So here's something completely different to ring in the New Year -- Eric Slick, jazz dude.
This is a film by Robert O'Haire, featuring BOB MUSSO and RAOUL BJORKENHEIM on guitar, ELLIOTT LEVIN on sax and flute, KEITH MACKSOUD on bass, and ERIC SLICK on drums at The Bowery Poetry Club on December 17, 2008.
Meanwhile, Eric does rock out around six minutes in...but I love the jazz dude, too.
And here's a link to some cool photos of Eric at that show, too.
The Daily Gazette in New York reviewed over 200 concerts this season and posted a list of their top ten concerts of the year, with said ten being the usual suspects, Wilco, David Byrne, etc. but look who is listed in the dozen or so Honorable Mentions!
Honorable mention
- Neko Case on Jan. 31 at The Egg
- John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett on Feb. 16 at The Egg
- Nellie McKay on March 10 at The Egg
- They Might Be Giants on April 19 at The Egg
- Adrian Belew Power Trio on June 8 at Revolution Hall, Troy
- Cowboy Junkies on July 8 at the Plaza Music Fest in Empire State Plaza
- Robyn Hitchcock on July 10 at WAMC
- Terrance Simien on July 24 at Alive at Five
- Zappa Plays Zappa on Aug. 5 at The Egg
- The American Music Festival on Aug. 17 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center featuring Bob Dylan, Levon Helm, the Swell Season, Conor Oberst. Steve Earle & Allison Moorer, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, and Raul Malo
- Rodney Crowell on Oct. 23 at The Egg
- Richard Thompson on Oct. 24 at The Egg
- Joe Jackson on Oct. 30 at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
- Bela Fleck & the Flecktones on Dec. 9 at The Egg
Yes, we are pretty psyched about that.
Anyway, some of you may have noticed I added a Music Player to this site (scroll down on the right hand side) but you will all be relieved to know that I've disabled automatic play in case you tune in at work and get caught as the dulcet tones of Ween or the Kinks come blasting through your speakers. But I'll be adding to my player all the time and since everyone knows what excellent taste in music I have, feel free to click the play button when no one is around and crank up your speakers...oh yeah, I've also added the shuffle feature so you won't get bored.
Wait - did I just say "crank up your speakers?" Who am I, Wolfman Jack? Oh god, please kill me.
In other news, Julie moved out to her new apartment yesterday and I went into her bedroom today and saw it (mostly) cleaned out; then I walked into Eric's room and saw the same, and I admit it, reality hit hard for the first time and I got teary eyed. Oh well, life goes on. Julie did feel it was her civic duty to wake me out of a sound sleep last evening at midnight to wish me a Happy New Year and at first I was like, "is she nuts?" and then I realized how terrific she was to do that and how lucky I am.
So while Julie settles into her new apartment this month and sets up her studio, Eric will be going on tour with Project Object and there's already a few dates listed in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland with more to come. Then I think in either February or March they begin the first of two sessions with Ade down in Nashville for their first studio recording, "E" before heading out on what it appears to be a two week tour in the midwest. But I'm not sure if it's confined to that area or not...I keep checking Pollstar.
Meanwhile, I just realized I need to take a photo of Julie's new bass. Lakland made her a fretless custom in natural wood. It's so gorgeous it's ridiculous.
Finally, the infamous Jon Swift has his yearly Best Of Blogpost entries over at his place as chosen by the author, and if you want to see what I picked as my favorite In Her Own Write moment of 2008 (could it possibly involve the Adrian Belew Power Trio?), click on Jon's name and have a look.
Well, now that I've totally run out of things to say, let me just mention how happy I am that 2008 is over; it was a pretty difficult/bleak year for Gary and me. Luckily, 2009 is The Year of the Ox. Any year dedicated to the late, great John Entwistle is okay with me, eh?
Later,
xo
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