibly of all time-Bob Marley, then you won’t be disappointed with The Cliftones performance.

If Rusted Root, and The Cliftones are not simply enough to satisfy your appetite for soul music, Robert Randolph and the Family Band are going to make sure that changes in a hurry.

Randolph was trained as a pedal steel guitarist in his church at the age of fifteen.  By the age of nineteen, he started to get interested in listening and watching guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan.  The influence of the way Vaughan played gave Randolph the fuel to evolve his way of playing the pedal steel.  The change caused people to take notice quickly.

Randolph and the Family Band started playing together around 2000.  They started like most bands do small venues and local watering holes.  Rapidly, the band started to sell out clubs.  The band has played with great musical talent.  Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews, B.B. King are some of the people who have had the pleasure of performing with the band.

According to Randolph, the group’s sound is inspired by successful 70s funk bands such as Earth, Wind & Fire and Sly & the Family Stone.  The live shows are legendary.  Randolph is known to bust a moves while the band’s go into a jam session.  Crowd involvement is greatly encouraged.  Dayton-you have been put on notice.  You better be ready to get down, and dance the day and night away as the smooth soul and vibrate funk come out of the band during their performance.

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Downtown Revival is without question going to be showcasing a lot of diverse music from all walks of life.  And that is why this is going to be an amazing weekend.  More highlights of the bands performing on the 8th and 9th of September headed your way…

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Jazz Spotlight: JD Allen + Upcoming Local Jazz August 15-28

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Happy August 15th; the great jazz pianist Oscar Peterson was born on this day in 1925.

JD Allen

Jazz Spotlight: Who is JD Allen?

Tenor saxophonist JD Allen who along with Sonny Rollins, was one of four performers nationwide this year to be nominated by the Jazz Journalists Association for Tenor Saxophonist of the Year.  Hailed by The New York Times as “elegant and hard-driving” in his style, JD Allen’s 2011 album “Victory!” (Sunnyside) landed in the top three list of NPR’s Best Jazz of 2011 selections and rave reviews in jazz national media. Climbing the ranks of New York City’s scene in recent years, Allen’s career has seen cultivating engagements in Manhattan’s haven clubs such as Village Vanguard, alongside performers like legendary vocalist Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Lester Bowie, Ron Carter, Jeremy Pelt and Jack DeJohnette.

One of the brightest and most unique voices on sax today, who Bloomberg writes “channels Coltrane”, Allen performs internationally with his sax-bass-drums trio and has a sixth album under his belt in 2012’s “The Matador and the Bull” (Savant). Known for his intense and uncluttered sound on the instrument, JD Allen was the winner of DownBeat magazine’s Critics Poll for “Rising Star” in 2011 for tenor saxophone.

Possessing a thoughtful rigor towards the craft, and having established a recognizable sense of innovation in composition, JD Allen (a native of Detroit) joins with Midwestern friends for a 10pm show this Saturday, August 18th at The De’Lish Cafe, which is located in the heart of downtown Dayton’s Arts District next to the Schuster Center.

Jazz Calendar

Here are some (not all) of the upcoming jazz events for the next couple of weeks:

Tonight Wednesday, August 15 – Dave Greer’s Classic Jazz Stompers is at Neal’s in Dayton. The James Elliott Project Featuring Roger Baccus plays at Zanzibar Brews in Columbus.
Thursday August 16 – big band night with Jack Garrett and the Syndicate Orchestra at Riverscape MetroPark, the Generations Big Band performs at Jazz Central in Dayton. Kenny Phelps Trio w/guest Wycliffe Gordon is at Seasongood Pavilion at Eden Park in Cincinnati.
Friday August 17 – April Aloisio sings at Awakenings Coffee & Wine Bar in Hyde Park, OH Catch the Shawn Stanley Trio at Carvers Steaks & Chops in Centerville.
Saturday August 18 – JD Allen and Friends will be at DeLish Café in Dayton, the Hot Club Of Detroit is at Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis, IN and Ascension performs at The Greenwich in Cincy.
Sunday August 19 – the Blue Wisp offers the Brian Bachelor-Glader Organ Trio in Cincinnati, Phil DeGreg Trio plays Dee Felice in Covington, KY and Jazz Central’s Jazz Jam continues.
Monday August 20 -Tia Roseboro & Vernon Hairston is at the Old Bag Of Nails in Columbus, John Taylor Trio is at the Brio Tuscan Grille in Beavercreek and New West Guitar Group is at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights.
Tuesday August 21 – the Derek DiCenzo Trio is at Local Roots in Powell, OH and Ed Moss & the Society Jazz Orchestra is at Schwartz’s Point in Cincinnati.
Wednesday August 22 – Ricky Nye performs at Chez Nora in Covington, KY, Lizz & Rex Quartet is The Dayton Event Connection and there’s a Jam Session w/ Even Oberla at Ruby Tuesday in Columbus.
Thursday August 23 – Riverscape Metro Parks presents Bob Gray Orchestra and the Samba Jazz Syndicate is at Seasongood Pavilion at Eden Park in Cincinnati.
Friday August 24 – Doc Broadnax and the Thompson House in Newport presents Phil DeGreg and Lisa Biales has a Cd Release party with Ricky Nye at the York St. Café in Newport, Ky.
Saturday August 25– Randy Villars performs a Solo Jazz Piano Concert at Dorothy Lane Market in Springboro, OH and the Reece Lincoln Band plays at Gilly’s in Dayton.
Sunday August 26 – Phil DeGreg Trio performing at Dee Felice in Covington, Ky. and Jazz Central offers its regular Jazz Jam in Dayton.
Monday August 27 – Sandy Suskind continues their long running jazz jam at the Blue Wisp in Cincinnati and Vaughn Wiester’s Famous Jazz Orchestra is at the Clintonville Woman’s Club in Columbus.
Tuesday August 28 – The Buddy Rich Big Band will be at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights and the Park Street Tavern holds their Part St. Tavern Jazz Jam in Columbus.

More info and jazz listings can be found at JazzAdvocate.com

Static X Brings Noise Revolution to McGuffy’s House of Rock

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Editor’s Note:  This review was submitted by local freelance writer Mike Ritchie. 

My Name in Vain

Friday August 10th Mcguffy’s House of Rock continued their long running and respected tradition of bringing the best hardest and heaviest bands to Dayton. 2012’s Noise Revolution Tour headlined by Static X and featuring head-liners in the making Davey Suicide and 9 Electric proved that the Hollywood music scene is still cranking out the future headline making notorious metal legends of tomorrow. Also one of Dayton’s finest up and comers My Name In Vain got to show their chops warming up the crowd for the nights inevitable noise and mayhem.

MNIV emerged from the remnants of other dissolved bands bringing together four individuals that refuse to be pigeonholed playing a diverse infusion of influence and style.  They emerged on stage with a nice disco/techno intro with all lights flashing giving an almost Pink Floyd effect to the stage as if saying ‘yep, this is what your all in for tonight’. Singer Josh ‘Slinky’ Miller has some good metal genetics going, resembling/sounding like a cross pollination of Serj Tankian and Sully Erna. They opened with the epic titled By the Gods followed by the first of two songs that mysteriously bare no name. Poor People the first song they composed and penned as a band calls out peoples desire/obsession with the material/trivial world not appreciating what they have, delivered a slow melodic arena sing along chorus ‘Take me to the river bathhouse, me and my shame and hold me under water watch me float on down the stream’ was a performance highlight. Their commentary stance on social media followed with My 2 Cents carrying a ‘destined for controversy’ chorus (you have to see them live to hear it) which they’ll play at weddings and Bar Mitzvahs and ended with The Breakout.

California’s electronic, industrial grooved 9 Electric (9E) delivered the digital mayhem and dance synergy bringing the energy and notoriety of The Hallowed Sunset Strip with an  excruciating non-stop adrenaline seeping set illuminated by an acid-trip blanket of strobes opening with the frantic fist breaker Crank It Up. They performed with the frenzied endorphin rush of a ticking Time Bomb and were the first to use the white background screen showing schizophrenic/story-line imagery and sing-along lyrics reminding fans of Disturbed’s walls of Mayhemfest. Singer Thunderwood resembling Chris Jericho/Stephen Dorf at a distance brought along all the attitude, bravado and rock-star behavior of The Strip owning the stage, mounting the speakers and hanging off the rafters just being himself making him  ‘Your mothers nightmare, the devils dream’ a good reason why you Hate Me. His vocals are surprisingly/refreshingly clean and clear despite his gruff shovel blacktop in your mouth delivery. Fitting since after they say an earthly farewell until a heavenly reunion to a shattered romance with the Cure/Type O Negative laced Goodbye they unceremoniously punched us square in the mouth with a Bullet Tooth. Then make all the ladies feel Filthy inside and all the guys dirty for liking it. With help from Static X’s Ashes on guitar they make sure we could all still Feel This. They finished and Destroy As They Go taking the crowd and making it their own. 9E’s show is a red-eyed fire breathing steel fanged night club/rave come to life.

Davey Suicide

Next up Hollywood’s answer to what would emerge if Rob Zombie, Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth were thrown into a genetic molecule mixer and a nutty professor spliced and mutated the remnants into a concoction of Murderous Dolls and Zombie Mime’s. Taking the bleak depression and anger from NIN, the Hollywood/LA gutter trash lyrical style of GNR and graveyard fashion tips from Rob Zombie and The Cenobites, over half-dead mortuary escapees Davey Suicide looking like they’ve had a good Shout at the Devil were sung on stage by those adorably cute and creepy jump rope playing Elm Street girls as the rusty hinged gates opened and the band invited us into their own private demented playground. Singer Suicides dread locks look styled to kill or at least slice and maim major arteries on contact. Watching Suicide perform gives a memorial glimpse into his own Theater of Pain and future glimpse of what Marilyn Manson’s hell-spawn offspring might look like. Or if you’ve had enough to drink ‘could’ be mistaken as the Predator. Paying homage to the best of 80’s era glam, sleaze and degeneration they launched into a twisted tirade accompanied by creepier more insidious screen imagery reminiscent of Operation Mindcrime.

They got Dayton’s attention with the ‘monstrous’ Unholywood Killafornia. Then, definitely a bad idea if your judging on appearance but they went to Grab A Gun & Hide Your Morals anyway. Believe it or not they’re really nice blokes after you meet them.They throw out their impression/advise on the Kids of America. I’ll let you ponder the wisdom they have to share. A special lady gets a back alley kiss and bitch slap being the Hustler Queen. Next up as Mr.Suicide explains is the sick Sick Suicide of trying to be original, living, breathing, being your art, working hard and earning your success. After One More Night/God Head was cranked out Suicide had one more rant in him ‘politely’ denouncing reality show fame ‘idols’ and those who do relatively nothing to become famous. Satisfied his point was proven they finished with the bloody fist in glass crowd thumper calling card of the anti-hero/do it your own way and screw the establishment nay-sayers war cry Generation F-Star. His childhood idols/influences can easily be seen in the G.F.S Youtube clip.   Davey Suicide might have had a broken upbringing but he’s channeled all the negative B.S. and past baggage into a beautifully beastly warped vision of blunt honesty and realism.

Next up Hollywood’s guitar shredding, chatter box screeching Mad Scientist. Emerging from the darkness Wayne Static and Co. sporting his infamous Bride of Frankenstein hairdo with white striped goatee greeted the screaming banshees ripping into the first tune making the crowd feel like  they’d been electrocuted by barbed wire. Sludging out selections from six records Losing Your Mind, old-school thrills Bled For Days, I’m With Stupid, mid career tunes Just in Case and Skinnyman were met with rabid and by some, drunken approval. The icy blue chilling rays of Cold slowed it down a little and new-school killer Stingwray rounded out with crowd fav’s Push It with a tasty piece of Cannibal. A selection from his Pig Hammer solo release Assassins of Youth was also served. If Matt Hardy had been a rock-star instead of taking bumps and falling off huge ladders for a living he’d of been Wayne Static. Plus having a few lovely scantily clad ladies in leather, lace and twirling glow in the dark rope is a nice touch to any metal show.    

-Mike Ritchie

 

Buffalo Killers Celebrating Dig Sow Love Grow, Looking Ahead to the Fall

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A little over a year ago the Buffalo Killers were celebrating the release of their third full-length album, simply titled “3.” But the three piece band hasn’t let the last 12 months go by quietly. In addition to a steady schedule of touring, the Buffalo Killers spent some time at Candyland Studios in Cincinnati working with engineer Mike Montgomery on what would become their fourth full-length.

Dig Sow Love Grow was released nationally on Tuesday via Alive Records and is available at local record stores and digitally. The Buffalo Killers will celebrate the release locally with a show this Saturday (August 11th) at Canal Street Tavern. Joining them onstage is Goodbye, a new band featuring M Ross Perkins, Ian Kaplan, Nick Eddy and Chris Green.

Following Saturday’s show, the Buffalo Killers will begin touring in the support of the album. Your next local opportunity to see them live will be at the Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival in September. The festival is two days and features 3 stages with over 30 bands including Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Rusted Root, Burnt Sugar and many more. The Buffalo Killers are scheduled to perform on Sunday, September 9th at 4:45pm on the Monster Stage.

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(“Circle Day” – from the Buffalo Killers “3” album)

Jazz Spotlight: Gene Walker + Upcoming Local Jazz – August 1-14

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Three veteran musicians and the owner of an iconic club are among the latest to be recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts as Jazz Masters: Saxophonist Lou Donaldson, pianist-songwriter Mose Allison and Latin jazz bandleader Eddie Palmieri join the owner of New York City’s Village Vanguard, Lorraine Gordon, as the 2012 recipients of the A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy.

Many people in our area may not know who some of the better jazz artists who perform locally on a regular basis.  The following is my attempt to rectify this shortcoming:

Jazz Spotlight: Who is Gene Walker?

Walker, Eugene tenor sax; He got his BME at The Ohio State University. Solo performances have included many notable musicians and entertainers such as Brook Benton, Wilson Picket, Aretha Franklin, Etta Jones, Benny Green, Wild Bill Davis, Bobby Shew, Jimmy Scott, Charles Earland, Lloyd Price, Jimmy Reed, The Isley Brothers, Neil Diamond, Melba Moore, Billy Daniels, Charli Persip, Elvin Jones and Irene Reid.  Jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, studio recording and educator Gene Walker lives in Columbus, Ohio where he currently performs with his own groups, Gene Walker’s Generations and The Cotton Club Orchestra. He began performing and touring in 1958 with such groups as Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, and The Chris Columbo Quintet. In 1965 he toured with the Beatles, playing in Shea Stadium along with King Curtis.

Gene was a member of the faculty of Ohio State University, held three Ohio Arts Council residencies and has taught saxophone yearly in Jamey Aebersolds’ Summer Jazz Clinics since 1998.  He’s toured Italy, England, the Netherlands with the Jimmy McGriff Quartet, playing at the prestigious London Club, Ronnie Scott’s, and in 1997 Gene performed with the Hank Marr Quartet at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland. In addition, he has made a number of distinguished appearances, including at Carnegie Hall and Town Hall, NY; Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London, U.K.; North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Holland; and Umbria Jazz Festival, Italy.  Recently Gene Walker and jazz organist Hank Marr were honored during a ceremony at the Lincoln Theatre Walk of Fame in Columbus. The Lincoln Theatre Walk of Fame honors Columbus natives who have made outstanding contributions in their respective professional careers. You will be able to catch this outstanding jazz saxophonist on Saturday, August 1 when he performs a benefit concert at Jazz Central in Dayton for the Gabriel Foundation.

 Jazz Calendar

Here are some (not all) of the upcoming jazz events for the next couple of weeks:

Wednesday, August 1 – Lizz & Rex Quartet plays their regular gig at The Dayton Event Connection as does Dave Greer’s Classic Jazz Stompers at Neal’s also in Dayton.
Thursday August 2 – is again big band night with Joe Aceto and his Orchestra at Riverscape MetroPark and the Dayton Jazz Orchestra performs at the Dayton Art Institute.

Friday August 3 – Catch the Shawn Stanley Trio at Carvers Steaks & Chops in Centerville and in London, Ohio (not too far away) there’s a Jazz & Rib Fest on Friday and Saturday (Aug 4) details at: https://www.facebook.com/LondonRibandJazzFest

Saturday August 4 – Deron Bell’s Smooth Jazz Band will be at Riverscape MetroPark, JT Fredrick’s Sax Groove will be at Gilly’s in Dayton and can catch Dave Koz with special guest BeBe Winans at the Fraze Pavilion in Kettering.

Sunday August 5 – the Hoo Doo Soul Band plays the Rumba Café in Columbus and Jazz Central’s regular Jazz Jam continues in Dayton.

Monday August 6 -Vaughn Wiester’s Famous Jazz Orchestra is at the Clintonville Woman’s Club in Columbus and the John Taylor Trio is at the Brio Tuscan Grille in Beavercreek.

Tuesday August 7 – the Part St. Tavern has a Jazz Jam and Tony Monaco Trio is at the Rumba Café in Columbus and Ed Moss & the Society Jazz Orchestra is at Schwartz’s Point in Cincinnati.

Wednesday August 8 – Blue Wisp Big Band performs at the Blue Wisp in Cincinnati, Rich Lopez is at Rigsby’s in Columbus and Dave Greer’s Classic Jazz Stompers holds fort at Neil’s Heritage House in Dayton.

Thursday August 9 – Riverscape Metro Parks presents Pam Noah and Her Big Band and the Retrospect Jazz Quartet featuring Elisabeth Hayse is at Jazz Central in Dayton.

Friday August 10 – Doc Broadnax and the Thompson House in Newport presents Ralph Peterson Fo’tet with Edwin Bayard.

Saturday August 11 – World-class jazz saxophonist Gene Walker will perform a benefit concert for the Gabriel Foundation at Jazz Central in Dayton and George Benson is at the Fraze in Kettering.

Sunday August 12 – Phil DeGreg Trio performing at Dee Felice in Covington, Ky. and Jazz Central offers its regular Jazz Jam in Dayton.

Monday August 13 – Sandy Suskind continues their long running jazz jam at the Blue Wisp in Cincinnati and Vaughn Wiester’s Famous Jazz Orchestra is at the Clintonville Woman’s Club in Columbus.

Tuesday August 14 – Derek DiCenzo Trio plays at Local Roots in Powell, OH

More info and jazz listings can be found at JazzAdvocate.com

A Summer Groove: Jah Soul and Soul Rebels to perform at South Park Tavern

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If you haven’t experienced Jah Soul’s live show, then you owe it to yourself to visit South Park Tavern on Friday night for an evening of great summer jams.  The eight members of Jah Soul create a family vibe onstage that’s easily translated to their audience.  They combine classic Dayton funk with reggae , soul and even a little disco for a sound that’s super catchy and highly danceable.

Joining them onstage is Soul Rebels, a 5 piece reggae band that mixes lots of jam influences.  The result is a nice groove with a highly positive message.

As with most shows at South Park Tavern, this one is all-ages, and these two bands will make for a good listening experience for music fans of all ages.  The music starts at 9:30pm.

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