Laurel Mitchell and swing dance friends put together a choreographed routine to a short edit of the first song on our CD, ‘Love Don’t Come Cheap’ !
Great dancing you all, and we’re honored.
Lipstick Holdup Vid:
Just another wednesday night with a bus full of gypsies:
The bus took us by surprise. At first glance we assumed, correctly, that it was full of marvel and mischief. A large fellow with jewish locks, a fedora, glasses and 2 inch ear plugs hung back in the shadows as we approached.
“You guys musicians?” I asked,
“Yeah”
“What kind of music do you play?”
His compadre, juxtaposed with a relaxed and non-menacing demeanor, replied,
“We play, kind of, Balkan Gypsy and Klezmer music.”
It was that moment that we knew it would be a long night.
The group is called Revel Me from Portland, Oregon, and they are a bunch of great people, great musicians and great dancers.
The entire posse came to our house for an all night whiskey and music session. They were weary from their travels and were as excited to find us as we were to find them. The leader, Jorge, brought out his violin and mustache. Doug had an Oud, Djembe and wisdom. The whirlwind of talent known as Gus had his Accordian. Multi-instrumentalist Russel was in luck, for he didn’t have to lug his upright bass out of the bus. We had one of those and two gypsy guitars. Danielle and Bevin, for a lack of room to show their expert dance moves, brought their beautiful selves for the hang.
We played and played and played. Everyone in the group is seriously talented on multiple instruments. Music is in their blood, and it flows out of their veins effortlessly, bleeding all over the apartment. I played guitar and upright, uke, and Doug even let me check out his Oud. Tasha was on her game, and her bass had never sounded better. The sounds coming out of the living room were energetic and comforting all at once.
Gus pointed out that out of all the people they could have run into, he ran into some gypsy jazz musicians with a place to play, food, whiskey and a couch to sleep on. What are the odds?
He also has a musician theory that goes like this: You are only as good as you can play drunk. We put that theory to the test.
It was a rough morning.
More Pics:
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Revel Me Website:
http://revelme.wordpress.com/
Note from a… Fan?
Gearing up for our West Coast tour:
New Videos from performing live on the radio:
Here are the Tipsy Gypsies performing ‘Pokin’ Around‘ and ‘Baby, Won’t You Leave Me‘,
Live on ‘Morning Cup Of Jazz’ on KCBX 90.1, Central Coast, CA on December 3rd, 2009.
In all fairness it was 10 am, which is a little early for musicians!
Featuring Tasha Powers filling in for Matt on the Upright Bass.
Free MP3 Download: ‘Glory Box’ from the Lipstick Holdup CD
Lipstick Holdup on iTunes
Live Radio Performance:
Tune in if you live in the San Luis Obispo area to hear us play live on Neal Losey’s Morning Cup Of Jazz on 90.1 KCBX at 10am. We’re going to perform a few songs from our new album!
If you live out of the area you can listen to their live stream from their website as well ; )
New CD Release Date: Fri, Dec 4th!
To my fellow gypsies, music lovers, bohemians, magicians and dancers,
Our CD Release party will be held at The Clubhouse on Fri, Dec 4th.
Google Map Link to the Clubhouse
For real this time!
Please join us, It’s going to be a great night.
We’re going to use the back bar and back dining room for our party,
complete with plenty of room for chillin, a dance floor for dancin, a
pool table and two fun bands!
The Red Skunk Jipzee Swing Band will join us in the festivities and perform at 7.
The Tipsy Gypsies will play 2 sets starting at 8.
The Revelry will be all night.
We will be asking $15 dollars at the door, but that INCLUDES a CD!
If you already have a disc, bring it and get in for $5.
Now that we have an actual party set in stone, we would love nothing
more than to see everyone come out in force and enjoy the night with
us!
Thank you,
Forrestt
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