DAVID WILLINGHAM - Vocals, Trumpet, Melodica, Drums, Poetry TY HUDNALL - Tenor Sax, Gaika James - Trombone DAVE BURRIS - Guitar MATT CHAPMAN - Keyboards, JOHN HENRY - Bass IYAH - Drums Candice "Mahogany" Miller - Supporting Vocals
Thank you Candice "Mahogany" Miller for her outstanding Supporting Vocal performances on Pray and We are All, and Kenjah Nichols on Reunify and P.O.W Thank you Mosiah Amand for your pics and waving the Red Gold and Green!
Influences
Give Thanks and Praise to... Olodumare, The Ancestors, Bob Marley, Sun Ra, Ravi Shankar, Al Dimiola, Jack DeJohnette, Buddha, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, The Doors, Gilberto Gil, Krishna, Damian Marley, Monk, Augustus Pablo, Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Parker, Capelton, Matasiyahu, Led Zepplin, Ben Harper, Alice Coltrane, Pharaoh Sanders.......
In Ancient times, the Aton was worshiped in certain parts of Egypt. Aton represented the inter-working magic and unity off all the Gods. This mindfulness of our ancestors has been passed down through art, words and most importantly through our very DNA. Our physical makeup holds within it all the wisdom required to transcend. This is the wisdom that we, as a band of musicians and music lovers, are tapping into with our combined musical experience. Come and be a part of this band. The people of Earth have forgotten that together, we make up an organism. Together, we compose a living being called Mother Earth. And she is part of an even larger being. Once we accept our PEACE of the cosmic composition, we will never stand alone. The sun disk that represented Aton was said to hold within it every deity ever worshiped in Egypt. This is to say that he Aton includes all the information and all the wisdom of the universe. We interpret this as an idea of unity. We as musicians, and as earthlings, are tapping into this unity. We will do our part to break away the separation that has thus far surrounded and defined the human race. We will break away cultural separation, religious separation, intellectual separation and even gender based separation. Sun Ra called his music the fuel for a spaceship...he was right! To unify, we must uplift one another and ascend. The meditation of music brings us to levels of vibrations beyond that of planet Earth. The music that we create is a countdown to lift-off! We call our spaceship Aton, and all are welcome aboard. With our ship we will break the chains and bounds of time and space. On our journey we will become immortal. We are the Rising Sun. We are new light. We are consciousness rooted in the wisdom of our ancestors. WE WILL UNIFY!
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We are getting geared up for the 6th St Smokeout, and it's now less than 3 weeks away!
We'll have plenty of pizza, from the Mellow Mushroom, to take care of your munchies, and we'll also have a psychedellic multimedia light show for your viewing pleasure!!
Also, if you have just a couple minutes to spare, go by Do512 and vote "I Like" on the event page there; it'll keep the Smokeout near the top of the list of events for that day, and the "Higher" we are on the list the better!!!! The Do512 event page is here: http://do512.com/event/2009/10/17/texas-normls-4th-annual-6th-street-smokeout
EGADZ IS DEAD. One last album, one last tour. "EGADZ IS DEAD" is available now on my profile. My new project will be called: NAVA. The next shows in TEXAS are on:
July 10th, San Antonio
@ SOHO Lounge, 12289 Nacogdoches
Tickets at door
--or--
July 12th, Dallas
@ The Green Elephant, 5627 DYER ST
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