Venice Gas House Trolley is a cerebral goove featuring Adam Gregory Pergament (voice). Musicians and Muses over the years have include Tim Peeters (bass), Benny Seger (percussion), KC McCrum (bass and guitar), Tate McLane (guitar and voice), Jeff Fields (bass), Miguel McQuade (drums), Kevin Arthur Knapp (bass), Simon Piler (guitar and environment), Raka Bandyo (flute and voice), David Brehmer (drums), Hugo Reynold (drums), Bear LaValley (bass), Zachariah Messiah (bass and drums), John Danielson (drums), Josh Pultorak (drums) and others not yet named. Book us at flowpoetry@yahoo.com.
Influences
The Grateful Dead to The Art Ensemble of Chicago to AACM to Shivkumar Sharma to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys to Son House to Pink Floyd to Sun Ra to Loop Guru to Plastikman to the Beat Poets to Alfred Jarry and on and on.
Sounds Like
You Don't Sound Like We Do
5-16-2009 Venice Gas House Trolley {Widow's Peak Music Festival, Earlville, IL}
6-18-2009 Venice Gas House Trolley_a {Silvie's Lounge, Chicago, IL}
6-18-2009 Venice Gas House Trolley_c {Silvie's Lounge, Chicago, IL}
Venice Gas House Trolley is a four-piece cerebral groove. Based out of Madison, WI, the band initially hearkens back to the times when hipsters and cool-cats would chill out digging ecstatic poets and musicians and then explodes through the present and into the future with vocal effects, dual basses, and twisting rhythms. The group’s sound and content encompasses groovy funk, aggressive jam, high and lonesome country, avant-garde jazz and ambient chill. The group features the words and voice of Adam Gregory Pergament, a finalist for the 2009 MNSWA “Urban Griot” International/National Performer of the Year, Tim Peeters, a Madison Area Music Award winner, Kevin Arthur Knapp, a graduate from The University of Wisconsin's Music Composition Program, and Josh Pultorak on drums. Book us at flowpoetry@yahoo.com.
Solidarity in Creativity. Inclusiveness and Respect for Artists. Striving to Open Space for Creative Expression. Community Involvement and Activism. Joy in Words. Originality in All. Create. Book us at flowpoetry@yahoo.com.
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photos by John M. Warren (8-11-08)
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thanks for all the compliments...they mean a lot ! you guys are incredible musicians !!! we had a good time ... hopefully we can meet up again soon. nathan
the tribe is strong. the young men know who play with sticks and skip stones in river bones. the tribe is strong. the old crone knows who's sentinel eyes watch over the neighborhood children. the tribe is strong. all the world knows that our earth is black and fertile and ripe for the sowing of deeds that will out live the sower. the tribe is strong. we all know.
