JUNE 2012 LIVE PERFORMANCES by SAMM BENNETT & his various GROUPS
This month, Samm has shows on:
SUN 6/3
TUE 6/12
THU 6/14
FRI 6/15
THU 6/21
SUN 6/24
and
SAT 6/30
scroll down for details...
SUN 6/3
TUE 6/12
THU 6/14
FRI 6/15
THU 6/21
SUN 6/24
and
SAT 6/30
scroll down for details...
SUN 6/3 : SOLO and DUO (with percussionist Habu Hiroshi)
and guest with BAKUROCHO BAND
at Bakurocho Art+Eat, (Chiyoda-ku) Tokyo
Tokyo, Chiyoda, Higashikanda, 1−2−11
Getting back to the stick dulcimer again, Samm will be doing a solo
set of songs that will also include some duo tunes with percussionist
Habu Hiroshi. Samm and Habu-san have been working out some
material together lately, and it looks to be a musical partnership that
is taking root quickly and effortlessly.
Following Samm's set, Habu will join his partners for a stirring set from The Bakurocho Band, a trio unit that comes highly recommended! Samm will also join Bakurocho Band for a couple of numbers.
Art+Eat website - Art+Eat page for this event - Google map to Bakurocho Art+Eat
and guest with BAKUROCHO BAND
at Bakurocho Art+Eat, (Chiyoda-ku) Tokyo
Tokyo, Chiyoda, Higashikanda, 1−2−11
Getting back to the stick dulcimer again, Samm will be doing a solo
set of songs that will also include some duo tunes with percussionist
Habu Hiroshi. Samm and Habu-san have been working out some
material together lately, and it looks to be a musical partnership that
is taking root quickly and effortlessly.
Following Samm's set, Habu will join his partners for a stirring set from The Bakurocho Band, a trio unit that comes highly recommended! Samm will also join Bakurocho Band for a couple of numbers.
Art+Eat website - Art+Eat page for this event - Google map to Bakurocho Art+Eat
TUE 6/12 :
Samm on drums, with Marcellus Nealey's
AMAZING FLYING MACHINE
at Yagi ni Kiku, Daikanyama
B1F Moncheri, 20-20 Daikanyama-Cho, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo
adv ¥2000 - door ¥2500 + 1 drink
open 19:00 - start 19:30
More details HERE.
Read about (and see videos of) the band HERE.
Diddlefinger map to Yagi ni Kiku
Samm on drums, with Marcellus Nealey's
AMAZING FLYING MACHINE
at Yagi ni Kiku, Daikanyama
B1F Moncheri, 20-20 Daikanyama-Cho, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo
adv ¥2000 - door ¥2500 + 1 drink
open 19:00 - start 19:30
More details HERE.
Read about (and see videos of) the band HERE.
Diddlefinger map to Yagi ni Kiku
THU 6/14 - The Dosages
at Apollo, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
admission: 1000 yen music charge
open: 19:30 - start: 20:00
The Dosages is the groove unit of bassist Jyoji Sawada and Samm Bennett.
Learn about the band HERE. Catch some videos HERE.
Apollo website -- Google map to Apollo
at Apollo, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
admission: 1000 yen music charge
open: 19:30 - start: 20:00
The Dosages is the groove unit of bassist Jyoji Sawada and Samm Bennett.
Learn about the band HERE. Catch some videos HERE.
Apollo website -- Google map to Apollo
FRI 6/15 : Tokyo premiere of the MUD CHUCK BOBS
at Lete, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
open 19:00 / start 20:00 - adv ¥2,500 + drink / door ¥2,800 + drink
This is a brand new band, aiming to pick up where the Ghost Steppers left off, with a focus on Americana roots music, but with an eye toward the future, and an eye toward the improvisational musical moment. The band serves up a slew of tunes from the deep musical bedrock of Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi and thereabouts, from musical forebears like Emry Arthur, Roscoe Holcomb, Blind Lemon Jefferson, the Carter Family and more, but with a heapin' helping of good ol' down home improvisation. Yes, improvisation, friends: unplanned, spur-of-the-moment picking and grinning, like grandpa used to do more of than you even know. Anything can happen, cause the Mud Chuck Bobs ain't gonna chain themselves down like they're some kinda roadside crew, workin' a mile and a quarter a day for some law man in mirrored shades with a shotgun, ya'unnerstand? Hell naw!
Guitarist Yoshiki Sakurai-san has a solid understanding of and a great feel for American roots music, playing as he has for years with Lonesome Strings. (Sakurai-san is the leader of that band as well). He'll be on acoustic guitar. Samm Bennett will play a stripped-down drum kit and will be singing the tunes in his inimitable manner.
If your tastes run toward, say, Mr. John Fahey and some of the creative ways that he interpreted American folk music, you'll like this band. And those of you who love and appreciate basic roots Americana will like this band, if you're a little bit adventurous and don't just want to hear museum-piece reproductions of old-time tunes. And hey, those of you *not* so familiar with American roots music or John Fahey or an improvisational approach or... *whatever*, you may very well enjoy this band, too. that's right! Almost anyone will enjoy this band, except for those people who really like Billy Joel and/or Celine Dion. They will probably not care for it all that much.
Lete website - Lete website map - Google map to Lete
at Lete, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
open 19:00 / start 20:00 - adv ¥2,500 + drink / door ¥2,800 + drink
This is a brand new band, aiming to pick up where the Ghost Steppers left off, with a focus on Americana roots music, but with an eye toward the future, and an eye toward the improvisational musical moment. The band serves up a slew of tunes from the deep musical bedrock of Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi and thereabouts, from musical forebears like Emry Arthur, Roscoe Holcomb, Blind Lemon Jefferson, the Carter Family and more, but with a heapin' helping of good ol' down home improvisation. Yes, improvisation, friends: unplanned, spur-of-the-moment picking and grinning, like grandpa used to do more of than you even know. Anything can happen, cause the Mud Chuck Bobs ain't gonna chain themselves down like they're some kinda roadside crew, workin' a mile and a quarter a day for some law man in mirrored shades with a shotgun, ya'unnerstand? Hell naw!
Guitarist Yoshiki Sakurai-san has a solid understanding of and a great feel for American roots music, playing as he has for years with Lonesome Strings. (Sakurai-san is the leader of that band as well). He'll be on acoustic guitar. Samm Bennett will play a stripped-down drum kit and will be singing the tunes in his inimitable manner.
If your tastes run toward, say, Mr. John Fahey and some of the creative ways that he interpreted American folk music, you'll like this band. And those of you who love and appreciate basic roots Americana will like this band, if you're a little bit adventurous and don't just want to hear museum-piece reproductions of old-time tunes. And hey, those of you *not* so familiar with American roots music or John Fahey or an improvisational approach or... *whatever*, you may very well enjoy this band, too. that's right! Almost anyone will enjoy this band, except for those people who really like Billy Joel and/or Celine Dion. They will probably not care for it all that much.
Lete website - Lete website map - Google map to Lete
THU 6/21 : Historic 2nd live appearance of MUD CHUCK BOBS !
at Bar Isshee, Shibuya, Tokyo
open: 19:30 - start: 20:00
bar charge: 500 yen, plus 1 drink
music charge: pass the hat! pay as you're able!
Back for more! The Mud Chuck Bobs!
For info on the band, see the 6/15 entry directly above!
Bar Ishee web site ---- Google map to Bar Isshee
at Bar Isshee, Shibuya, Tokyo
open: 19:30 - start: 20:00
bar charge: 500 yen, plus 1 drink
music charge: pass the hat! pay as you're able!
Back for more! The Mud Chuck Bobs!
For info on the band, see the 6/15 entry directly above!
Bar Ishee web site ---- Google map to Bar Isshee
SUN 6/24 : SOLO, as part of SAIKO vol. 10
(presented by Metropolis Magazine)
all details HERE.
except for THIS detail... performance order! Here it is:
4:00 OPEN/DJ
4:30～5:00 AFRICAEMO
5:00～5:20 DJ
5:20～5:50 SAMM BENNETT
5:50～6:10 DJ
6:10～6:40 SIX
6:40～7:00 DJ
7:00～7:30 MOOTEKKIS
7:30～7:50 DJ
7:50～8:20 TOKYO PINSALOCKS
8:20～8:40 DJ
8:40～9:10 MOJA
9:10～9:30 DJ
9:30～10:00 GABEZ
10:00 CLOSE
6/30 : The Dosages,
accompanying bondage master Arisue Go's performance
at Saravah, Shibuya, Tokyo
The Dosages is the groove unit of bassist Jyoji Sawada and Samm Bennett.
Learn about the band HERE. Catch some videos HERE. They'll be providing the sonic backdrop for some serious rope work by nawashi luminary Arisue Go,
who's got more ways to tie up a woman than you can shake a stick at!
accompanying bondage master Arisue Go's performance
at Saravah, Shibuya, Tokyo
The Dosages is the groove unit of bassist Jyoji Sawada and Samm Bennett.
Learn about the band HERE. Catch some videos HERE. They'll be providing the sonic backdrop for some serious rope work by nawashi luminary Arisue Go,
who's got more ways to tie up a woman than you can shake a stick at!
