Don Keesing-Guitar & Lead Vocals/ Randy Austin- Lead Guitar & Lap Steel/ Phil Duarte-Bass/Sarah Azzara-Vocals/ Erica Hoffman-Vocals/ Norman van der Sluys-Drums / Nnenna Ogwo- Keyboards/ Myki Twigger- Mandolin/ Engineers & Producers-Geoff Turner, Don Zientara & Norman van der Sluys (on the posted mp3s)
Also performing on the Aztec Heart Treatment album were- Bernie Wandel, bass; Paul Faatz-sax; Rusty Howe-vocals; Muriel Brown, vocals; Victor Gaberman, flute; Elizabeth McGraw, bass; Brian McGuire, fiddle; Michelle Preslik, guitar; Geoff Turner, drums and Phil Duarte as a producer, drummer and guitarist
Other tracks on snocap store feature-
Adrian Ossea (RIP), drums and bass and me playing bass, keyboards and percussion
and the band Rain Crow
with David Andler on drums, John Benskin on Lead Guitar & Keyboards, Lynn Buchanan on vocals, John Fonvielle on bass, Geoff Turner on Keyboards and Vocals, Norman van der Sluys on drums and Bernie Wandel on bass
Love, Troggs, Kinks, Replacements, Ramones, X, Bad Brains, Patti Smith Group, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Velvet Underground, Brian Eno, Iggy & The Stooges, Syd Barrett, Clash, Sex Pistols, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Buck Owens, Hank Williams Sr., John Prine, Big Star, P-Funk, Motown, Stax, Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions, War, Santana, Al Green, Rufus, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Studio One, Jimmy Cliff, Spinners (& Philly Stuff), Trouble Funk, Chuck Brown, Rare Essence, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Rezillos, Dead Kennedys, X-Ray Spex, Rollins Band, Robyn Hitchcock & Soft Boys, Jam, Cramps, Television, Heartbreakers, Bothy Band (& Acoustic Celtic), Lucinda Williams, Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlin, Leonard Cohen, Norman Blake (& Bluegrass), Faces (Small & Otherwise), Damned, Link Wray, Dick Dale, Ventures, Lila Downs, Flaco Jimenez, Texas Tornados, Los Lobos, Afro-Cuban, Pow Wow, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Bird & Diz, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Eric Dolphy, Duke Ellington, Bud Powell, Grant Green, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, Paul Chambers, Billie Holiday and, of course, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Who, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Bo Diddley, Janis Joplin...
Sounds Like
"The album is a delightfully demented romp through a musical landscape dotted with psychedelia, country, punk, folk, 60's garage, slippery saxophone and the-sound-of-things-falling-apart grooves. Keesing's smoky baritone provides the narrative focus while a cast of thousands- including Honeypole's Norman van der Sluys and the Black Cat's Bernie Wandel- provides the backdrop. The texture is dense yet atmospheric; think of the Kingdom of Leisure meets However. "The Aztec Heart Treatment" definately stands up to repeat listenings- just when you think Keesing has done it all, he pulls another rabbit out of his hat. This one's a winner." - Marcus Esposito, Snap Pop, June 2000
"Donald Keesing produced The Aztec Heat Treatment in 2000, but I just learned about it a couple weeks ago. Despite Keesing's presence in the Washington DC punk community for more than twenty years, his cd remained a mystery until recently. I don't know how this came to be, but I think I'd have formed a drastically kinder view of pop music had I heard this when he first recorded these songs.
I have long harbored disdain for pop music, dismissing it as the sad country cousin to real rock. Some things snared my esteem like the Police, the Cars, and the Knack, but for me, the best practitioner of Pop has always been a tie between Bowie and the Kinks. I don't think it any stretch to include Donald Keesing in this august company; his lyrics, his able fusion of humor and melancholy, and the capacity to write catchy tunes which stick in my head hours after hearing them all embody what I wish Pop music would do, instead of following trite and marketable formulas.
Certainly, nobody would mistake "I've hardened my heart (and I don't love you)" or "She only laughs when I'm Hurt" for radio-friendly pablum. No less memorable, "You Are Cleopatra" skitters along with an infectious, but truly off-beat riff, while "You Have Been Deceived" holds its own against the disturbing gems near the end of "Something Else by The Kinks." Listening to The Aztec Heart Treatment, I found myself wondering what people would do if exposed en masse to this disc -- embrace it, miss the point, or coopt the least memorable track as the hit single. It's hard to say, and harder to stomach, but I wish the opportunity would arise -- we need a disruptive influence in our pop music."- Peter Burris
"Where popular music tends to paint with broad strokes, filk and punk cur right to the heart of the issue. From Yucca Mountain to School of the Americas to the power line they want to push through you backyard, the song of dissent is a needed wake up call to the people affected most. Pat Humphpries and Sandy O., Tom Neilson, Donald Keesing, Ani DiFranco, Sarah Themsen and Dar Williams are all progressive artists unafraid to play at benefit concerts, actions or marches..
Nukewatch Pathfinder -Paul Vos Benkowski Summer 2006
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Don was the singer and rhythm guitarist for Rain Crow in 1988/89 and Mink Ranch in 1990. He sang with the short-lived 1982 DC Punk band White Zombies (not to be confused with the very popular NY band with the singular version of that name). He is currently working with Randy Austin (Overkill -DC '76, Slim Jims, Graverobbers w/Karl Straub, Throwbacks...) Bob Young (Tru Fax & The Insaniacs) and CB (Martha Hull & The Steady Jobs) in a band called Dollar Bin.
Neon Reptile
Here’s our rocker Neon Reptile live at the Velvet Lounge DC (cool place)
Sept 5, 2008 with the justifiably legendary Bob Berberich sitting in on drums.
We love him dearly and can’t thank the amazing Ottley! enough for the loan.
Thanks also to The Howling Mad – an amazing band, not on myspace-
but you really should check them out on youtube.
Cigarette Machine & Solitary Man
Straight from the screen to the pages of Cougar Beat magazine
Big Bald Blues & Sleepwalk- now properly synched
Randy’s signature instrumental and a classic – the mute interval in our set
(Muzzle DonK! They cry pitchforks and torches in hand- boil that dustspeck!)
Dollar Bin- White Velvet Sands
Dollar Bin- I Knew You Had
Dollar Bin- I Don't Need Anything- Live
Dollar Bin- Cigarette Machine- Live
Dollar Bin- Mission Accomplished (A New Terrorist Is Born)
Cigarette Machine- slideshow
You Are An ENFP
The Inspirer
You love being around people, and you are deeply committed to your friends.
You are also unconventional, irreverant, and unimpressed by authority and rules.
Incredibly perceptive, you can usually sense if someone has hidden motives.
You use lots of colorful language and expressions. You're qutie the storyteller!
You would make an excellent entrepreneur, politician, or journalist.
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
Hunter S. Thompson
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