JUNE 2013 LIVE PERFORMANCES by SAMM BENNETT & his various GROUPS

FRI 14 : S&H (Samm Bennett & Habu Hiroshi)
at Crawfish, Akasaka, Tokyo
Admission: FREE (with miniumum one drink order)
Open: 19:30 - Start: 20:00
It's a 3-band bill, and one of the last shows at Crawfish, which is shutting down. S&H will be on from 8 to 8:40, so don't be late!. Other bands following
on the bill will be Orangey and Andrew Tyrone Rogers with THE AVOIDED
Facebook event page HERE
Map to Crawfish HERE
at Crawfish, Akasaka, Tokyo
Admission: FREE (with miniumum one drink order)
Open: 19:30 - Start: 20:00
It's a 3-band bill, and one of the last shows at Crawfish, which is shutting down. S&H will be on from 8 to 8:40, so don't be late!. Other bands following
on the bill will be Orangey and Andrew Tyrone Rogers with THE AVOIDED
Facebook event page HERE
Map to Crawfish HERE

SUN 16 : The Metaphors
at Bashamichi Taproom, Yokohama
中区住吉町5-63-1, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-0013
start: 16:00 end: 18:00
music charge: only 1000 yen!
Percussion-intensive neo-blues/noise unit the Metaphors at the monthly "Blues for Blues" series. Note the AFTERNOON start time: two sets of 50 minutes each, with plenty of microbrewery beer on hand at the venue, AND, they have damn fine BBQ sandwiches. What's not to love?
Bashamichi Taproom website
Google map to Bashamichi Taproom
Facebook event page
at Bashamichi Taproom, Yokohama
中区住吉町5-63-1, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-0013
start: 16:00 end: 18:00
music charge: only 1000 yen!
Percussion-intensive neo-blues/noise unit the Metaphors at the monthly "Blues for Blues" series. Note the AFTERNOON start time: two sets of 50 minutes each, with plenty of microbrewery beer on hand at the venue, AND, they have damn fine BBQ sandwiches. What's not to love?
Bashamichi Taproom website
Google map to Bashamichi Taproom
Facebook event page

THU 20 : DUO with Michio Karimata
at Last Waltz, Shibuya, Tokyo
Yachiyo Building B1F, 2-12-13 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku
Karimata Michio is a wonderful reeds/flute player, and a fine vocalist as well. Samm has worked with him on a couple of occasions and the two have gotten along very well indeed in sonic collaboration. This will be their first duo performance. More info on the evening (featuring other bands as well is HERE (Japanese info only)
Last Waltz website
Tokyo Gig Guide page for Last Waltz (includes map)
Google map to Last Waltz
at Last Waltz, Shibuya, Tokyo
Yachiyo Building B1F, 2-12-13 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku
Karimata Michio is a wonderful reeds/flute player, and a fine vocalist as well. Samm has worked with him on a couple of occasions and the two have gotten along very well indeed in sonic collaboration. This will be their first duo performance. More info on the evening (featuring other bands as well is HERE (Japanese info only)
Last Waltz website
Tokyo Gig Guide page for Last Waltz (includes map)
Google map to Last Waltz

FRI 21 : Drunk Poets See God, Vol. 6
(features solo performances from Samm as well as his musical accompanying of various poets)
at Bar Gari Gari, Ikenoue, Tokyo
飛田ビルB1, 2−45−9
Yes friends, it's time for the 6th installment of DRUNK POETS SEE GOD, where some of Tokyo's most engaging wordsmiths get on the mic and show their stuff on the THIRD Friday of each month. Hosted by by Samm Bennett, singer and poet Sorcha Chisolm and spoken word titan Frank Spignese, this is the place to be for those who want to get on the mic and take some of their original poetry and word work out for a test drive. And also for those, of course, who just want to listen. Samm is on hand to provide instantaneous musical backing to any poet who might happen to want it, and all are welcome to read, recite, intone, chant, grumble, shout or otherwise enunciate. Fun stuff, serious stuff, flights of fancy, hilarity, stream of consciousness, heaping helpings of free association and extended elocution. All for only a modest entry fee of 500 yen plus one drink. You'll probably want more than one, but one's all you gotta buy. Come early (opens at 7pm) to sign up for a slot!
Note: Bar Gari Gari is so close to the station that it's almost funny. If you take the elevator down from Ikenoue Station (Keio Inokashira line) Gari Gari will be immediately visible when the elevator door opens. You could make it from the station to the venue in a TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR and stay dry as a bone. It's close, friends, close as close gets. Ikenoue Station is five stops past
Shibuya (local train!), and one stop past Shimokitazawa.
Gari Gari website -- Google map to Bar Gari Gari
(features solo performances from Samm as well as his musical accompanying of various poets)
at Bar Gari Gari, Ikenoue, Tokyo
飛田ビルB1, 2−45−9
Yes friends, it's time for the 6th installment of DRUNK POETS SEE GOD, where some of Tokyo's most engaging wordsmiths get on the mic and show their stuff on the THIRD Friday of each month. Hosted by by Samm Bennett, singer and poet Sorcha Chisolm and spoken word titan Frank Spignese, this is the place to be for those who want to get on the mic and take some of their original poetry and word work out for a test drive. And also for those, of course, who just want to listen. Samm is on hand to provide instantaneous musical backing to any poet who might happen to want it, and all are welcome to read, recite, intone, chant, grumble, shout or otherwise enunciate. Fun stuff, serious stuff, flights of fancy, hilarity, stream of consciousness, heaping helpings of free association and extended elocution. All for only a modest entry fee of 500 yen plus one drink. You'll probably want more than one, but one's all you gotta buy. Come early (opens at 7pm) to sign up for a slot!
Note: Bar Gari Gari is so close to the station that it's almost funny. If you take the elevator down from Ikenoue Station (Keio Inokashira line) Gari Gari will be immediately visible when the elevator door opens. You could make it from the station to the venue in a TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR and stay dry as a bone. It's close, friends, close as close gets. Ikenoue Station is five stops past
Shibuya (local train!), and one stop past Shimokitazawa.
Gari Gari website -- Google map to Bar Gari Gari

THU 27 : Samm as guest with "Melt"
(Ueno Takashi, Sawada Jyoji, Marcos Fernandes)
at Mary Jane, Shibuya, Tokyo
渋谷区桜丘2-3富士商事ビル2階 • 03-3461-3381
19:00 open / 19:30 start
¥2500+drink / members/メンバー ¥1000+1drink
Melt/メルト: Ueno Takashi/植野隆司 guitar, Sawada Jyoji/沢田穣治 bass, Marcos Fernandes percussion + Samm Bennett percussion + Ando Yuko/安藤裕子 sax, didjeridoo
Mary Jane website: http://maryjane.cocolog-nifty.com/
Map to Mary Jane
(Ueno Takashi, Sawada Jyoji, Marcos Fernandes)
at Mary Jane, Shibuya, Tokyo
渋谷区桜丘2-3富士商事ビル2階 • 03-3461-3381
19:00 open / 19:30 start
¥2500+drink / members/メンバー ¥1000+1drink
Melt/メルト: Ueno Takashi/植野隆司 guitar, Sawada Jyoji/沢田穣治 bass, Marcos Fernandes percussion + Samm Bennett percussion + Ando Yuko/安藤裕子 sax, didjeridoo
Mary Jane website: http://maryjane.cocolog-nifty.com/
Map to Mary Jane

FRI 28 : with Rambling Steve Gardner's Jericho Road Show
at Tokyo American Club
(a private affair...)
(a private affair...)

SAT 29 : with Rambling Steve Gardner
at the big Yokohama "Blues and Booze" fest!
Blues & Booze (Craft Beer & Blues Live)
at Thumbs Up
Yokohama, Nishi-ku Nankō 2-1-22 Sōtetsu Movil 3F
http://stovesyokohama.com/thumbsup/access.html
¥1000 adv (RSVP OK), ¥1500 at door
Date: 29 June (Saturday)
6:30: Open (get boozed!)
7:30-8:30, Test Riders (rowdy blues rock & surf rock)
9:00-10:00 Steve Gardner & friends (Mississippi blues)
10:30~ ??
Participating breweries:
Antenna America (to serve Maui Brewing)
Brimmer Brewing
Yokohama Brewery
250ml pours for ¥500~
Excellent food served by Thumbs Up:
http://stovesyokohama.com/thumbsup/live201306.html
---日本語---
Blues & Booze (クラフトビアとブルース・ライブ)
横浜西口のライブバー 「THUMBS UP」でクラフトビアとブルースを楽しもう!
◆日時
6月29日(土)18:30~
18:30 Open!
19:30 - 20:30 Test Riders (rowdy blues rock & surf rock)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Test-Riders/138416136323153?ref=stream
21:00 - 22:00 Steve Gardner & friends (Mississippi blues)
http://www.stevegardner.info/ja/home/
22:30 - coming soon
◆会場
THUMBS UP
横浜市西区南幸 2-1-22 相鉄Movil 3F
http://stovesyokohama.com/thumbsup/access.html
◆チケット
前売 ¥1,000(RSVP ご予約ください。)/当日 ¥1,500
ご予約はこちらから。
http://stovesyokohama.com/thumbsup/mail.html
◆お楽しみいただけるビールはこちら!(¥500/250ml)
Antenna Americaは、Maui Brewingをご用意。
Brimmer Brewing
横浜ビール
Thumbs Upの美味しいフードも魅力ですよ~!
ぜひ来てね!
at the big Yokohama "Blues and Booze" fest!
Blues & Booze (Craft Beer & Blues Live)
at Thumbs Up
Yokohama, Nishi-ku Nankō 2-1-22 Sōtetsu Movil 3F
http://stovesyokohama.com/thumbsup/access.html
¥1000 adv (RSVP OK), ¥1500 at door
Date: 29 June (Saturday)
6:30: Open (get boozed!)
7:30-8:30, Test Riders (rowdy blues rock & surf rock)
9:00-10:00 Steve Gardner & friends (Mississippi blues)
10:30~ ??
Participating breweries:
Antenna America (to serve Maui Brewing)
Brimmer Brewing
Yokohama Brewery
250ml pours for ¥500~
Excellent food served by Thumbs Up:
http://stovesyokohama.com/thumbsup/live201306.html
---日本語---
Blues & Booze (クラフトビアとブルース・ライブ)
横浜西口のライブバー 「THUMBS UP」でクラフトビアとブルースを楽しもう!
◆日時
6月29日(土)18:30~
18:30 Open!
19:30 - 20:30 Test Riders (rowdy blues rock & surf rock)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Test-Riders/138416136323153?ref=stream
21:00 - 22:00 Steve Gardner & friends (Mississippi blues)
http://www.stevegardner.info/ja/home/
22:30 - coming soon
◆会場
THUMBS UP
横浜市西区南幸 2-1-22 相鉄Movil 3F
http://stovesyokohama.com/thumbsup/access.html
◆チケット
前売 ¥1,000(RSVP ご予約ください。)/当日 ¥1,500
ご予約はこちらから。
http://stovesyokohama.com/thumbsup/mail.html
◆お楽しみいただけるビールはこちら!(¥500/250ml)
Antenna Americaは、Maui Brewingをご用意。
Brimmer Brewing
横浜ビール
Thumbs Upの美味しいフードも魅力ですよ~!
ぜひ来てね!