Meet the Atomic Sherpas: Guitars: Carey Fosse and Matt Lake, Drums: Mike Sessa, Bass: MIchael Alvidrez, Keyboards: Marc Doten, Trombone: Carlos Alvidrez, Saxes, flute, harmonica & vocals: Vince Meghrouni. And of course, our alumni and extended family: Guitar: Marcus Watkins, Ken Lasaine, Bass: Eric Holden, Pat Hoed, Drums: Dan Potruch, Brian Christopherson, Joe Berardi, Keyboards: Zachary Provost. A mighty host!
Etkilendikleri
Defunkt, James Brown, Karl Denson, Howlin' Wolf, Eric Dolphy, Maceo Parker, Duke Ellington, Paul Butterfield, Jimi Hendrix, Little Walter, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Muddy Waters, Grant Green, Horace Tapscott, Captain Beefheart, Hubert Sumlin, Joe Henderson, Parliment, Charlie Musselwhite, Bennie Maupin.
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The music playing at an after hours party in a Louisiana rib shack if Bill Frisell, Little Walter, Charlie Christian, Rashied Ali, James Chance, Claude Bartee and Joseph Bowie dropped by to jam with the house band and someone spiked the punch with acid.
"The Atomic Sherpas are awesome mofos who can play anything, from the nimbly dizzy and jazzy horns of "Clockwise" and Vince Meghrouni's mad flute melody of "50 Yds. Sprechenzie Bebop" to the pumpin' roadhouse blues of "You Know It Ain't Right," which is located in the electric-blues universe somewhere between the Sheiks of Shake and vintage Top Jimmy & the Rhythm Pigs. These cats write their own tunes, but they have no problem shifting easily into tight, heavy-funk James Brown workouts" - Falling James, L.A. Weekly------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Their new Blowin' It At Ya is a hard-groovin' live fusion of blues, funk, jazz and rock that never lets up." ... Brick Wahl, L.A. Weekly"
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"The Atomic Sherpas do some of the heaviest musical lifting in town... The Sherpas are equally at ease rambling through the intricacies of James Brown’s “Ain’t It Funky Now” and jazzing it up on a supertight version of George Benson’s “Clockwise,” both from their live album Blowin’ It at Ya (YakTone). Bandleader/saxist/flautist Vince Meghrouni also composes his own dizzyingly dazzling, madcap instrumental opuses, such as “Sprechenzie Bebop,” giving guitarists Carey Fosse and Matt Lake a firm base to launch their spiraling solos, while drummer Matt Sessa attempts to nail down the ever-expanding edges of this full-force hurricane with scattershot agility. (Falling James, L.A. Weekly, Dec 2008)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"The Atomic Sherpas came, saw and blasted our festival. With an inexplicable coolness of demeanor matched only by a caliber of sound that rivals none, these guys are down right funky, as funky as you could want. Prepare to watch yourself enjoy, as they rock your soul with guitar inspired originals that combine a voodooish blend of horns, awesome lyrics and paragon drumming. The lightness of the drumming in conjunction with the band's control over volume allows the dynamic build ups to voluminous mountains in their jams that entrance, release and testify to the quaking soul of the spectator swept up in the music. The band uses thought provoking lyrics repeated in a very psychedelic nature but obviously borrowed from blues and motown in their cadence. It's like when the voices of the audience start to take on new resonounces and alien meanings start being found in the most familiar (or seemingly familiar) places and contexts. A real band's band, these guys will make any concert or festival legitmant just by setting foot on stage." - Adam Finney, promoter and artistic coordinator for Carter Ranch Music Festival www.myspace. com/carterranchmusicfestival ------------------------------------------------------------------
"I don't know if it's jazz or blues, but it sounds like punk to me" - Jack Brewer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Atomic Sherpas meld funk, groove, blues, jazz, psychedelic rock and free jazz. Oh Lord, you might say, just give me The New York Dolls and to hell with that highbrow hippy crap. But all of the genres that may have you heading for the Xanax bottle (to be washed down with a three finger slug of old crow) are irrelevant, for at an Atomic Sherpas show you'll find yourself transported by the irresistable groove into pleasure giving undulations. Then our groove science department goes to work on your mind with all them fancy techniques you would have resisted prior to our insidious funky body persuasion. Give yourself to the ride, baby. You'll thank us later.
Grizzled veteranos of L.A. punk rock, free jazz, blues, roots and rock n' roll scenes, these players have joined forces to bring their experience together with the simple goal of transporting their audiences to the ecstatic states previously known only to whirling dervishes and lifetime members of Plato's Retreat.
Members of The Atomic Sherpas have played/toured/recorded with the following groups: Wayne Kramer, Eugene Chadborne, Mike Watt, Stew, Ritmo Azul, Bazooka, Lazy Brad Lewis, Nina Hagen, Brant Bjork, Double Naught Spy Car, The Cover Problem, Slydell, Blue Metropolis, Brother Weasel, Rosie Flores, Down By Law, H.R., Stew, Some Party, Sweet Justice, Biblical Proof Of UFO's, Spain, Slowrider, The BellRays, The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, The Bodeans, The B-Movie Rats, Carlos Guitarlos,Passing Strange (The Musical), Possum Dixon, Josh Grobin, Fatso Jetson, Josh Haden, Eugene Edwards, The Black Widows and El Grupo Sexo.
We'll send you more music. E-mail: Foomcorp@sbcglobal.net and ask for more music. I'll send it via Dropload. Or buy our live CD: "Blowin' It At Ya" on CD Baby.
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