Lakeside Guitar Festival 2023
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08/12 Lakeside Guitar Festival with Marc Ribot, Joyann Parker Duo, Rod Harris Jr, Honeybutter, Skarlett Woods, Kelley Smith, Dandy L, Freling, Paul Metzger at Como Lakeside
Tour Dates
08/19 – Marlboro, VT – Sonic Circus Festival
10/13 – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center 10/14 – Seattle, WA – Earshot Jazz Festival @ Town Hall 10/15 – Portland, OR – PDX Jazz @ Revolution Hall 10/16 – Vancouver, BC – Capitano University * 10/20 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom 10/21 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater 10/22 – Ft. Collins, CO – Washington’s All Dates w/ The Bad Plus Except * Read More
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The annual free Lakeside Guitar Festival at the Como Lakeside Pavilion took place over the weekend, taking place on Friday, August 11st with Brothers in Mud, The Mood Swings, and Charlie Parr. It continues to Saturday, August 12th, and ending with the afterparty at the Turf Club on Sunday, August 13th.
Saturday’s day event was very well organized, thanks to the direction of Molly Maher and Todd Clouser.
There were four stages, starting with The Grand Lawn, which featured El Diablo Pedal Swap and “Strum Along/Sing A Song” led by Kith and Kin Chorus.
The Waterfall Stage features Paul Metzger and Mexico-Minnesota Collaboration Flow.
The Cafe Stage features Skarlett Woods, Dandy L. Frelin, and Kelley Smith.
The main stage, the Promenade Stage, had Joyann Parker Duo, Rod Harris Jr, HoneyButter and Marc Ribot’s Jazz Bins
HoneyButter is a Minneapolis jazz/bossa nova band. Normally a trio with Clara Wicklund on vocals and sometime on miniature guitar and upright bass, Zak Khan on guitars, and Andreas Fenner on keys… but for the live show, they’re also joined by a bassist/saxophonist, and drummer.
On their 40-min set, they played their first single “Swim”, and ended on a new song (not released yet) called “Turn Around”. The group will be playing the Dakota Jazz Club on August 17th.
New York, by the way of New Jersey, Marc Ribot closed out the event. As you may have known, Ribot worked extensively as a session guitarist, famously worked with Tom Waits, Caetano Veloso, John Zorn, Cibo Matto, Elvis Costello, Tift Merritt, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Plant, The Black Keys, Elton John, Neko Case, Joe Henry, and many, many others.
His experiences led him to experimenting with many musical genre, free jazz, rock, Cuban, blues, etc. When we caught Ribot earlier in June 2023, he was playing under the Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog (featuring Shahzad Ismaily on bass and Ches Smith on percussion), which was a combination of rock music with experimental jazz.
With Marc Ribot’s Jazz Bins (featuring Greg Lewis on hammond organ and Joe Dyson on drums), it would seem like this is a band playing standards (or interprets mainstream music) as jazz instrumentals. Often time, they pick a beat and work around the song, extending a standard three minute song to fifteen minutes. And that’s just the first song, “Fried Neck Bones And Some Home Fries”, originally by Willie Bobo.
My favorite was James Brown’s “Ain’t It Funky Now”, which sound familiar but with more keys added, due to the Jazz Bins’ instruments. Marc’s guitar would play the trumpet part of the song.
Although, looking at their setlist and based on their 45-minute allotted time, I do not believe they played everything (especially considering that each song they played was about 10 minutes or more a piece!). Perhaps, the rest of the set will be carried over to tonight’s Lakeside Guitar Festival Afterparty, taking place at the Turf Club on Sunday, August 13.
The Afterparty show will feature Marc Ribot + John Medeski, with Carrie Rodriguez and Klezmerson.
Saturday’s day event was very well organized, thanks to the direction of Molly Maher and Todd Clouser.
There were four stages, starting with The Grand Lawn, which featured El Diablo Pedal Swap and “Strum Along/Sing A Song” led by Kith and Kin Chorus.
The Waterfall Stage features Paul Metzger and Mexico-Minnesota Collaboration Flow.
The Cafe Stage features Skarlett Woods, Dandy L. Frelin, and Kelley Smith.
The main stage, the Promenade Stage, had Joyann Parker Duo, Rod Harris Jr, HoneyButter and Marc Ribot’s Jazz Bins
HoneyButter is a Minneapolis jazz/bossa nova band. Normally a trio with Clara Wicklund on vocals and sometime on miniature guitar and upright bass, Zak Khan on guitars, and Andreas Fenner on keys… but for the live show, they’re also joined by a bassist/saxophonist, and drummer.
On their 40-min set, they played their first single “Swim”, and ended on a new song (not released yet) called “Turn Around”. The group will be playing the Dakota Jazz Club on August 17th.
New York, by the way of New Jersey, Marc Ribot closed out the event. As you may have known, Ribot worked extensively as a session guitarist, famously worked with Tom Waits, Caetano Veloso, John Zorn, Cibo Matto, Elvis Costello, Tift Merritt, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Plant, The Black Keys, Elton John, Neko Case, Joe Henry, and many, many others.
His experiences led him to experimenting with many musical genre, free jazz, rock, Cuban, blues, etc. When we caught Ribot earlier in June 2023, he was playing under the Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog (featuring Shahzad Ismaily on bass and Ches Smith on percussion), which was a combination of rock music with experimental jazz.
With Marc Ribot’s Jazz Bins (featuring Greg Lewis on hammond organ and Joe Dyson on drums), it would seem like this is a band playing standards (or interprets mainstream music) as jazz instrumentals. Often time, they pick a beat and work around the song, extending a standard three minute song to fifteen minutes. And that’s just the first song, “Fried Neck Bones And Some Home Fries”, originally by Willie Bobo.
My favorite was James Brown’s “Ain’t It Funky Now”, which sound familiar but with more keys added, due to the Jazz Bins’ instruments. Marc’s guitar would play the trumpet part of the song.
Although, looking at their setlist and based on their 45-minute allotted time, I do not believe they played everything (especially considering that each song they played was about 10 minutes or more a piece!). Perhaps, the rest of the set will be carried over to tonight’s Lakeside Guitar Festival Afterparty, taking place at the Turf Club on Sunday, August 13.
The Afterparty show will feature Marc Ribot + John Medeski, with Carrie Rodriguez and Klezmerson.
Kelley Smith |
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HoneyButter |
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Marc Ribot’s Jazz Bins at Lakeside Guitar Festival (12 Aug 2023) |
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