[The Deej] KARL, with JIM and JACK SHOW @thedeej SATURDAY!

[thedeej.org announcement list]

(mailing list and listings at www.thedeej.org)
 
this is going to be the show of the season, deej peoples.
 
our incomparable local mad musical genius KARL STRAUB and his band are bringing us THE JACK and JIM SHOW (more on that below, read it!), featuring EUGENE CHADBOURNE and JIMMY CARL BLACK.  it takes incredible artistic depth and history to put together a show that could only be imagined to take place in the distant future.  yet here it is, coming to you this SATURDAY!
 
saturday, sept 8.  doors at 830p, music near 9.
at the deej, a private house concert in WDC
$15 band DONATION accepted at the door (reserved seats $20 -- rsvp at thedeej.org
for more info, and to RSVP (please11):
rsvp at thedeej.org, danbarry at gmail.com, mariabarry at gmail.com
 
THIS YOU MUST KNOW:
the deej is small, crowded, hot and poorly lighted, but it is a unique gem among DC-area performance spaces. so dress appropriately!
reserved seating only! RSVP today to reserve a seat ($20 donation suggested)

THE WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY HOW:

WHO--the deej, you and KARL STRAUB and musical guests
WHAT--this is a series of shows presenting DC's best songmaster with some of the best top level musical talent available to an underground venue that is small, crowded, hot and poorly lighted.
WHEN--periodically through 2008 (doors at 8.30, music at 9p) (www.thedeej.org)
WHERE--at the deej, an esteemed private venue for music enthusiasts gathered for a performance of unique quality
WHY--music. performance. unique quality.  small, crowded, hot and poorly lighted....have you been paying attention?
HOW--for additional details, our prospectus, and directions, we require the favor of an RSVP to rsvp at thedeej.org

how much? we function on a donation basis (performers and house). we collect a $15 doornation for the BAND on the night of the show ($20 for reserved seats). for RESERVED SEATS, inquire at rsvp at thedeej.org. 

seating is very limited, all others are standing room basis. 
we also provide donation opportunities in support of the HOUSE during the show. 
we have icey coolers here for you to BYOB
the deej relies on your generous support of local, organic music.

rsvp at thedeej.org

 
please hold for an important message from Dr. EUGENE CHADBOURNE:
 
The Jack and Jim Show:  Think 69

             In 2007, Jimmy Carl Black will have his
69th birthday. Dr. Eugene Chadbourne is happy to
present his best friend and musical associate in a
series of performances featuring Black's favorite
musical combination, The Jack and Jim Show.
             Chadbourne's knowledge of Black began the
first time he saw the cover of Freak Out! by the
Mothers of Invention, circa the second half of the
'60s. Staring at the picture of Black and bandmates in
a record store, the youthful Doc Chad was approached
by an old woman who ran the music store. "Don't look
at that record!" she warned him. "You're a nice boy."
             Within a year Black's famous comment "Hi
boys and girls, I'm Jimmy Carl Black and I'm the
Indian of the group" had become an in-joke among
teenagers in Eugene's hometown of Boulder, Colorado.
Every day when the fascistic gym coach took
attendance, someone would always repeat Jimmy's
comment, totally irritating the coach who had no idea
what it was all about.
             Dr. Chad finally met Jimmy in the early
'90s when the former had a chance to invite 11
musicians of his choice to the improvisation project
at the Moers Jazz Festival. When he found out Jimmy
and his wife were moving to Europe, the Doc proposed
they begin working as a duo, and so the Jack and Jim
Show was born.
             Eugene became "Jack" based on a painting
Captain Beefheart had done of Jimmy Carl Black, at one
point one of the drummers in Beefheart's Magic Band.
The picture was of an Indian man and a jackrabbit,
Beefheart entitled it "Jack and Jim." Having already
stolen alot from Beefheart, Chadbourne decided
stealing this title would be allright, especially
since it tied in with his lifelong love of rabbits.
The Chadbourne family allow wild rabbits to live in
their backyard and the Doctor has often irritated
music journalists by insisting his main aesthetic
influence is Bugs Bunny.
             The Jack and Jim Show has toured in
Europe, the United States and Canada ever since and
has released 17 CDs of which the latest is "Hearing is
Believing" , to be released in March of 2007 by the
Boxholder label. A series of DVDs are also coming out
on the New York City based Straw Into Gold series.
             In the winter of 2001 Jack and Jim
invited British keyboardist and electronics player Pat
Thomas to join them for a special tribute to Jimi
Hendrix organized in Reggio di Emila by Walter Pratti.
The threesome hit it off very well and have done
several tours since then, including the Kongsberg Jazz
Festival in Norway and Action 2005 in Nancy, France.
CDs featuring the trio include "Jimi II" , the double
"We'll Be Together Again" and the aforementioned
"Hearing is Believing."
              The Jack and Jim Show play a wonderful
combination of styles associated with both players, in
most cases creating a transformation into something
else. "Willie the Pimp" of Zappa becomes an oldstyle
country blues, for example. Jazz, psychedelic rock,
standards, blues, country and western, bluegrass,
native American Indian music and folk rock are all
part of a typical evening with Jack and Jim. Eugene
plays guitar, banjo and sings. Jimmy plays drums and
sings.