Tyler Damon

Tyler Damon / Darin Gray fall 2015 tour!

Announcing the Tyler Damon / Darin Gray “For Four” fall tour 2015! We will be touring in support of our second full-length release “For Four” on my own Yoke imprint:

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<a href="http://tylerdamon.bandcamp.com/album/for-four">For Four by Tyler Damon & Darin Gray</a>

I am also very pleased to say that we will be sharing a couple of bills w/ the most-excellent 75 Dollar Bill (Che Chen & Rick Brown) of NYC, Nashville’s William Tyler, Knoxville’s Give Thanks & Will Fist and Louisville’s Keenan Lawler, as well as collaborative sets w/ Cincinnati’s Jon Lorenz and Lexington’s Robert Beatty.

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– Sunday, November 15th – Tyler Damon / Darin Gray duo w/ 75 Dollar Bill (NYC) @ The Player’s Pub (424 S. Walnut St.), Bloomington, IN – 8PM – “For Four” release show sponsored by WFHB

– Monday, November 16th – Tyler Damon / Darin Gray / Jon Lorenz trio w/ 75 Dollar Bill (NYC), Pete Fosco @ The Comet (4579 Hamilton Ave.), Cincinnati, OH – 8PM

– Tuesday, November 17th – Tyler Damon / Darin Gray / Robert Beatty trio @ Al’s Beer Garden (601 N. Limestone, behind Al’s Bar), Lexington, KY – 8PM

– Wednesday, November 18th – Tyler Damon / Darin Gray duo w/ Give Thanks & Will Fist @ The Pilot Light (106 E. Jackson Ave.), Knoxville, TN – 8PM

– Thursday, November 19th – Tyler Damon / Darin Gray duo w/ William Tyler @ Portland Brew 12 South (2605 12th Ave. South), Nashville, TN – 8PM

– Friday, November 20th – Tyler Damon / Darin Gray duo w/ Keenan Lawler @ Dreamland (810 E. Market St.), Louisville, KY – 8PM

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– Saturday, November 21st – Open Sex duo w/ Jovontaes (Lexington, KY) & Plastic Crimewave Syndicate (Chicago) @ State Street Pub (243 N. State Ave.), Indianapolis, IN – 8PM

I’ll also be back in Chicago this Sunday (10/25) w/ The Mars Williams Quartet. We’re playing two sets at the Owl in Logan Square starting at 9PM. Free admission, donations gladly accepted…

October 21, 2015 [permalink] 75 Dollar Bill, Bloomington, Cincinnati, Darin Gray, For Four, Indianapolis, Jovontaes, Keenan Lawler, Knoxville, Lexington, Louisville, Nashville, Open Sex, Plastic Crimewave Syndicate, Robert Beatty, Thee Open Sex, tour, WFHB, Will Fist, William Tyler, Yoke

The debut of Mars Guitars / forthcoming Chicago dates…

This past Sunday was the debut of Mars Guitars, a new quintet led by Mars Williams on reeds, Peter Maunu, Brian Sandstrom and Steve Marquette on electric guitars and yours truly on drums and percussion.

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Below are a few clips taken by Mink Oil from our nearly 2 hour gig (sorry about the quality – the room was very dark and we were very loud):

I will be back at The Owl on Sunday, October 25th w/ The Mars Williams Quartet as part of Mars’ month-long Sunday residency. Additionally, I will be joining Dave Rempis (reeds), Peter Maunu (guitar, violin, mandolin) and Albert Wildeman (double bass) at Splice Series at Chicago’s Beat Kitchen on Wednesday, November 4th. Hope to see ya there…

October 13, 2015 [permalink] Albert Wildeman, Beat Kitchen, Brian Sandstrom, Chicago, Dave Rempis, Mars Guitars, Mars Williams, Mars Williams Quartet, Peter Maunu, Splice Series, Steve Marquette, The Owl

“Oninbo” now back in print and other news…

After a long break in updates I’m pleased to announce that my debut release with bassist Darin Gray, …Oninbo, is now back in print on archival quality CDr. It is available now over at the YOKE page. Darin and I will also have copies on hand on upcoming tour dates. For those interested in a digital version it is available for download at my BANDCAMP page.

<a href="http://tylerdamon.bandcamp.com/album/oninbo">…Oninbo by Tyler Damon & Darin Gray</a>

As I mentioned above, Darin and I will be doing another brief tour in mid-November in support of our second release entitled For Four. For Four is a complete 38-minute set recorded live on May 3rd, 2014 in Champaign, IL. The initial pressing features two-color screen printed sleeves (printed by In Case Of Emergency Press) and will be released on CDr in an edition of 50 copies on November 20th, 2015.

Additionally, Tashi Dorji and I are in the mixing stages for a full-length release due out in 2016. More on that later…

Lastly, upcoming dates, solo and ensemble:

Thursday, October 8th – solo performance at Wounded Galaxies Festival w/ James Ilgenfritz (NYC), Tony Brewer (Bloomington) @ The Bishop (123 S. Walnut St.), Bloomington, IN

Sunday, October 11th – quintet w/ Mars Williams, Peter Maunu, Brian Sandstrom, Steve Marquette @ The Owl (2521 N. Milwaukee Ave.), Chicago, IL

Sunday, October 25th – quartet w/ Mars Williams, Peter Maunu, Kent Kessler @ The Owl (2521 N. Milwaukee Ave.), Chicago, IL

Wednesday, November 4th – quartet w/ Dave Rempis, Peter Maunu, Albert Wildeman @ The Beat Kitchen (2100 W. Belmont Ave.), Chicago, IL

Official mid-November duo dates w/ Darin Gray coming soon…

September 29, 2015 [permalink] Chicago, Darin Gray, Live, Mars Williams, News, Oninbo, Tashi Dorji, tour, Wounded Galaxies Festival, Yoke

Mars Williams Quartet live debut now streaming…

The debut live performance by The Mars Williams Quartet (Mars Williams, Kent Kessler, Peter Maunu and myself) is now available to stream for free. It includes both of our full sets from Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago, recorded Monday, July 22nd, 2015 as part of the OPTION series. Check it out below!