'Concert for the Catskills'

'Concert for the Catskills'

Hudson Valley Artists Hurricane Relief Concert

Brooklyn Bowl, the new venue of former Wetlands owner, Peter Shapiro, and “The Friends of David Nolan” are pleased and excited to announce a very rare performance by New York’s most legendary Jamband, THE ZEN TRICKSTERS with former ZT, Rob Barraco. Keith Kenny will be opening the show, followed by Buzz Universe.“A Night For Dave Nolan” for the 3rd year running, since the untimely passing of beloved former Wetlands DJ David Nolan, the proceeds from the door will go to Benefit several of David’s favorite charitable causes.--Venue: Brooklyn Bowl - 61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn NYShow Date: January 22, 2012Tickets: donation at the door, $10.00 minimum suggested donationDoors: 6:00 PM | Show: 7:30PM                                    Band websiteVenue websiteVenue phone: (718)963-3369

Donna Jean Godchaux will be making three special appearances in the Northeast in January 2012. Two of those will be with her band, The Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson. Jeff Mattson is of course the lead guitarist in Dark Star Orchestra since the departure of John Kadlecik who has joined with Donna’s former Grateful Dead bandmates, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh.On Wednesday January 25th, The Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson will play the Iridium in NYC. In 2008 Jeff had gone there to see and meet the legend Les Paul.This is an ongoing effort by the Iridium to expand their reach in genre and include many guitarists who all pay homage to the great Les Paul.The Donna Jean Godchaux band is very proud to make this appearance at the Iridium.On Thursday the 26th of January 2012, The Donna Jean Godchaux Band will return to the River Street Jazz Café in Pine Plains, PA.The band has played there many times to sell out crowds and looks forward to their return to the venue.On Saturday 28th of January 2012, Donna Jean Godchaux will make a solo appearance as a special guest to sing with Walt B and Friends at the Mill Street Brews in Southbridge, MA. Donna will be joined by former Grateful Dead band member, Tom Constanten in addition to her good friend Mark Karan of Bob Weir and Ratdog, who played as a special guest last summer in the Donna Jean Godchaux Band and also Kenny Brooks of Bob Weir and Ratdog.

The roster of current and former Zen Tricksters include some of the most venerable musicians in the Jam Band scene today. Originating from Long Island, New York, this band has played together and apart for over 30 years and its members, not only “life long” Zen Tricksters, play and have played with other bands of renown, including Dark Star Orchestra, Phil Lesh and Friends, The Other Ones, The Dead, and Assembly of Dust. They have performed over the years with such artists as Levon Helm, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, The New Riders of the Purple Sage, Buddy Cage, David Nelson, Bob Weir, Donna Jean Godchaux, Tom Constanten, and many more.Their performances feature originals from their three studio albums, classic songs and Grateful Dead renditions which are their trademark.This is a rare annual performance not to be missed.--Brooklyn Bowl - 61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn NYWednesday January 22, 2014Tickets: $8.00 advance $10.00 DOSDoors:  6:00 PM    Show: 8:00 PMBand website: http://www.zentricksters.comVenue website:  http://www.brooklynbowl.com

Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson is proud to announce the release of their debut album, Back Around on February 18, 2014.The album will be sold for digital download through Heart of Gold Records’ exclusive agreement with The Orchard on ITunes and other digital media CD distribution will be online through Grateful Dead (Dead.net), CD Baby and Amazon.com.Recorded in Muscle Shoals, AL at the Nutthouse Recording Studio, the album blends a Muscle Shoals groove with a psychedelic San Francisco vibe. The Legendary Muscle Shoals Horns and Muscle Shoals musicians bring their Muscle Shoals sound to the recording.Donna Jean Thatcher, later known as Donna Godchaux, was born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama on August 22, 1947. She visited her first recording studio at age 12, and knew that she would be a singer. By age 15, she was a session singer in Muscle Shoals and was working with artists like Elvis Presley, Percy Sledge, Boz Scaggs and Cher. Donna can be heard on such tracks as Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds," and Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman." In 1970, she decided she wanted to experience a new life, and moved to California. Thereafter she recorded and toured with the Grateful Dead for eight years. A recent Rolling Stone magazine article (June 2013), “1977 The Grateful Dead’s Greatest Year” written by David Browne attests to the creative surge of the band during her tenure.Donna Jean appears in the documentary about the Muscle Shoals music history, Muscle Shoals (2013), a Magnolia Pictures release, and with Bob Weir and Phil Lesh and many others in the TRI Studios DVD release celebrating Jerry Garcia’s 70th Birthday by Justin Kreutzmann, Move Me Brightly (2013), and in Sunshine Daydream (2013), the HD digitally remastered film of the Grateful Dead’s 1972 benefit concert for Ken Kesey’s family’s Springfield Creamery in Veneta, Oregon.Jeff Mattson is a guitar wizard who’s playing ranges from rock & roll to blues, bluegrass, country, jazz, and folk, with a healthy dose of psychedelia. Jeff is also a strong original songwriter and his work is prominently featured on five original albums. Jeff is the lead guitarist in Dark Star Orchestra and has appeared in the documentary Wetlands Preserved (2008) about the famous NYC nightclub, major supporter of the jamband scene, and NYC activism collective.Back Around features all the members of the band (Donna Jean, Jeff Mattson, David MacKay, Joe Chirco, Freeman White), plus special appearances by Mark Adler, Pete Lavezolli, and Muscle Shoals music scene mainstays the Muscle Shoals Horns (Charles Rose, Harvey Thompson, Jim Horn and Steve Herman) as well as Will McFarlane, Jimmy Nutt, Clint Bailey, Richard Bailey, Cindy Walker, Marie Lewey, Gary Nichols.

Black and Sparrow will be playing a FREE SHOW at The Space on June 27^th.  Klyph Black and John Sparrow began as a New York based acoustic duo whose musical and personal friendship has spanned many years.  Now, after a brief hiatus, Klyph and John are back together and their songs have taken on a whole new dimension with the addition of a full band behind them.  This show begins their journey back to live music and recording where they will perform new material from their latest collaboration “Second Time Around”.  You can hear some of their new music here.

In the past, Black and Sparrow have opened shows for The Subdudes, The New Riders of the Purple Sage, Mick Taylor, Taj Mahal, Hot Tuna and many other nationally known acts.  At their own performances, they have been joined on stage by Charles Neville as well as Grammy winner Terrance Simien.   Klyph is best known as the bass player for Zen Tricksters, playing and touring with them internationally as well as a composer for several prime time TV shows.  He also teamed up with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Donna Jean Godchoux (Grateful Dead) recording their self-titled CD “Donna Jean & the Tricksters”.  John has scored music for the full-length movies “Schmucks” and “Marie”, where he also played a major acting role in the later film.

Klyph and John met years ago through a mutual friend while John was working with “Johnny Sparrow and the Vidals” and Klyph with the band “Urgent”, signed to Manhattan Records and produced by Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson.  They hit it off and a few years later “Black & Sparrow” was formed. This acoustic duo performed to sell-out crowds in Switzerland following the release of their first CD “Friend and Partner.”

EPK including audio of new material: www.simonsaysbooking.com/black&sparrow.html

June 27

The Space

250 Post Ave, Westbury, NY 11590  516-283-5566

This is a 21+ show starting at 9 pm, with no cover charge!