Banyan Returns to Denver Featuring KVHW Members
A sleeping giant is about to be unleashed for an imperious performance at
Cervante's Masterpiece Ballroom on Dec 21-23
Steve Kimock |
Joining together under the guise of Banyan, Denver will play host to three-quarters of Bay area balladeers KVHW featuring Steve Kimock, Bobby Vega and Ray White. The event will also feature powerhouse musicians Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction) and Wild Willie Waldman (Snoop Dogg) you won't want to miss this unusual collective.
KVHW made an impressive debut in 1998. Forming as a satellite band to Bay-area powerhouse Zero, the group who came together under the combined direction of Kimock and Vega, quickly gained momentum with their beautifully bizarre originals while breathing new life into classic jazz, blues and pop intertwined with Zappa and Grateful Dead compositions.
Though the band's time together was short-lived yet their legacy has far outgrown their time spent on the road. Word of mouth spread almost as soon as the band called it quits. Tapes and CD's have been collected rampantly and the music has been embraced in markets the band never even dreamed of playing.
For three very special nights three members of KVHW will join together for the first time in six years with the most atypical mainstream musical forces; Stephen Perkins' eclectic Banyan.
Banyan's rotating lineup is the perfect match for the KVHW camp. Across town and a musical world away, Stephen Perkins began a satellite band of his own, looking for room to stretch out from Jane's Addiction's peculiar power-pop. From drastically different starting points, both bands pushed for moments of improvisational brilliance - sending their music out of the confines of structure only to create clever ways of reeling back in.
This is not the first time Kimock and Perkins have shared the stage. The two have rocked the house in a number of 2006 performances including knock-down appearances at the Jammy Awards, 10K Lake Festival and a previous near sold out show at Cervantes' in February of this year.
Don't miss Kimock, Vega and White with Banyan at Cervantes' Masterpiece. Tickets are on-sale now through Baseline Ticketing and can be purchased directly on the Cervantes website at www.cervantesmasterpiece.com.
Dec. 21, 22, 23
Banyan Featuring Members of KVHW
Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom
9 PM / $20
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