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Solarallergy
''Solarallergy'' is a jazz and rock instrumental album by Black Frames. Black Frames is a collaborative project by Skerik, Mike Dillon (musician), Mike Dillon, Earl Harvin and Brad Houser from 2002. The album was accompanied by a national tour. Between the musicians are long-time associations: Dillon and Harvin from Ten Hands (band), Ten Hands and Billy Goat (band), Billy Goat; Skerik, Houser and Dillon from Critters Buggin. Though Dillon and Harvin are primarily percussionists, for ''Solarallergy'' all members are credited for percussion. Each musician is also credited for composition. Personnel *Skerik - tenor saxophone, marimba, fancy sax *Mike Dillon (musician), Mike Dillon - vibes, marimba, tabla, percussion *Earl Harvin - drums, vibes, marimba, guitar *Brad Houser - bass, sentir, timpani Tracks #25 Billion Stars Per Human (Dillon, Harvin) #French Farse (Harvin) #Hafta (Dillon) #Sonic Vapor (Skerik, Houser) #Mallet Cut (Dillon) #Turbulance (Dillon) #White Envelopes (Harvin) #G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Harvin
Earl Harvin is an American drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany. Harvin studied at the University of North Texas College of MusicSpecial Interview , ''TAMA drums'', copyright 2006 where he was a member of the One O'Clock Lab Band for one year, beginning 1989. Throughout most of the 1990s, he led the jazz band Earl Harvin Trio (including Fred Hamilton and Dave Palmer (American keyboardist), Dave Palmer) and led the rock band rubberbullet (band), rubberbullet. Earl Harvin Trio won the ''Dallas Observer'' category of "Jazz" in 2003. Harvin also performed or recorded with various Texas-based artists including James Clay (musician), James Clay, Chao (band), Chao, Ten Hands (band), Ten Hands an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skerik
Skerik is an American saxophonist from Seattle, Washington. Performing on the tenor and baritone saxophone, often with electronics and loops, he is a pioneer in a playing style that has been called saxophonics. He is a founding member of Critters Buggin, Garage a Trois, Ponga, Tuatara, and Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet. He is also an original member of both Les Claypool's Fancy Band and Frog Brigade. Skerik also worked with grunge band Mad Season. History Skerik began playing saxophone in the fifth grade. His father's love of jazz was an early inspiration. He played saxophone, keyboards and percussion in a rock band called Uncle Jam. He has cited The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd as bands from that time period who brought saxophone into rock music well. In the 1980s he travelled to London, Paris and the South Pacific working day jobs and playing in a variety of bands. His friendship with Leif Totusek introduced him to South African music and Zaire soukous bands in Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Dillon (musician)
Mike Dillon (a.k.a. Mike D) is an American percussionist, vibraphonist, bandleader, and vocalist born in San Antonio, Texas. He is a member of Critters Buggin, Les Claypool's Fancy Band and Garage A Trois. He has performed with many musicians including Ani DiFranco, Galactic, Brave Combo, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Marco Benevento, Claude Coleman Jr., and New Orleans musicians Kevin O'Day, Johnny Vidacovich and James Singleton. Dillon's love of playing percussion was born out of his love for the band Rush as a teenager. He originally performed in the 80's with local Dallas and Denton favorites Ten Hands. At the time, he was a casual drug user. Later when he led the 1990s Dallas-based Billy Goat, he and his girlfriend (who he later married) became heroin addicts who began missing gigs and eventually were "on the verge of death". The band's management sent him to rehab, but he "only lasted three days". In the late 1990s, Billy Goat disbanded and he performed in the Kansas C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Houser
John Bradley Houser (born September 7, 1960) is an American bass guitar, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet player, originally from Dallas, Texas. He was a co-founding member of the New Bohemians, later to become known as Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. He also co-founded Critters Buggin (of Seattle, Washington) with fellow New Bohemian Matt Chamberlain and Skerik. In 2006 he stated, "In Austin I play with the Patrice Pike Band, Steve Wedemeyer, Colin Brooks, Oliver Rajamani, Zydeco Blanco, and The Summer Wardrobe..." In 2008 he could be seen playing with Mingtones (Laura Scarborough) and BoomboxATX in Austin, Texas. BoomboxATX debut ''Feel the Boombox'' was released 2007. Houser is credited on recordings by other Austin-based artists such as Aimee Bobruk (2006), OHN (2005) and Mastica (2002). He rejoined members of Critters Buggin for Black Frames ''Solarallergy'' (2003) and for ''Stampede'' (2005). In 2006 he reunited with Edie Brickell & New Bohemians to release ''Strange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Hands (band)
Ten Hands is a rock band based in Denton, Texas, United States. The band consists of: * J. Paul Slavens (keyboards, lead vocals), *Steve Brand (guitar, backing vocals), *Gary Muller (Chapman stick, backing vocals), * Mike Dillon (percussion, backing vocals), *Alan Emert (drums, backing vocals). Described as a cross between the jazz-rock-art style of Frank Zappa and the psychedelic punk of the Meat Puppets, Ten Hands had a style that was better appreciated live, more so than in the studio. The late 1980s local scene adored them and the ''Dallas Observer ''Dallas Observer'' is a free digital and print publication based in Dallas, Texas. The ''Observer'' publishes daily online coverage of local news, restaurants, music, and arts, as well as longform narrative journalism. A weekly print issue circ ...'' awarded Ten Hands numerous accolades in 1988-1989. The band performed regularly from the mid 1980s through 1995. Since 2014, they have been playing regular shows several times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Goat (band)
Billy Goat was a band playing rock, funk and Latin styles from 1989 to 1997 that frontman Mike Dillon later described as "a funk-punk band in the vein of the Red Hot Chili Peppers". Originating in Denton, Texas, Billy Goat was popular in the Dallas, Texas, Dallas and Austin, Texas, Austin scenes including Deep Ellum and became known for its wild stage antics. One published reason for disbanding was turmoil caused from a tour van crash. Putting music ahead of antics, the band reformed with a new line-up in Kansas City prior to the 1995 release, ''Black and White''.J.J. HensleyPlanet of the Apes ''The Pitch'', August 2000 The more recent project of Dillon, Go-Go Jungle, has ties to Billy Goat's second incarnation including band members Go-Go Ray and J.J. Richards.Mike WarreMike of the Jungle, ''pitch.com'', January 17, 2007 Band members * Mike Dillon (musician), Mike Dillon – percussion, vocals (1989–97) * Kim Pruitt – dance, vocals (1989–97) * Philip Andrew Major AKA "Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critters Buggin
Critters Buggin is a Seattle, Washington-based instrumental group which performs in a jazz, rock and African-influenced, eclectic style. The band is composed of Matt Chamberlain (drums, percussion, piano, programming, synths, loops, samples and digital editing), Skerik (saxophones, keyboards, loops, samples, effects and guitar), Brad Houser (bass, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet and electronics) and Mike Dillon (vibraphone and percussion). Music Critters Buggin defies categorization because of their diverse musical styles. Reviews tend to describe their music as a combination of jazz, rock, funk and electronica. When asked to describe their music in 1994 Chamberlain stated that it is "jazzy, funky, rocky.... it has African rhythms, too." Houser stated it is "African, industrial, tribal music." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JamBase
''JamBase'' is an online database and news portal of live music and festivals with a focus on jam bands. It was founded by Andy Gadiel and Ted Kartzman in 1998. The website primarily acts as a service, providing a public API that concert promoters and venues use to publish concert data to the site. The data is also used by third-party developers for other products. In addition to raw data, the website includes a news section publishing information about concerts in a blog format. , ''JamBase'' ranks as the 4,945th most visited sites in the United States according to Alexa Alexa may refer to: Technology *Amazon Alexa, a virtual assistant developed by Amazon * Alexa Internet, a defunct website ranking and traffic analysis service * Arri Alexa, a digital motion picture camera People *Alexa (name), a given name and ..., and 27,837th globally. , JamBase's public API at http://api.jambase.com was disabled, as well as developer information at http://developer.jambase.com being remov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |