John Shafer playing at the Food Not Bombs fundraiser.
Recording session with Suicide Lounge. Clock-wise from bottom-left: Joy Mohler, Robert Paul, Nate Butler, me holding tape
Sunday was the annual Food Not Bombs fundraising party. Opening the show was Mike Glendinning from the East Bay.
After his set, Mike Glendinning (far right) joined us on one of our tunes.
After our set (in which we had a whole pocket-full of new songs–and re-worked a couple ”deep catalogue” Trike Shop numbers), was Frezmorim—yes, the klezmer band we fell in love with at Tokyo Garden back in October.
Our klezmer friends Frezmorim tearing it up at Full Circle Brewery.
Good fun, and good food was had to all. Thanks to Kelly and Tina and all the good folks at Food Not Bombs and Kenny and Joy and all at Full Circle Brewery. As Tom Magill says, “It takes many stones to make an arch.”
Scott gives the benediction as we play on with the theremin.
And then on Sunday, another all afternoon recording session in the legend-in-it’s-own-lunchtime Whispermaphone Studios. Today, my guests were Suicide Lounge. They recorded three tunes for a couple of different compilations. One, the much-looked-forward-to Fresno Covers Fresno project, and the other, a sampling of music from the Rogue Performance Festival. What band expects to record three songs in one afternoon? These folks do. Crazy. But we did it….at least up to the rough-mix stage. They recorded a couple of Fresburgian tunes that have been in their live sets for some time: one of mine (“Your Sad Party Dress”), and one from early 90′s Fresno goth band The Shroud (“Falling Dream”). The third was a tune that Nate had recorded before on a solo album that Suicide Lounge really makes their own. I’ll be listening to, and enjoying these tunes, for a long time to come.
putting the music on tape
Thanks again to Mike Glendinning for coming all the way down to Fresno to play for us!
AND—thanks to David and Linda Hurst for the pictures of the show!