gig in Brooklyn tonight.

[7/4]

The SomewhatMysterious Tuning from Main Street Goes to Brooklyn

for multiple just intonation guitars, cosmic zither and percussion.

David Beardsley, Joseph Benzola, Alex Carpenter, James Ross

Monday, July 20, 2009

9:00pm

Goodbye Blue Monday

1087 Broadway

Brooklyn, NY

rehearsal recordings here.

[AllenLowe]

interesting - Memphis Minnie has a song called Blues Monday Blues - Blue Mondays were little parties she gave to raise cash, lots of booze and music.

[7/4]

little panties?

cool.

[7/4]

I hear there's going to be live streaming video at the venue's web site tonight - let me know how it is.

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[Aggie87]

How was the gig, by the way?

[7/4]

It was OK. I think the last rehearsal was better.

Joe didn't make it because he had a plumbing problem at his book store in the Hamptons out at the other end of Long Island. So we performed as a trio, two guitars and a zither.

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[7/4]

This all came out of nowhere. I went to hear Jim & Joe play in the Lower East Side last month and Jim asked me to play on the 20th. A duo turned into a trio and then a quartet - suddenly I had a group playing my music. I supplied the tuning and the title, after we agreed that it should develop like a raga, it was a group effort. I think we'll have more recordings to hear in the weeks and months to come.

Six weeks ago I didn't know if I'd ever get around to playing my music again, I certainly didn't expect to be playing it in a group so soon.