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"A virtuoso of acoustic upright double bass, Whiton slaps, bows, maneuvers, and manipulates his instrument with orchestral precision and street-corner desperation." -Silke Tudor, SF Weekly
If you are looking for free music
downloads, November 2008 Well, it finally happened, I got mugged in Oakland. The guys got away with $37 and a debit card for a bank account that was overdrawn, but managed to break my jaw in two places in the process. My doctors expect a full recovery, but for the time being, my jaw is wired shut and I am figuring out new and inventive ways to liquify my meals. However, I'm not letting a little thing like a broken jaw get in the way of the premiere of my new project, Rev. Jimmy and the Heavenly Knockers. We will be playing a couple of Bay Area Shows: Friday November 22nd - SF, CA - The Connecticut Yankee - 10 pm - sliding scale donation Thursday December 4th - San Rafael, CA - 4th St Tavern - 10 pm - sliding scale donation In addition, I am playing a few solo shows: I perform with bass loops and sparing vocals. You can hear a couple of clips of this music right here and here. The Eric McFadden Trio has finally released our new CD, Delicate Thing. Copies are available at our shows for the next couple of months until we can work out a distribution deal, but selected tracks and mp3's are available for download at our website. Check out the upcoming shows page to see when we are coming near you. "EMT [has] forever altered expectations of what live bands have the potential to sound like." --Nathan Anderson, The Orion (Chico, CA). EMT is taking a little time off the road, but we will be heading out to the Southwest in December and will be playing New Year's Eve in Denver.
James Whiton and the Downtown Apostles
Unfortunately, the end has come for the Apostles. Our extraordinary drummer, Jay Jaskot, has officially moved to New York City. And congrats to Trumpet Player "Papa John" Fricke, the brand new father of a huge young four-week-old Mr. Brennan Fricke. Bill Patton, our electric Gee-Tar player, continues to make delicate and beautiful music all around the Puget Sound. In case you didn't get to hear the band during their five year tenure, the Downtown Apostles are best described by contradiction; they paint dark and colorful sonic landscapes with sophisticated and neanderthal music. Their sound is heavy and delicate, sultry and refined, hypnotic and jarring. It is soundscapes and thoughtful solos with spoken word vocals. I've been comparing the band to Tom Waits, Black Sabbath, Miles Davis, early Pink Floyd and Soul Coughing. See the Downtown Apostles page for more details. You can buy any of my available recordings through this website or email me for more info. If you are in booking or promotion, my biography and press information is here. You can listen to some mp3 clips from Rhythm & Motion right here:
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