Jimmie's Chicken Shack
(with EGYPT, Onespot Fringehead, The Fishermen Band)
Ram’s Head Live
Baltimore, Maryland
January 24th, 2015

Dedicated to the memory of Jeff Kaplan, Sound Engineer & Proud Dad of Vivien...

Recorded by: cabbage@jimmieschickenshack.net, @mistacabbage

Jimmie’s Chicken Shack for this show was
Jimi Davies - vocals, guitar
Jerome Maffeo - drums, vocals
Christian Valiente - bass, vocals
Dave “Double D” Dowling - guitar, vocals

Setlist:
01 - No One Missing		[04:19]
02 - Dropping Anchor		[05:05]
03 - String Of Pearls		[04:03]
04 - School Bus			[03:40]
05 - Sitting With The Dog	[05:47]
06 - Pure			[06:47]
07 - Dead Sleep			[05:06]
08 - Slow Change		[05:51]
09 - Beautiful			[05:41]
10 - Lazy Boy Dash		[04:48]
11 - Spiderweb			[05:10]
12 - Face It			[05:08]
13 - Let's Get Flat		[09:41]
14 - 30 Days			[05:17]
15 - Do Right			[07:42]
16 - High			[09:36]
17 - Milk			[11:12]
Total Running Time		[01:44:53]

Notes:
No One Missing is Jimi solo electric
Dead Sleep has Kevin “Thunderball” Murphy from Egypt on drums
Spiderweb has Che Lemon on bass
High has Jeff Brodnax from Egypt on backing vocals

No One Missing

Fast As Lightning is a rock band, formed in August of 2014. Fast As Lightning wrote and recorded their first original song "Kat in the Hat" which was released on iTunes, Spotify and Amazon in March 2015 after an inspiring meeting with musician/actor, Jared Leto. The band has played several local venues and events including Rams Head Live, Union Jack's, The Greene Turtle and Mother's Peninsula Grille to name a few.  In June of 2015, the band opened for Soul Asylum at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C.

The band consists of Jackson Anderson, age 12 on lead guitar and vocals; Jacob Spitzer, age 11 on bass and guitar; Katie Hall, age 9 on lead vocals and bass; Jack Peery, age 14 on drums; and Trystin Martin, age 14 on keyboards. Established musician, Ben Grant assists the band with rehearsals and continues to mentor the band members as their music careers blossom.

Podcast 1.1 Fast As Lightning with host, Kevin Lebling

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Local musician Michael McHenry’s brand of rock music has been described as soulful, psychedelic, and funky. With over 35 years of performing and recording experience, he has toured and played with bands including Sheena Easton, The Jacksons, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic. Locally, he’s worked with with Caribash, Clones of Funk, Six, Mama Jama, Mary Ann Redmond, Tommy Lepson, Nadine Rae, Kevin Walker, Jeremy Ragsdale, Dunns & Drummer, and the Michael McHenry Tribe.  Additionally, his music has been featured in many TV and radio ads. His playing has been described as full of contrasts: tender and sweet, fierce and ferocious. But one thing is for sure—it always comes straight from the heart.

Podcast 1.2;  Michael McHenry

Without doubt, Brandon Hardesty – front man of the Bumpin Uglies (Ska, Punk, Reggae) – is an Annapolis son, a title he proudly proclaims from every stage he steps on, whether at CaliRoots in California, on the Rombello Cruise, at SXSW in Austin, as part of the Warped tour, or when traveling nationally from club to club. Although he comes from a long line of successful local business owners, Brandon prefers to be known as his own man, creatively following his dreams and chasing his destiny while working diligently. As a result, he’s built a large catalogue of original music.

Recently, I had an opportunity to sit down and talk with Brandon in his “famous kitchen”, where he likes to live-stream and connect with fans and followers. He shared with me how he got his start in music, what it means to him now, where the Annapolis music scene can be found, and more.

Podcast 1.3;  Brandon Hardesty

(Photo by Neale Eckstein)

My first memory of David Glaser was to see him play at Charlie’s Westside, in West Annapolis around 1980 – not merely a pub, tavern, taproom or bar, but “CHARLIE’S.” He was *the* dreamy rocker; I was just another giddy fan girl on the dance floor. 

     Although we now have a myriad of mutual friends and memories, we really didn’t start to chat until three or four years ago – long after we had established our families and careers. It’s been a pleasure to get to know and learn about David, through his music, song narratives, and our great conversations.  We do have a great respect, admiration and love for Annapolis and its talented community of musicians.  Here’s a little more about David... 

Podcast 1.4;  David Glaser

(Photo by Justin Trawick)

In our chat last month with songwriter, David Glaser, he referred to local businessman and patron of the arts, Brian Cahalan, as someone who is eclectic in his tastes, running one of the finest listening rooms in Annapolis, 49 West Coffeehouse, Winebar & Gallery. We had an opportunity to sit down and talk a little bit with Brian about his involvement of the local arts scene and where he’d like to see things go. Here are some excerpts from our conversation...

Podcast 1.5: Brian Cahalan

Where did you come from? What brought you to this point?
Originally, I'm from PG County; Bowie is where I grew up, most of my life. I guess what connects me from there-to-here is finding an old guitar in my parents’ basement that no one ever talked about, no one ever played, and it was intriguing to me - I wondered why no one had ever brought this up. Long story short, I got into in a band and started writing songs, and here I am!

How would you describe our scene to visitors? What should they not miss?
You can walk down the main streets of Annapolis, and in the windows of the restaurants, there is live music - and a lot of times, it's free to see, and most of the time people are excellent. There is a variety of music and it's a hidden gem. People see Annapolis as an historic, nautical town, which is it is - and it's cool to see that, but also I would describe it as a mini-Nashville kind of vibe.

What would be your perfect gig? Who would be there with you? 
I think it doesn't have to do with the turnout, or the lights or the venue. The perfect gig for me would be to have everything that was in my recordings on my record played live, every instrument, every nuance; having seven or eight people up on stage with strings… and nailing it. It's tricky because recording isn't like it was, back in a day, where everyone’s in the room doing it. You have so many levels, in production. BUT, there are many shows I've seen, by artists that have made albums but I love, that do it and it's awesome and super-inspiring because you realize that it is doable, not impossible, and so my perfect gig would be to do that. 

What does music give you? 
As far as what I get out of music, it's definitely fulfillment of my life. I sometimes think about what I would do if I couldn't have music in my life, and I’d probably be cooking - I love doing that too and I did that for a long time for a job, or I’d be a graphic designer.  But when I do those things, they're fun, but when I'm playing music, or teaching music, or recording it, it’s like that feeling that “I found it.” Music gives me that. 

Where would you like to see our scene go? 
The “scene” is a big word.  There are the venues, the musicians, the community that supports it -  the audience, and so I guess I’d have to say that I'd love to see Annapolis organize something to put ourselves on the map. If you say Seattle or Chicago, everyone has an image, the type of music that comes from there. You know you're gonna’ see some great music if you’re going to, say, New Orleans. I’d love to see that happen with our scene. 

How would you like to be remembered? What would you like to be known for?
I really would like to be remembered by my songs more than my name. I’d love if people would be like, “Who wrote that song? I love that song!” That, to me, is the best feeling. I went and saw, um, this is the perfect example, I can’t remember his name right now…(chuckle).  He wrote that song, “Sunshine, go away today…” Oh yeah, Jonathan Edwards. I drove a friend up to Vermont, Emily Elbert, who is doing great things now too, she opened for him. I didn’t know anything about it until he played this song, and at the end, he's like, “yeah, right back in whatever year, I wrote that…”  and I was like “what?!?” I walked up to him and I was honest, saying, “I didn't know you were you, but I love that song! He was super happy to hear that kind of honesty. It impacted me. That -  and to be a good dude, like a good guy, in the music scene. I think I'm doing that with the open mics and teaching, I love helping people get into it. 

For more information about Charles Kavoossi: KavoossiMusic.com, Facebook.com/KavoossiMusic, YouTube.com/KavoossiMusic and Reverbnation.com/KavoossiMusic. Email: KavoossiMusic@gmail.com 

Recorded by Naptownmusic at Holy Grounds Youth Center, Severna Park Community Center (aka Woods); Severna Park, MD on 1.10.17.

Podcast 1.6; Kavoossi Returns to "Woods" (Holy Grounds Youth Center)

Bryan Ewald doesn’t talk much about where he goes, or with whom he tours, plays, or brushes elbows with, but if you check out his website, you’ll see many familiar names on snapshot photos: Rachel Yamagata, the Temptations, Jeff Beck, David Cassidy, Judd & Maggie, Bob Schneider, Pat Dinizio of the Smithereens, Shane Gamble, Stephen Bishop. Oh, and of course that’s before any mention of his involvement with that fellow, Paul Reed Smith. One might be under the impression that this alone keeps Bryan hopping, but as you’ll find in the following interview, it’s only the tip of the iceberg. As a staple of our ‘naptown music scene, Bryan wears many hats – and manages to do so exceptionally well.

Podcast 1.7: Bryan Ewald

Big thanks to Ray Murphy and Jim Martin of Dublin 5, who recently celebrated their 10th anniversary as a band, and took time to sit down and chat with us about their experiences as performing artists, based in Annapolis.

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