Flyer is self explanatory $7 cover, doors open at 9PM. Mondo Vibrations will open up the night followed by Chuco Town Frontera Reggae band Radio la Chusma! If you have not heard either band please check out the video's and reverbnation profiles in the links!
I had the great pleasure to get to hear these guys a few years back off a compilation CD my friend Larry made of all their albums in Albuquerque. Fast forward to last weekend, I was on tour with Radio la Chusma and we had a day off Easter Sunday/420 and we were in Ocean Beach, I was coming off a pretty sick hangover from the night before and was in need of a cold one. Tower 2 was the closest bar I could see and it so happened they had live music on Sunday's, I was with a few of the guys in Chusma and they were starving so we walked in, I ordered a beer and fish taco (had a budget to stick to!) made a run to the head and BOOM flyer for Whiskey Avengers playing at 4:20 FOR FREE!!!
Wasn't that difficult to stick around and hear a few songs. I introduced myself after they finished setting up and turned out we had a lot of mutual friends. RLC was staying with Double A from Warsaw Poland Bros in North Park and the guys from Whiskey Avengers (Clint, Stefan and Kevin) have known him for a while and it so happened the rhythm section was going to lay down some music with him later on that night at The Gaslamp. Things would take on a more epic turn of events when after I heard a few songs we had a BBQ at Double A's and the guys showed up ate, drank a few beers and what not then Aaron asked me to come sit in on a few songs! I think a couple of the guys in Chusma overheard and joined in on the jam session so we had Charly Chanclas and Jake come with and we piled into the van and headed down to The Gaslamp.
I had a few drinks pretty much all day but overall I think I held my own with such heavy's, Clint and Kevin laid down some pretty dope rhythm behind Aaron, be it rockabilly, rock, ska, rocksteady, straight up reggae or even some exploratory jam that happened after a few more beers and a shot I think... things got blurry near the end of the night but it was a hell of a jam! Anyways, here are some shots of the guys performing at Tower 2! Check out their facebook page and give them a like as well!
So after a couple years I managed to find the password for my spreadshirts account and decided to make shirts and other accessories from the flyers I've made the past couple years. You can check out my shop below and order some one of a kind t-shirts from Radio la Chusma and other images coming soon!
El Paso's own Radio la Chusma is hitting the road again October 9-19th. They'll be going through Northern New Mexico and Colorado before ending their run in Alpine, TX. This will be the second time they've headed through Salida, Pueblo and will be performing impromptu open mics in the Denver Area October 13-14th. So far Ziggy's Blues Bar and The Next Door Lounge are planned for a Chusma invasion!
Acoustic Ska Legend Chris Murray will be making his way back to Albuquerque, NM this October!! This will be his 3rd time this year making the visit to The Land of Enchantment, his first visit back in April was a short run of El Paso, Las Cruces, and Albuquerque with Radio la Chusma and Liquid Cheese, where he was backed up by members of Cheese. This past August he came to The ABQ for 3 shows around town at Marble Brewery, The Launchpad and Il Vicino.
