The Yazoo Shakes are an experiment in catharsis for both the audience and the band. The word "shakes" can mean a fit of religious passion or delirium tremens brought on by severe alcohol withdrawal. That's exactly what you can expect to get from these musicians. Going to a Yazoo Shakes show, one is likely to see any combination of foot-stomping, shouting, convulsing, laughing, and preaching (courtesy Clay Ayers). The Yazoo Shakes are a family of musicians rooted in traditional Southern music and Blues and Jazz improvisation with an eye on heavy-hitting rock. Improvisation is key to music as expression, so no two shows are ever the same, and one can expect to hear some songs for the first and last time. The Yazoo Shakes seek better understanding of music and life through the richness of their various musical sensibilities. They are lenses through which each of the others sees the world. Mostly, The Yazoo Shakes are a community of musicians with an abiding belief in the power of music as curative, challenging, life-affirming, transcendent, rowdy, righteously indignant, and always enjoyable.
whats shakin' yazoo shakes haha!! thanx fer wantin' to be friend of the JIG !!! welcome to the foolishness!!!!!! stop by our universe & say hi anytime!! < M.>
I really enjoyed the show last night. Yall have a strange way about you. I don't know if it was something you planned, or if it was just the Yazoo Shakes way, but around the 4th song everything came alive on stage and you had the full attention of everyone in the room. I know there weren't many people there, but if there had been 100 you would have had their attention all the same. Yall are a very special band. I look forward the next time.
yeah, it should be you, us and maybe the Wallendas. sometime after mid-November. though I see you're now booked all the way through November. I'll be seeing you then!
