We regret to announce that after some 5+ years of existence, we are closing our doors. This was not an easy decision to make, and we deeply appreciate all the bands and musicians who have played with and inspired us, anyone who's ever set up a show so we could show up late and forget our setlist, and all the people who have made us welcome on their floors, in their basements, and in their yards. Being (in) this band has been an honor and a huge learning experience for all of us, both musically and personally, and we will do our best to chisel away at that debt through our future endeavors.
On a tangentially related note, we suggest that anyone with time on their hands contact the "Bread And Roses Benefit Agency" of San Francisco and urge them to change their name to a song quote more suited to their post-hippie worldview; perhaps something from "The Preacher And The Slave."
our sixth cd "the kids are alright" is being released in CT on NOV. 28 at the EL-N-GEE in NEW LONDON (ALL AGES) and in MASS on DEC. 5 at LONDON BILLIARDS in WORCESTER (18+)!!!!
The play will be broken up with intermissions featuring the projects performing.
More info on the play:
We are all Ulysses’ crewmen. We’ve got wax in our ears and a madman lashed to the mast.
The Situation: Ulysses' Crewmen have mutinied. The captain has been captured and the moral of Homer's tale has been reversed. All the mutineers perished but one, who is now left alone with the hero of all western civilization struggling against obsolete morality and the impossibility of ethical action.
Unplug your ears, release the madness, hear the siren’s song and let yourself be dashed against the rocks!”
The Exposition, in the form of a fictional news report: A member of the US delegation has been kidnapped. Police are currently out in force searching for the mi
EVAN GREER & FRIENDS "NEVER SURRENDER" CD RELEASE PARTY
FRIDAY, MAY 8th, 2009 @ Community Church of Boston 565 Boylston St., Copley Sq.
This show is celebrating the release of my new CD,"Never Surrender." 15 brand new tracks with a full band of amazing friends. I've gathered together as many of the amazing folks who played and sang on the album as possible (plus some new friends!) and we're all teaming up for one awesome night of radical music to benefit local community organizing!
Featuring a full-band set from EVAN GREER & FRIENDS
accompanied by the talent of the following friends:
BROADCAST LIVE - albany's best radical hip hop band TAINA ASILI - puerta rican afro-carribean neo-soul liberation rock MIMI LAVALLEY - amazing nyc-based singer/songwriter and lots more!!!
The whole evening will be MC'd by the amazing TOXIC SOIL BUSTERS! Youth from Worcester organizing for justice!
$5 - 20 sliding scale donation Proceeds will benefit Voices of Liberation, the Qawem Coalition, and Stone Soup, a community center in Worcester recently damaged by fire.
Vegan pizza provided by TJ's!
This event is wheelchair accessible. FREE on-site childcare is available. Contact: evangreer@gmail.com to request it. Local groups are invited to table.
Great show last Thursday! Thanks again for: The long drive home in the mega bus, the rare whiskey stuff that Jason downed, not kicking me out of the mega bus for bringing along a waydrunken' skally cap wearin' stranger, the albums and stickers, the great songs and singalongs! Come to Cincinnati anytime! We'll hook it up. Mike
