Chandler Travis Philharmonic - 06/21/2013
In Concert
Hold on to to your hats...The Chandler Travis Philharmonic is a 9-piece ensemble from Boston that includes a horn section, string bass, keyboard, mandocello, guitar, drums, accordion, and singing valet.
It’s possible they might be the missing link between the Kinks and Sun Ra…
The Philharmonic was born in the fall of 1996 at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, on the occasion of Chandler doing a guest shot there with a house band led by multi-instrumentalist/
Later on,cross-dressing drummer Rikki Bates, a pal of Chandler’s from the Casuals and one of the more amazing instrumentalists on the planet, and Keith Spring, (NRBQ, Martin Mull) helped complete the picture.
Since then,the band -all colorfully garbed 8 pieces of them, plus singing valet Fred Boak -have introduced the concept of alternative dixieland and omnipop to audiences all over Massachusetts and far beyond (San Francisco,Chicago,and especially New Orleans and New York City have proved particularly responsive -the Village Voice declared them “keenly entertaining”, calling Chandler “a true New England eccentric and a master of daft power pop”, and the band “a blend of Ringling Bros. and Ra” that “puts the harm back in Philharmonic”, and the New Yorker has repeatedly concurred.)
The band released its debut album, “Let’s Have a Pancake”,along with 26 other website-only full-length CDs (the improbable and ground-breaking RadioBall series) in 2000 as a means of welcoming in the new century; four more “official” Philharmonic releases followed,all on the Sonic Trout label, the most recent being 2010's “The Chandler Travis Philharmonic Blows!”, which followed hard on the heels of Chandler’s first solo release in a decade, 2009's “After She Left”.
www.TravisChandler.com
Chandler Travis Philharmonic - 06/21/...
Date and Time
Friday Jun 21, 2013
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Starts: 7:00PM
Ends: 9:00PM
Location
Putnam Den
