Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

So chef/owner Tom Power who charges $38 for a roast chicken for 2 and other upscale (to me ) prices, is also into go-go (with old Globe posters up on the walls of his new Baby Wale place and this endorsement in the City Paper comments from one of Chuck Brown's daughters:

Excuse me but as the oldest daughter of Chuck Brown I am honored that Tom has even put a poster of my dad in his restaurant...and as an FYI...MY DAD PLAYED FOR TOM'S WEDDING RECEPTION!!!!! So there you may think Tom doesn't know GO-GO music but he sure knew he wanted his guest to have a damn good time at his wedding reception. oh and another FYI...Tom has attended plenty of my dad's go-go shows and when my dad passed he hosted the entire family and band at his restaurant for some of the BEST food I had had!!!! Thank you Tom Powers for loving my dad and being his friend!!

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2013/08/29/baby-wale-now-open-near-convention-center/

Free tickets for the Randy Newman gig and for the Rosanne Cash 3 night residency at the Library of Congress went Virgin Free Fest quick this morning. There may be tix left for avante-jazz dude Henry Threadgill

x-post - my follow-up tribute to Marvette Perez, curator and musician

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2013/09/12/remembering-marvette-perez-smithsonian-latino-history-curator-and-musician/

http://dcist.com/2013/09/the_most_memorable_moments_from_the.php#photo-1

Black Cat, Black Cat

http://www.lib.umd.edu/wmuc/index.html

History of WMUC exhibit at the U of Md library and online

lol

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/09/26/rock-the-bells-canceled-according-to-rfk-staffers/

Seemed overpriced

http://wejammin50.com/ this free Caribbean thang is at Freedom Plaza Saturday and there's a Turkish one there Sunday.

Plus lotsa of other stuff this weekend -- Uhall gigs and Superchunk and Malian bands

http://www.tmottgogo.com/rest-in-paradise-go-go-legend-melvin-butch-lewis-phenomenal-drummer/

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/10/15/after-car-crash-bohemian-caverns-closed-until-further-notice/

Another busy weekend for music and music movies

Tal National, D. Plan, Vocalist/hornplayer D. Floyd's 30th anniversary in go-go Saturday at the Howard, and on Sunday Jeff Krulik's "Led Zeppelin Played Here" is showing at the Utopia Film Festival (2 pm Sunday, Oct. 20, P&G Old Greenbelt Theatre, 129 Centerway Rd., Greenbelt). Plus lots more

Muscle Shoals doc at West End; Cool Disco Dan at AFI

might go see muscle shoals

Its good but flawed-- Too much Bono, and not enough old footage and interviews with enough folks who were there

Did you see it Hoos? There's an email circulating with a way to win free tickets for it next weekend. My gf & I won freebies and saw it again last weekend.

Unrelated. I like this song with female DC go-go vocalists. Headroc likes it too, but even if you don't always agree with him don't let that stop you from checking out the song.

http://headroc.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/loving-the-crank-brothers-dc-symphony-3-video/

Howard University Homecoming weekend Friday events *Yardfest with rap acts noon to 6; Greek Step Fest at 8 pm at DAR Constitution Hall; Erykah Badu at 10:30 at Cramton Auditorium (r'n'b)

Badu gig costs around $70 tho

didn't see it yet, will have to give it a try

Friends of the film are purchasing these tickets (while supplies last). Visit the following link and use Group Code "WESTEND" to request your free tickets: http://bit.ly/MusicMovieTix

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/wp/2013/10/22/a-guide-to-the-89th-howard-university-homecoming/

Pricey for some evening events, and now $5 for Yardfest

HU

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/10/24/the-maracuyeah-djs-talk-touring-mexico-and-their-last-party-of-2013/

I love how Howard kids chant " HU, you know"

I keep missing locals Foul Swoops and Kid Congo, and want to see them both. Maybe next month they'll play again in the area.

foul swoops are great great great and worth seeing whenever imo

Kid Congo was cool

rly? i was p bored when i saw foul swoops idk xp

New drummer now (does that make a difference?)

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/11/01/remembering-d-c-soul-star-al-johnson/

blues guitarist Bobby Parker died too, pluss jazzman Frank Wess

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/45026/library-late-at-atlas-performing-arts-center-friday-nov-8/

This remixed Camus thing looks interesting. Plus its free

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/11/08/remembering-d-c-blues-guitarist-bobby-parker/

Ahem, excuse the biased source, but I must say there is some interesting stuff in this re Parker and Chuck Brown, the early days of rock, plus some touching stuff and a mention of Marion Barry

Ah, the world of email spam--I thought this was just a plug for the Anoushka Shankar gig at Lisner:

Coming to a performance? Use the Uber app and request a car or SUV to arrive in style and on time.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/11/14/dare-to-dream-pop-why-gems-ditched-the-rock-rulebook-and-pursued-internet-fame-instead/

I do not know who most of those bands are who are at the Treehouse Lounge on Florida Avenue

http://tmottradio.com/rest-in-paradise-sugar-foot-ricky/ Ricky Wellman drummed for Chuck Brown on 'Bustin Loose, EU on Da But and with Miles Davis and others. Died from cancer.

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-beat-that-ricky-sugarfoot-wellman-built

http://elimeirkaplan.com/blog/?p=1566

Great photos of dc soul musicians

http://elimeirkaplan.com/blog/?p=1692

photos of Anacostia High Marching Band

Was anyone else at the Flamin' Groovies show? It was cool to see them play, but one of the guitars had a ton of feedback and Chris was getting surly about it. That was probably the first time I ever had a negative experience at U Hall.

Unfortunately I missed it, but a friend who did go told me the same thing about the sound issues. Yep, first time I have ever heard about sound issues there.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/12/02/remembering-the-great-d-c-drummer-ricky-sugarfoot-wellman/

Played with Chuck Brown, E.U., Miles Davis, Carlos Santana and more

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/12/05/with-new-partnership-howard-theatre-aims-to-book-more-and-younger-shows/

Bring it on!

Alas, competition in the music booking world doesn't lower ticket prices, it just means more promoters pushing up how much they will pay acts (good for the acts at least) in order to get the booking, and clubs raising ticket prices to cover what they are paying. Are the younger (read white indie-rock) acts the Howard will be going for struggling to get bookings in DC? I don't think so. But maybe someone who follows that more closely than I, can prove me wrong.

Also, when the Howard does shows with tables (as opposed to standing ones) they try to charge an additional $10 fee for their overpriced food (and drinks). I kinda like the no-frills 930 approach more.

You are harshing my buzz.

But probably right.

Sorry.

I keep missing the gigs of the DC rock bands I want to see--last night I think was Tereu Tereu. I was seeing "Led Zep Played Here" (again) at the Takoma Park Community Centre

Most of the acts playing outside at that holiday shopping row of tents outside the Smithsonian Museum of American Art at 8th & F Sts NW are your standard longtime DC roots-rock Americana acts. Yesterday though I just happened to catch some of DC's Stacy Brooks band, and she offered more than the just the 12 bar blues she's known for. She did a nice take on P-Funk's "Flashlight" and a Bill Withers tune. She's gonna be back there next Sunday I think. Oh, they have electronic heating pole thingys there if you need to warm up. And while lots of the home-made stuff there for sale looked nice, it ain't cheap.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/12/23/genre-dysphoria-the-best-d-c-music-of-2013/

lots of albums and Youtube videos

Semi-retired DC soul and gospel singer Eddie Jones & his band the Young Bucks are at Westminster Church in SW near Arena Stage Monday the 13th from 6 to 9 pm. It will be mostly covers but he has a great voice (and sometimes his brother and sisters join him and they sound fantastic too).

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/01/07/tropicalia-drops-booker-jim-thomson-citing-financial-reasons/

But he will still promote a few gigs there as an outside promoter

^ great piece steve

Thanks. A sad situation.