♪♫ ★★♪♪♫ ★★♪ COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF:
<> THE JITTERBUG VIPERS with Sarah Sharp
<> IN THESE SHOES with Gaila Kenneally
<> YO GADJO with Django Porter, etc.
<> THE KAT'S MEOW with Kat Edmonson
<> THE SLIM RICHEY DREAM BAND/ QUARTET/QUINTET/DESERT BAND
<> THE SLIM RICHEY DREAM BAND with Tameca Jones
<> DREAM LOVERS with Sarah Sharp
<> SLIM RICHEY’S MONSTER JAZZGRASS BAND
<> KING SLIM AND THE SWING QUEENS
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INFO ON BUYING CDs AND FINDING PHOTOS, VIDEOS, MP3s, AT END (scroll way down).
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Calendar for the Jitterbug Vipers~~~~~
March 6, 2010, Saturday, 8:30 PM (or 9:00). 1st Viper Culture Celebration
& Concert. The Jitterbug Vipers and fun activities! Arts Fifth Avenue,
1628 5th Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76104, (817) 923-9500.
http://www.artsfifthavenue.org Doors open at 6:30 pm, film at 7. The film
will be Reefer Madness. Viper and Jitterbug music will follow the film.
Libations & concessions by donation - Could be some Fried Rattlesnake and
other venomous delights. Arts Fifth Avenue, a non-profit arts center
located at the corner of 5th Ave & W. Allen in the Fairmount Southside
Historic District of Ft Worth. Admission is $15. Reservations Recommended!
March 11, 2010, Thursday 8:00 ‘til 10:00, Jovita’s Restaurant & Live Music
Venue. The Jitterbug Vipers (Sarah, Masumi, Meaux Jeaux, Slim and Dan
Walton, a pianist we’re borrowing from Asleep at the Wheel ). 1619 South
First St., Austin, 447-7825. http://www.jovitas.com/ Another great dance
floor! New chef, great menu.
March 12, 2010 Friday, 7:00 PM ‘till 9:30. Lamberts, The Jitterbug Vipers,
(Sarah, Masumi the octopus drummer from Tokyo, Paul Klemperer on tenor sax
and Dan Walton, a pianist we’re borrowing from Asleep at the Wheel). 401
W 2nd Street, Phone: 494 1500 Fancy Barbecue, Wood Grilled Steaks, Chops &
Seafood. info@lambertsaustin.com, www.lambertsaustin.com/ No cover. Note:
The upstairs at Lamberts is reserved for a lot of private functions. The
Jitterbug Vipers won’t be playing for you there on Fridays for a while,
‘til June!
March 18, 2010, Thursday, 6 PM ‘til 8 PM, The Whip In. The Jitterbug
Vipers. South-By-Suds, a showcase of local & global talent. Music from 4
Pm ‘til 10. http://whipin.com/SXSudsWhipIn2010.htm "Beer and wine kind of
rhyme." No cover.
March 20, 2010 Saturday, 6pm – 10pm. Hyde Park Bar & Grill South. Jimi Lee
& Slim’s big special guest show. Westgate & 290. (521 Westgate Blvd where
Grandy’s used to be in the same shopping center as Central Market South).
Different singers and instrumentalists. Maybe this can be called HydeFest.
Details later.
March 21, 2010, Sunday, 7 PM ‘til 9. Hyde Park Bar & Grill South. The
Jitterbug Vipers (quintet with Sarah Sharp, Meaux Jeaux, Sugah Jame, Paul
Klemperer, Slim and Dan Walton, a pianist we’re borrowing from Asleep at
the Wheel ). Westgate & 290. (521 W Gate Blvd where Grandy’s used to be
in the same shopping center as Central Market south). 899-2700. Eclectic
menu.
http://www.hydeparkbarandgrill.com/south_loc.html No Cover.
March 26, 2010, Friday, 6 PM ‘til 8:00 at the Elephant Room, In These
Shoes (Gaila Kenneally, Meaux Jeaux, Masumi Jones, and Slim + surprise
guests), 315 North Congress, Austin, 512 473-2279. www.elephantroom.com
No cover.
March 28, 2010, Sunday, 5 PM ‘til 8. Roadhouse Rags. The Jitterbug Vipers
(Sarah, Masumi, Meaux Jeaux, Slim and Dan Walton, a pianist we’re
borrowing from Asleep at the Wheel ).. 1600 Frontview, Austin. (Frontview
parallels W. Ben White and is the first street north of Ben White.
Roadhouse Rags is 2 1/2 blocks east of Manchaca. This one of the coolest
venues I’ve seen lately. And the sound is excellent! B.Y.O.B., or food.
Small floor for dancing. 203 2533. Cover $10.00 (most goes to the band!)
March 29, 2010, Monday, 8 -10:45 PM, Sam’s Burger Joint, The Jitterbug
Vipers (with Meaux Jeaux on stand up bass, Sarah Sharp on vocals, Masumi
Jones on drums , Slim on swing guitar, and Dan Walton, a pianist we’re
borrowing from Asleep at the Wheel ).), Famous for oversized burgers,
music and swing dancing. 210-223-2830. Sam's Burger Joint 
is centrally
located at 330 E. Grayson 
between Broadway and 281/37 Hwy, 
in San
Antonio, with ample free parking. http://www.samsburgerjoint.com/ Cover
$7.00.
Besides being the home of the best oversized burger in San Antonio, Sam's
Burger Joint is one of the top live music venues in South Texas, it’s the
permanent home of the Swing Factory on Monday Nights, a swing dance
shindig that can't be beat for all you classy broads and uptown Joes.
April 8, 2010, Thursday 8:00 ‘til 10:00, Jovita’s Restaurant & Live Music
Venue. The Jitterbug Vipers (Sarah, Masumi, Meaux Jeaux, Slim and Dan
Walton Asleep at the Wheel’s pianist ). 1619 South First St., Austin,
447-7825. http://www.jovitas.com/ Another great dance floor! New chef,
great menu.
April 14, 2010, Wednesday, 8:00 PM ‘til 9:00, Momo’s The Jitterbug Vipers
(Sarah, Masumi, Meaux Jeaux, Slim and Dan Walton Asleep at the Wheel’s
pianist ). 618 W. 6th Street Suite in downtown Austin above Katz's Deli,
www.momosclub.com/or myspace.com/momosclub 479.8848 A swinging night:
Three or more other bands on the same night starting around 5:30 and going
past midnight. $5.00 cover. IT’S IMPORTANT TO SAY YOU CAME TO SEE THE
JITTERBUG VIPERS. THAT WAY WE GET PAID!
April 15, 2010 Thursday (4:15 PM, ‘til 5:30) 23rd Annual Old Settler's
Festival, The Jitterbug Vipers six piece dance band (Sarah, Masumi, Meaux
Jeaux, Jon Doyle, Slim and Dan Walton Asleep at the Wheel’s pianist )..
Held at the Salt Lick Pavilion and Camp Ben McCulloch, near Austin on
RR1826. Wear your dancing shoes or scoot-boots. (A camping wristband or a
Thursday stamp is required. The best bet is to buy tickets to all four
days ... whether you camp or not ... then you can participate in after
show jams. And it's the right way to support this great festival.) Get on
this mailing list for complete info and updates:
http://www.oldsettlersmusicfest.org/artists
Details later. Buy tickets on line: http://oldsettlersmusicfest.org/tickets
April 21, 2010, Wednesday, 8:00 PM ‘til 9:00, Momo’s The Jitterbug Vipers
(Sarah, Masumi, Meaux Jeaux, Slim and Dan Walton Asleep at the Wheel’s
pianist ). 618 W. 6th Street Suite in downtown Austin above Katz's Deli,
www.momosclub.com/or myspace.com/momosclub 479.8848 A swinging night:
Three or more other bands on the same night starting around 5:30 and going
past midnight. $5.00 cover. IT’S IMPORTANT TO SAY YOU CAME TO SEE THE
JITTERBUG VIPERS. THAT WAY WE GET PAID!
April 24, 2010 Saturday, 5:30 – 7:00, Bastrop "Yesterfest", a festival
celebrating the cultures that made up Bastrop. The Jitterbug Vipers. Free
downtown festival.
April 28, 2010, Wednesday, 8:00 PM ‘til 9:00, Momo’s The Jitterbug Vipers
(Sarah, Masumi, Meaux Jeaux, Slim and Dan Walton Asleep at the Wheel’s
pianist ). 618 W. 6th Street Suite in downtown Austin above Katz's Deli,
www.momosclub.com/or myspace.com/momosclub 479.8848 A swinging night:
Three or more other bands on the same night starting around 5:30 and going
past midnight. $5.00 cover. IT’S IMPORTANT TO SAY YOU CAME TO SEE THE
JITTERBUG VIPERS. THAT WAY WE GET PAID!
April 29, 2010, Thursday, 7:30 PM ‘til 8:30 PM, Ruta Maya, The Jitterbug
Vipers (Sarah, Masumi, Meaux Jeaux, Slim and Dan Walton Asleep at the
Wheel’s pianist ). 1412 S Congress Ave, 447-7688, Fund raiser for helping
preschoolers from low-income families. Big show 5:00 ‘til 9:30 with
Shinyribs featuring Kevin Russell of The Gourds with special guest band UR
Gods, a band that includes all members of the Gourds, as headliners. Cover
$15 (includes four bands and food! Yea!).
May 15, 2010, Saturday, Evening, The Engine Room, The Jitterbug Vipers
(Sarah, Masumi, Meaux Jeaux & Slim) will play a dance. B.Y.O.B., or food.
Nice big floor for dancing. Stay tunes for details.
May 16, 2010, Sunday, 2 PM ‘til 4, Georgetown Public Library Concert, The
Jitterbug Vipers (Sarah, Masumi, Meaux Jeaux & Slim). 402 W. 8th Street,
Georgetown. (512) 930-3551. www.georgetowntx.org. No cover.
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MUSIC: http://www.myspace.com/katedmonson
MUSIC: http://www.myspace.com/jitterbugvipers
MORE MUSIC & PHOTOS: http://www.myspace.com/slimandthekatsmeow
Or: http://www.myspace.com/slimrichey
Or: http://www.myspace.com/slimricheys
Bulletins (& buzz):
The Jitterbug Vipers were awarded Best Lindy Band 2008 -2009 by Austin
Swing. Sarah Sharp is now singing with The Jitterbug Vipers.
Dream Lovers (with Sarah Sharp) is our band that toured Italy in ‘09.
Sarah Sharp won The #1 Best Performing Jazz Band 2008 – 2009 in the
Austin Chronicle Music Poll (Austin Music Awards).
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Awards/MusicAwards?mode=browse&category=Best%20Performing%20Bands&year=2008
Sarah Sharp at Austin Music Awards (Video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuwwm4fzrLA&feature=related
Check out 6 new video posts:
The Jitterbug Vipers, Thursday Night at The Fed, When I Get Low
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnpiteD8Bls
The Kat’s Meow: Straighten Up & Fly Right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fupoB6jajyQ
The Kat’s Meow: Route 66
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tchih2FxZGs
The Kat’s Meow: Fever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsClvbYblVs
The Jitterbug Vipers, At The Fed, I've Got The World on a String
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V29xP3cQcaY -
The Jitterbug Vipers, At The Fed, Blue Skies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqebPlSbnHE
DREAM LOVERS with Sarah Sharp, Promotional video 4-11-09 at Lamberts for
Italy tour before Sarah joined The Jitterbug Vipers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcHxiGq4SJw
JITTERBUG VIPERS 1st MUSIC VIDEO :
Jitterbug Vipers at Lamberts, “When I Get Low” (now in HD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO-N3sbJXR0
CD ALBUMS AVAILABLE:
THE DREAM LOVERS featuring SARAH SHARPE Volume 1, 12 great tunes. Live
with the Jitterbug Vipers. I’ll send you one for $12.00. Sarah won the
Best Preforming Jazz Band of 2009, Austin Chronicle Award.
THE DREAM LOVERS featuring SARAH SHARPE Volume 2, 12 great tunes. Live
with a The Jitterbug Vipers. I’ll send you one for $12.00.
THE JITTERBUG VIPERS featuring KATIE HOLMES 7 great tunes. Done in the
studio with Red Young, Masumi, Slim & Meaux Jeaux. I’ll send you one for
$12.00.
THE KAT’S MEOW, 5 tune EP CD #1. Featuring Kat Edmonson with Bobby
Natanson, Francie Meaux Jeaux, Floyd Domino, Slim and Elias Haslanger.
Done in the studio. I’ll send you one for $6.00.
THE KAT’S MEOW, 5 tune EP CD #2. Featuring Kat Edmonson with Bobby
Natanson, Francie Meaux Jeaux, Floyd Domino, Stephen Bidwell, Slim and Jon
Doyle. Done in the studio. I’ll send you one for $6.00.
YO GADJO! Great album of 15 Gypsy Jazz tunes with Django Porter on guitar
and Ross on Holmes fiddle (plus Meaux Jeaux & Slim!). $15.00.CD
BACK PORCH VIPERS -- LIGHT UP! Here it is! Great music ..Viper tunes.
.with Chip Dolan, Richard Bowden, Karen Abrahams, Meaux Jeaux & Slim.
I’ll send you one for $10.00.
LIMITED EDITION featuring LEEANN ATHERTON with the DREAM BAND (BOBBY
NATANSON ON DRUMS!) Available again . Great studio CD. I’ll send you one
for $12.00.
SLIM RICHEY’S DREAM BAND FEATURING LADY LACYNICA is a full length studio
CD, Available again. I’ll send you one for $15.00.
SLIM RICHEY’S DREAM BAND has a 6 tune CD. This great little CD features
Alice Spencer: vocals, the late Martin Banks: trumpet, the late Larry
D.C. Williams: sax. I’ll send you one for $10.00
JAZZ PHARAOHS Old Man Time. Special CD released in Japan.. I’ll send you
one for $17.00. THIS IS ONE GREAT ALBUM! (presently waiting on a
shipment from Japan NOT IN STOCK!))
SLIM RICHEY'S DREAM BAND Sweet Georgia Brown. Great 14 tune CD released in
Japan. Singers are Alice Spence, Lady Lacynica and Leeann Atherton. All
previously released material I’ll send you one for $17.00. Bonus tracks
from Jazz Grass and Light Up! (presently waiting on a shipment from Japan
NOT IN STOCK!)
SLIM RICHEY’S JAZZ GRASS Available on CD. I’ll send you one for $17.00.
LIVE AND UNREHEARSED – THE FIRST GIG OF THE SLIM RICHEY DREAM BAND is a
full length CD, done in 2000 but just now released. It features Julie
Lowery: vocals, Speedy Gonzales: trombone, Martin Banks: trumpet, Bobby:
drums. I’ll send you one for $12.00. 13 tunes.
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BUYING CD ALBUM RELEASES:
1) At our gigs, less$, save on shipping.
2) Write a check to: Ridge Runner
& send to:
Slim Richey
84 York Creek Dr.
Driftwood, 78619.
Slim Richey,
84 York Creek Dr.
Driftwood, TX 78619.
PRESS:
National Press for The Kat’s Meow:
CONCERTS –Old Settler’s Music Festival (’06)
Perhaps the most mesmerizing of these [performances] featured the music
of Slim Richey and The Kat’s Meow. Blending jazz and bluegrass, the
contrast of Kat Edmonson’s seductively sultry vocals and the twang of
Richey’s guitar,
backed up by an upright bass and clarinet, left the audience completely
captivated.
By Annette C. Eshleman, Page 29, Dirty Line #123, August/September 2006.
Old Settler’s Music Festival (’06)
Another group that turned more than a few heads early Sunday with its
seductive sounds was The Kat’s Meow. Slim Richey helped pioneer the
improvisational bluegrass movement with his 1977 classic, Jazz Grass.
Helming the
microphone on top of Richey’ssonic guitar riffs with her smoky vocals was
Kat Edmonson. She
looks like a teenage choirgirl butsings like a seasoned jazz singer of
the ’20s and ’30s. Their
cover of the Peggy Lee classic “Fever” had the crowd hypnotized with
Richey’s twangy guitar
and Edmonson’s commanding vocals.
ABOUT SOME OF SLIM AND MEAUX JEAUX'S BANDS:
DREAM LOVERS:
Featured are torch songs and a variety of great early jazz. The extremely
versatile Sarah Sharp is the vocalist. Sarah won the Best Jazz Singer of
2009, Austin Chronicle Award. Dream Lovers toured Italy in October of ’09.
After returning, Sarah signed on as vocalist for the Jitterbug Vipers.
JITTERBUG VIPERS
This is the band that does Texas Roots Swing. The core trio is guitar,
bass, fiddle and vocal. The /vocalist is Sarah Sharp. “Jitterbug”
–danceable music from the 30s & 40s. “Vipers” – Viper music is a special
kind of swing music from the 30s & 40s which was played and sung by Ella
Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway,
Louie Jordan, Bob Wills and the Ink Spots, to name only a few. Often we're
augmented by drums, horns or piano.
IN THESE SHOES:
Think Classic Jazz & Torch songs. The vocalist is Gaila Kenneally, an
extremely talented and beautiful singer with a marvelous & powerful voice.
At The Elephant Room, Reed’s Super Club, Lamberts or other hot jazz
venues in Austin, Gaila is considered the premier torch singer. Known also
for her great stage presence and great sense of style she is wooing and
wowing audiences at festivals and concerts, private parties, and clubs
across Texas. We can play as a trio but often play with drums flute, bass
fiddle, guitar and vocal.
THE KAT'S MEOW:
You listen to The Kat's Meow and you think you've been transported to a
dim lit nightclub in 1940's Chicago where Billie Holliday and Wes
Montgomery are jamming with Ray Brown and Nat King Cole Period jazz,
swing, whatever you want to call it, it's suave, cool, danceable, hot,
sultry, sophisticated and beautiful. Played by Texans?! Yeah, right! Well
check it out. Close your eyes and you won't believe your ears. Kat
Edmonson, vocals (think Peggy Lee, Julie London, Dinah Washington); and
Slim Richey, guitar (dangerous, virtuosic player); and Francie Meaux
Jeaux, bass fiddle (most solid walking bass).
SLIM RICHEY'S DREAM BAND:
This is the band that does Classic Jazz & Swing. The core group is
guitar, bass and vocal. The vocalist have been Gaila Kenneally, Emily
Gimble, Sarah Sharp, Tameca Jones, Maryann Price, Leeann Atherton, Linda
Sriro, Liz Morphis, Alice Spencer, Julie Lowery and Lady Lacynica. All
five Dream Band albums feature this music. Think Billie Holliday, & Nat
King Cole tunes with a Count Basie style rhythm section done by three
Texans. Influenced by the 40s, dance music and Mexican food. Ahhhh! Often
we're augmented by drums, piano or horns. Look for new CDs soon! The Dream
Band has pretty much been replaced by the Jitterbug Vipers, but the CDs
are still selling and well they should.
YO! GADJO:
This is an instrumental band that does Gypsy Jazz a la Django Reinhardt
and the Hot Club of France with all kinds of modern influences. The core
group is two guitars and bass. The hot lead guitarist is Django Porter.
Often we're augmented by fiddles and sometimes by drums, horn and
vocalists. (GADJO is a word meaning non-Gypsy, not to be confused with
"Got Yo?" as in "Got yo nachos? Them's my nachos, they's not yo's!")
THE JAZZ PHARAOHS:
This is a band that I played with from 1992 till the summer of 2006. We
played New Orleans Jazz. I have some of the albums. Good stuff! When I
can get the CDs I stock them.
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