Fairfield Theatre Company Weekly Round-up: Deep Banana Blackout, The Alternate Routes and Everything Yes announced
This week Fairfield Theatre Company announces Deep Banana Blackout, The Alternate Routes and Everything Yes tickets are on sale now via fairieldtheatre.org
Deep Banana Blackout Funksgiving ‘24
Fairfield Theatre Company • 70 Sanford St, Fairfield, CT 06824
November 27, 2024
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Deep Banana Blackout Funksgiving ‘24
Deep Banana Blackout (or DBB) formed in the summer of 1995 when a group of like-minded musicians hailing from New York and Connecticut joined forces to play Soul and R&B covers from the 60’s and 70’s for the pure love of that music. As the band members’ chemistry became apparent, all other projects fell to the wayside so that they could focus on writing and arranging original material. The band soon became a highly acclaimed musical force on the East Coast underground live music scene. This eight piece musical outfit, with full horn section and soulful groove embedded in the roots of funk, is notorious for weaving their own compositions involving extended improvisation with songs by Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, and Parliament/Funkadelic.
In July of 1997, DBB released their first studio effort entitled Live in the Thousand Islands. The album was recorded in Hartford, CT in the old Colt.45 building and was produced by the band members themselves. In February 1999, Deep Banana Blackout released their second recording, a double live CD called Rowdy Duty. The album was recorded in one night at 7 Willow St., a now defunct club in Port Chester, New York. Later on that year, the band’s label Artkin Touchya Records released B’Gock!, a side project for DBB’s guitarist Fuzz and his band On The Corner.
Also in 1999 drummer Eric Kalb and percussionist Johnny Durkin went into Avatar Studios in NYC to record on jazz guitar legend John Scofield’s Verve Records release entitled Bump. The album was featured on the Billboard Jazz charts and pay homage to DBB through the track ‘Blackout’ which features a rhythmic refrain imitative of an audience chant typical at DBB’s live shows preceding the encore.Deep Banana Blackout has sold out such venues as Irving Plaza in New York City, the Webster Theater in Hartford, Connecticut and Toads Place in New Haven, CT multiple times. They were featured at the Newport Jazz Festival in the summer of 2000, as well as being the focal point of a feature article in JazzTimes. In 2001, DBB played a co-bill with Maceo Parker in the new Denver Fillmore to 2750 fans, was featured at events such as Jazz Aspen/Snowmass, and the Gathering of the Vibes and toured with the Allman Brothers Band with several DBB members joining the legendary group for their set. The band has also performed in Tokyo, Japan twice.
DBB released 2001’s Feel the Peel on Flying Frog Records, the label founded by Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks.
Over the course of the bands 20 year history many notable musicians from the Funk, Rock and Jazz world have joined DBB on stage. The list includes legendary musicians such as bassist George Porter Jr (The Meters), trombonist Fred Wesley (James Brown/P Funk), keyboardist Bernie Worrell (P Funk), drummer Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown), guitarist Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers Band/Govt. Mule), John Scofield (Miles Davis), trumpeter Michael Ray (Kool and The Gang/Sun Ra), drummer Mike Clark (Herbie Hancocks Headhunters) as well as drummer Chris Franz and bassist Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club to name a few. A true highlight for the band was opening for James Brown at The Gathering of the Vibes Festival in 2003.
Deep Banana Blackout continues to perform to a devoted following, selling out venues and shows no sign of stopping.
DBB are James “Fuzz” San Giovanni, guitar/vocals; Eric Kalb, drums; Benj LeFevre, bass; Jen Durkin, vocals; Rob Somerville, sax/vocals; Rob Volo, trombone/guitar/vocals; Cyrus Madan, keyboards; Johnny Durkin, percussion. Previous members Hope Clayburn, sax/flute/ vocals, and Bryan Smith, trombone/vocals.
The Alternate Routes – Acoustic
Fairfield Theatre Company • 70 Sanford St, Fairfield, CT 06824
December 6, 2024
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The Alternate Routes- Acoustic
The Alternate Routes are the band that helped us to remember “we are how we treat each other, and nothing more.”
“Nothing More” propelled the band into new ears and new heights, having been featured prominently in the 2014 Winter Olympics, on NCIS, and with numerous other organizations. It was followed up with “Somewhere in America,” a poignant and personal conversation about gun violence that earned the band a 2016 Independent Music Award and a visit to the White House.
The Alternate Routes first burst onto the scene in 2005 with their breakthrough album Good and Reckless and True. They released several albums on Vanguard Records and on their own, toured extensively, and relentlessly refined their craft. They have collaborated with such seemingly disparate artists as singer-songwriter Patti Griffin, director Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right), and guitarist Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket. They’ve performed on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” and have been repeat guests on NPR’s “Mountain Stage.”
The Alternate Routes – Electric
Fairfield Theatre Company • 70 Sanford St, Fairfield, CT 06824
December 7, 2024
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The Alternate Routes – Electric
The Alternate Routes are the band that helped us to remember “we are how we treat each other, and nothing more.”
“Nothing More” propelled the band into new ears and new heights, having been featured prominently in the 2014 Winter Olympics, on NCIS, and with numerous other organizations. It was followed up with “Somewhere in America,” a poignant and personal conversation about gun violence that earned the band a 2016 Independent Music Award and a visit to the White House.
The Alternate Routes first burst onto the scene in 2005 with their breakthrough album Good and Reckless and True. They released several albums on Vanguard Records and on their own, toured extensively, and relentlessly refined their craft. They have collaborated with such seemingly disparate artists as singer-songwriter Patti Griffin, director Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right), and guitarist Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket. They’ve performed on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” and have been repeat guests on NPR’s “Mountain Stage.”
Everything Yes
Fairfield Theatre Company • 70 Sanford St, Fairfield, CT 06824
December 17, 2024
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Everything Yes
Everything Yes is an American jazz fusion band spearheaded by the drummer Zack Graybeal, known famously as ZackGrooves on his platforms, Sean Reeser, prolific composer, producer and tenor sax master & Cole Sipe, composer, sound engineer and magistral bassist.
This powerhouse of a band brings a fresh take on the style while staying true to the roots.
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