Successfully wrapped drum tracks last Sunday for our new album.

We are working at Laurel Lane studios, the Central Coast’s best kept secret. The tones coming out of this place are bar none! And Kristian is one of the quickest and easiest-to-work-with engineers I’ve ever had the pleasure to record with.

The studio is run by the Damon Castillo band, and we want to give them props for helping us out.  Check out their new album, ‘Laurel Lane’ , it’s killer!

More to come….

Forrestt
The Tipsy Gypsies

It was a packed house.

“The Sheik Of Araby”, a hit from the twenties, was just hitting it’s peak. Toan and I were trading solos and trying to outdo each other, unleashing a furious barrage of speed picking licks.

Just when it seemed we couldn’t bring the energy up any higher, the drum stool that I sat on broke in half.

I fell backwards onto the ledge of the stage and just kept on playing, laughing hysterically. The place light up.

We finished the song and I stood up to an uproar of applause. I said something dumb on the microphone and picked up my stool, in three pieces. One piece fell to the floor with a loud thump and an eruption of laughter was heard.

The bartender brought over another chair and we launched right into the next song.

It was a great night.

- Forrestt Williams

The Tipsy Gypsy show at the Clubhouse in San Luis Obispo – 3.20.09

Tipsy Definition: The usual signs are a flushed face, stupid grin, loud voice and a love for all mankind. They feel they are intelligent & insightful, yet prone to giggles.

Featuring our new drummer, Sean Sullivan!

You can hear him play on some new live recordings here: MUSIC

We had a good time, needless to say.

We had a great show at Linnea’s cafe. It was a great time had by all. Everyone played great, Hilary sang excellently, Toan played some great solos, Matt was thumping away and had a really nice solo moment.

The place was nice and packed and we even sold some CDs to boot!

My friend Abe Perlstein caught these two very short clips using his snapshot digital camera, but he captured some nice moments.

The Tipsy Gypsies performing “The Queen of Araby” from junk_funky on Vimeo.

The Tipsy Gypsies feat. Forrestt Williams from junk_funky on Vimeo.

Welcome to the new Tipsy Gypsies website. While we’re busy putting together the photos and calendar dates, you could mosey on over to the listen page and hear how we sound live.

Also, please sign up on our email list to be notified of gig dates and future updates.

Thanks,

The Tipsy Gypsies