Ak & Zuie tour with Al!
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 6:11 pm
Unless I read it wrong, www.stephenjay.com stated this yesterday:
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This June "Weird Al" Yankovic and his band take off on their national concert tour in support of the new CD "Poodle Hat". During this tour Al's bassist, Steve Jay will also be doing shows with his own bass & drum duo, "Ak & Zuie" at separate venues along the route as time permits. Performing new "ethnofunk fortified" versions of songs from Jay's three solo CD's, "Ak & Zuie" will be playing late night shows at stops on the "Weird Al" tour as well as other cites during tour breaks. Over the past two years Jay and drummer Pete Gallagher, aka "Zuie" have been "splitting the funk atom" in ways never before imagined to the amazement of audiences throughout Southern California. As self described conjurers of divine polymetric temporal flow , "Ak & Zuie" have come a long way from their debut performance in the Sandakan province in Northern Borneo.
According to "Zuie", having the opportunity to tour the USA will definitely "put the bone in the nose" and "go a long way towards dissolving the unfunky crust that forms over a civilization from time to time when left unattended".
As far as "Ak" is concerned "there's just a whole lot of raw, pure time out there in America that needs to be whacked up and made into mobius pretzels as soon as possible". Returning time to where ever it came from has been one of "Ak & Zuie's" long term musical goals. Says "Ak", "It's our humble way of sending a thank you note to the ultimate source of change in the universe using only the smoke and mirrors of low and indefinite pitch".
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