Jon Cleary and The Absolute Monster Gentlemen: Live and Cooking

[bassicinstinct]

No further comment required!! Edited June 2, 2010 by bassicinstinct

[Pete Academy]

Amazing! Our drummer told us about this guy years ago.

[bassicinstinct]

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='855044' date='Jun 2 2010, 04:18 PM']Amazing! Our drummer told us about this guy years ago.[/quote]

Apparently the band is known for getting through alot of drummers.

[bassicinstinct]

And another:

[Pete Academy]

Great bass player. What's his name?

[bassicinstinct]

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='855061' date='Jun 2 2010, 04:29 PM']Great bass player. What's his name?[/quote]

Cornell C. Williams

No idea what his musical pedigree is.

[bassicinstinct]

Forgive me, but I keep finding these [i][b]storming[/b][/i] clips and I just [i][b]have[/b][/i] to share 'em!!

[chris_b]

[quote name='bassicinstinct' post='855050' date='Jun 2 2010, 04:21 PM']....Apparently the band is known for getting through alot of drummers...[/quote]
Not that many! Jon Cleary recorded the 3 AMG albums with Jeffery Alexander who went back to Papa Grows Funk, they briefly used Terrence Higgins from The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Eddie Christmas has been with them for a few years now.

[Bloodaxe]

Thanks for those, good stuff - I had no idea that the AMG were funksters...

I was expecting this (much more my kind of thing):



Saw Jon Cleary a few years back in Oxford with Bonnie Raitt & Rikki Fataar (Stig O'Hara!) - just awesome, if you get the chance, GO.

Pete.

[Mykesbass]

The greatest New Orleans piano player ever born in Kent!! The guy is amazing, as are his band. Playing a little theatre in Shoreham soon, will make sure I am there.

[Mykesbass]

BTW, what is it with Kent and its musical exports - Jon Cleary to New Orleans, Shane MacGowan to Ireland - Waynepunkdude - when are you off?

[chris_b]

He's not coming over with the AMG this time. He's with a different drummer and a double bass player.

[bassicinstinct]

[quote name='chris_b' post='855206' date='Jun 2 2010, 06:46 PM']He's not coming over with the AMG this time. He's with a different drummer and a double bass player.[/quote]

Yet [i][b]another [/b][/i]drummer eh?

[yorks5stringer]

Seen him with Bonnie over here and in Central Park (NYC!) with a plethora of New Orleans Acts (Galatica and Soul Rebels). Also he was in Ripley, N Yorks last year with the AMG, great gig and great bassist too. The Guitarist with the AMG is the biggest guitarist I've ever seen, he needed the lift to get up on stage...