Warped Tour 2012 - Main Stage w/Streetlight Manifesto

  It's been nice being home for so many months, I'm happy to say that Ikebe Shakedown and Breakdown Brass singles are on the way.  I've had some fun gigs (Ikebe Shakedown's tour, sitting in with Galactic, recording for Ghostface Killah's upcoming album, a demo for The Devil Makes Three, tons of deep reggae recordings with Clive Chin, Prince Polo, etc.)  That said, it's time to head back out with Streetlight Manifesto!  We'll be doing the entire Warped Tour this summer, playing on the Main Stage.  Sweet?  You can see the individual dates on my calendar.

  I'll be offering Trombone/Tuba/Improvisation/Arranging lessons every day at Warped Tour through BandHappy.com, so I'm looking forward to meeting some young musicians and hanging!  The other Streetlight dudes are teaching as well, I highly recommend Chris Thatcher, Pete McCullough, Matt Stewart, Mike Brown and Jim Conti as excellent musicians and experienced teachers.

Recording with Car-Del Productions

Check out this new Spaghetti-Western-dub-funk from Car-Del Productions and Colemine Records, recorded at Dunham and featuring members of The Budos Band, Charles Bradley and Ikebe Shakedown (me)

Ikebe Shakedown's Tour was a success!

  Wow. I'm home/exhausted after 10 amazing days on the road with Ikebe Shakedown. I'm happy to say it was a real success, the band has never sounded better. Booking over 75% of the tour, acting as TM and yapping on the mic was quite a learning experience, I'm glad I didn't screw it up. HUGE thanks to the guys, the venues/promoters and everyone who came out in Ithaca, Buffalo, Toronto, Hamilton, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Chicago and Pittsburgh!

  Here's a clip of the encore in Hamilton, ON.  One of my favorite shows of the tour, a wild dance party on a Monday night in a new market (and the best merch night)

Heavy Reggae Recording with Prince Polo & Clive Chin

 TEASER FROM MY "EVENING NEWS" SESSION W/PRINCE POLO

  I've had some really fun sessions recently at The Kennel with Billy Szeflinski (aka Prince Polo) and Clive Chin.  Billy and Clive are both heavy producers, Clive's father Vincent "Randy" Chin owned/operated "Randy's Studio 17" in Kingston, Jamaica starting in the 1970's, where they worked with artists like Bob Marley, The Wailers, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Burning Spear, Lord Creator, etc.

  Clive has an insane amount of original, unreleased tapes featuring these legendary musicians.  Together, Billy and Clive have begun digitizing these amazing tunes and preparing for quite the historic release.  However, some songs are missing things like vocals, horns, etc.  That's where I come in... (more info/music after the jump)