archives: Top Players Choice: #9 for Keith "Krash" Adams - session 354

 

As was mentioned in a previous blog post, Instagon played an epic Sunday night residency at the Liquid Den in Huntington Beach,CA between 2002 & 2004.  One night, in December of 2002, a southern gentleman from Louisiana named Kieth Adams wandered into our Den..had a saxophone and said he wanted to jam, and so he was invited to play..and well, he just stuck around and came out nearly every week after that! We played a bunch of shows over the time of 2003 and when it was all said and done Keith had played 36 sessions with Instagon, giving him the #9 Top player spot.  Currently Keith is on the East coast.. he still plays sax occasionally, but spends most of his time training and running in marathons.  I got a hold of Keith recently and asked him what his most memorable show was.. and right away he started telling me about a night that Yod played.. and that we played a REALLY long version of Jazz for Satan and that it was really crazy...so I started comparing dates that Yod & Keith played together and there were only a few, and then narrowed in on a session from 2003, that also included David Chetkin on drums, & Zak from The TAINT playing with us too.  I showed this data to Keith and he confirmed this was indeed the show he was thinking of.. and so .. now we present it to you for your enjoyment.

Instagon Top Player's Choice #9
for Keith Adams
session #354
August 17, 2003
Liquid Den, Huntington Beach,CA
http://www.archive.org/details/instagon2003-08-17.flac16

This was a Sunday night at the Liquid Den.  We came to jam and drink beeeer.
Sometimes we would have a 2nd band play with us on a Sunday, this night was night that kinda night.  The session was made up of players who had all experienced Instagon previously, so there was no new blood for the deamon that night...but we all were there and ready to have a good time.. well all except Zak Olson..who arrived late and only played for the 2nd set.  The band consisted of DAVID CHETKIN (of the local band Frogdog) on drums, SEAN CAMPEAU on guitar, KEITH ADAMS on sax, LOB INSTAGON on bass & vocals, and later on ZAK OLSON on keyboards. The first set was pretty typical of sessions from this time period of Instagon...a couple of covers.. a couple of originals.. something new.."Ubertracker" was a song that we played during the summer of 2003 that only had 3 or 4 outings.. (this may be the final appearance) Also in this set there is a rare cover of The Who's "Boris The Spider", which only appears in the set every once in awhile (mainly if Chetkin is on drums), there was also a unique space/noise piece called "Area 51" that is exclusive to this set.  For the 2nd set we got Zak all dialed in and added to the stage.. and he started playing around with his key board and playing the opening notes, with the right effects, for Pink Floyd's "Echoes" .. and so we joined in and explored into that calling it "Echoes23"..this is the ONLY time Instagon has attempted to play Echoes. The set continued on with one of Keith's favorite jams, "Thee Little Turtle" ...then a "Rock Lobster" ..a nice relaxing version of "Spider"...and THEN it happened.. the epic "Jazz for Satan".. it clocks in at 21 minutes!..during this jam there was lots of switching of instruments and people.. Sean played bass.. Lob played guitar.. keyboards.. Zak played bass..Sean played keyboards.. Zak played drums.. David played keyboards..and so on.. only Keith played Sax for the entire jam.  The show closed in standard fashion with a jam on The Germs' "Shut Down".. but then came back for an encore with another noise/soundscape piece called "Liquid Dream" ..and then a cover of America's "Horse With No Name".  This is one of my (lob) favorite songs ever..and I had totally forgotten about this rendition of it until i started uploading this recordings.  This is the ONLY time Instagon has played this song by America. This session was recorded in the audience.. with a Mini Disc recorder..it was transferred to CD at home, and then just this month the original CD recordings were re-mastered for this posting.  This is the entire show, it will require 2 discs if you are burning it.  Click on the link above to stream or download this classic Liquid Den session from Instagon.   THANKS KEITH!

set list - session 544 - August 13, 2010 - Fire Escape Bar & Grill, Citrus Heights, CA - WEAVE Benefit

Instagon 544
August 13, 2010

Fire Escape Bar & Grill
Citrus Heights, CA
WEAVE Benefit Show

In the early part of the Summer, Instagon was contacted by Brooke from the local rock band Blame Betty and asked if we would be interested in playing a benefit show for the WEAVE organization at Fire Escape Bar & Grill in Citrus Heights.  WEAVE is an organization that helps provide services for battered women, so it was for sure a good cause and something we could support...and we had tried to book previously at Fire Escape with little luck.. so this one seemed like an easy way to support something cool AND benefit our desire to play a new room .. BUT there was a catch.. all of the bands that were asked to play were also asked to ONLY play songs from the 80's or songs that were made popular in the 80's!  It was 80's night!!   At first I thought it would be sorta odd, but then I started to think about it and well Instagon has a number of 80's tunes that ALREADY were in our arsenal of riffs and grooves.. so after the brief hesitation it was agreed that we would appear for this show..  Also on the show were lots of local Sacramento bands like The Common Men, Yes Sir, Breaking Glass, Jimmy Wah, Puke & Spit, Ventura, & Blame Betty. Everyone played great sets of awesome rad 80's songs. 

For this session the band was given a group of songs that we were gonna play and told to familiarize themselves with them as homework. We did not practice or rehearse in any way for this show.. it was pure Instagon.   

 This time around the band was to be  Chad E. Williams & John Keeling on guitars, Leo The Butcher on drums, and Lob on bass.  The gig organizers provided drums and amps for this show, so with a back line already there, we brought our guitars and were ready to play.   There was also a 80's costume contest and theme to the evening.. although none of the band entered the contest.. Lob did come in full 80's regalia. 

The show started with a great set of pop punk classics from the band VENTURA.. followed by INSTAGON. .  The Instagon set started off just a little bit off centered with an Invokation that lasted a few minutes while Lob started the ritual and then crept into a rendition of "Bela Lagosi's Dead" by the band Bauhaus. This was the first time that we had played this song since April 2009.   This was followed by the expected "Rock Lobster"  followed by the "Cambodian Holiday" that we have started to horse around with this year.. and then "Another One Bites the Dust" was on cue.. and the band rocked hard.. Chad E. Williams was on fire for this set shredding leads whenever the opportunity presented itself, and John Keeling was also on fire and adding great texture and mood for the set.
We closed the set with a riff by Metallica .. This last song was added to the set list the morning of the show.. and so no one really had the chance to study it that much.. but Leo held it down and we squeaked through it without too much mayhem.

 

Overall it was a really fun night..  all of the bands were really amazing.. there were surprizingly only 2 songs that were played more than once.. those were "Just Like Heaven" by the Cure, and "Blister in the Sun" by the Violent Femmes. Some of the high points of the night were The Common Men doing Ozzy's "Crazy Train" complete with biting the heads off of beanie baby bats..  and Yes Sir's version of The Cure's "Love Cats" (The Cure seemed to be the big covered band of the night).  Oh. and worth mentioning was the totally WRONG cover of "I Used To Love Her" by Guns n Roses that Puke & Spit played.. I mean it was a benefit for WEAVE.. doh!

Instagon 544

August 13, 2010    (friday)

Fire Escape Bar & Grill, Citrus Heights, CA

WEAVE Benefit Show

Invokation>

Bela,     (riff by Bauhaus)

Rock Lobster,  (riff by the B-52's)
Cambodian Holiday,   (riff by Dead Kennedy's)
Dust,  (riff by Queen)
For Whom the Bell Tolls  (riff by Metallica)

LOB - lead bass,vocals, costumes
CHAD E. WILLIAMS - lead guitar
JOHN KEELING - guitar

LEO THE BUTCHER - drums

 

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all photos by Yvette Lucas

poster by Blame Betty crew

New Releases at Bandcamp !

instagon.bandcamp.com

We have launched a new online site with streaming and downloads of recordings of Instagon thru the wonderful site called bandcamp.com
Our first release was a download version of the INSTAGON - LIVE AT TRUE LOVE title that came out on CDr last summer (limited to 50 copies).

In November, we released the entire live performance of the Instagon Noise Quintet from Norcal Noisefest 2009. This session features Blake Edwards from VERTONEN, Rent Romus from LORDS OF OUTLAND, Steve Davis frm +DOG+, and Mark Soden of PHOG MASHEEEN playing noise with Lob at NF13. Right away we had a few copies move from the bandcamp page.. it was a really great feeling to have music posted and purchased within a short time. thanks!

In December we released a digital remastered edition of an old title by Instagon, our first collection of live songs from 1999. 

The "SPACE 1999: 10 year Anniversary Edition" features digital remastering of the entire original release that was before only available on cassette., plus a 20 bonus track, and extensive liner notes regarding each track.  This is an amazing document of the early band recordings by Instagon ,and features standards like "Forward", "Orgone Collector", & "Joyride".. plus the debut performance of "Rock Lobster", and an amazing version of Bauhaus' " Bela".   This release also marked the first in a series of FULL LENGTH releases planned for the bandcamp page to happen BI-MONTHLY.  The next full length will be posted in February 2010 and will feature a live recording from Fall 2009 from Sacramento,CA.

for 2010 we also have unleashed the FRESH TRAX series which will feature a new song, EVERY MONTH available for FREE download. Each track will ONLY be available for a limited time until the end of each month it is posted.  The track for January is a new track called "Dripfall" recorded at the UFO Club in Folsom,CA during the COSMIC HOOTENANNY (session 524). This track is currently only available for a limited time...now through Jan. 31, 2010.   A new track will be posted a few days later.

At the end of the year all 12 tracks will be available as a collection with exclusive art work and probably a bonus track or 2.

Set List - session 524 - Jan. 2, 2010 - House on the Hill Cosmic Hootenanny, UFO Club, Folsom, CA

Instagon #524 January 2, 2010
House on the Hill - Cosmic Hootenanny
UFO Club, Folsom, CA
(3 sets)

The UFO CLUB is an organization that was started in the UK in or around 1966 and was founded by the founding members of Pink Floyd. Syd Barrett's sister is still involved with the original group in England. A number of years ago a local man named James and his brother David began a project to re-create a version of the UFO club here in California.. they became involved with the UK group and opened an "official" West Coast chapter of this International collective for creative happenings in, of all places, Folsom, CA. ..the House on the Hill. Each years since its beginnings the West Coast UFO Club has hosted an annual end of the year celebration and party. This year marked the 10 year anniversary of the first West Coast UFO happening and a 3 day event was planned. Our good friends DELAYED SLEEP, played the festivities for New Year's Eve night.. and we were honored to be invited to play the closing night, Saturday Night, as the live band entertainment.. and so armed with Pink Floyd riffs we headed up the hill from Sacramento to Folsom ready to party

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We arrived at the House On the Hill to find no one home.. not a soul.. the lights were on but no one was there.. we were at first sorta worried.. but then, after a phone call to Jimmie James , the event planner, we were told to hang on for a few minutes and he would be there to let us in. The band that was playing as Instagon for this session was all 3 members of the Garage Jazz Architects (Lob, Chad Williams, Mark Halverson) and also 2 of the members of Karmada (Stephen Elliot & Matt Conklin). This would be the 2nd time playing with Instagon for both Matt & Steve, but the first time Steve was on his main instrument, the guitar. (last time Steve played drums, Instagon #501). The house was a smallish house with old hard wood floors and lots of great visual effort to make it look like an old English party flat.. rounded archways.. hard color painted walls.. a mirror ball.. a liquid light.. and we brought trippy projections, and all of a sudden this show was a rainbow more colorful than Liberace throwing up on himself.

The first set was truly like an Instagon set from the past with the set list featuring songs that were played during the Liquid Den days & Lob even sporting his infamous "space pajamas" shirt . "My Little Red Planet," "Joyride", "Speed of Light", even Black Sabbath's "Behind the Wall of Sleep" (not played since NYE 2008, 36 shows). The only song that was something that has been added into the shows more recently was the theme song for "The Simpsons." That was mostly because that has become a GJA standard, and it was easy to make happen with the 3 of them all there. The set ended with a botched attempt into "One of These Days" by Pink Floyd that quickly went south and became closer to The Doors' "LA Woman". Also at this sets end, Stephen complained that his back hurt and took a break and so Matt was playing guitar for a short while.. and it was really cookin'! This first set lasted about 40 minutes.

The second was the shortest of the 3 sets we played that night, only about 30 mins.
It started with a new song "Dripfall" that was written in the studio this past Fall.. This was the first time it had been played out live...followed by another old school song, "Space Walk".. by this time the band was starting to calm into a place where really nice grooves and interaction between the players could happen..this "Space Walk" was really nice. Then, with twist of the old effects knob, Lob added this fat wah sound to his bass.. sounding like Jerry Garcia playing "Shakedown Street", and busted into a seriously funky version of "Thee Little Turtle".. deep disco dance version. After some boogie time, it was time for more Pink Floyd.. this time "Let There Be More Light" was the subject of the sonic garage jazz exploration.. it was a first time for this song to enter the deamon's realm and it was taken seriously.. finally to close the set we tore up a hot swingin' "Jazz for Satan" and then it was time for a bite to eat.

The 3rd and final set was the epic set of the night.. closing out at just around an hour, it started with more Pink Floyd with "Set the Controls...." we were at the UFO Club after all! This set was mixed with old songs and new songs.. and another first time Pink Floyd outing for Instagon with "Interstellar Overdrive". "Thee Sickness" was dedicated to Chad, who was ill but came to play anyway. The "Rock Lobster" brought down the house! This set was the sonic power set of the night.. all the way around great stuff. Only real moment worth mentioning was during the middle of the "Interstellar Overdrive"...it seems that the NYE weekend of party happenings got to Stephen and he fell asleep into a nod and a wall of feedback.. just nodded away.. to the point where Chad had to nudge him awake to cut the feedback from killing all of us.. it was something you seriously needed to see to believe it happened.. but alas.. it did.. supposedly there is a video that was shot .. maybe we can get to see that again someday.

All and all it was a pretty fun show.. there was some frustration and some chaos, but it was Instagon.. and the first show of the year too.. The deamon had a great time and looks forward to the next time we are asked to play at this interesting and special location.

Instagon #524
Janurary 2, 2010
House On The Hill Cosmic Hootenanny
UFO Club, Folsom, CA

set 1
Invokation>
Red Planet Landing>
My Little Red Planet
Joyride
Speed of Light
Behind the Wall of Sleep (song by Black Sabbath)
Simpsons (TV Theme song)
One Of Those LA Women* (Pink Floyd/Doors live mash up)

set2
Dripfall
Space Walk
The Little Turtle
Let There Be More Light**(song by Pink Floyd, 1st time played)
Jazz for Satan

Set3
Set The Controls (song by Pink Floyd)
Undoing
Spider
Echophobic
The Sickness
Interstellar Overdrive** (song by Pink Floyd, 1st time played)
Brainwashed Love
Rock Lobster (song by B-52's)



session 524 was:
LOB (lead bass / vocal )
CHAD E. WILLIAMS (guitar)
MARK HALVERSON (drums)
MATT CONKLIN (keyboard / guitar)
STEPHEN ELLIOT (guitar)
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flyer art by Lob
group photo by Kati LeMer
all other photos by Yvette Lucas

thanks to UFO CLUB West Coast !

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Set List - group 521 - Cozmic Cafe, Placerville, CA - Nov. 28, 2009

Instagon #521
November 28, 2009
Cozmic Cafe, Placerville, CA

A cold Fall evening in the town of Placerville, in the Tahoe foothills of California. We arrived at Cozmic Cafe really really early as we were asked to do, and arrived to find no one there that had any idea what was happening with the show. There was no door person, nor a person to run the sound. The kind hearted owner, Gayle, informed us that there was a beautiful sound system for our use and that "they" would be happy to help us with sound..but who "they" were was really not mentioned, nor was any real help offered. After a little time going by and frustration starting to set in, we set upon the job ourselves with the help of Chad E. Williams and someone else from the Noisepsalm crew of people we finally got a working sound system and we were ready for launching. it had now been nearly 2 hours since we arrived...and we were hungry. So a quick run to a fast food joint to get some fuel, and then back to the venue to invoke our deamon.

It was a really tough night on stage.. it was hard to hear as they had no real monitors on stage.. and Blake William, although a swell guitar player, is really loud. The set started off with a quick Invokation and dropped into the Red Planet Landing & My Little Red Planet. After a few adjustments to sound, we were off again running through a good selection of older Instagon riffs (Red Planet, Spider, Jazz for Satan, Deamon's Tube), some of the newer riffs (Undoing, Cozmic, Buzzkill), and some great garage jazz covers too (Simpsons, Rock Lobster). This was Skip Moriarty's first time playing with Instagon, and he seemed to really enjoy himself dancing and doing place kicks on the stage while we were rockin'. The audience really had a great time watching him. But the real core of this show was a semi-prepared concept (prepared as in everyone on stage had been forewarned) ..this was Instagon group # 521. ..with that number in mind we set into playing Five To One by the Doors.. with full vocals from Lob ! It was really something different, and very special. It was done for this show only, and will probably not be repeated. We played it upbeat and off key just like you knew we would. {grin}.

INSTAGON #521
November 28, 2009
Cozmic Cafe, Placerville, CA

Invokation >
Red Planet Landing >
My Little Red Planet,
Cozmic,
Simpsons, (TV Theme song)
Spider,
Jazz for Satan,
Five To One*, (song by The Doors, 1st time played)
Buzzkill,
Undoing,
Rock Lobster, (song by B-52's)
Deamon's Tube
(1:15)


521 was:
LOB (lead bass, vocals)
CHAD E. WILLIAMS (guitar)
BLAKE WILLIAM (guitar)
MARK HALVERSON (drums)
MATT LEWIS (keyboards)
SKIP MORIARTY (flute, tamborine)

A side note: Skip Moriarty used to be the flute player for the band STEEL WIND, and Blake William's dad was the guitar player in STEEL BREEZE. So this show had a lot of STEEL potential...just thought we would share that.

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all photos by Yvette Lucas

Recording Session Set Lists - group 520 - Lower Freeborn Hall -KDVS, Davis,CA - Nov. 21, 2009

Instagon #520
November 21, 2009
Studio "D" Engineering Room
Lower Freeborn Hall, KDVS Radio, UC DAVIS
Davis, CA

This year Instagon supported KDVS radio by donating $200.00 to their annual fund drive in the spring time. For this we were given a generous gift of 8 hours in the studio at the station with an engineer. After months of planning and gathering the right people, the date was set and off we went into the studio. Joining Instagon for this adventure in exploration were the 2 members with the most hours involved with the Deamon, Lob on bass , and Cary Pealer (Punk As a Doornail) on drums. The classic rhythm section of Instagon. Also joining us on guitars were Chad E. Williams (GJA) and Dan Quillan (Art Lessing), Susan Hunt (waning), and Andrew Wayne (Chopstick)...and we were joined for the middle set by Jaroba for some great saxophone.improvisational interaction.
[Dan Quillan, photo by Lob]

[Susan Hunt, photo by Lob]

[Andrew Wayne, photo by Lob]

The first set / session started with a quick warm up of the song "Forward", before the actual recording machines were turned on.. then a little more tweaking of the space and getting comfortable , and then we were off. Cary had a hard time finding his studio legs and we all seemed a little off.. but listening back to the raw recordings we sounded really good, it just was hard to realize it because of the size of the space we were in. The Sickness was over 16 minutes long during this session and was just fantastic.
The 2nd set we were joined for an hour by Jaroba, and we played a couple of the songs again that we played in the first set. He tore some really great sonic holes into the stratosphere of that room and laid down some great horn. After the 2nd set we took a break for nearly an hour to get some food. After eating we all felt much better, even Cary, and we laid down some really great tracks of pure improvisation...new titles.. fresh riff rides.. the 2nd groove was particularly amazing..we named it "Freeborn" for the hall building we were playing in.
Here are the set lists and notes regarding who plays where and what cover songs we had fun with while in the studio. The engineer was Fenris Wolf, and we should be meeting again with him sometime very soon for the final mix down of these recordings.

soundcheck - Forward [no recording]

SET 1:
Sunlight In My Eyes, {original song by Communal Death Duck}
Echophobic (w/vocal),
Speedwobble tease,
Speed,
Thee Sickness (w/ vocal),
Cozmic tease,
Evil Jazz 23,
Buzzkill,
Undoing,
Speedwobble,
Sex Bomb (w/vocal), {song by Flipper}
Cozmic
[1:10]

SET 2:
Cozmic,
Mu
Jazz for Satan,
Brainwashed Love,
Speed,
Sleepwalking*
Disco Warm-Up*
Deamon Disco*
Echophobic,
Joyride,
Thee Sickness
[1:15]

SET 3
Thruster,
Freeborn*,
Cows, {song originally done by Murray}
Bela, {song by Bauhaus}
Cruise Control*,
Dripfall*,
Nebula Chaser,
Dust > {song by Queen}
Set The Controls > {song by Pink Floyd}
Rock Lobster > {song by B-52's}
Shut Down > {song by The Germs}
Found Wind# [noise piece]
[1:20]


* new songs, 1st time played
# noise piece

Instagon #520 was:
LOB (bass,vocals),
CARY PEALER (drums),
CHAD E. WILLIAMS (guitar),
DAN QUILLAN (guitar, deth cello),
ANDREW WAYNE (moog synth)
SUSAN HUNT (keyboards)
JAROBA (saxophone) [2nd Set Only]

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top photo by Andrew Wayne

Set List - show 519 - HOUSE OF MU, Sacramento,CA - Nov. 14, 2009

Instagon #519
November 14, 2009
House of Mu, Sacramento, CA

set 1
Invokation >
Evil Jazz 23,
Simpsons, (TV show theme by Danny Elfman)
Joyride,
Cozmick,
Spider,
Brainwashed Love,
Deamon's Tube,
Echophobic,
Set The Controls, (song by Pink Floyd)
The Little Turtle,
Satisfaction (song by The Rolling Stones)
(56:00)

set 2
Red Planet Landing >
My Little Red Planet,
Rock Lobster, (song by The B-52's)
Undoing,
Love Cats > (song by The Cure)
Thee Sickness,
[Orgone Collector tease]
Jazz for Satan..So What?, (contains both songs intertwined) (So What by Miles Davis)
Eyes Have Seen You (based on riff by The Doors)
Mu *
(57:00)

* new riff, first time played

Instagon 519:
LOB - lead bass
CHAD E. WILLIAMS - guitar

MARK HALVERSON - drums

The main thing that everyone kept asking at this show was, "why haven't we done this before?".. and we really did not have an answer. In Sacramento, on the 2nd Saturday of every month there is this "Art Walk" that started a number of years ago and has since expanded into a free for all of creativity and shenannigans in midtown Sacramento. This leads to all sorts of fun things happening that go un-disturbed because the local powers that be seem to be okay with all of the artistic mayhem that happens in their fine city. SO this month, on the 2nd Saturday.. Chad Williams suggested that we should set up an Instagon happening in his front yard.. that the neighbors have parties all the time and they have no room to complain..so lets do it. and so we did.

As it is November here in sunny California.. the sun goes away early for some dumb reason.. and it gets dark by 5:30 or so. Because of this we set up around 4:30pm and got started as soon as we could.. and by the time we were ready to start we had already gathered a good little crowd of people that were ready for us! This was all because Mark Halverson is a PR pro and he got his posse to come make an appearance.

And he did not let them down one bit.. Mark was ON.. and so were Chad and Lob.. and the show just tore it up.. It started fun and groovy with the Evil Jazz 23.. and quickly moved into deep goove waters.. Cozmik was on fire.. and Set the Controls was really special for this first set. The Set ended with a really botched attempt at The Rolling Stones' Satisfaction.. (sorry) The first set clocked in at 56 mins.. it was really fun.

The 2nd set started on the Red Planet, and then took off with a Rock Lobster.. followed by the return of Undoing.. which was really amazing once Mark fell in the pocket and the groove took over. Then someone from the crowd asked about the Rock Lobster riff..and Lob played more into the 80's theme by taking off into Love Cats by The Cure.. but quickly changed direction and unleashed a loud and effects driven rendition of Thee Sickness. This set ended with a new riff that was let loose and it was given the title "Mu". (named for the house we were at), This song is EPIC.. this first time it came through at around 13 minutes. .. its something very special and will probably become a standard for the new year.

this ensemble actually was the current configuration of the Garage Jazz Architects appearing as Instagon. This core has played 3 previous times for Instagon but with others, always including a 4th or 5th player. This trio is smokin' and we look forward to really amazing things in 2010 from the GJA.

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all photos by Yvette Lucas

Setlist - Show 517 - Davis Jazz Festival, Village Bakery & Grill Stage, Davis,CA -Oct 10, 2009.

INSTAGON #517
October 10, 2009
DAVIS JAZZ FESTIVAL
Village Bakery & Grill Stage, Davis, CA

Invokation>
Evil Jazz 23,
introductions,
Simpsons*,
(theme from)Brainwashed Love,
So What**,
Echophobic,
I Dream of Jeanie*,
Space Walk,
The Little Turtle,
2nd intro,
Jazz for Davis***,
Deamon's Tube,
The Virus >
The Sickness,
Sex Bomb#
(84:00)

* TV theme songs
** Miles Davis riff
*** Jazz for Satan with different lyric
# riff by Flipper


LOB - lead bass
CHAD E. WILLIAMS - guitar
DEX LOPAZ - keyboards
MARK HALVERSON - drums
JAROBA - sax / baritone clarinet

At first upon arrival we were worried.. it did not look as though the venue was prepared for an electric band. The band before us, The David O'Keefe Trio, were mostly an acoustic ensemble. But we managed to squeeze our little quintet into the space they provided for us, and really had a pretty damn good time at the Davis Jazz Festival. The event was sponsored by the John Natsoulas Gallery and featured a number of different stage locations around the downtown Davis area.

We, somehow, became the last band playing on the schedule on any of the stages.. so we were happy to have a nice spot. It was a beautiful night in Davis.. the weather was perfect for an outdoor set. We played in this little courtyard in front of the Village Bakery & Grill. Our friend, Jaroba, had played earlier in the evening with his trio at the Bistro 33 stage, and we asked him to come over and sit in with us later, and he did..and it was a great time..

Jaroba is a fun player to have involved in the groove.. Also playing this evening was Mark Halverson on the drums.. this is his 3rd time playing with Instagon.. and he seems to get the grip on things really fast.. he will probably be playing a lot more upcoming shows.. so watch for him.

Chad E. Williams played his 40th appearance with Instagon on guitar.. and as usual people in the audience were asking for him to turn it up.. he just needs an a mp that goes to eleven.. that is all. Dex Lopaz played some really funky groove keyboards.. it was Dex's first show since the spring time.. it was swell to play with him again.

As a group we were really tight.. there were chaotic moments of course, but all and all it was a really great show.. filled with lots of structure and improvisation all at the same time.. fine ass garage jazz for the Davis Jazz Fest! "Brainwashed Love", "Echophobic", & "Deamon's Tube" were all really smokin' jams for this show.. and the twisted upstepped jazz version of "Thee Sickness" with the "Virus" in tro was just right to fit the night.. The long slow, mellow, shoe gazer/psychedelic rendition of "Sex Bomb" made for an awsome closer to a nearly 90 minute set.

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all photos by Yvette Lucas
photo collage by Lob

Comps.Part 5: COMMUNAL DEATH DUCK-PINK PONY : covers, remixes, manipulations, & regurgitations

This is probably the most interesting compilation we have been involved with this year...here is the story..
COMMUNAL DEATH DUCK is a band from Alice, Texas who somehow became "friends" with Instagon via the magick of Myspace.com. Earlier in the year CDD put out a bulletin that they had this great idea for their next album...the idea was to collect a cd of covers and remixes fo their songs done by other artists. It seemed like a pretty good idea.. and so we explored their songs on the web and found one that was very interesting called "The Sunlight in Your Eyes".. it had a very simply bass line, and seemed like it could be pulled of with no warning with a group.. and it was on!
The first time the song appeared in the Instagon set was at Java Lounge in early January 2009. (show 489) .. but with a slight twist...as it was now in the first person and had become "The Sunlight in My Eyes".. the first time it was played, I knew it was gonna be something that we would play a lot more in the future. The very next show was at Marilyns on K St. in Sacramento (show 490) a week later and we played it again. (This is the recording that appears on the compilation).. a couple of days later we contacted CDD and told them we had already recorded 2 versions of this song, and that they could pick one of them for thier collection. Norberto from CDD was really excited .. he was expecting remixes and covers from friends and bands that they KNOW.. but here was one from someone that they didnt know.. ouf of the blue...and thus a friendship was born. The new CD "Communal Death Duck presents PINK PONY: covers, remixes, manipulations, & regugitations" is a collection of 21 different versions of songs by CDD from thier previous 3 CD's done by other bands and friends. Instagon appears doing "The Sunlight in My Eyes" from show 490, recorded at Marilyns on K, Sacramento, CA , January 14, 2009. It features surprizing fun vocals from Lob, and the song has become a regular in the shows so far this year.

copies of this disc can be found for download at:
http://www.communaldeathduck.com/index.html