Washing hither and thither through the rip tide of the Los Angeles music scene,
Rare Grooves was formed out of break up of The Widow Babies. Guitarist
Danny Miller and drummer
Tabor Allen launched themselves into fresh ideas and new singing duties, arriving very quickly at a recording date with their hero and bass master
Mike Watt. Produced by long-time collaborator
Chris Schlarb, the songs are saturated in bay city sunshine and breezy palm tree shade.
“Song For Charles Rocket” is the high energy, debut recording from Los Angeles-based free jazz ensemble, Destroyer Of Brains. The band features members of
I Heart Lung,
The Widow Babies,
Breakestra and
Ventriloquists.
The debut release from upstart Los Angeles band
The Widow Babies could have been alternately titled, “The Lamb Lies Down In San Pedro”. This six song, 13-minute concept album features a brilliantly conceived story that pits
Minutemen bassist and erstwhile folkhero
Mike Watt against a world domination-minded vampire who looks like
Abraham Lincoln.