VIM House and Coastal Jazz & Blues present
a NEW CURATION SERIES
Live in the Backroom at The Emerald 2014
555 Gore Street • Tickets at the door $10 • Showtime 9pm
Curated by Cole Schmidt
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SICK BOSS is a new ensemble lead by guitarist and composer, Cole Schmidt that charts the broad musical landscape of contemporary music. Performing beautiful and cerebral originals, with a smattering of unexpected covers, Sick Boss draws together influences from creative improvisation, rock, folk, and modern jazz. The band’s dazzling musicianship is rounded out by a cherry-picked cast of Vancouver all-stars who are recognized for their creative prowess as both bandleaders and collaborators.
Sick Boss is: Peggy Lee – cello (Film in Music, Waxwing); Tyson Naylor – accordion (Dan Mangan, Abramson Singers); Sam Davidson – clarinets (Brasstronaut, ElkHorn); Cole Schmidt – guitar (Pugs and Crows, Copilots); James Meger – bass (Braveheart, Proud Animal); Dan Gaucher – drums (October Trio, Fond of Tigers) with Debra-Jean Creelman – voice (Mother Mother, Frazey Ford)
Recording under the name Khingfisher, Craig Alan Mechler has released a self-titled album that emphasizes his folksy inclinations with ultra-stripped down arrangements of guitar and voice. These are vintage-sounding ballads with a hint of jazziness and Devendra Banhart-style quirk, and there’s a cover of the classic tune Georgia on My Mind thrown in for good measure. The album was recorded at Vancouver’s China Cloud with Mark Lawrence. It’s available for download at the following link, and listeners can give an optional donation if they choose. http://khingfisher.bandcamp.com/
photo: Sick Boss