Rubi: vocals;
Josh: guitar;
King Naykeemaker: Northern Wind;
Chris Blais: bass and backing vocals;
Dave Daniels: guitar, harp, and backing vocals;
David Fountain: trumpet, guitar, mandolin, backing vocals etc. . . .
P. I. Navarro: drums/
"I sat with my high-heeled sneakers on/
Waiting to play tennis in the noonday sun/
I had my white shorts rolled up past my waist/
And my wig-hat was falling in my face/
But they wouldn’t let me on the tennis court." [From Bob Dylan’s "I Shall Be Free No. 10"]
Influences
Wighat would like to acknowledge the inspiration of the following people, entities, and objects: Johann Rudolf Glauber for hydrochloric acid and sodium sulfate or "Glauber’s Salt," the Asteriscus for reasons that only they’ll fully understand, Laura Hope Crews for being "Aunt Pittypat" both on- and off-screen, Giuseppe Genco Russo for spitting on floors in the presence of great as well as humble personages, Short Creak Township for representing Ohio in both good times and bad, the Avignon Regional County Municipality in Quebec for having the finest public restrooms we have ever had the honor to use, and the folks at the Aberffrwd railway station for letting us play there on such short notice.
The genre-bending musical menagerie known as Wighat was born in early 2006 to singer/frontperson Rubi Cuautle and drummer P. I. Navarro. Guitarist Josh Cochran, bassist Chris Blaisc, and multi-instrumentalists David Fountain and Dave Daniels round out the eclectic line-up. Wighat strives to make each of their compositions as collaborative as possible in order to come up with new sounds and song structures. Their live shows build upon an electric tension between harmony and dissonance, and this energy has steadily drawn larger and larger audiences. Wighat is currently recording their debut release at Wonder Root with Rob Gal.
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A few entries from P.I. Peruke's forthcoming encyclopedic historical treatise 10,000 Steps Toward a New and Improved You: The Secret Order of the Wighat: ____________________________________________________________________
2200 BCE: Mesopotamia--First wighat constructed for King "Great King" Elulu of Mesopotamia whose natural hair had been chewed off by the King of a rival power. This wighat was constructed out of rare mosses imported from distant lands and was topped off by the king's personal emblem of a crown made of bird's nest and eggs. ____________________________________________________________________
1800 BCE: Egypt--Presumably bald pharoah (name unknown) was buried with a collection of over 1000 wighats made of gold, jewels, papyrus, and what is believed to have been pubic hair.
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1917 CE: Finland--Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov "Lenin" fled to Finland and wore a wighat to disguise his well-shaped but prominent bald head after taking part in a a failed bolshevik uprising.
you played a smishmashstic show last night!! all of you guys sound really good live. rubi is the superbomb for keeping the girls in check and rocking out at the same time!
Rubi, Puma, Josh, Dave and Chris...honestly? Atlanta, USA, World? What more do you want in band. Get with the motherfuckin' shit! If you missed the EARL show 2 weeks ago I have proof. And I should know...I was up there with the fuckin' group....best band in Atlanta....besides Outkast, maybe.
Hey! I so want to meet with you HI guys, I have very high sex drive, wants with someone to making love regular. I love sex! Don�t make me pain, a little ass slapping is horny when I�m being fucked. I want a guy who is look like fit, if you are married doesn�t matter; I would not disturb you family. If you want meet me in your hotel room, who like me, only msg me ..
Hi! I so want to meet with you I want a fuck buddy,I want a friend,I want a drinking partner,I want a joker and lover, heck I want it all, anyone out there who thinks thay fit the bill ??? Preferably over 20 ,over 6ft, well built,and cute I am curvy,wicked sense of humour, looking for sonmone to fill my christmas stocking( this does not mean I will fuck anyone) ..
That's better...you know I won't be happy until I have total, omnipotent command of Myspace. Now, do my bidding and delete your drummers proile. excellent (insert evil laugh here).
You guys are the fucking shit but your bass player complains too much and I also heard he was a bit of a myspace snob (if you know what I mean). Oh and merry christmas, I know that you're all a bunch of closet christians even though you pretend to be agnostics and jews and peruvians and such.
This month, Radial joins our friends at Just Cause to raise funds for a struggling Burmese refugee family. We're collecting large and small donations... Come by for breakfast and help these brave people start a new life in Atlanta.
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