May 2007

Northwest tour with the Dogs was a hoot, we debued our new show with 8 dates in 9 Days, we capped it with a Sell Out night at the Fillmore in S.F. It was a blast, we all had family there and it was our best showing of the tour.  Now we prepare for Bonnaroo,  we'll be performing there everyday mulitple times. Also, Eenormus Sidecar will be performing at Bonnaroo a couple of times as well.  Watch for times to be posted. Yard Dogs tour dates are posted on the YD page

 

Febuary 07 Gettin ready for Portugal tour with the Yard Dogs and a West Coast romp in May, Watch for us at the Fillmore in S.F. May 12. Also Bonnaroo, Oregon Country Fair, High Sierra, to mention a few.  Will announce shows soon. Check Yard Dog link for recent show adds.

 

Nov, 06 Hit Vegas for Vegoose with the Yard Dogs, Tom Petty, Mars Volta, Fiona Apple, The Roots, Blackalicious, Dr. Octagon all highlights. Vegas is not my favorite place but we always manage to have fun there. Went to the fetish ball at the Stardust before they demolished it a week later, checked out the weekend warriors in their sexy plastic wear. Hmmm, which one is the real cop??

 

 

March 06...Eenor's new project Eenormus Sidecar, is the duo version of the last project. We send our bassist Bryan Dean off with a fond, good luck. He is persuing a Metal dream with A BAND CALLED PAIN, watch for em.  Tommy Cappel and I are now rockin the modified motorbike with lots of fun and suprises. We'll be on tour this summer playing in the Yard Dogs Road Show, watch for spinoff Eenormus Sidecar shows. Check out our new songs at MySpace, see link above.

 

New Years 06.  Kicked it with the Yard Dogs at the Anon Salon/String Cheese event in S.F.  Was an impressive production, my only challenge was the repetitive game of dodge the twirling sweaty hippie on the way to and from backstage. We had the honor of sharing the stage with the Dresden Dolls. They  were phenomenal, a duo of full expression,  and the Vau de Vire Society folks lent their bent with ferocious, acrobatic, and explosive physical humor. Great Show!

 

Oct -05 Went on the Xinglolati cruise to perform with Yard Dogs and had a helluva time,. Played some wicked barnstormin rebel music on a big steel casino boat in the pacific. If only the Mexican authorities didn't confiscate our bullwhip! Damn.  Will have to come up with another xmas gift idea for my 6 yr old now.  Also played with Hamza Lila on the the last night of the cruise.  Everyone was at the cliffs edge but we teetered giddily.  Nicely done Xingolati!

 

Sept 05 A bit late but a quick update on the summer, had some good  fun with the Yard Dogs and Breakfast at Burnin Man 2005. Had taken a few years off, which I recommend highly, then returned ready to wrastle!  Gave it up to the madness.

 

May 13-14 /05 Just returned from a weekend with the Eric McFadden Trio! Yes, this is becoming a phenom of some sort....too much fun. Hot damn, what a band. Monster musicians, great denizens of masterful rocking. How do they do it? I'm not sure, but I had the pleasure of getting up and roaming the wild tundra with them and was astounded to find myself atop a ferocious Mammoth of bass and drumming while sitting next to a vicious sabertooth neatly clearing the path through the jungle.  Caspar California will never be the same (Fri), and the packed house at Cafe du Nord (sat) had nowhere to go but up...and up. Robin Croomer put it best..they are the "blue stuff in the toilet of Rock" har....wait, is that a compliment? If you've seen em, you know it is.

 

May 05/05 Performed in New Orleans with Eric Mcfadden, Wally Ingram, and James Whiton at Twiropa 4-28. What a night...morning... actually. I sat in with Les Claypool's band early on. Kehoe let me hop up on his rig and take a little trip down memory lane. Lots of fun, nice to bounce with em again.  Then Eric and I got up supa late late  (6 am,) for the nuts, jazz creepers,  all day sleepers,  We blew threw a couple of hours of wildness. Ripped thru some Tom Waits (clap hands, singapore) from my favorite CD since I was 14 yrs old "Raindogs" .  Also did Sweetleaf (Sabbath) and Are you experienced? (Hendrix). Some of Eric's stuff, my own Monkey to Monkey, and lots of improv. We closed with Gouge Away by the Pixies, sung by eric. Tapes (and video) are online ifn you want to hear em,, contact me.  Next night (fri) I sat in with Eric and Cecil P-nut Daniels at the Howlin Wolf. Jazzfest 2005 was a goodun, special thanks to the THG girls for bringin us down to N.O.

 

March 10th at the Independent was another fine collection of freeks on the roll. Whitestarr banged out some classic rock with some humor.  Chow Nasty blew me away with their origionality and flava! Will definately try to do a show with them again. Hilarious!  Eric McFadden sat in on "Clap Hands. " A week later I sat in with him for his gig opening for Gabby La La and Les Claypool on the same tune. Rumor has it that we'll be doing a whole set together at Jazz Fest 05, stay tuned for details.

 

Jan 1 st at the Independent went off! We've started 2005 with a bang, the turnout was great (around 400), everyone did a great job. Loopstation was amazing, the XOX grrls were fierce, and Extra Action threw down. We'll be looking to get some footage up here pretty soon so you can get a video preview of the show.  Marc Growden, Robin Coomer, and Evan Fraser all sat in with us. Lots of great moments!

 

New Years was cool, but we went on too late (3am) for most of the attendees to get a chance to check us out. We played in the Velvet lodge at the Regency Ballroom (a Masonic Temple) replete with antique velvet walls, pipe organ, a backdrop of HELL,and secret trap door initiation backstage rooms. Next time they should put us on earlier.

 

 

Check the Pics from the 11/11 show in Hollywood on the pics page, featuring the XOX Burlesque girls.

 

The Title track "Monkey to Monkey" just hit #1 on the Broadjam.com electronic charts in Aug/Sept 04! woo hoo

 

 

The Cd is done and available! Check out the samples on the CD order page, or go to CDBABY.com and search "eenor". All the songs are up there for preview. You can also order by song at iTunes, just search eenor in the iTunes store.

 

The July 3 gig at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz with Buckethead went great once again. We had a grand time warming the stage for Mr. Bucket and his chicken murdering mahem. Brain and House we're on hand to share in the carnage, it was a bloody feast of awesome ear damage. Sold some CD's and sang for the people, I think we performed a lot better at this show than the S.F. show below, what can you do? Play better every time.

 

The June 26th benefit for the Extra Action Marching Band was a interesting night in the warehouse zone in oakland, we met the ghetto sound system head on and forced it into keeping up with Tommy's giant drumming.

 

Our May 28th gig with Buckethead was a barnstormer. The Giant Robot ripped and tore its way into every brain there, leaving fragments of vibrating metal in its wake. We were stoked to get the oportunity to do a show with Bucket and CO. and the Independent is definately one of the best venues in the city. Great staff, great sound and lights, easy to move in. I hope we get to do more there. Got to reconnect with lots of Frog folks and introduce the new band. A good night!

 

The April 1st Cd release party in S.F. was great, our opener, the Faraway Bros, (Eric McFadden, Paulo Baldi and Ed Ivey) tore it up, and Eric came up during our encore for a rendition of Jimi's "Are You Experienced?", blazing! Cooper of Xeno joined us for some wakefull sparks (ouch) during "Insomnia" and Lucid and Tiffany appeared as aerial insects in the rafters complete with webbing and a spanish tissue performance during "Just Like a Spider".