One-man party Zach Deputy plays two venues in the Panhandle this week -- Pensacola's Handlebar tonight and The Engine Room in Tallahassee tomorrow night. The Engine Room show has a $15 cover charge, doors open at 9, and Tallahassee blues man Sir Charles Atkins opens.
If you've never seen Zach, check him out. He's an infectious performer with a lot of funk and soul in his bones. He creates a musical stew on stage with the help of looping equipment and plays everything from originals to Michael Jackson to reggae to classical guitar. It's a serious funky dance party.
Boston reggae funk band Spiritual Rez hits the Engine Room in Tallahassee tonight. Doors open at 9, cover is $10.
Local band Shoes and Laces opens.
Spiritual Rez opened last weekend's PoJo Festival in Port St. Joe, Fla.
That little PoJo fest was a gem -- listening to music while bobbing in the clear aqua waters, yes! Texas's Bob Schneider, indie darlings (recently on the cover of Rolling Stone) The Sheepdogs, Calfornia's ALO, and Honey Island Swamp Band out of New Orleans turned out stellar performances to a crowd that was pretty tiny.
Props to the organizers, and if they keep booking bands this good, this fest can only grow. There's plenty of room for more of us to float in that lovely bay.
Fest favorite jam/live electronica band Perpetual Groove hits Tallahassee's Engine Room Tuesday night for the start of a five-night live run through Florida. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $12 advance, $15 at the door. They are advertising special guests as well.
This band, out of Athens, Ga., plays Jamcruise, All Good, Gathering of the Vibes, Bear Creek, and many other festivals -- including their own "Amberland" in Georgia, every year. Here's a lok at the Florida tour:
8/9/11 - The Engine Room - Tallahassee, FL
8/10/11 - Crowbar - Tampa, FL
8/11/11 - Firestone Live - Orlando, FL
8/12/11 - The Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
8/13/11 - The Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
And here's a performance from last year's Amberland:
The soulful one-man band Zach Deputy plays the Engine Room in Tallahassee tonight. Doors open at 9, cover is $14. Zach's a longtime favorite with the crowd at Bear Creek Music and Art Festival In fact, Bear Creekers held a benefit for Zach after all his equipment got stolen when he was out on the road. He's been known to spontaneously pop up and do a show somewhere in the campgrounds late-night. Zach is a groove machine who knows how to keep the dance floor hopping -- with everything from his reggae-tinged originals to Michael Jackson covers. He's got the real-deal soul going on and he is one of the sweetest people you'll ever meet.
The picture's not so great on this video, but the audio is great and it shows you how Zach builds a song from the ground up.
Dumpstaphunk is is one of the best funk bands playing today, no doubt. Fresh off the Jam Cruise, Ivan Neville (son of sweet-voiced Aaron) and his band come to Tallahassee Friday night, Jan. 14, at the Engine Room. Gonna be a paaaaaaarty, y'all. $12 advance, $15 at the door. Local wildman band (featuring the Sexual Manatee)Catfish Alliance open.
festgrrl unfortunately had the flu last week, and was delusional with fever. She listed the wrong Tuesday for this post about Tornado Rider at the Engine Room! It's tomorrow. Get yer dancin' pants on and bring your protective headgear, 'cause this show's gonna rage. Tally bluegrass band Two Foot Level opens, doors open at 9, and it's $10 cover.
You never know quite what will happen at a Tornado Rider show (high-voltage acrobatics, hilarious theatrics) but you can be sure that you've never seen anything like it.
Local bluegrass band Two Foot Level opens. Doors open at 9 and it's a bargain at $10. I can say with complete confidence that this show's gonna rage.
JJ Grey and Mofro bring their soulful bad selves to The Engine Room tonight in Tallahassee. He and his band Mofro are touring for their great new release, Georgia Warhorse. This record explores a little more of JJ's soul crooning than the gritty swamp funk of past records, and it is beautifully put together. Put this disc on your Christmas list.
Tickets for tonight's show are $25 at the door. Northern Lights and Joathan Tyler join JJ and Mofro.
Super-nice, super-cool and funky Zach Deputy plays the Engine Room in Tallahassee Friday night. Deputy has become a welcome regular at Bear Creek Music and Art Festival, and North Florida fans even chipped in a year or two ago for a special benefit after someone stole all his one-man-band looping equipment.
He's been touring nonstop and has watched his star rise accordingly. Zach's a looper, yes, but he's also a killer guitar player, a great singer, and a good songwriter. His shows are a lot of fun. Friday's show is with the band Wisebird. Tickets are $10 advance and $12 day of show
“Imagine Ray Charles, James Brown and Michael Jackson all having an illegitimate child and it growing up in the Virgin Islands,” Zach Deputy says of his sound. And it’s precisely this sound of new-age soul that’s garnering national attention for the South Carolinian. His debut album, Out of the Water (2008), utilized the talents of bassist Sam Sims (Michael Jackson) and drummer Sonny Emory (Earth, Wind & Fire); and more recently, the calypso-kissed funk and beatboxing improv of 2009’s Sunshine won him the Home Grown Music Network’s Studio Album of the Year award. But its Deputy’s live performances that truly earn the 27-year-old his keep. Accompanied only by percussionist and life-long friend Paul Kearns, Deputy charms audiences with the soulful dexterity of an R&B crooner while live-looping his acrobatic rhythms and fiery guitar leads to deliver full, band-like sounds. Even with 300 yearly performances, the aspirations remain simple: “I just hope the music helps restore balance in people’s lives.” He quietly adds, “That’s why I do it, to hopefully change people’s lives for the better.”
Check out two Engine Room shows this week in Tallahassee -- one a Newgrass treat and the other a Brisitsh Funk Invasion:
Railroad Earth and Cornmeal play tonight, 8 pm, $20 cover. Cornmeal is a super cool newgrass band out of Chicago that impressed at Suwannee last year.
The New Mastersounds, a British funk/electronic act that positively Laid It On Down at Bear Creek Music & Art Festival last year, plays The Engine Room Wednesday night at 9. $10 advance, $12 at the door. That's gonna be some big fun.
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