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The Underscore Orkestra !! on tour

tathargrovealchemy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:27:18 GMT

The Underscore Orkestra is going on tour in late July-early August and we're looking for local bands to share shows with. We'll be headed south from portland and going thru CA. If anybody knows of a band of the Balkan, Eastern European, Klezmer, Gypsy Jazz, Swing, Accoustic, Fok variety.....well anything really, let me know. ________willo

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How was Morrocco?

lokifreign — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:07:06 GMT

spill it!

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onyoutube

banjolismo — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:47:32 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCyp5hnA18s

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I'm going to burning man

banjolismo — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:18:52 GMT

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that's right freaks, fairys, & pagan revelers, I'll be in the hood, bribe me with a cold one. Hours of entertainment, I'm easy.
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Sat, July 29, 2006 - 3:38 PM
come by pyronauts and we will firedance to some banjo! See you there.
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Sat, July 29, 2006 - 4:50 PM
how are you set up for sound?
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Sat, July 29, 2006 - 5:04 PM
Come by The Pink Flamingo Lounge and jam with our DJs. Got a cold one waiting.
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Sat, July 29, 2006 - 5:09 PM
I've seen him. He's easy. He's also superb entertainment.
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Sun, July 30, 2006 - 4:04 PM
Sure!!!

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Sun, July 30, 2006 - 5:28 PM
Jub Jub welcome's you we're set up for sound on the Esplanade and ready for you.
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Sun, July 30, 2006 - 5:29 PM
"how are you set up for sound?"

Most of the Pyronauts have two ears that face slightly forwards, and capture sound in the form of vibrations.
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Mon, July 31, 2006 - 2:50 PM
I can play staight accoustic but you may have trouble making out what I'm singing about, however a mic for vocals is my first request, followed by a direct line in for my 1/4" banjo pick-up, if trhat's not too much to ask, then a mic on the bass drum, followed by one for the tamborine would be next in line. otherwise, enclosed areas are best for my accoustic show, as to have some insulation from the random amorphos soundscapes which wander on the desert breeze. amplified sets are preferable, as they tend to be less taxing on the voice, followed by any set with the flowing of free drinks, dinner, party favors, snacks, ect.

next is the co-ordinates, tell me where you are at, so I can make a note of it. I also tend to play sets which cater to the theme If I am able. however, I must confess, I don't jam along with d.j.s too well, I prefer to give them their space & hopefully they will give me mine. unless I move over to percussion, then I jam along with gusto.

so, that's my manifesto.
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Mon, July 31, 2006 - 2:52 PM
fuck yeah! last year!s dust fish party! I talked to lord & I've got the green light to play dust fish stage, details t.b.a.
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Mon, July 31, 2006 - 2:54 PM
Dust Fish???

Where is that?

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Mon, July 31, 2006 - 2:54 PM
You can always stop in at the 7 Sins Lounge 9:00 Plaza & Brave (area) I can provide a cold one for a lil entertainment!
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Mon, July 31, 2006 - 3:20 PM
sweet!
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Mon, July 31, 2006 - 6:40 PM
pyronaughts & hookadome are go!
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Mon, July 31, 2006 - 6:42 PM
center camp variety show friday night hosted by $teven Ra$pa, one man banjo, hobo gobbelins & more!
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Mon, July 31, 2006 - 8:04 PM
You handsome piece of banjo!!
We'll keep the cold drinks a'comin' if you grace our Bluegrass Jam at 2pm on Saturday (actually, all day Saturday is Bluegrass day, so stop by anytime!)
We're enclosed and welcoming, but only acoustic. (one amp and four speakers - not a dj camp fur sure!!)
(other bluegrass musicians invited to jam at 2, as well!)

Iron Rose
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Saturday, 2pm
Bluegrass Jam!
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I would LOVE to come see you on the playa. Do let us know where you think you will be playing/camping, etc.!
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Yesterday, 5:12 PM
hard to say for sure other than center cafe friday night.
all other plans are tentative & my angle is to work for the best offers I can get.
sound systems set up for accoustic/electric music are preferred & treats sweeten the pot.
but past expirience tells me that where ever I end up camping (x-factor) will determine my nearby favorite haunts
(I wheel my gear around on a cart) that is unless I get a ride on an art car/flying saucer,ect.
so far, every one on the list who has made an offer is in concideration but it boils down to where I'm at.
where are you at?
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Yesterday, 5:47 PM
pyronauts
pink flamino
jub jub
7 sins
hooka dome
iron rose
dust fish
diva boot
& possibly some where in the red nose district where I play the carnival tunes & the hideous klown song.
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Yesterday, 9:13 PM
I will have bourbon.
:D

If you see this, you saw me note. You definitely made an impact.
One of the most fun shows I have ever seen.
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Yesterday, 9:15 PM
You're welcome at Broken Staple/Pocket Camp anytime.
You come highly reccommended!
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Today, 1:57 PM
alright! you are on the list.
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MASH 4207th would love to have you... Brave & 3:00
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If you play a banjo PLEASE come to Lustre.....I'll be jonsin for that sound by the end of the week, seriously.
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Today, 2:40 PM
Find our Art Car, Projekt Funway...We'll have a sound system and be making clothes for peeps to model then take with them. A banjo for the runway music would be wonderful!

melsysan.googlepages.com/campinnuendo to view the art car.

cheers, Mel
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this is getting to be quite a list
that art car ride sounds like the shizz-ninny

where is lustre?
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I wanna jam with you 1manbanjo! (hopefully with a mandolin - I'm trying to acquire a crappy one for the desert)
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Today, 3:51 PM
Lustre Village is at 4:30 and Destiny and you'll see an obvious TeePee.

And we all love banjos.
and mandos
and fiddles

OOPS thats right...this is burning man, not Telluride. ;-)

Seriously though, we DO love banjos (but weree def. NOT electronica haters!)
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cool, you're right next to broken staple.
let's jam
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huzzah (and I must warn you - I'm a shitload of fun. Especially musically)
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a shit load?

where are you going to be?
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looking for bands...

Whisky — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:04:35 GMT

for a monthly balkan, gypsy, punk night at amnesia in San Francisco.

anything goes, ability to get down and dirty in the crowd a plus.
pays in cash and good times.

hit me back with a pm

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new album out soon

banjolismo — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:44:00 GMT

I went for a mix of new tunes with updated versions & old hits in the straight up onemanbanjo style, no overdubs involved, performed live & real time.

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cheshire rock opera

banjolismo — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:45:20 GMT

cheshire rock opera

will be hosting 2 meetings next week in oakland from 6-9. if you are interested in learning more about the show and performance with the rock opera, please try to attend. I will be going over the script & music for the show & hopefully will be able to get all the parts filled and/or written in as the case may be.
odins day jan 10th at the owl's roost in west oakland 1527 8th st. between henry & chester.
thors day jan 11th at the panther's lair in east oakland 3057 e 7th st. corner of lancaster.
if you are interested in attending either of these meetings, message me & I will give you the contact info.

Cheshire-rockopera.tribe.net

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pigeon hole

banjolismo — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:04:55 GMT

so, I'm this one man banjo guy....
it's kinda weird, but I've been really passionate about it & I've gotten pretty good in the 3 years I've been playing around the bay area. the thing is, I started getting my shtick together & I thought it was the greatest, or at least had the potential to really rock so I really went for it. I was a one man band who played the banjo. I carved my own style out of sloppy rhythm. my feet do the basics & I sing my heart out. there you have it, the part that gets me though is the tradtion that I have enterd. the banjo has it's connotations & a cultural style which accompanies it. I was never bluegrass, nor am I (though I've been working on my bluegrass medely). singing came the first in my life , along with the allure of rhythm followed later by song craft with the stringed instrument, at first a guitar and then as soon as I obatined one, the banjo. the banjo, the banjo. I've tied my destiny to these five strings. I played it with my nails until the frequency of shows lead to bleeding fingertips & then I made my way into fingerpicks. I sat behind my trashy black drum kit playing the banjo, working out the foot work. the tamborine was a logical choice for me, for it's portability, it posesses a sleek & streamlined quality to my senses. I decided that this was what I was going to do, I grabbed a name, generic though it be, it is self explanitory, I use the number 1 though many prefer the o-n-e, It's pretty much the same to me, & by the way, I would have used my name (sean lee) but it was taken. so, this is how I constructed the pigeon hole, my musical comfort zone, high seat of the monkey band as I have called it in song, mr good foot on the drum, lefty on the tamborine, banjolismo mysterioso & m.c. witchdoctor microphone jazz jam singing lead. an idea I must thank esmerelda strange for. you see, in esmerelda's one woman band, there is a girl who plays the drums, the accordion player & the singer. so, spun the idea into my "bandmates" & that all just part of the structure. I play a funky mix of tunes, a style music I call zig zag blues, banjo funk, souped up old timey tunes, spooky, cooky, gobbelin music, and a patchwork assortment of tunes from all over. My gratitude to the hobo gobbelins & especially dylan mc puke for his hard work and producing the hobo gobbelin song book, a gate way to a legacy songs from the ages. I take them in & transmit my own version. that's where I'm at & you, you are a part of my tribe, you joined this, maybe I asked you or maybe you came here on your own, perhaps to keep up with my activity (if that's the case, you should key in to my myspace page where I keep my active calendar). otherwise, give me some sense of why you are here, what you seek, the nature of your interest or merely a few good words.

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my style

banjolismo — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:34:09 GMT

I play a 5-string & I just sort of made up my own hybrid style. started out with just my nails for picking & struming but after they wore down to the quick , I had to learn to use picks (3 finger & a thumb). mainly rhythm spiced with a bit of fancy picking, I call it swamp glam or (jokingly) slop hammer. I played with a jug band www.hobogoblins.com for a while & this further defined the style I had started which is not based in any of the traditional styles which prevail but rather in expirimentation, songwriting (I started with a guitar) & rhythm (trance). this is an element of my overall craft which is my one man band set up.
in a nut shell,
sean lee

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Happy Holidays from Ishtiok.....

Mathias Bremen — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:20:09 GMT

May a great tide of ode empower your machinations and such ,
and enclosed, some Mitra Christmas cookies.

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playing with mark growden

banjolismo — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:40:31 GMT

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spooky one man band

banjolismo — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 03:08:37 GMT

this is going to be a bad ass show!
spooky one man band fest
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10/29/2006 08:00 PM - Make Out Room
3225 22nd Street, SF, CA 94110, San Francisco, CA 94101,US - $10?
spooky one man band fest featuring: pucca pangenitor, the slow poisoner, phillip roebuck & yours truly philliproebuck.com/ www.theslowpoisoner.com/ www.pangenitor.org/ www.1manbanjo.com/
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spooky one man band

banjolismo — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:05:29 GMT

spooky one man band fest
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3225 22nd Street, SF, CA 94110
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Cost: $7
Description: spooky one man band fest featuring: al frisby pucca pangenitor, the slow poisoner, & yours truly www.buxterjakepresents.com/frisby.html www.theslowpoisoner.com/ www.pangenitor.org/ www.1manbanjo.com/ 09:00-09:30 Pucca Pangenitor 09:45-10:15 the Slow Poisoner 10:30-11:00 One Man Banjo 11:15-11:45 Al Frisby III
please come & witness this rare spectacle. 4 one man bands gather togther with our spookiest material for the end of our halloween weekend extravaganza.
p.s. please repost this to your list.

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feed me

banjolismo — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:58:24 GMT

your words and intents
I'll give you what I can.
a song, a sentiment.
a half cooked notion.
a feeling, a rhythm
riffs wrapped in ditties
fingers reaching for a certain sound
you were summoned here
now what have you?
I ask you for an offering
more or less
significant
something real
(or imagined)
next to nothing
it's not too much to ask.
though you must be ready to listen.
for if you won't hear my words, the are worth no more than silence
afterall.
I offer you this sound,
though to receive it, you must desire
you must listen, feel, dance, sing, sway,
give yourself over to the incantation
I give you the means to seek me out.
a golden gift to be discovered.
but you must care enough
to take it in. to make an offering in return.
it can take many forms
shapeshifting in dreams
it tells you what it means
but you have to want to understand.
otherwise,
this too is meaningless....

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what can I say?

banjolismo — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:25:00 GMT

that will get a response?
I guess I'm fishing.
give me some words.

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Music Night at the Accordion Apocalypse, San Francisco this Sunday!

accordionapocalypse — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:20:53 GMT

Hey there friends & accordion lovin' folx,
Back by popular demand..... The Accordion Apocalypse presents: Music Night JAM! 7PM Every 3rd Sunday

7pm, Sunday September 17th at The Accordion Apocalypse Repair Shop 2626 Jennings St., Bayview HP, San Francisco

September...FEATURING special guest Kielbasia, San Francisco's favorite Accordion-Playing Drag Polish Lunch Lady at 8pm www.kielbasia.com

All instruments welcome! Accordions especially encouraged.
Bring your music makers, juggling toys, and friends!
Pot Luck.
Fun for YOU!
www.accordionapocalypse.com for a map link or more info.
(415) 596-5952
Keep rockin' the squeeze!
-Skyler

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right now

banjolismo — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:58:39 GMT

I'm eating a sandwich & getting ready for work. goddam day job!

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next intown gig

banjolismo — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 03:50:13 GMT

09/15/2006 08:00 PM - stork club
2330 telegraph,, Oakland, CA 94601,US - $5-$10 slide
I'll be playing a revved up short & sweet intro to the show ehich will proudly include: Knees&Elbows, Japonise Elephants and (on tour from our beloved new orleans) A Particularly Vicious Rumor. Don't miss your chance to see this dynamic piano vocal & drum duo. http://www.myspace.com/aparticularlyviciousrumor http://www.myspace.com/kneesandelbows http://www.japonizeelephants.org/home.htm

if you want to see me before that, you'll have to track me down @ burning man

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yeah!

banjolismo — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:55:05 GMT

that's what I'm talking about,
thanks for the good words.

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Imagine! OneMan! who makes the banjo sexy. OneMan! who gets asses shakin', drinks spillin', and minds unhinged! OneMan! like a mad necromantic Kermit the Frog, hip-hopping down the rabbit hole as far as it will go; will you follow? - Professor Plague (1°), posted 09/09/06
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A most excellent showman, !1manBanjo! is a dextrous wizard on the banjo, and keeps the beat with his continuously percussing feet. His performance is practiced and slick and he's always willing to belt out a tune that's brings the right mood to any occasion; I once heard him capture the sound of shimmering light dancing over the water. This dynamic solo is not to be missed. I give you four stars as a symbol that I believe in your ability to keep on growing and striving for ever-higher levels of sonic excellence. As far as personality goes, he's got a great one.
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Primordial Power Seethes like Mad Grinding of Continent-Sized Teeth over Orgasmic Flesh-Terrain
I claw at my own eyes and smash my ridiculous cursed head into cinderblocks if anyone tries to remove the !1MB! discs from their sacred spinny-tray. Then I become upset. Put it BACK ON I MUST HEAR RED QUEEN THRICE MORE THEN AUTUMN'S CHILD I MUST I MUST. IAAAAA. IAAAAA. BLACK DIAMOND. HY'LR ULUHTC NGA'ANPH! - Lokifreign (1°), posted 08/04/06
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withdrawal..

cream99 — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:21:06 GMT

Ohhhhh.
Having Sour Mash withdrawal symptoms lately. Dead babies crawling on the ceiling and such, just like Trainspotting. Dirty and soiled bedcovers pulled over ma head. Please help.........

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off to new york

banjolismo — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 03:06:38 GMT

im on tour with extra action
www.extra-action.com
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banjolismo — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:09:12 GMT

I want you to say or write something here.....

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rate me!

banjolismo — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 10:53:24 GMT

if you really like my music, please check out (under places) music, I think I'm on page 4 at the moment with all the 2 ranked acts. that'd be awesome.

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thanks for a great show

banjolismo — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 05:00:55 GMT

to all who came out. It was a crazy mad party that I was only to happy to attend & be a part of.

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tonight

banjolismo — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:54:57 GMT

at 12 galaxies, I'm opening for extra action.

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the expanding concept

banjolismo — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:16:00 GMT

I'm interested in putting together an association of musicans who are interested in playing in a group with me. some what like the project I call "thee boggy beat" in that it includes washtub bass, washboard, tincan & junk percussion but not so much of the focus on goblinism. I want to build a rhtyhm section, I also want to work with folks who can sing. talented multiinstrumentalists are also welcomed. I want a format which can be more inclusive than my one man name will allow

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new song

banjolismo — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:27:16 GMT

well, sort of new, a new recording any way. it's my tribute to baby gramps. www.myspace.com/1manbanjo

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mission creek music fest

banjolismo — Thu, 18 May 2006 23:13:14 GMT

05/21/2006 08:00 PM - Make Out Room
3225 22nd Street, SF, CA 94110, San Francisco, CA 94101,US - ??
next MCMF Hello everyone! we finally have a line up for the show on May 21st for the Mission Creek Music Festival- It's a really great line up! 11pm El Radio Fantastique 10pm Iron and Albatross 9pm One man Banjo 8:30 The Thrift Store Romeos LOCATION 3225 22nd Street, SF, CA 94110 Club phone: (415) 647-3997 www.makeoutroom.com www.1manbanjo.com

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here it comes

banjolismo — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:39:36 GMT

these are the final days before this epic tour of esmerelda strange & I.
if you live in any of these cities, or know anyone who does, plz plz plz, come out if you can or spread the word, we need all the help we can get.
03/30/2006 09:00 PM - Starry Plough
3101 shattuk ave, Berkeley, CA 94705,US - $?
this will be the send off for the pacific north west tour of Esmerelda Strange & yours truly. come wish us luck for the north bound roads. www.esmereldastrange.com www.starryploughpub.com
04/02/2006 08:00 PM - crux arts
For more information call 530-892-2354 or email cruxarts@hotmail.com, chico, CA 95926,US - $weet
Big send off, first show on the road! w/ Mark Growden
04/03/2006 08:00 PM - World Cafe
449 blair rd., Eugene, OR 97402,US - $ugar
with Inkwell's Rhythm Makers
04/04/2006 08:00 PM - Dante's
, Portland, OR 97201,US -
1-MAN BAND FEST VOODOO ORGANIST-- ESMERELDA STRANGE-- 1MANBANJO-- FRANKFURTER & THE HOT DOGS-- M-BOMB-- Matt Brown's One Man Band... PHILLIP ROEBUCK-- $5.00 at the door
04/05/2006 08:00 PM - KAOS
CAB 301 The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98501,US -
we'll be on Radio KAOS from 3-4 or 4-5, and then at The YEs Yes later...more details TBA
04/06/2006 08:00 PM - hell's kitchen
3829 6th Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98406, Tacoma, WA ,US -
an annual white trash night
04/07/2006 08:00 PM - Jules Maes
5919 Airport Way, Seattle, WA 98101 - , Seattle, WA 98101,US -
party w/ the dead baby bike club(?)
04/08/2006 08:00 PM - The Asbalt
THE ASTORIA HOTEL 769 EAST HASTINGS, Vancouver, ,CA -
Mr. Evil Bastard w/!1manbanjo! VANCOUVERS HARDCORE BAR THE ASBALT IN THE ASTORIA HOTEL 769 EAST HASTINGS VANCOUVER BC CANADA 604 764 PUNK
04/09/2006 08:00 PM - Green Frog Cafe Acoustic Tavern
, bellingham, WA 98225,US -
???

xoxox
Sean Lee
p.s. www.1manbanjo.com www.esmereldastrange.com

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requests?

banjolismo — Mon, 08 May 2006 15:56:41 GMT

tunes you think I should add to my repetoir? if you can find lyrics & chords (tabs) to the song(s) that is great for a study aid.

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Rides Offered to BRC

CrossSidhe — Mon, 01 May 2006 18:41:39 GMT

I know this is early... but for some poor Burner it may decide if they are going to BM or not.

DETAILS

I will be offering a ride from the Bay Area to BRC. I have a Ford Ranger with a passenger and two jump seats open. The passenger seat will be reserved for a large person. The two jump seats are facing each other and cramped. If a large person does not take up my offer then we can rotate seats on the way up to BRC.

My Ranger is in excellent shape with AC, open rear window, cup holder in the back, XM radio. I have a bike (with lock) rack that can hold up to 4 bikes. The bed of my Ranger has a tonnou so your stuff will be locked for all road stops. SPACE IS VERY LIMITED!!! YOU MIGHT HAVE TO CARRY SOME OF YOUR STUFF ON YOUR LAP!!!

Routes, Stops and Pick Up Locations

I live in Petaluma. I will pick up anyone in SF, North Bay, East Bay or along the final route. If you really really really in need of a ride and you are not in these locations... then lets talk!

I will be making rest stops at all rest stops. Potty breaks and need for a smoke (NO TOKE) or strech are very much welcome! So are taking pictures.

I have two routes in mind.

1. 13 hour trip up hwy 120, yosemite, hwy 395, Reno, and BRC.

2. Hwy 80 with a meet up with other Burners at the El Dorado Buffet (very yummy) in Reno.

RULES

1. No smoking in my truck.
2. NO DRUGS!!!
3. Must have ticket in had. NO WILL CALLS OR WALK UPS.
4. Be well bathed.
5. Baggage Yes!!! Emotional bagage No!!!
6. No childern in lap.
7. Be Fun!!!

Why???

Why I am doing this??? I have missed so many Burns because I had no car or rides.

Please let me know

Cross the Sidhe

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some shows

banjolismo — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:37:48 GMT

I've got shows for east bay folk & SF friends, come on out.
04/27/2006 06:00 PM - temescal cafe
4920 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94601,US - tip$
www.temescalcafe.com.
05/04/2006 08:00 PM - amnesia
853 valencia, San Francisco, CA 94101,US - ?$5?
with knees & elbows and cotton candy
05/21/2006 08:00 PM - Make Out Room
3225 22nd Street, SF, CA 94110, San Francisco, CA 94101,US - ??
next MCMF Hello everyone! we finally have a line up for the show on May 21st for the Mission Creek Music Festival- It's a really great line up! 11pm El Radio Fantastique 10pm Iron and Albatross 9pm One man Banjo 8:30 The Thrift Store Romeos 8:00 Tippy Canoe LOCATION 3225 22nd Street, SF, CA 94110 Club phone: (415) 647-3997 www.makeoutroom.com www.1manbanjo.com
05/26/2006 08:00 PM - oakland metro
, Oakland, CA 94601,US -
with faun fables
05/27/2006 08:00 PM - oakland metro
, Oakland, CA 94601,US -
with faun fables

helloo?

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The end of the Internet as we know it?

in-PHI-net — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:58:26 GMT

Could this be true? Does anyone know of, or heard anything like this more thru the media?

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060213/chester

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suggestions?

banjolismo — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 04:24:53 GMT

give me your $.02 . tell me your favorite songs, or your least favorite. suggest some new musical influances, venues, acts to gig with, themes, song subject matter. tell me a story. some words to inspire.

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Tribe: MUSICIANS FOR FREEDOM: Link

in-PHI-net — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:32:53 GMT

http://tribes.tribe.net/singer_songwriters_unite_for_freedom <<<< Please fell free to Join!

This is a place where all people who write, sing, play music, who DJ, love, create, and produce their own music get together to share their song, soul, & dreams with passion.....to exchange ideas, connect, inspire ................It's open to all: non-artists and artists alike! Come feel free & share with other musicians to connect, network, smooze, dance, groove....your inner dreams ecstatic. Music is a sacred force to be shared with all and honored collectively, not hoarded, censored and over processed in the vast shallow games of commercial competition and false fame that sometimes breathes its fumes into the industry...... . In essence Music is eternal and open to all who are free enough to tap into its unlimited streaming power. ....................Welcome to this Tribe!

Yo, In the Beggining was Music, sound, was the Word (tone) of immutable strength. All of creation is born from Sound. Imagine what the first 'note' or tone was? Aummmmm...... yea.........beautiful.

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yez abbaz abba

banjolismo — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:20:06 GMT

big babboon
indian sun
tiger moon
a squid in a polyethelene bag
two octopus pulling ant gum
fastend bulbous.
pink elephants on parade.
clippity cloppity
I'm a psychedelephant.
a trip-o-potamus
from top to bottomus
dino the rhino
is an elephino
abba-dab-a-dic-a-buzz
baby-i'm-a-bab-a-loo
presto chango rotten tomato
hokus pokus the bow legged locust
abbera-cad-abbera the pin hole camera.
raz-ma-taz on a diamond dazzle
take a dragonfly to the spanish castle
magic carpet ride.
around the bed
over your head
clip-i-tee
clop

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check this guy out

banjolismo — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:16:41 GMT

http://www.myspace.com/philliproebuck

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I'm up!

banjolismo — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:06:59 GMT

check me out http://www.1manbanjo.com
big thanks to pucca, stan & spaz.

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which is better

banjolismo — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:37:44 GMT

I always went for 1manBanjo because it's easier to type 1 than one, but so many promoters (if given the option) choose "one man banjo" or "sean lee's amazing one man show". so I'm taking a survey, I must make these conciderations for my upcoming website.

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FAT tuesday

banjolismo — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:01:03 GMT

I'm playing @ the make out room on the 28th & I'll be playing all my carnival & mardigras inpired tunes for you good people. who's going?
I'm playing an early show (9:30) along with tippy canoe & cotton candy cabaret.

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Singer Songwriters Tribe

in-PHI-net — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:29:53 GMT

Hey there beautiful people....I have just created a singer songwriters Tribe... feel free to join. http://tribes.tribe.net/singer_songwriters_unite_inthe_mystery

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http://banjolismo.livejournal.com/

banjolismo — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:32:44 GMT

.

Make Out Room Show Advance Info

Show Date: Fat Tues Feb 28th-
Cover - $6

Bands/Acts Set times:

09:00 Tippy Canoe
09:30 One Man Banjo
10:00 Cotton Candy Cabaret
11:00 Gomorran Aid, Social and Pleasure Club
Make Out Room Show Advance Info

A.K.A. One Man Banjo. A one man show. A !1manBanjo! show is energetic, incites movement, dancing, the clapping of hands, participation & a couple of sing alongs. Combines old time tunes in a unique rhythmic fashion which is (though at times dark) a vibrant expirience. A.K.A. Sean Lee, 1mb has been in developement for over a decade and offers a wide variety of songs, from it's roots in what we call the zig zag blues to banjo funk, swamp glam: progressinging into gobbelin music ( www.hobogoblins.com ), and selections from Cheshire rock opera & what we call the Harlequin theory at work. S.Lee sings plays the banjo in a sloppy rag time rhythm to the beat of a bass drum kick & a tamborine shoe. see http://1manbanjo.multiply.com & www.myspace.com/1manbanjo for sights & sounds

VENUE RESTRICTIONS
21 +, Valid ID required for Entry

LOCATION
3225 22nd Street, SF, CA 94110
Club phone: (415) 647-3997
http://www.makeoutroom.com

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talk to me

banjolismo — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:21:01 GMT

give me something, goddammit! spit my own words back at me, or your own. turn me insideout, give me something to go on. the 2 most important words, the 3 most important. all 7!!! the most meaningfull sentiments of our time. words for a song. rime. a rhythm. remind me. tell me a tale of days gone by. of days yet to come. fine details i may not have noticed. tell me a dream, a memory. a thought, half forgotten. an anecdote, a palindrome. give me a mystery, that I may decipher. a riddle to decode. give me $.02 to save, that I may live, if the fates are willings. your majesty remembers me. for all I was or could be. my prayer & poetry. I love thee.
your friend,
!manBanjo

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new audio & video is on the way!

banjolismo — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 10:09:21 GMT

is any one out there? do you still care? holla back!

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in fairfax

banjolismo — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 19:29:54 GMT

with pink sabbath & kehoe nation at 19 broadway fri dec 16th. can you come out?

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who's the 100th member?

banjolismo — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 02:33:34 GMT

at this moment there are 100 of us in this tribe, who is the latest of our line?
a special award may be available if you can claim your prize.

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come see me!

banjolismo — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:43:28 GMT

I'm at the xenodrome sat dec 3, can you come?
also, if I were playing a gig in fairfax, would anyone come?

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You're asleep in my living room

lokifreign — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:28:41 GMT

and I have all your latest albums!

*gush*

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337

banjolismo — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 21:03:23 GMT

LEE

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upcoming events

banjolismo — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:39:22 GMT

looking to book december & possibly late november !1manBanjo! shows. seeking: percussion, vocals & washboard for upcoming c.d. release party for "A Ghost Tree". Unholy Feast Ov Thee Antlered One!!! blackXXXmass processional & performance vignette. resurrection of mobile drum & noise krewe. a meeting ov thee Multi-Form cabinet. Hideous Clown marching band. Jan=Cheshire: rock opera, a wonderland themed musical/theatrical event on jan 27th (preview jan13th) seeking performers, musicians, dancers, costume, craft & make-up, artists. carnival time draws near, 'tis time for jesters, harlequins & fools to make merry, mardi gras, new orleans water pheonix resurgence. this is the future as it draws near.

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1ManBanjo TONIGHT

David — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:22 GMT

By the way...

At the Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph at West Grand in Oakland. Followed by Shadow Circus Creature Theatre and the post-Apocolyptic Russian-styled jazz of Spootnik. All for just $5 and all the Barbie dolls you can look at.

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ongoing saga

banjolismo — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:12:22 GMT

halloween battles it's last stand against Santa & his turkey messanger. friday night at anon salon says that a gobbelin in red is often mistaken for the devil, the magic works & we may do new years'. saterday green gobbelin plays for the kids on the corner as they wait for their friend to buy booze, they all got up drunk & danced around to the hungry rat song, then paraded down the street doing the hideous clown dance. caught the spectres of eavaporating parties. sunday caught the last gasp of the fruitvale day of the dead as gentleman death, for children & laughing ladies with flower offerings & photo opps, the little one scared was there for my unmasking when the skull came of to reveal a black nosed clown underneath, he laughed out loud. Jack-o-lantern smiles and a samhain styles, tonight the gobbelins dance the harlequin dance amid mad jesters, spooks & spectres. candy corn confetti!!!

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that was pretty good!

skeletal — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:16:48 GMT

I saw you at the nimby.
when are you going to play more evil music?

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looking to expand...

banjolismo — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:06:49 GMT

I am quite inspired by Inkwell's rhythm makers, and tho my picking technique pales to that of Kit, I am very much intendint to connect with the right wash tub/gut bucket player and washboard/tin can rhythmist. it's the jug band power trio. so if you know any one of a similar ilk, let me know. thanks.

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20 copies

banjolismo — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 23:33:18 GMT

of ney new album
"A Ghost Tree"
are available,
If you want one,
let me know,
we can work out a deal.
or something.
comes in white or green.

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You would love my friends!

joannasunshine — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 02:42:03 GMT

http://www.outlawfolk.com/

My friend Aspen started this group a while back. I bet you would fit right in.

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Links for the banjolier

Mathias Bremen — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 01:00:21 GMT

Praise Ishtiok..

www.freewebs.com/thedevilchannel

www.freewebs.com/thechurchofishtiok

www.freewebs.com/kwlsjewledhand

www.freewebs.com/finesouthernpainting

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I could write a song about any thing.

banjolismo — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:18:35 GMT

all it takes is a few words. what's on your mind? and would you share it if you knew it was going to end up in a one man banjo song?

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NY NY

banjolismo — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:22:11 GMT

I had the good fortune to rock the rubulad party in brooklyn, as well as playing a tune @ the o'debra twins open mic at the bowry poetry club (which I got on c.d.). I am still reeling in the expirience of my first new york trip, made many great friends & contacts and I want to go back soon.

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I challenge you to a 1 man band smack down!

Esmerelda — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 07:49:30 GMT

A show-down.
A duel.
So what if my friends put me up to it. Upon further thought it needs to happen.
you think you are so cool with your little banjo and your foot tambourine...but are you brave enough to battle my rack senstive glam banjo guy?
I wonder....

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red vic monday 25th

banjolismo — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:49:39 GMT

I'm opening for harold & maude

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I'm a baby gramps fanboy...

banjolismo — Fri, 06 May 2005 16:00:46 GMT

and am so glad to be playing on the bill with him monday the 16th @ amnesia. I will be playing my stripped down and customized covers of baby gramps tunes "hokus pokus","palindromes", and just a hint of "do you belive in faeries?" in a quickfast medly in my smoking 15 minute stone cold opener.
!1MB!
freddi price
sour mash
gramps
hobo gobbelins

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crazy june

banjolismo — Tue, 24 May 2005 22:25:10 GMT

4th=LDL cabaret @ liminal, with sourmash & a human petting zoo.
8th=Ivy room w/obo martin, bittersweet, & H.G.s?
11th=county unfair @ headless point w/ esmerelda strange & H.G.s?
12th=12 galaxies w/ molehill orchestra & extra action marching band
19th=amnesia w/ the bad things (seattle) & H.G.s?
yowsa!!!

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bitter sweet hearts' string trio

banjolismo — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:09:02 GMT

Mr. Banjolismo mysterioso was joined by zombie dan & clover dean in amazing 13 song set of hobo gobbelin, sour mash hug band, cahins, !1manbanjo! and originals this sat 23rd @ the speak easy of the red king. basicly a subgrouping of H.G.s, the bitter sweet hearts' trio has a softer edge and smooth aftertaste which is more romantic tho dark and well... bittersweet.

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Highs & Lows

banjolismo — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 23:09:21 GMT

I'm missing you now, it comes in hot waves.
2 weeks in a cast so far, 3 to go. I miss the songs I used play. everything seems on hold for a moment, when every thing was getting so hot. now, I take a step back, and rue the moments lost. big plans, heart's desire, all of this wasting away. bone throbs, achey joined, restless in it's cuccoon.
yet, this is a magic time, a time between. one cycle ends, in a promise of glory, humbled tragically. another awaits to begin, breath baited on an aftertaste of sweet promise. this much allures me. these thoughts bring me comfort. and for all of those who knew me, as I was and who await me as I shall be, I give thanks.
you are the hearts which give me joy.
to those who saw me struggle, spread my wings and fly; to those who saw me crash and burn, witnessed a pheonix return, bore the spectacle of a metamorphosis. to those who have appreciated and expressed sentiments of support, I am humble in my grattitude to you now. for now my sense of personal greatness lies in hibernation, awaiting to awaken from it's dreamlike slumber. as a phantom wraithe like limb haunts a catacomb of my subconscious, my ghostly songs await to be reincarnated.

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start a post

banjolismo — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 19:21:28 GMT

give me something to work with. praises, criticisms, inspiration, and source material is greatly appreciated.

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dustfish

banjolismo — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 05:56:41 GMT

I'm
playing two sets, one early& one late.
april 2nd @ nimby. it's a burning man sort of affair with a ton of bands & d.js, fire dancers and the like, with games & interactive events, should be fun, are any of you going?

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mp3s

banjolismo — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:01:02 GMT

on myspace.com
!1 man banjo!
thanx fer the hookup, esmerelda strange!
if you get a chance to check them out, please submit a revue.

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I got a gig!!!

banjolismo — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:38:12 GMT

I'm playing at the ivy room, !1 man banjo! extravaganza, like you've never seen before. wed 16th (day before the hobo gobbelins st. patty's day freak out @ studio z). are any of you going to come & see me?

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Follow the Hobo Gobbelins

Gobbelin — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:46:24 GMT

to the International Maggot theatre.

(here's a hint, they are interconnected tribes)

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just in case you missed it.

banjolismo — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 00:47:08 GMT

the sunday show @ the tribe theatre in pdx was fuckin' awesome!!!
proud to kick it of with a smoking 3 song one man banjo set, to see the joyfull reunion of international maggot theatre, moon penny opera is exceptional (wish they could have played on for hours, but under the circumstances we we glad to crunch time in order to accomodate our very speciall guest) baby gramps!!!! I love that guy. and to head line a show of such astounding proportions was such a thrill for we hobo gobbelins that we almost felt unworthy. big thanks especially to noah for setting it up. and to all you good folks of portland, we love you and we hope to be back soon.

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!1 man wows Portland!

Have Faith — Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:24:04 GMT

Great performance Sean Lee! Your stage presence is commanding, you speak well, sing and play well, and you're a fine specimen all around. Thank you for being a part of March Fourth's anniversary party... you're awesome! (And it was a treat to hear Dreamfire live!)

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weds (tomorrow) at the Ivy room

banjolismo — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:53:38 GMT

858 san pablo in albany, it's the hobo gobbelins!!! come on out and see what all the fuss is about. 10ish 510-BAD-SMUT for deets

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thursday @ odeon

banjolismo — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 07:54:19 GMT

flash asked me to come down & bring my krewe with me, would anyof you be interested in coming out, and if so when?

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Go Jackie Jones!

Esmerelda — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:23:30 GMT

Friday, February 4, 2005 (SF Chronicle)
One-woman band gives beat to farmers' market/Her guitar and saw act may
be on hold, but the music will never stop for longtime entertainer
Jackie Jones
Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer

Amid the organic honey, kettle corn and spaghetti squash at the
Alemany
Farmers' Market is one of San Francisco's unsung musical treasures.
Playing her saw and homemade guitar, Jackie Floyd Jones has
entertained
thousands of shoppers over the years with upbeat songs from the 1920s
and
'30s accompanied by her sidekick, a dancing wooden cat. She's even been
incorporated into the murals there.
But the farmers' market is a little quieter these days, since Jones,
78,
had to undergo thumb surgery for arthritis in late December and has
been
unable to play. It could be another month or so before she's back at
the
music stand, making this the longest stretch she's been without a
guitar
in her hands since she first picked up an instrument, during the
Roosevelt
administration.
"People miss her, but they know she's trying to get back as soon as
she
can," said Amalia Martinez, senior clerk at the Alemany Farmers'
Market,
where Jones has played for more than a decade. "She brings so much to
the
farmers' market. She brings happiness to everyone who sees her. Not
only
adults like to listen to her, but children have fun, too."
She made the Bay Guardian's Best of the Bay honors twice, in 2001
for
"best and freest song and dance routine" and in 2003 for "best free act
with strings attached."
But the farmers' market is only a footnote to Jones' musical career.
Since
she arrived in San Francisco in March 1952 from New Orleans, Jones has
played music continuously, in dance bands, bar bands, Latin bands,
Russian
bands, stage bands, gay bands, Hawaiian bands, country bands and even
with
the legendary Cockettes. She's played at county fairs and strip shows
and
everywhere in between.
"The bottom line for Jackie has always been the music. It's always
been
the most important thing in her life," said musician Pauline Scholten,
a
friend of Jones'. "It's her passion, it's what energizes her."
Jones said that once her thumb heals, both from arthritis and the
resulting surgery, she plans to keep playing into her 80s. Retirement
is
not even in her vocabulary.
"I love playing music. I love the people. I feel that I'm
communicating
with people," she said during a recent interview near her Bernal
Heights
home. "Ordinarily you have to go through so many hoops to communicate
with
people, but with music it's immediate. I never want to stop."
Jones is not enjoying her time off. She's so antsy to start playing
again
she's trying to rig a child-size record-player, on 78 speed, to strum a
guitar so she can play the chords with her good hand. She also bought
29
CDs to learn some new material for when she returns.
"I will be back playing as soon as I can lift my dancing cat," she
said.
"I'm missing it a whole lot right now. It's not about the money. I miss
those people, all the mothers and kids and all that. I miss the
atmosphere."
Many of her fans would be surprised to learn that Jones, who's
usually
seen at the farmers' market in jeans and a flannel shirt, started out
life
as a would-be Southern belle. She comes from a "repressive Southern
family," she said, where her stepfather was in the Navy, her mother was
named after a Civil War admiral and her grandmother was a member of
United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Jones spent her childhood in Pensacola, Fla., and New Orleans, where
her
parents became so desperate to "make a lady" of her they sent her to
the
Ursuline nun convent school. The nuns didn't have much luck, however.
Jones was kicked out at age 13 for stealing a cigarette from a priest
and
smoking it in the bathroom, emerging triumphantly in a cloud of smoke
and
pair of sunglasses.
From there she went to public school, and in her final year she got
an
accordion and taught herself to play. Knowing "only three tunes, all in
the key of C," she'd wander up and down Bourbon Street trying to sit in
with the bands there.
Finally she found a group that played cowboy music and let her join,
earning $3 a night. She was a quick study, and learned how to play just
by
watching them, and then branched out to other Bourbon Street bands.
Then,
at age 28, she started looking for work as a professional musician.
Reading want ads, she deduced that San Francisco and Los Angeles had
the
best opportunities for women. She tried L.A. first, hated it, and
headed
north.
San Francisco was an immediate hit.
"I loved it because every person on the street looked different,"
she
said. "I found work right away, and a place to live. Everything fell
into
place and I never left.
"I knew this is where I had to stay," she added. "I'd be tarred and
feathered if I ever went back to Pensacola."
She held a series of odd jobs, mostly assembly-line work, but worked
steadily as a musician at a time when women, let alone single,
tomboyish
women, had a hard time finding work that wasn't secretarial. Her
longest
stint was 10 years sorting mail at the U.S. Post Office's Rincon Annex.
She saved enough to buy a house, which she paid for in cash in the
early
1970s.
Independent, determined and pragmatic, Jones forged a music career
against
enormous odds. When a Latin band asked that she wear a sexy off-the-
shoulder dress, she did it. When the Santa Clara County Fair wanted her
to
wear a purple-and-green floral gown, she did. When she needed to learn
Russian tangos, she did. She learned every instrument and was willing
to
work any venue. Among her more memorable gigs was playing drums with
the
Cockettes, the rowdy midnight drag revue memorialized in a documentary
in
2002.
"It was fun. But I was always afraid the audience was going to jump
onstage and kill us," she said.
At the time, Jones lived in a boarding house with such future stars
as
actor Morgan Freeman and Navajo artist R.C. Gorman. She still keeps in
touch with people who were involved with the Cockettes, such as Peter
Mintun.
Jones' primary talents may be musical, but beneath her creative
impulses
she has a scientific, inquisitive mind. She earned a bachelor's degree
in
physical science from San Francisco State in 1962, and later went back
to
City College of San Francisco to study electronics and electronic
music.
Combining her scientific knowledge with music, Jones has created a
host of
new instruments, including the homemade guitar she plays at the
farmers'
market. It combines a washboard, painted red, with a Fender neck to
create
a unique sound. She has also made a xylophone out of cat food cans,
among
other inventions.
Among her trademark inventions is a pink dancing cat, which she
carved out
of wood and affixed with metal discs on its feet. Rigged to springs,
cords
and a foot pedal, the cat tap-dances on a wooden platform to produce a
lively backbeat for Jones' performance. She controls it with a foot
pedal,
which she operates while she's playing the saw, guitar or other
instrument.
Kids are transfixed by the dancing cat, and often crowd around at
the
farmers' market to watch it skip and hop in perfect time to Jones'
swinging 1920s tunes.
"I have to do what someone else is not doing," Jones said. "No one's
going
to want to stand there and watch just me. So I have to give them
something
interesting to look at. Otherwise you lose them."
Jones' love of novelty extends to her musical taste. Although she
can play
anything, these days she's interested in the early 20th century pop
songs,
which she described as "happy, positive, danceable. Kids like it, older
people like it. There's a lot of good stuff from then. It's a very
creative medium."
Using her electronics background, she's come up with a way to give
these
songs the full band treatment. She has recorded herself playing all the
instruments -- drums, banjo, accordion, bass, among others --
essentially
becoming her own backup band. She plays the recordings and saves the
saw
and guitar parts to play live.
Although she's never had formal training, she can play just about
any
instrument and learn any song just by watching and listening to others.
"She has a phenomenal musical mind," said her friend Pauline
Scholten.
"She's not flashy, but she never makes mistakes, she's got good rhythm,
good swing and a wonderful musical brain."
Another longtime friend, Sally Gearhart of Mendocino County, called
Jones
"a musical genius, mostly unsung."
"She was part of that whole wonderful music scene in the '50s, when
San
Francisco was just rocking," Gearhart said. "She's a wonderful spirit,
full of life and good-hearted fun. I've never seen anyone give such joy
to
spectators. I can't think of anyone in San Francisco whom the world
needs
more of."
"People use music in different ways," Jones said. "People who like
rock
have a physical response to it. They like to jump around to it, not
listen
so much. Course, I don't mind if they jump around to my music, too, but
I'd like to give them something to listen too, as well."
She thought about that for a moment, then added, "I'm just glad they
like
me."

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spaz brunch

banjolismo — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 07:57:47 GMT

this sunday @ spaz, hobo gobbelins and the revenge of the bleeding eye, 510-bad-smut. also H.G.s @ ivy room on the 16th

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whiskey sunrise

banjolismo — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:51:39 GMT

legba came a walking on down a serpent highway to watch the red buddah sun rise, burnt the last swig of whiskey down. he banged a shadow drum to sound a rhythm, fanning to the flickering of red candle flames. the devil plays dirge upon his violin, rosin up his bow and give the children something to dance to, as he's prancing red and naked in the flame. so burn the whiskey down and watch the red voodoo sun rise, we've been walking with legba a long time, a serpent river flows by the purple mountain side. claw hammer fingers curl around his demon strings and rip forth the rhythm to give the pixies something to dance to, in a castle by the sea. there will be no sleep tonight.

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Mystic 23

banjolismo — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 02:11:42 GMT

a new compilation of previously released material by the 1 man banjo and other past selections of s.lee drum&noise and song craft. contains the complete hoodoo vaudeville, selections from audiotome, and the tape hiss compilations (old school). if you would like one of these, they are available for your trade or a cash value of $5. 23 tracks=a full 77 minutes (exactly) of listening. or elsewise if any of you have already heard and know my material, please write a review of your impressions.

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HooDoo Vaudeville

banjolismo — Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:47:32 GMT

skulls & baby dolls, voodoo incantation. loa dancing around a fire.
rhythm incarnate, flesh the sacrifice.
whirling in dervish flame. the genie whipers your name.
"be magical"
"I dare you"
"live desire,"
"Be Fire!"
dance to the monkey drum, be the moon in the window.
solve the riddle, of the black diamond.
oh, the wispering trace, of a velvet high way.
it's leading me.....
away

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The Red Queen

banjolismo — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:56:47 GMT

rises on a ruddy throne of flesh and bone.
shimmering in black diamond sparkle
crimson purple moonlight
shining tonight
velvet dancers in harlquin
black diamond sparkle
gold and silver
shine and shimmer
disco ball
eclipse the black sun
as she rises
upon a ruby throne
emerald sapphire
sparkles
black diamond
kiss the thrill of danger
embrace the ultimate stranger
she rises red
and hot with anger
red on velvet
burgundy wine
be mine
broken
valentine
shine

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seeking venues

banjolismo — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 17:46:30 GMT

new and interesting places to play.
any one?

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have you seen me?

banjolismo — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:17:34 GMT

doing my thing? have you heard me, would you like to?

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what's your favorite song?

banjolismo — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:55:26 GMT

tell me what you like

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hi, its me, michael, from the day of the dead

sanfranman — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 04:52:49 GMT

the kit bass drummer.. i just got onto tribe and this is my first post, so..uh..hurrah! anyways, i just wanted to say thanks for such a fun night, it was simply amazing. so this time, lets keep in touch.. perhaps we can work on some sound breaks like you talked about. could be fun.

so how does this work? do i get email responces? how do i check this? i will have to stumble my way back i guess.. take care.

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