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Keith Macksoud - Bass
Paul Sears - Drums
With participation of to date:
Marshall Allen - Saxes, wind synthesizer (Sun Ra Arkestra)
Yanni Papadopoulos - Guitar (Stinking Lizaveta)
Mark Stanley - Guitar (Farquhar, Chainsaw Jazz)
Werbinox - Voice, percussion, effects of indeterminate origin
Jim Rezek - Mellotron & Moog (Iluvatar)
Cyndee Lee Rule - Violin
Adrian Bronson - Cello
Dave Newhouse - woodwinds, keyboards, harmonica (The Muffins)
Elliott Levin - woodwinds, poetry, angst (Cecil Taylor, Marshall Allen)
Rick Iannacone - guitar (Jamaaladeen Tacuma, New Ghost)
Charles Cohen - Synthesizer
*There will no doubt be more!*
For mp3 samples and other cool stuff, check out Paul's MySpace page!
Yanni, Keith & Paul, September 2004 at Orion Sound Studios
Photo by Deb Sears
This is a project Keith Macksoud the bassplayer in PRESENT and I started after we had done some recording together, and decided to do
live all improvised "rock" shows. I decided to ask some of my own favorite players if they wanted to join up, so to speak. In September
of 2004 we did our first show at ORION SOUND STUDIOS in Baltimore with Keith and I and Yanni Papadopoulos guitarist for the great band
Stinking Lizaveta. A fun gig it was.
Mark, Werbinox, Keith, Paul & Yanni, May 2005 at Orion Sound Studios
The next time we played ORION in May of 2005, we again worked with Yanni, and
another of my fave players, the guitarist Mark Stanley. For years my
friend Werbinox had been giving me CDs of his stuff doing vocals and electronics
etc.,and so we decided to ask him to join and make it a five piece
improvising ensemble. This still is to date our most intense show.
Maybe I will take a poll!
Yanni, Paul & Keith, October 2005 at the Old Town Theater
Our third Show at the Olde Town Theatre in October 2005 for DC-SOAR ( boy are
they brave souls ), Only Yanni was available, so we were back to the original
3 piece version. We played with Cyndee Lee Rule as well at this show.
Keith & Jim, January 21, 2006 at Orion Sound Studios
For our most recent assault in January of 2006, we had no guitar player
available. Jim Rezek from the band Iluvatar took the challenge and showed up
with 2 well behaved tour ready Mellotrons courtesy of Mellotron Man Frank
Stickle, and a Mini Moog. We also had Dave Newhouse from The Muffins, my son
Adrian on cello, and Cyndee Lee Rule with us again. Our ORION shows were
very well recorded by Mike Potter,and maybe some of this will be released someday.
In the meantime, all we have here are some nice photos.
Dave & Adrian, January 21, 2006 at Orion Sound Studios
ENJOY - and thanks for dropping by! Thanks to Deb Sears and Chester Hawkins for the photos, the guy who has done all The Muffins covers
since Loveletter # 1 in 2001.
Paul Sears
Keith & Cyndee, January 21, 2006 at Orion Sound Studios
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