Saturday
8:30-11:00: WEEN
6:30-8:00: SOR All-Stars w/Skunk Baxter
4:30-6:00: The Benevento/Russo Duo
3:00-4:00: Stinking Lizaveta
1:30-2:30: The Mike Keneally Trio
12:00-1:00: Local Branch Upgrade (?)
11:00-11:45: PGSORM Shred Contest Rd 1
Sunday
8:30-10:00: Bad Brains
6:30-8:00: SOR All-Stars w/Vernon Reid
5:00-6:00: The Bouncing Souls
3:30-4:30: The Adrian Belew Trio
2:00-3:00: Dandelion
1:00-1:45: Rudy and Blitz
12:00-12:45: McRad
11:00-11:45: PGSROM Shred Contest Finals
So yeah, there's supposed to be a big press release with this but someone from the Ween forum board just gave me a heads up that the news is officially "reportable" because the announcement and poster was made in their forum by Ween's manager...so...here's the deal.
Originally, the Saturday line-up was the Sunday line-up and The Adrian Belew Power Trio was playing with Benevento/Russo, Mike Keneally, and Ween as the headliner. Which worked well for Eric Slick, drummer, as he is also drummer for the Mike Keneally Trio, which features Bryan Beller on bass. But then the Bad Brains were added as a headliner and they could only do Sunday, so the line-ups were switched.
Problem was, the Adrian Belew Trio had already worked a short east coast mini-tour around the SOR Fest, and are playing at the Sellersville Theater on Saturday night. So the trio decided to stick with the Sunday schedule and yep, play on the same bill as McRad (and to make this a little more incestual, Julie occasionally sits in on bass with them and whether she will at the festival is still up in the air but she'd do it in a heartbeat if asked) and Bad Brains.
But let me tell you what this means for the Slick family. Eric still wants to play with Mike Keneally and Bryan Beller on Saturday.
So. Here's what we must now do to make all of this work. The Belew trio's first night of shows on this tour is Friday, June 22 at Rams Head Live in Anapolis, Maryland. We'll be at that show and then take Eric home with us and head out to Asbury Park early Saturday morning so that he can play with Keneally. Then, when he's done, we will then drive 100 miles to the Sellersville Theater where he will do a show with Adrian that night. As if that's not enough, he will return to Asbury Park Sunday morning, because he's doing a side stage gig there with Dave Dreiwitz of Ween in the band Crescent Moon, followed by his gig with Adrian. While Eric is playing with Crescent Moon, Julie may very well be on another stage playing with McRad...but again...McRad does have a regular bassist so that part of the deal may be moot.
Still with me? After Eric and possibly Julie get done their side stage gigs, they play 2 hours with Adrian, then head to BB Kings in New York City for a show there with the Belew Trio on Monday night.
I figure we're going to log about 500 miles on our car that weekend, but who cares?
MUSIC IS THE BEST!!!!!!
(Regarding the above posted line-ups: The bands are obviously listed in reverse time order. I'm still giggling over someone at the Ween forum board thinking Ween is playing at 8:30 A.M. Errr...no.)
Alas, we will not be accompanying the Belew Trio to Japan. We have a beach house and will go there for two weeks and most likely stare catatonically at the walls for a couple of days before we can decompress.
P.S. I do believe that those of you lucky enough to attend will be treated to an Adrian Belew/Vernon Reid jam...and how freaking funny, someone on Adrian's blog just asked him in the comments section if they are friends...I mean, they asked him a couple of days ago before anyone knew about this show, which is way freaky.
Later,
xo
Just dropping by to say hello. I was cleaning out my blogroll and deleting any non-working or non-interesting links.....Thanks for making the web a more entertaining place!
ReplyDeleteTake care,
CJ
Where are they playing?? :-D
ReplyDeleteYou did confuse me on one point: where might Vernon Reid jam with Adrian, was that in Japan or one of the local gigs you listed (sellerville, asbury, bbkings). First there was not enough of the Power Trio, and now too much!! Oh, where to go and see them??? Help me Robin, Im soooo indecisive!!
Hi, CJ, how've you been?
ReplyDeleteOnly I could get a visitor from the Rotting Dead...
xo
Pete! You're asking me to help make a decision? Don't you know how difficult that is for a co-dependent? Ha! Anyway, Adrian will jam with Vernon Reid and the SOR kids on Sunday, June 24 in Asbury Park. If you read my blog post, how would you like to be me that weekend? I'm going to be driving around like a maniac.
Here's what I think. The most sedate and "grown-up" of the shows will probably be Sellersville Theater because it's a beautiful venue and where the California Guitar Trio, etc. plays when they are in town.
But the SOR Fest...man, how can you beat that? For a weekend pass to all that awesome music, it's only $60.00. To go Saturday, it's $35.00; to go Sunday, it's $30.00. If you go Saturday, you will be treated to Mike Keneally, Bryan Beller, and Eric Slick. If you go Sunday, you will be treated to the Belew Trio, Eric in Crescent Moon with Dave, and possibly Julie with McRad. Now of course you can always do what insane I am doing...pay the $60 for the weekend; go see Eric with Keneally on Saturday and definitely hang around for Benevento/Russo, etc., then drive the hour and a half to Sellersville that night to see the trio...or, stay in Asbury Park and see Ween (killer) and the Bustle after party, which is AMAZING. BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT...YOU STILL HAVE TO COME TO ASBURY ON SUNDAY, JUNE 24.
Got it?
Oy. I'm exhausted. And I have to go to Houston for five days tomorrow. Five hour flight, and terrible storms tomorrow in Texas.
Woo hoo.
I fell for that, too. I was thinking, Bad Brains with a danish for breakfast?
ReplyDeleteYeah! But the crazy time won't be the driving... oh no. It will be all that fantastic music! What a great treat for you and Gary. The festival sounds incredible. MUSIC IS THE BEST!
ReplyDeleteI logged over 1000 driving miles last weekend with NO music at the end of the tunnel. But I did drop off the toddler, so now I get my sanity back, if that's possible.