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| *********************************************************************** Jim Larkin | Boston Drummer | Boston Bassist | jim at jimlarkin.com
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*********************************************************************** If you look on my website, www.jimlarkin.com, to my first post back in 2005, I exaggerated a tiny weeny bit Shoot to September 26th, 2009 where I’ll be leaving from Logan airport on my first trip to Europe, on my SUNDAY, 9/27 TUESDAY, 9/29 WEDNESDAY, 9/30 THURSDAY, 10/1 FRIDAY, 10/2 SATURDAY, 10/3 SUNDAY, 10/4 TUESDAY, 10/6 WEDNESDAY, 10/7 THURSDAY, 10/8 FRIDAY, 10/9 SATURDAY, 10/10 SUNDAY, 10/11 THURSDAY, 10/15 Check out some recent Jesse Dee performances at the Montreal Jazz Fest, and with friends Montreal Jazz Fest: Lizard Lounge: *********************************************************************** Jesse Dee | My Two Feet | Paradise Rock Club | 12.19.2008 *********************************************************************** JESSE DEE - No Matter Where I Am *********************************************************************** Brendan Hogan - Long Night Coming *********************************************************************** 05/21/2009 10:00 PM - The Burren w/Baker Thomas Band 05/16/2009 09:30 PM - Sully’s w/Jesse Dee 05/15/2009 10:00 PM - TOAD w/Ryan Fitzsimmons 05/14/2009 09:00 PM - Canal Room w/Jesse Dee 05/08/2009 08:00 PM - House of Blues w/Jesse Dee 05/01/2009 09:30 PM - The Muddy River Smokehouse w/Jesse Dee 04/30/2009 10:00 PM - The Burren w/Baker Thomas 04/25/2009 09:45 PM - Nectars w/Jesse Dee 04/24/2009 09:30 PM - Suny Potsdam w/Jesse Dee 03/26/2009 10:00 PM - TOAD with/Tom Bianchi 03/19/2009 10:00 PM - TOAD with/Tom Bianchi 03/12/2009 10:00 PM - TOAD with/Tom Bianchi 03/05/2009 10:00 PM - TOAD with/Tom Bianchi 02/21/2009 09:00 PM - Johnny D’s w/Jesse Dee Description:617.776.2004 www.johnnyds.com 01/30/2009 09:30 PM - Dinosaur Bar B Que w/Jesse Dee 01/17/2009 09:30 PM - Nectars w/Jesse Dee 01/16/2009 09:30 PM - Century Lounge w/Jesse Dee 01/09/2009 09:00 PM - AS220 w/Ryan Fitzsimmons 12/31/2008 06:00 PM - The Warehouse w/Jesse Dee 12/20/2008 09:30 PM - The Snowbarn w/Jesse Dee 12/19/2008 09:00 PM - Paradise w/Jesse Dee 12/06/2008 09:00 PM - Higher Ground w/Jesse Dee 12/05/2008 09:00 PM - Pearl Street w/Jesse Dee 12/02/2008 09:30 PM - Johnny D's w/Brendan Hogan 11/26/2008 09:00 PM - Precinct w/Jesse Dee 11/22/2008 09:30 PM - Funk N' Waffles w/Jesse Dee 11/21/2008 09:00 PM - High Fidelity w/Jesse Dee 11/08/2008 09:30 PM - Lizard Lounge w/Jesse Dee 10/31/2008 09:30 PM - The Lizard Lounge w/Ryan Fitzsimmons 10/11/2008 09:30 PM - Iron Horse Music Hall w/Jesse Dee - CD Release 10/10/2008 09:30 PM - The Press Room w/Jesse Dee - CD Release 10/04/2008 09:30 PM - High Fidelity w/Jesse Dee - CD Release 10/03/2008 10:00 PM - Funk N’ Waffles w/Jesse Dee - CD Release 10/03/2008 08:00 PM - The Bitter End w/Jesse Dee - CD Release 09/12/2008 09:00 PM - Johnny D’s w/Jesse Dee ~ CD Release 09/10/2008 08:30 AM - Fox 25 Morning News w/Jesse Dee 09/06/2008 09:00 PM - Nectars w/Jesse Dee *********************************************************************** 13 Tuesdays and then some (with apologies to Wednesday mornings)
The Jim Larkin Situation is now writing jingles for online demos!! Coincidentally – it’s a good time. I’ve have one fun times corporate project I’m working on now and hope to start adding new clients to the roster soon. If you’re looking for any type of musical elements for flash presentations, online demos or for other media listings get in touch at jim@jimlarkin.com. The gigs above aren’t the only ones. Oh-no no no (shake of the head, wag of the finger). I’ll be playing along with Dana Price this Friday at the Brookline Tai Chi center (Bass & Drums) too. Keep your eyes and your bananas peeled for upcoming gigs at Tommy Doyles, Atwoods, the Edgewater in Salem, Johnny D’s, Tufts University and others. See the full list below. As always keep checking the myspace for the latest. Thanks you guys - I’ll see you at the show. -jim 04/01/2008 10:00 PM - Toad w/Brendan Hogan *********************************************************************** *********************************************************************** With Jesse Dee - Lizard Lounge Novmber 2007
Yes. Its true. As the flyer states - We'll be playin, singin, strummin and groovin every Tuesday ('cept Christmas) in December as the mighty Winter Wonder Band. Its like a flock of songwriters. Good ones. You're gonna like it. Check it out. December is a slow month. You can come in late on Wednesday mornings that month. seriously. there was a thing in the kitchen about it. come in late. its cool. good times. Tom Bianchi, Ryan Fitzsimmons, Greg Klyma, Jim Larkin, Danielle Miraglia, Dana Price = The Winter Wonder Band. The Winter Wonder Band Hope everyones Turkey day was tip top. c'mon down - i'll see you at the show. 12/04/2007 09:30 PM - Lizard Lounge - The Winter Wonder Band Sessions ***********************************************************************
whatup? It seems like just yesterday I sat down to my trusty apple 2e and started typing away at the last JLS newsletter. Thems the days. OK enough with the grabass and lets get down to business. There is a lot to get through here so I thought I’d make a one brand new word so you could remember it all. Here goes. Now if you can just remember that one new big word, we’ll be looking good. Real good. Sweeter than You-Hoo. If you need more read below: The biggest dilly is that Northern Living at its Finest Studios has a new home. Located in the historic Boston Machine Lofts of Central Square in Lynn, things have never sounded sweeter. Not unlike the aforementioned Yoo-Hoo. Steps from the beach and all loft, its been a haven for….well me slapping my bass, and running thru KSo charts…... Pickin parties to follow. Things with Mr. Jesse Dee are tight. Real tight. The new disk has hit 2 inch tape thanks to Jack Younger at Basement 247, who runs a sweet analog studio in the belly of Allston with every piece of vintage gear you could ever want. Long story short I played a Hofner-copy Sekova with 10,000 year old tapewounds on a few tracks. Alls I’m sayin. Can’t wait to hear how things turn out. Target date for the disk to drop? – Fall ’07. We’ve just wrapped up some big gigs at the Iron Horse and the Paradise amongst others featuring sit-ins with Christian McNeil, Miksis and Jesse C to name a few. You know how I love the sit ins. Thems my jams. See below for the scoop on the next few shows. Ryan Fitzsimmons and the Fitzetts have been gelling better than ever. We’ve got a solid lineup (sort of) and the shows have been killing. Gts. We got some big doolies coming up at the Narrows Center for the Arts down in Fall Rivah, including their annual Arts Festival. Last year I was lucky enough to do the fan-ish, “hey man I love your stuff” thing with Owen from the Wood Brothers. This year I get to play it. Quite a treat to say the least. Speaking of treats ice cream and faces were melted the other night at Allston’s Herrells with my buddy Zac Galen. An impromptu show was thrown at this the preeminent frosty cream shack in Boston just to hear the man play. A mini Situation broke out early – sadly dedicated to the passing of a local legend Mr. Butch. Some serious shows coming up with my man Hugh McGowan at Passim, outdoor evening park show with KSO, Joe Rathbone at Johnny D’s (my new favorite green room) and of course the Toad residency with Ryfitz and Greg Klyma, love those long nights drumming. So come see the new studio, come to the shows, cum on feel the noise. Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Many a project, multitudes of bootys shaking and not a dry eye in the room. Thanks y'all - see you at the show.
P.s. I almost forgot – solo show opening for Jesse Dee guitarist Matt Joy and the Orchestra of this Sat Sept 8th. Unfortch the JLS has been an elusive thing much like the honeybees of late. My man Steve over at the Gulu-Gulu was instrumental in advice about the BML. Great grub and ambiance, the Gulu is the shiz, and nicely located across the street from NL@IF. Check it. 07/11/2007 09:45 PM - Edgewater Cafe w/Jesse Dee 07/13/2007 09:30 PM - Tommy Doyles w/Ryan Fitzsimmons 07/19/2007 08:00 PM - Narrows Center for the Arts w/Ryan Fitzsimmons 07/25/2007 09:45 PM - Edgewater Cafe w/Jesse Dee 07/27/2007 07:00 PM - Summer Concert Series in the Park w/Kevin So 07/28/2007 09:30 PM - Paradise Lounge w/Jesse Dee 08/14/2007 10:00 PM - Toad w/Ryan Fitzsimmons & Greg Klyma * both Sets 08/17/2007 08:00 PM - Club Passim w/Hugh Mcgowan 08/21/2007 10:00 PM - Toad w/Ryan Fitzsimmons & Greg Klyma * both Sets 08/28/2007 10:00 PM - Toad w/Ryan Fitzsimmons & Greg Klyma * both Sets 09/08/2007 08:00 PM - Gulu-Gulu Cafe *Solo* 09/09/2007 12:00 PM - Narrows Festival of the Arts w/Ryan Fitzsimmons 09/11/2007 09:15 PM - Johnny D's w/Joe Rathbone 09/15/2007 09:15 PM - Paradise Lounge w/Ryan Fitzsimmons
*********************************************************************** Fellas fellas, ladies ladies, So have you ever had a Nashville songwriter with a harmony-singing drummer in tow come over your house and show you a dozen tunes to be played onstage five hours later? I just had this experience over the weekend and I highly recommend it. The gentleman in question is Joe Rathbone, a friend of many friends and fantastic singer-songwriter who is on a road dog jaunt all over the Eastern seaboard. We just finished up at TOAD last night opening up the night for Jess Tardy and her band featuring my buddy Noam Weinstein. Closing out the night was the Modern Vintage Queen Miss Tess. Serious serious cabaret business. Rathbone left the gig last night (after staying for all the acts mind you) to drive a solid 16hrs to Nashville where he had a gig 24 hours later (tonight)….. Good times, good times. Next up we've got a double hitter of Worcester/Cambridge shows with Jesse Dee. Soul, emotion, and the man can enjoy a nice glass of Bushmills too. These are very important things in the world of bands/rehearsal. These last few shows have been really feeling good, and the next few ain't looking too shabby neither. We're playing first Feb 15th out at Tammany Hall with our good friends Zac Galen and 2Adam12, hot off of their CD release at the Middle East. Zac recently called from out on tour with Teresa Storch in CA and mentioned some late in the night hijinx may ensue. Sounds like a drum & bass pajama jammy jam. The next night we'll be playing the Lizard Lounge Friday Feb 16th with one of my favorite local bands The Resonance (good guys, good guys), as well as Christian McNeil of Hybrasil fame. We'll be heading into the studio in mid march to lay down Jesse's debut album…..more to follow. All throughout the month of March I'll be playing drums with members of the Winter Wonder Band most notably Austin, TX's own Greg Klyma. Now this mother grabber may take the title for supreme absolute road dog. Take a gander at his show schedule and you'll see what I mean. We'll be playing the Tuesday residency slot over at TOAD. Rumor has it that Ryan Fitzsimmons will be opening all shows with Danielle Miraglia and Greg co-headling the nights. Rounding out the band is triple-threat Dana Price and bass monster Tom Bianchi. Great bunch o' songwriters - Good times shall abound. My man from 2Adam12, Mark Parrington gave me a call recently asking if I'd be interesting in playing bass for Kevin So. Kevin's has a number of upcoming Boston shows backing his new album, 'A Brighter Day'. I jumped at the chance. Mark is one of my favorite drummers in Boston right now, very musical and simply killing it. And if you don't know Kevin So – check him out. Heavy hitter is an understatement. Great R&B songs and an old buddy to many of the players in town. A real treat to play with – this guy's got the goods. Between the two of them, this is a gig come true. Club Passim Sunday March 4th – 7:30pm. Ryan Fitzsimmons is rocking the Burren with the aforementioned Dana Price, Fez Aswat and I wouldn't be surprised if Hugh Mcgowan makes an appearance too. March 28th 9:45pm. So with all of the above going on, I haven't had a lot of time to work on The Jim Larkin Situation proper. Although the larger TJLS has been getting a workout. Right now we're shooting for a June gig, maybe at the Burren? We'll see. This would make it a yearly event and a tip top night. The recording at Northern Living at its Finest Studios too has been on the back burner...maybe working its way to the side burner not unlike a sneaky chess piece, and eventually to the front burner. Boston Bassist. Again more to follow on that. Many a project, multitudes of bootys shaking and not a dry eye in the room. Thanks y'all - see you at the show. Cheers,
*********************************************************************** Long time since the last update, but this one is cherry. Hmmm where to start (tapping chin). New gigs, bands lost, bands found. Its an update throwdown. Hmmm where to start. First off, after not much deliberation both Doc B and I have made motions to move on from The Fair Enough. We had a wonderful run. Two and a half years. Just short of 100 shows, six different states, countless bands on and off the road that weve met and raged with. Harpers Ferry, The Middle East, the Paradise main room and Lounge, Lions Den NYC, Century Lounge Providence, Nectars in VT, Dover Brick House in NH and of course the Skybar. So many great great shows and good times. Weve seen a million faces and weve rocked them all. But but but it aint over - Stu and Aaron are going to keep The Fair Enough flame alive with a new rhythm section and Iâ....m sure shit will be ripped up. Ill be there front and center for the first big show. I wish them the best. Some hot hot shows coming up at my favorite places to play. Im playing bass with non other than Mr. Jesse Dee and drumming alongside Ryan Fitzsimmons. Part of these upcoming shows please check out good friends 2 Adam 12, Jen Kearney and the Lost Onion, Tall Palm, Hugh Mcgowan and Zac Galen as I believe for all these shows its listed on the ticket as being off the hizzey. Im pretty sure it says that. Youve asked and Im responding. The myspace page has been updated to include some tip top tasty tidbits - namely a few videos from The Fair Enough in the studio and at the Paradise, & The Bill Carleton Band at Tribeca Rock Club NYC & AS220 in Providence, as well as the multitude of shows coming up which leads me to: Big thanks to all who have made it out to the shows over the summer and into the fall. Some exciting things are afoot. Jesse Dee and company are heading into the studio in the not to distant future working with Boston based label 7 Not Records. The Jim Larkin Situation will rear its ugly head during the winter months with a slew of new material and has also booked some time in Somervilles Northern Living at its Finest Studios for an upcoming project slated for early 07. The waiting list for that guy is ample. Annnnd theres talk of an Always Naysaying v2 around the bend. Many a project, multitudes of bootys shaking and not a dry eye in the room. Thanks yall see you at the show. *********************************************************************** Check it: Solo Show | Paradise show May 17th So once again we've got some big doings. I have my first
solo show in The Nuff has our big summer show headlining Boston's
Paradise
Lounge. And I failed to mention it here but the Ryan
Fitzsimmons Band had a *********************************************************************** Check it: The Fair Enough on the TV! The Fair Enough will be featured on the NESN
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