|
Event
Wild Honey Presents Victor Krummenacher & His Flying Circus and Moremen-Bonebrake-Autism Think Tank
In the intimate Wild Honey Backyard Amphitheater, Camper Van Beethoven & Monks of Doom founder Victor Krummenacher will perform songs from his latest album Blue Pacific and his incredible 30+ year catalog of tunes. As openers, Moremen Bonebrake will be debuting their new instrumental project. John Moremen, acclaimed guitarist with Matthew Sweet and the Orange Peels, comes to Los Angeles with his longtime friend, drummer/vibraphonist DJ Bonebrake of L.A. punk legends, X. They will be joined by Victor Krummenacher on bass and multi-instrumentalist Willie Aron on keys. It's will be an amazing afternoon of music to benefit the Autism Think Tank!
VICTOR KRUMMENACHER:
This spring Victor will be releasing his latest album, Blue Pacific. This will mark his ninth solo effort away from his two co-foundingbands - the pioneering indie-rock group Camper Van
Beethoven and the art-rock collective, Monks of Doom. The inception of this emotionally-charged project started nearly a year after his divorce, and, as it turns out, its one-part exorcism and one-part an effort to heal and put it all behind him.
"It was a really difficult album to make, some of the basics were recorded three times," Krummenacheradmits. "I went through two other drummers before settling on Michael Urbano. There was a lot of tension this time, and [co-producer] Bruce Kaphan
seriously went all out to help make the best album we think we could do."
Despite the fact this record was a direct result of so much pain, heartache and hurdles, musically it turns out to be one of Krummenacher's most rewarding efforts of his lengthy career - be it solo, or with his other bands. "There was a lot of time put into thisone," the musician reveals, "and I dont know if I can really do much better in as far as writing or recording. Between the emotional context and the difficulty in getting all the aspects of the recording taken care of, it was one of the hardest projects Ive worked on."
From beautifully reflective numbers such as "No One Left To Remember, No One Left To Tell," "Skin & Bones" and "Nowhere Out There On The Line" to the sturdier, high-energy tracks like "The Prettiest Train," "Some Time Ago," "Lawrence in the Desert" and the infectious title track, this is an album thatsatisfies on so many levels.
Throughout this sprawling effort, Krummenacher channels a number of the musicians and bands that have influenced him over the years, such as The Stones, The Dead, The EStreet Band, Elvis Costello, The Flying Burrito Brothers and, perhaps more than any other, Pete Townshend. In fact, he admits, "Theres actually a lot of reference to Townshend on this album. Hewas the big hero when I was very young and first getting into music, and I think his expository writing affected me a lot more than I realized growing up." "These songs are more autobiographical and directly honest than anything Ive done. I tried to leave enough ambiguity in them to keep them from being memoir specific, but most of the detail in here come from my experiences directly. It seemed like the more direct I was, the more resonant the songs
became.
My perspective is pretty odd at this point, when you do something this raw its hard to maintain one. But I know also its as good and focused as I can do, and that I got a lot of goodmusicians to help elevate these songs to a place I wasnt sure they could reach."
Victor Krummenacher's Blue Pacific will be available March 1st on 2-LP vinyl on three sides (limited to 200 copies), CD, digital and streaming formats via Veritas Recordings.
FOR MORE INFO ON VICTOR KRUMMENACHER:
victorkrummenacher.com
FOR MEDIA & INTERVIEW REQUESTS:
Tony Bonyata / Pavement PR
e: tony@pavementpr.com
pavementpr.com
JOHN MOREMEN:
"John treats his leads as acts of emotion and courage and it shows." -- Matthew Sweet
Born in LA, raised in DC, and now based in San Francisco, guitarist, drummer, and songwriter John Moremen grew up immersed in the East Coast sounds of Telecaster-wielding giants Roy Buchanan, Evan Johns and Danny Gatton. He took those influences into his DC band, The Neighbors, with whom he recorded two albums, toured the country and opened for the likes of NRBQ, Marshall Crenshaw, Roy Orbison and Alex Chilton.
But after moving to San Francisco, John found himself in a city full of guitarists. He joined songwriter Jimmy Silva's band, The Goats, on drums (via an introduction from their mutual pal, Young Fresh Fellow Scott McCaughey). The McCaughey connection would also lead to a longtime drumming gig with the Flamin' Groovies former frontman, Roy Loney. While playing sideman, John continued to play guitar, sing and write songs of his own.
Drums would also bring John into the Bay Area band The Orange Peels. In 2013, he became their lead guitarist on the breakout Sun Moon (Minty Fresh). The album was a departure for the band, a highly collaborative and improvised project recorded over a three-day weekend. Sun Moon had spacey soundscapes influenced by the band's love of prog, and featured John's soaring lead guitar solos.
It was one of those solos that caught the ear of power pop master, Matthew Sweet. The Orange Peels were doing a short Midwest run opening for Sweet in 2015, when backstage, John introduced himself after soundcheck the first night. Sweet asked a shocked John if he might be interested in playing on his new album, the Kickstarter-funded Tomorrow Forever (Honeycomb Hideout via Sony/RED).
In an update to his backers, Sweet explained, "John treats his leads as acts of emotion and courage and it shows. John's group, The Orange Peels, opened some shows for us in the midwest last year. The first night, Ric Menck and I were standing backstage and heard a lead guitar passage go by that caught us both---we looked at each other and without speaking said "Hey, did you hear that?"
After contributing to several songs via email, John spent a week at Sweet's studio in Omaha, Black Squirrel Submarine. In the end, John played guitar on over two dozen songs for the Tomorrow Forever project, and appears on 12 of the 17 songs on the official release and on an additional 9 tracks on the follow-up, Tomorrow's Daughter.
John spent the remainder of 2016 and the summer of 2018 playing lead guitar in Sweet's live band alongside the Velvet Crush's Paul Chastain and Ric Menck.
Steeped in a lifelong love of jazz and improvisational music, John continues to produce music of his own. His compositions can be heard on John Moremen's Flotation Device (an instrumental record that he wrote, played and recorded himself), and the full band follow-up, Play It! On Inner Sunset, John returned to his pop roots, teaming with author/musician Paul Myers as The Paul and John.
You can hear John on The Orange Peels' recently released album, Trespassing, and he's finishing up a new instrumental project in Los Angeles with his longtime friend, drummer/vibraphonist DJ Bonebrake of L.A. punk legends, X. They're joined by Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven) on bass and multi-instrumentalist Willie Aron on keys. Coming soon!
he Wild Honey Foundation, a 501 (3)(c) non-profit, seeks to celebrate and keep alive the passion, creativity, and idealism of the musical giants of the late 20th century and pass on their legacy to future generations. Wild Honey shows bring together the global music community to raise funds for a variety of charitable causes, especially autism treatment/research and assisting ailing musicians in financial need https://www.facebook.com/groups/Wildhoneyfoundation/
The Autism Think Tank, NJ is an internationally recognized 501(c)(3) (Non-profit) organization whose mission is to facilitate the medical and psychosocial stabilization of the child and family. Bringing together a team of world renowned medical experts via telemedicine, the Autism Think Tank, NJ is designed to provide a multidisciplinary team approach to the identification and treatment of the complicated medical comorbidities of autism. The Autism Think Tank is committed to improving the lives of children and families in the home, school and community through comprehensive case management, community outreach, research and education.
|
|
 |
LocationWild Honey Backyard Amphitheater (View)
1167 Kipling Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90041
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
|
Contact
| Owner: Wild Honey |
| On BPT Since: Mar 11, 2013 |
| |
| Paul Rock |
|
|
