St. Louis, Davenport, and Chicago

This weekend (Feb. 1st through 3rd) takes us down to St. Louis for a show at Wash U (private / for students), then to the Red Stone Room once again in Davenport, Iowa, and back on Saturday for our “First Beat” show at the Kinetic Playground.  The last show at Kinetic drew one of the funnest crowds there for us so far.  We start at around 1:30 AM.  Kinetic Playground is across the street from the Aragon Ballroom on Lawrence, near Green Mill and the Riviera.

The Red and Black: “Chicago Afro-beat Project set to perform funk, jazz in Athens”

This article originally appeared in “The Red and Black.”

For a type of music that originated in Nigeria, Africa, Afro-beat has come a long way to have reached the Chicago, Ill., area. Now the jive is heading south, as the Chicago Afrobeat Project comes back to Athens’ own Georgia Theatre.

Drummer Marshall Greenhouse said the tour would start in Athens due to the good experience they had playing here last summer.

So we made it to California…

We made it back from a highly encouraging California tour.  Our first time there was a total blast.  After driving nearly 40 straight hours to San Diego via the “Route 66” way, we met up with Particle for a show in Solana Beach.  The following night’s show in LA was off the hook with Rhythm and Roots All Stars opening up.  Several members of that band were acquaintances from Colorado days for a few of us, so there was a strange “small world” vibe to it, not to mention that the crowd was off the hook.  San Francisco was equally good with an old friend Jason Thor sitting in on trombone, normally seen with Brian Setzer Orchestra–a serious west coast hitter who’s recorded with Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder.  We spent NYE in San Fran at a small bar called the Fishbowl.  Angelo got lost and ended up at IHOP, Garick was knocked over by drunk females (accidentally),  and we all got…well….drunk as all hell.   If we can avoid blowing up another diesel engine, we’ll be sure to try that run again sometime.  Word up to Shamrock Texas, and a nod to Clay and the boys.  We’ll be taking donations for a new diesel engine at all our shows for the next 2 years.  Don’t forget the late night Kinetic Playground series back in effect in January (first Saturday, the 6th), and February with special guests in the works….