Dylan M. Blackthorn - Accordionista, Samantha X the Freak Mama as piper on flute, clarinet, and jug. Willie Crash(Tuba), Brewski Salmineo (resonator guitar), Doktor Sick (fiddle) Satan John (the devil on the drums), and friends.
Music, sideshow, circus acts included. Lowrent the Clown & the biggest mechanically produced D.I.Y. 50’ fireball in town (texas-sized)!
You may also see some very interesting and talented Freaks performing now and again with THAT Damned Band - such as the Black Scorpion, Jackie the Human 3pod, and more. Sideshow performers appear as well, such as the mistress of worms Rev. Flint Fancy, the Great Gozleone world famous sword swallower, and Katzen the tiger lady.
Influences
Friends, foes, and ghosts...
Our best wishes go out to those who inspire us, our dear friends:
Chains, Sean Lee the 1manbanjo, “Zombie” Dan Abbott, the Carousel
Cabaret, the White Ghost Shivers, Amy and the Places, Sour Mash Hug
Band, the Hobo Gobbelins, Ezmerelda Strange, March Fourth Marching
Band, Sick’s Pack, Below the Salt, Wax Museum Pandemonium, the Day of
the Zombie, Phillip Roebuck the one man banjo, Chaneques Viajeros, Sonex,
Professor Inkwell’s Washrag Rythmn Makers: Kit “Stymie” Stovepipe,
“Washrag” Joe, and Willis, Caspian and Blackbird RAUM, Geoff, Amber
Amnesia, Susperia, Wino Vino, Manny & the Brokeback Boys, and many more whom we've yet to meet, and also those which we have forgotten and will never remember.
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A circus train wreck't into a folk revival next to a hobo camp where wandering jews and gypsies from eastern europe have been learning Irish drinking songs from Tom Waits.
We are the Dark Carnival Gypsy jug band that you brought home and kept you up all night playing music on your front porch and in your living room. You were so hung over that you missed work the next day, and didn't regret it one bit.
“The 999 eyes won my heart. Their fun and raucous show stays true to the carnival spirit.” Sansa Asylum, Yard dogs Road Show
"A delight to the ear, a remembrance of times gone by with a modern flare… a time when Freak Shows Graced the Midways." John Robinson, www.sideshowworld.com
THE BAND:
THAT Damned Band sounds like a circus train wreck into a hobo camp where some eastern european gypsies are learning Irish drinking songs from Tom Waits. THAT Damned Band is an accordion driven group of multi-talented songsters, which pay musical tribute to eastern European, gypsy, Klesmer, and old-tyme vaudevillian era music and styles. THAT Damned Band features a unique arrangement that includes Accordion, Clarinet, Jug, flute, Resonator Guitar, Washtub bass, Tuba, Drums, and washboard. An emotionally charged musical set is spiced up with gags and puppets by Lowrent the clown, and occasionally by REAL LIVING HUMAN ODDITIES.
THE FREAKSHOW:
Freak: n.A human oddity that has chosen to share, celebrate and exploit his/her own genetic anomaly through performance.
THAT Damned Band provides the background music for the 999 EYES Authentic Freakshow – the last traveling freakshow in the United States focusing on REAL LIVING HUMAN ODDITES with MEDICAL ANOMALIES, and a MUSEUM OV MUTANTSTROSITIES. The 999 EYES freaks occasionally make cameo appearances with THAT Damned Band.
The 999 EYES is the Worlds last authentic traveling Freakshow featuring real living human oddities, the largest in over sixty years. The 999 EYES was featured on National Geographic’s Taboo on Nov 11 2007 and just finished filming for the Women’s Entertainment Television show Real lives of Women. The 999 EYES includes but is not limited to members such as the Human TRIPOD, the Dancing DWARF, the FLIPPER Man, the LOBSTER Girl, the LOBSTER Boy, the 27” SMALL WOMAN, Erik the Gentle GIANT, Katzen the TIGER LADY, Lowrent the CLOWN, The Great Gozleone, SWORD SWALLOWER extraordinaire, and has seen guest performers such Eak the GEEK, Danny the HALF-BOY, Guinness Record Holding sword swollower Dan Meyer. Complete with the attractive backdrop of original hand painted sideshow banners, the 999 EYES will transform any venue into a carnival midway. And don’t forget to check out the blow-off act, outside the venue and after the show… watch as Lowrent the Clown, our fire clown, sets off a fifty foot fireball!
MEDIA: Tonight Show with Jay Leno 4/22/2007, EL Paso News Channel 7 12/10/2006, Ripley’s Believe it or not 2004, FOX morning news Austin 11/9/07, National Geographic’s Taboo 11/11/07, NTV Moscow News 5/09/07. Print: Arcata Eye (Arcata, CA) 11/7/2006, Phoenix New Times (Phoenix, AZ), El Paso Times (El Paso, TX) 12/6/2006, The Daily Texan (Austin, TX) 4/23/2007, Washington Chronicle. Radio: University of Oregon KMVA U of O Radio 88.1 10/27/2006, 10/11/2005; Humboldt State University KHSU 90.5 FM 11/5/2006; Bisbee Free Radio 12/02/2006; KOOP Austin 5/31/07
FOR MORE INFO DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE WWW.999EYES.COM
thank you for a great night... i loved the jam and sick, you are an awsome musician!!!! you are all beautiful and i hope your tour is going well... see you on the road!!!!
For the first time In generations, an AUTHENTIC freakshow will be touring through ARKANSAS!!
The Elephant Man is coming! Along with Firefly, the 27inch SMALL woman! The Lobster Girl! Jackie, the HUMAN TRIPOD! John T Rex, back from extinction and behind the drums!
You'll witness the Eastern-European influenced circus band, THAT Damned Band playing the live musical score, Lowrent the Clown and his flaming shenanigans, and The Great Gozleone with his several swords to be swallowed!
Don't miss this opportunity to witness history being made! Arkansas, you have three chances to witness the show of a lifetime!
June 23 Little Rock, AK ~Juanita's June 24 Hot Springs, AK ~Maxine's June 25 Eureka Springs, AK ~Chelsea's
Viernes 11 de Julio That Damned Band [Musica de Gitanos, Cowboys y Judios]. 22:00hrs Cover$45 pesos Café Central Hidalgo 302 centro, Oaxaca México. www. cafecentraloaxaca. blogspot. com
hey ya'll! thanks for letting us play with you at hole in the wall. that was great. miss you all already! we're totally obsessed with your music. we've listened to the cd 2wice driving through OK and KS.
Meant it about staying in Carbondale after your STL gig before Memphis. AND we realized the wedding we play on Saturday is early so we can totally make it to Memphis to see ya'll, and POSSIBLY find a place for all of us to stay!
i'm sitting in front of a giant tv screen with a cordless keyboard and drinking beer since i woke up and really have to pee.
