a trip to burlington vermont:::home
of phish, jazzmandolin project, ben+jerrys
ice cream…etc..a bitterly cold grey day
here in montreal as we leave to drive
to burlington with mauro, bassist with
gsybe, some great discussions about
his band- a kind of post-rock tortoise
9piece including violin, cello, 3 guitars,
2 bass players, and two drummers,,,recently
with new disc on cranky out of chicago produced
by steve albini…can’t wait to hear this!!!!
entrenched in our conversations on traveling
in europe, icelandic touring experiences including
the famous sulphur baths and music scene there:
sigor ros, mum, bjork, etc…and a band from
montreal called goa which harkens back to
early 70’s synth kraut rock (neu,can,etc)…great stuff to sustain the 2 hour journey….the show in
vt…was at the metronome club above nektors
sound expertly handled by our new russian friend
serge:::great thai at the five spice:::a new audience
for us here and a good set::: i’ve been enjoying
our new arrangement of ‘what?’ by 4 hero off of
the supa sista record…guitar synth plays a heavy
roll-string pads, pulse bass + rhodes and middle
eastern reeds all figure heavy into this poem about
the mediocrity of black radio…we flipped this one.
audience def dug our show…met jazzmandolin-ist
jamie mansfield…common connection ari hoenig-who we’ve both played and recorded with…so it
was great to finally meet after hearing so many
great things….it’s def a small world out there.
after our show, checked out burlington clubs…a good evening and introduction to this fine town and
people…looking forward to next time.