a friend forwarded this to me... i ain;t gonna be in LDN, but i wish i was... i love Cymande... (a band whose name i did not know how to pronounce til i was like 23)
i got turned on to them when i was like 15 b/c a friend of mine had his older sister's records, w/ this record:
which had "the message" on it... when i finally tracked the album down on CD when i was 17 (special ordered it from tower) i was bummed out the rest of it basically sounded like Santana, w/ the exception of Bra, which i recognized from De La Soul...
Ok here's the info on the Cymande gig. Don't take this as the absolute gospel truth other than the fact that they're definately playing at the Grey Horse in Kingston (London), on the Bank Holiday Monday. It's a tiny back room. I've played there with my own band before, so that tells you how small it is. I reckon it'll hold 150 people, max. Nice and intimate and the sound was good in there from what I remember. That's the definate stuff, this is the stuff I can gather. They're planning on doing a little reforming tour and are doing a few low key, word of mouth warm up gigs to test the water, this is the first. There'll be another one at my local, The Oval Tavern in Croydon on Nov 14th (I think it's the 14th, definately around that time). It's not the full line up as that's impossible to do apparently but there are 4 original members in a group of seven. Three horns, Bass, Guitar, Drums and Keys. Not sure if it's in the afternoon or evening, I'll find out.
i still need their 4th LP, the one sketchily released by uptown hustler Paul Winley... wonderful cover art:
please use this thread to talk about Cymande, Mandrill, Ohio Players (finally got their early soul stuff on Capital), the Commodores (need their early instro stuff like their version of Alvin Cash's "Keep on Dancing"), Kool and the Gang (raw hamburger, chocolate buttermilk), etc.....
i got turned on to them when i was like 15 b/c a friend of mine had his older sister's records, w/ this record:
which had "the message" on it... when i finally tracked the album down on CD when i was 17 (special ordered it from tower) i was bummed out the rest of it basically sounded like Santana, w/ the exception of Bra, which i recognized from De La Soul...
Ok here's the info on the Cymande gig. Don't take this as the absolute gospel truth other than the fact that they're definately playing at the Grey Horse in Kingston (London), on the Bank Holiday Monday. It's a tiny back room. I've played there with my own band before, so that tells you how small it is. I reckon it'll hold 150 people, max. Nice and intimate and the sound was good in there from what I remember. That's the definate stuff, this is the stuff I can gather. They're planning on doing a little reforming tour and are doing a few low key, word of mouth warm up gigs to test the water, this is the first. There'll be another one at my local, The Oval Tavern in Croydon on Nov 14th (I think it's the 14th, definately around that time). It's not the full line up as that's impossible to do apparently but there are 4 original members in a group of seven. Three horns, Bass, Guitar, Drums and Keys. Not sure if it's in the afternoon or evening, I'll find out.
i still need their 4th LP, the one sketchily released by uptown hustler Paul Winley... wonderful cover art:
please use this thread to talk about Cymande, Mandrill, Ohio Players (finally got their early soul stuff on Capital), the Commodores (need their early instro stuff like their version of Alvin Cash's "Keep on Dancing"), Kool and the Gang (raw hamburger, chocolate buttermilk), etc.....
D) that their mid-70s stuff is brilliant but so much of the world only seems to hear Lionel's slushy solo career - but 'Machine Gun' (surely one of the greatest inst keyboard funk tunes ever), 'Slippery When Wet', 'I Feel Sanctified', 'Brick House'...I mean, that band was tight and the d & b production slaps you right in the kisser.