Liberation Readings, Or, What Happens When You Surround Yourself Again with Excellent Musicians
The following are recordings of a reading from Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six after the Collapse of the United States of America at Sunny's, in Brooklyn, NY, in November 2008. With Brian Wecht on sax, clarinet, and keyboards; Jeremy Goddard on keyboards; John Pinamonti on guitar; Nate Landau on bass; and Charlie Shaw on drums.
With these instructions...
- Instructions for "A Tooth Spins Toward the Ceiling"
- Instructions for "The Circus Descends"
- Instructions for "That Was My Grandfather"
- Instructions for "It Plays Nothing But Early Frank Zappa"
- Instructions for "They Can't Remember Riding in Cars"
...the band came up with these grooves, respectively, plus one more:
- "A Tooth Spins Toward the Ceiling," from Chapter 8
- "Sand Creek," from Chapter 10
- "The Circus Descends," from Chapter 9
- "That Was My Grandfather," from Chapter 5
- "It Plays Nothing But Early Frank Zappa," from Chapter 1
- "They Can't Remember Riding in Cars," from Chapter 7
We had fun. As much fun as we had at the last reading for Spaceman Blues in September 2007. Hopefully we'll do it once again, sometime.
A note: Those who attended the reading will remember that I promised a $10 donation to Free the Slaves, an antislavery organization, for every book bought at the reading. Thanks very much to those of you who purchased books; a donation has been made in your honor.
Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six after the Collapse of the United States of America is out now, available through your local bookseller, Powell's, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.