Brendon
Small's Galaktikon To Headline WesFest 8
With
Bryan Beller on bass
Sunday,
March 3, 2013 at The Roxy in Hollywood, CA, usa
Bryan
Beller: "We're talking an 11-piece all-star band with four guitarists,
including L.A.-based guitarist and former Musicians Institute Guitar Program
Director Jude Gold (Jefferson Starship, Billy Sheehan), Mike Keneally (Frank
Zappa, Joe Satriani), Rick Musallam (Ben Taylor, Carly Simon), and Small
himself. Additional band members include keyboardist/guitarist Walter Ino;
vocalists Ben Thomas (Zappa Plays Zappa), Kira Small (Peter Frampton, Martina
McBride), Ali Handal (Neil Young, Paul Williams) and Jude Crossen; and yours
truly on bass. The word epic is
overused, but in this case, it's legit. This will be EPIC."
The
same night will also feature a concert by Joe Travers & Friends !!
JOE
TRAVERS has been involved with the Zappa Family Trust for 20 years. He was the
drummer for Dweezil & Ahmet Zappa's group "Z", then fell into the
job of "Vaultmeister" to archive and preserve the contents of Frank
Zappa's extensive vault. Throughout this time Joe has been involved in a number
of live performing groups (Duran Duran, Lisa Loeb, Mike Keneally &
currently Zappa Plays Zappa) and studio projects in and around Los Angeles.
Joe's latest musical adventures involve his recent assemblage of close friends
and musicians that all have one thing in common: a love of music and performing
together. These musicians include (but are not limited to) Scheila Gonzalez,
Kurt Morgan & Ben Thomas(Zappa Plays Zappa), Rick Musallam (Cirque Du
Soleil, Mike Keneally), James Santiago (Independent Artist), and Rico Belled
(The Rippingtons). For Wesfest 2013, Joe and his group will be joined by
special guest vocalist Holland Greco(Solo Artist/The Stripminers) for an
inspired performance of Chaka Khan's "A Night In Tunisia - The Melody
Lingers On" and will world premiere a composition written by Rick Musallam
and Wes Wehmiller, sung by Ben Thomas.
http://weswehmiller.net/wesfest/wesfest-8/
