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Former Sanatana and Steve Kimock band drummer Rodney Holmes has a solo project called Lithium Tree. Rodney is a world class drummer that also plays with Jim Weider's Project Percolator. Lithium Tree's music has been described as where progressive rock meets electronica. Go see this band!

9-17-11 Triumph Brewing Company New Hope, PA

9-24-11 River Street Cafe Plains, PA

Here's link to Rodney's website http://www.rodneyholmes.com/

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=192108534183885&set=o.188661042692&type=1&theater#!/pages/Rodney-Holmes/44709556908

Hi Jerry, how've ya been? I just mentioned Rodney in a drumming thread the other day. He's a monster! :)

--Vik

I think he is the best around myself.

I just saw Lithium Tree at the River Street Jazz Cafe on Saturday... only their second show... they sounded great, love the material, grooved out on it all night. Here's a good recording, enjoy......

http://www.archive.org/details/rodneyholmes2011-09-24

Rodney Holmes' Lithium Tree

River Street Jazz Cafe

Plains, PA

September 24, 2011

http://www.rodneyholmes.com/

Rodney Holmes (Drums), Tom Gurana (Guitar), Ken Dow (Bass), and Jim Kost (Keyboards)

Schoeps MK4v's (Hung from Ceiling DFC 9ft from stage)>Schoeps VST62iu>Lunatec V2>Sound Devices 744t

SD744t>Sound Forge Pro 10 (fades,iZotope MBIT+ Bit depth conversion to 16 Bit/44.1khz)>CDWAV>FLAC

Recorded By Keith Litzenberger (recording@wklitz.com) Show #128 of 2011

Also, their first show on 9/17 at Triumph Brewing Company in New Hope PA was captured by a couple different tapers... I can't decide which mics I like best... I think maybe the 2nd link......

http://www.archive.org/details/lithiumtree2011-09-17.mk4v.din.flac16

and

http://www.archive.org/details/RHLT2011-09-17.ak40.owmFr2le.flac16

There is a third show coming up on Sat 10/15 at the Brass Lantern in Reading PA... only $7 cover, 21+. I'm thinking of trying to make it. Jerry, are you gonna be there?

--Vik

Here's Rodney's JamBase page... there will be more Lithium Tree shows added... track him and get an email notification if anything is added local to you......

http://www.jambase.com/Artists/26725/Rodney-Holmes

That 9/24 show link 4 posts up^ was only the audience mics... he has now uploaded the soundboard/audience matrix, which is a DEFINITE upgrade... here ya go......

http://www.archive.org/details/rhlt2011-09-24.wklitz.schoeps.sbd.flac16

Here is yet another link for the above 9/24 sbd/aud matrix, for those of you who do bit torrent......

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=548594