The Skip Heller Trio
Saturday, January 22th, 8:30pm
Amsterdam Cafe
10905 Magnolia Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA 91601
(818) 506-1938
All ages – FREE!

Venue directions – reviews – here!

Here is the podcast from the insanity that is Howie Pyro’s “Intoxica” radio show on Luxuria Music.com – this particular show featured special guest Lee Joseph from Dionysus Records who brought in a random stack of rock ‘n’ roll, girl group, surf, instro and other crazy 45s from the 50s & 60s.  A huge thanks goes to Gary Schneider of Open Mynd Collectibles for getting this up so quickly!

Click here to download!

This Tuesday at 9pm Pacific, tune in to Howie Pyro’s “Intoxica” Radio on LuxiuraMusic for an evening of 45 RPM insanity featuring  ‘60s garage, surf, psych, retarded lounge losers, crazy Asian a go-go, rockabilly, monster music, psycho soul, freaky funk, soundtracks, not-so-psychedelic songs about LSD, voodoo R&B, girl-groups and other world nonsense. This week’s special guest Lee Joseph from Dionysus Records will be joining Howie with a random stack of killer wax and banter with the host and chat room!

As some of you may or may not know – since I started playing bass again in 2010,  I’ve joined not one but two combos – and am playing in both The Dick and Jane Family Orchestra and The Skip Heller Trio with long-time Dionysus Records friend, producer and artist Skip Heller.  Here’s a couple of videos of the trio performing – around Los Angeles. This combo should be recording something in 2011, stay tuned!

“You Got Me Dizzy” live at the back porch of The Echo in Echo Park with our drummer Mark Borinstein

“Doin’ My Tme” and “California Blues” live at The Redwood in Downtown Los Angeles with guest drummer D.J. Bonebrake, of X, Orchestra Superstring and The Bonebrake Syncopators

In November of 1983 while managing the Roads to Moscow record store in Tucson, AZ., I released a 45 by my then band Yard Trauma. “Some People” b/w “No Conclusions,” written by my bandmate and lead singer Joe Dodge, with nifty op-art graphics by our pal Jonathan L, then editor of Tucson’s Newsreal Magazine, became the first release on Dionysus Records. It took a year and a half and a move to Southern California for the first full-length LP releases to appear on the label thus 1985 has always been referred to as the label’s start date. However, this single is where it really started. “Some People” was also released in 1984 on the Voxx/Bomp compilation “Battle of the Garages Vol II”

In its 27th year, the Dionysus Records will forge ahead with “Meet Redondo Beat,” a full-length album by Germany’s pop-rock trio Redondo Beat in January of 2011, “Easy,” the second release by Latin Jazz exotics Orchestra Superstring featuring X’s DJ Bonebrake on vibes in February of 2011,  country and roots combo Ruby Dee and The Snakehandlers‘ “Live from Austin, Texas,” their third full-length release in March of 2011 and another yet-to-be-announced title or two.  For the first time since 1994 I may release a couple of records by bands I play in! Several out of print titles such as The Dils “Dils, Dils Dils” and Gexa X’s “You Goddamn Kids” plus many others will be repressed on vinyl with free digital download codes as well.

Thanks for your continued support. Love to you all!

Lee

Sunday, January 3rd at 5:00 PM

Big Sandy and James McAnally will be making a special DJ appearance at Bigfoot West in the Culver City / Palms area of Los Angeles.  What a perfect way to wind down the holidays and start your 2010!