Behold! The second leg of of the Breakfast in America 40th anniversary European tour comenceth! It has been observed that the routing map of this leg has a peculiar… shape to it. I’ll let you draw your own conclusions. See you in the stream!
He always said he wanted to “go out, on stage in an explosion of body parts”. Tonight, the sky will crack with the lightning all his when guitar players explode around the world playing something that originated from this man as they have for over 60 years, whether they know it or not. RIP Dick Dale, King of the surf guitar! True OG DIY Punk Ethic. Here’s some memories of my time with him in the “Dick Dale School of Pain”!
Gimmie Shelter with The John Doe (of X) Rock n Roll Band featuring Nels Cline on guitar, Cindy Wasserman of Dead Rock West singing, and David J Carpenter on bass. We were on Tour with Wilco at the time. Video by Eric Carpenter.
In between performing, Benoît and friends will present two gigs at The Toff in Town, freely traversing late 60s to early 70s psychedelic-afro-funk-jazz and standards from the era.
Composer and Conductor BENOÎT CHAREST
In 2003 the animated French feature The Triplets of Belleville swept the globe, raking up dozens of awards and nominations—not to mention the hearts of countless admirers—along the way. Much of it came down to the Oscar-nominated score by Benoît Charest, which grabbed audiences by the ears and dragged them into the streets of 1920s Paris and Le Jazz Hot.
Benoît is back, and in Australia for the first time. With his Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville he recreates live the original score as the film itself is beamed onto the big screen. Saddle up for the misadventures of a kidnapped Tour de France cyclist, his would-be rescuer grandmother and the titular trio of larger-than life divas, all accompanied by the speakeasy-slick sounds of un orchestre sans pareil.
In between performing, Benoît and friends will present two gigs at The Toff in Town, freely traversing late 60s to early 70s psychedelic-afro-funk-jazz and standards from the era.