mike keneally
mike keneally
Mike Keneally recorded and toured with Frank Zappa.
July 2002 and 2003, he took part in the Zappanale festival in Germany, where he performed various Frank Zappa compositions in various line-ups.
June 2003 he played Frank Zappa compositions with Denny Walley's Zappa Corner Band and with Ed Palermo's Big Band at The Umeå Internationella Kammarmusik Festival.
April 2004, Keneally played "Absolute Zappa" with Kristjan Järvi's Absolute Ensemble.
discography
| 1986 burning bridges- yayo (flexi-disc) |
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| 1987 james morton- let's make rhythm! |
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| frank zappa: broadway the hard way (52) (1988, 2lp, usa, barking pumpkin) |
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| mike
keneally: the wow sound of affable mort
(1988, k7, usa, tar tapes) |
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| mike keneally: life's a butter dream - elephants walking under god (1988, k7, usa, tar tapes) |
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| mike keneally: fashion poisoning (1988, k7, usa, tar tapes) |
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| drop
control: drop control (1990, k7, usa, tar tapes) |
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| frank
zappa: the best band you never
heard in your life
(55) (1991, 2cd, usa, barking pumpkin) |
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| mike keneally: your way
bitchin' bonus tape (1991, k7, usa, tar tapes) |
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| frank zappa: make a jazz noise here (56) (1991, 2cd, usa, barking pumpkin) |
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| frank zappa: you can't do that on
stage anymore vol.4 (57) (1991, 2cd, usa, ryko) |
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| dweezil zappa: confessions (3) (1991, cd, fr, food for thought cdgrub-19) - feat.mike keneally, scott thunes, ahmet zappa, al malkin |
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| 1991 burke, solomon- homeland (guitar) |
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1991 earl thomas- blue not blues |
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| 1991 buddy blue- guttersnipes 'n' zealots | |
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1991 screamin' jay hawkins- black music for white people |
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1991 mark decerbo- baby's not in the mood |
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| 1991 james morton- rock studies for drum set (mel bay) |
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| 1991 andy prieboy- montezuma was a man of faith ep |
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| 1991 andy prieboy- blood and concrete (original soundtrack) |
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mike keneally:
hat (1) (1992, cd, usa, immune records) - feat.scott thunes |
| frank zappa: you can't do that on
stage anymore vol.6 (59) (1992, 2cd, usa, ryko) |
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| z: shampoo horn (4) (1993, cd, usa, barking pumpkin r2 71760) = ahmet & dweezil zappa, feat. thunes, keneally, bozzio |
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| various artists: zappa's universe (1993, cd, nl, verve 513575-2) - incl. various zappa band alumni performing frank zappa's compositions |
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| various artists: choice morsels (1993, cd, usa, verve/polygram) - incl. various zappa band alumni performing frank zappa's compositions |
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1993 screamin' jay hawkins- stone crazy (guitar, keyboards, vocals)
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| 1993 bonilla, marc- american matador (organ) |
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| 1993 negativeland- negativconcertland (bootleg cd) |
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mike keneally: boil that dust speck (2) (1994, cd, usa, immune records) |
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1994 jip- glee (produced by keneally) |
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| 1994 marcelo radulovich- marcelo radulovich |
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| 1994 screamin' jay hawkins- somethin' funny goin' on |
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| 1994 robert vaughn and the dead river angels |
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| 1994 earl thomas- extra soul |
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| z: music for
pets (1995, cd, usa, zappa records) |
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1995 tales from yesterday: yes tribute (guitar, vocals) |
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| 1995 ultra 7- trummerflora |
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| 1995 kevin gilbert- supper's ready (genesis tribute album) |
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| 1995 the mistakes- the mistakes |
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| 1995 matthew lien- bleeding wolves |
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| mike keneally & beer for
dolphins:
half alive in
hollywood (3) (1996, 2cd, usa, immune records) |
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1996 supper's ready- supper's ready (guitar, recorder, kalimba) |
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| 1996 the booligans- last call |
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| mike keneally & beer for
dolphins:
sluggo (4) (1997, cd, usa, immune records) |
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| mike keneally: the tar tapes vol.1 (5) (1997, cd, usa, immune records) |
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1997 mark craney & friends- something with a pulse |
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| 1997 ed palermo- the ed palermo big band plays the music of frank zappa
(guitar) |
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| 1997 giant tracks- (gentle giant tribute album) |
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| 1997 steve vai- g3 live in concert (percussion, guitar, keyboards, sitar) |
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| 1997 steve vai- merry axemas- a guitar christmas |
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| mike keneally: the tar tapes vol.2 (6) (1998, cd, usa, immune records) |
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| chris opperman:
oppy music vol.1: purple, crayon (1998, cd, usa, purple cow records pcr 001) - produced by mike keneally |
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| 1998 steve vai- flex-able leftovers (cd re-issue) (uncredited, keys on #?@!
yourself) |
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| mike
keneally: nonkertompf
(7) (1999, 2cd, usa, exowax records) |
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| mull muzzler:
keep it to yourself (1999, cd, usa, ??) - feat.mike keneally |
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| neil sadler:
theory of forms (1999, cd, usa, bleeding arts ba 10012) - feat.m.keneally, walt, steve and bruce fowler and kurt mcgettrick |
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| mike
keneally & beer for dolphins: dancing
(8) (2000, 2cd, usa, exowax records) - feat.chris opperman |
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| nigey
lennon: reinventing the wheel (2000, cd, usa, dinghy records 1001) - feat. candy zappa, m.keneally, incl. 'any way the wind blows' (f.zappa) |
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| steve vai: the 7th song (2000, cd, usa, epic 501093 2) - feat. mike keneally, terry bozzio, tommy mars |
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| chris opperman: klavierstücke (2000, cd, usa, purple cow records pcr 003) - produced by chris opperman and mike keneally |
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| dweezil
zappa: automatic (6) (2000, cd, usa, favored nations entertainment) - feat.m.ågren, t.bozzio, m.keneally, s.thunes, ahmet zappa |
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| the persuasions: the persuasions sing zappa - frankly a capella (2000, cd, usa, earthbeat r2 79832) - all compositions by f.zappa, feat.bruce fowler, mike keneally, robert martin |
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| mike keneally: wooden smoke
& wooden smoke asleep (9) (2001, 2cd, usa, exowax records) |
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| various
artists: eyeinhand sampler volume
1 (2001, cd, spain, vaso music vm 032) - all zappa related artists |
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| 2001 steve vai- alive in an ultra world |
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| ndv:
karma (2001, cd-pro, ger, ear candy records) - feat.mike keneally |
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| andy
west: rama i (2002, cd, usa, ??) - feat.mike keneally |
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| napoleon murphy brock:
balls (1) (2002, cd, usa, nmb 3118) - feat.chester thompson, mike keneally, jerry outlaw |
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| various artists:
zappanale 13 (2003, 3cd, ger, arf society) – incl. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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| various artists:
zappanale # 13 (2003, cd, ger, arf society) – incl. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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| eugene chadbourne
and jimmy carl black: live at the zappanalle #14 (2003, cdr, ger, inkanish) - incl. van vliet & zappa compositions / feat. mike keneally, martin smith & andy frizell |
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| ossi duri: x (2003, cd, italy, frfrfrz 87451) - incl. various frank zappa compositions |
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| various artists:
zappanale 14 - 2003 (2004, 3cd, ger, arf society) – incl. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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| mike keneally band: dog (2004, cd / dvd, usa, exowax 2406) |
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| mike keneally band: pup (2004, cd, usa, exowax 2406-2) |
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keneally - metropole orkest: the universe
will provide (2004, cd, usa, favored nations fn2400-2) |
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keneally - metropole orkest: parallel
universe (2004, cd, usa, exowas recordings ex2407-1) |
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vai:
piano reductions vol 1 - performed by mike keneally (2004, cd, usa, favored nations) |
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chain: chain.exe (2004, cd, usa, ??) - feat. mike keneally |
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chris opperman: concepts
of non-linear time (2004, cd, usa, purple cow records pcr 004) - feat. mike keneally and marc ziegenhagen |
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henry kaiser & wadada leo smith:
yo miles! : upriver (2005, cd, usa, cuneiform records rune 201/202) - feat. mike keneally |
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mike keneally band: guitar
therapy live (2006, cd + dvd, usa, exowax 2408-1) |
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frank zappa: trance-fusion (2006, cd, usa, zappa records) |
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various artists: the
frank zappa aaafnraa birthday bundle (2006, itunes, -) - feat. frank, moon, dweezil, ahmet & diva zappa |
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mike keneally:
hat (2007, cd+dvd, usa, exowax) - feat.scott thunes |
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mike keneally: boil that dust speck (2007, cd+dvd, usa, exowax) |
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healing force:
the songs of albert ayler (2007, cd, usa, cuneiform) |
video
| 1993 zappa's universe |
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| buckethead- binge III | |
| joe satriani, eric johnson, steve
vai: g3 - live in concert (2000, dvd, usa, smv 50157 9) – feat.mike keneally; incl. ‘my guitar wants to kill your mama’ (frank zappa) |
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(2000, laserdisc, japan, srlm-1526) – feat.mike keneally; incl. ‘my guitar wants to kill your mama’ (frank zappa) |
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| various
artists: zappanale 14 - 2003 (2004, dvd, ger, the arf society) - feat. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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| various
artists:
zappanale 14 - retrospective (2004, dvd, ger, the arf society) - feat. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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| mike keneally band: dog (2004, cd / dvd, usa, exowax 2406) |
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| various
artists: guitar one
- march 2007 (2007, dvd, uk, bonus dvd with guitar one magazine) - incl. mike keneally and tom kolb |
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| the
muffin men: muffinz moovies vol.two (1998-2003) (2007, dvd, uk, private release) - incl.various frank zappa compositions, feat. zappa alumni |
concerts
* * * mike keneally & beer for dolphins: “the dancing
tour '01” * * *
* * * the nonkertompf suite * * *
2003/06/14 The Ed Palermo Big Band: "Big Band Zappa" - The Umeå Internationella Kammarmusik Festival
The Ed Palermo Big Band
Ed Palermo: director & sax * Magnus Ekholm, Bosse Strandberg: trumpet * Magnus Puls, Gunnar Walldén, Björn Hängsel: trombone * Peter Lindqvist, Petri Kivimäki, Peter Nordvall, Sigurd Löf, Jonas Knutsson: sax * Bob Quaranta, Mats Öberg: keyboards * Morgan Ågren: drums * Paul Adamy: bass * Mike Keneally: guitar * Napoleon M Brock: vocals & sax
Program
Regyptian
Strut * Cleetus Awreetus Awrightus * King Kong /
Transylvanian Boogie * Sleep Dirt * The Grand Wazoo * Uncle
Remus * Pygmy Twylyte * Village of the Sun * Echidna’s Arf
(of you) * Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing * Sofa #1 * Oh
No * The Idiot Bastard Son * Peaches en Regalia * Andy
2003/06/14 The Ed Palermo Jazz From Hell Band
The Ed Palermo Jazz From Hell Band
Ed Palermo: sax * Mike Keneally: guitar * Mats Öberg: keyboards * Morgan Ågren: drums * Paul Adamy: bass * Bob Quaranta: piano
Setlist
The Gumbo Variations
20 Small Cigars
Toads
Of The Short Forest
2003/06/14 The Zappa Corner Band: "The Zappa Corner #2"
The Zappa Corner band:
Denny Walley: slide guitar, vocals * Mats Öberg: keyboard * Morgan Ågren: drums * Tommy Thordsson: bass * Napoleon M Brock: vocals, sax * Mike Keneally: guitar * Ed Palermo: sax * Paul Adamy: bass
Setlist
Montana * (Paul Adamy on bass, sung by Napi, without Denny, but with four invited young girls - three on backing vocals, one on trombone - from Zappa Graduates
City of Tiny Lites (Tommy on bass, featuring a long wah wah solo from Zappa Graduates young guitar player, without Napi)
Magic Fingers (Tommy on bass, solo passing between Mike, Denny and the young guy from Zappa Graduates, without Napi)
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (Tommy on bass, Napi on lead vocals)
What's The Ugliest part of your Body (same)
Advance Romance (Paul Adamy on bass, Jimmy Ågren on
Harmonica, Napi on lead vocals)
encores :
The Black Page #1 (played spontaneously by Mike, Mats & Morgan on the rhythm of the hand claps of the audience !)
Inca Roads (Paul Adamy on bass, Napi on flute, sung by Mike who also played the piano during Mats' keyboard solo, without Denny)
Amerika Drinks (with Mike on drums ! the whole thing ending
up into a frenzy in the Absolutely Free style)
2004/05/08 mike keneally, doug lunn, rick musallam & nick d'virgilio
concert ‘the baked potato’, north hollywood, ca, usa
(set one: acoustic keneally - set two: electric
covers)
2004/05/29 neil sadler band - concert ‘los angeles harbor college’, wilmington, can usa
feat.mike keneally
2004/06/01 mike keneally & bryan beller - guitar clinic ‘sam ash’, canoga park, ca, usa
2004/06/02 mike keneally - guitar clinic ‘instrumental music’, santa barbara, ca, usa
2004/06/03 mike keneally & bryan beller - guitar clinic ‘guitar center’, lake
forest, ca, usa
2004/06/11 concert “Umeå International Chamber Music
Festival”
Mike Keneally with Jaan Wessman on bass and Schroeder on drums
Black Box NorrlandsOperan, Umeå, Sweden
2004/06/14 concert “Umeå International Chamber Music
Festival”
Mike Keneally with London Baroque, Ensemble Ambrosius, Jaan Wessman,
Schroeder and Napoleon Murphy Brock
Black Box NorrlandsOperan, Umeå, Sweden
2004/07/03 mike keneally band - concert “calprog 2004”, ‘whittier community center’, whittier, california, usa
2004/07/10 mike keneally band - concert “nearfest”, ‘zoellner arts center’, lehigh
university, bethlehem, pa, usa
2004/07/16 special opps - concert 'room 5 lounge', los angeles, ca, usa
feat. mike keneally
2004/07/31 mike keneally Band - concert 'The
Baked Potato', North Hollywood, CA, usa
2004/08/17 mike keneally - concert 'Level One', Los Angeles, CA, usa
2004/09/05 mike keneally band concert 'lestat's', san diego, ca, usa
2004/09/10 absolute
ensemble, feat.mike keneally - concert "absolute zappa", musikfest bremen,
bremen, germany
2004/09/11 lulu strings & ataraxia orchester schwerin,
feat.mike keneally
- concert / filmmusik 'stadthalle ludwigslust', ludwigslust, germany
2004/09/11 mike keneally - concert 'piano bar / galerie ander bleiche,
ludwigslust, germany
2004/09/14 mike keneally and friends - concert 'waldsee',
freiburg, germany
mike keneally and friends = mike keneally - guitar, keys, vocal *
jaan wessman - bass * dieter schroeder - drums
2004/09/16 mike keneally and friends - concert 'objekt 5', halle, germany
2004/09/17 mike keneally and friends - concert 'der club', heiligenhaus, germany
2004/09/18 absolute
ensemble, feat.mike keneally & nm brock - concert "absolute zappa",
'kolner philharmonie', köln, germany
2004/09/23 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', fairfax, va, usa
2004/09/24 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'music central', egg harbor township, nj, usa
2004/09/25 mike keneally & bryan beller - concert 'orion sound studios', baltimore, md, usa
2004/09/27 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', manhattan, ny, usa
2004/09/28 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'union music', worcester, ma, usa
2004/09/29 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', colonie, ny, usa
2004/09/30 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', totowa, nj, usa
2004/10/01 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'pro line music', fairless hills, pa, usa
soundcheck * l'il * hello * guitar talk * live in japan * guitar talk * dee en'a * desired effect * i'm afraid * splane * potato * q&a * inca roads
a 68-minute video recording of this workshop circulates on DVDR
2004/10/26 mike keneally - workshop 'a sharp music', renton, wa, usa
2004/10/27 mike keneally - workshop 'guitar center', eugene, or, usa
2004/10/28 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop 'guitar center', beaverton, or, usa
2004/10/29 mike keneally & bryan beller - workshop
'guitar center', tacoma, wa, usa
2004/11/19 mike keneally - guitar workshop, 'Sam Ash Music', King of Prussia, PA, usa
pride is a sin * splane * 5 legs * and your bird can sing * machupicchu * father's day * the zappa audition * raining sound * rosemary girl * 1988 was a million years ago * potato * physics * performing miracles * aye-aye monster
a 95-minute video recording of this workshop circulates on DVDR
2004/11/20 mike keneally -
guitar workshop, 'Sam Ash Music',Richmond, VA, usa
2004/12/15 concert 'belly up', solana beach, ca, usa
2005/06/01 concert 'The Rhythm Room', Phoenix, AZ, usa
2005/06/03 concert 'Garrett's Desert Inn', Santa Fe, NM, usa
2005/06/04 concert 'Quixote's True Blue', Denver, CO, usa
2005/06/07 concert 'Schubas Tavern', Chicago, IL, usa
2005/06/08 concert 'Shank Hall', Milwaukee, WI, usa
2005/06/10 concert 'Little Brother's', Columbus, OH, usa
2005/06/11 concert 'The Mad Frog', Cincinnati, OH, usa
2005/06/12 concert 'Wilbert's Food & Music', Cleveland, OH, usa
2005/06/13 concert 'Broadway Joe's', Buffalo, NY, usa
2005/06/15 concert 'The Asylum', Portland, ME, usa
2005/06/16 concert 'Ryles Jazz Club', Cambridge, MA, usa
2005/06/17 VENUE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!
2005/06/18 concert 'Sellersville Theater', Sellersville,
PA, usa
2005/07/30 concert 'The Baked Potato', North Hollywood,
CA, USA
2005/09/04 concert "ProgDay", 'storybook farm', chapel hill, nc, usa
2006/01/11 radio show "4 fm", dutch radio ('paradiso' concert)
2006/06/03 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Coda', nyc, ny, usa
2006/06/04 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Orion Sound Studios', baltimore, md, usa
2006/06/15 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller * Taylor Guitar Clinic 'Sam Ash', westminster, ca, usa
2006/06/17 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'The Baked Potato', studio city, ca, usa
2006/06/19 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - Taylor Guitar Clinic 'Sam Ash', cerritos, ca, usa
2006/06/20 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - Taylor Guitar Clinic 'Sam Ash', city of industry, ca, usa
2006/06/24 Mike Keneally
Band - concert "La Jolla Festival of the Arts", UCSD's
East Campus, La Jolla, CA 92037
2006/09/07 Mike Keneally - concert "Circus of Values", 'Dizzy's', San Diego, CA, usa
2006/09/25 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Steilberg String Instruments', Louisville, KY, usa
2006/09/26 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Buddy Roger's Music', Cincinnati, OH, usa
2006/09/27 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Motor City Guitar', Waterford, MI, usa
2006/09/28 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Great Lake Music', Mundelein, IL, usa
2006/09/30 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert "Guitar Fest '06', ''Cascio Interstate Music', New Berlin, WI, usa
2006/10/02 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Dave's Guitar Shop', La Crosse, WI, usa
2006/10/03 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Morgan Music', Eau Claire, WI, usa
2006/10/04 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Rhapsody Music', Mankato, MN, usa
2006/10/05 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Carlson Music Center', Alexandria, MN, usa
2006/10/06 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Marguerite's Music', Moorhead, MN, usa
2006/10/08 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Kenny's Music', Grand Forks, ND, usa
2006/10/09 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Eckroth Music Co.', Bismarck, ND, usa
2006/10/10 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Engel Music', Aberdeen, SD, usa
2006/10/12 Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller - concert 'Mojo's Music', Edwardsville, IL, usa
2006/10/13 Keneally / Beller / Slick - concert 'Off Broadway', St.Louis, MO, usa
2006/10/21 Mike Keneally's Circus of Values - concert 'Dizzy's', San Diego, CA, usa
2006/10/23 Claudia Russel / Mike Keneally - performance 'Old Globe Theatre', San Diego, Ca, usa
2006/11/03 Mike Keneally's Circus of Values - concert 'Dizzy's', San Diego, CA, usa
2006/11/04 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'The Baked Potato', Studio City, CA, usa
2007/01/18
The
Bryan Beller Band - concert 'The NAMM Bass Bash 2007 / J.T.
Schmid's', Anaheim, CA, usa (Event starts at 6:00PM)
2007/01/19 The Mike Keneally Band - concert 'the Sonic Reality booth', Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA, usa (12:00)
2007/01/19 Mike Keneally / Bryan Beller acoustic duo - concert "the Taylor Guitars room", Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA, usa (3:30)
2007/04/21 Playground Slap - concert 'The Triple Crown Pub', San Diego, Ca, usa (feat.Mike Keneally)
2007/04/27 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'The Baked Potato', Studio City, Ca, usa
2007/06/23 Mike Keneally Band - concert "School of Rock festival", Asbury Park, NJ, usa
2007/06/29 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'Birch North Park Theatre', San Diego, Ca, usa
2007/07/05 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'Rosalie and Alva Performance Gallery', San Pedro, CA, usa
2007/07/06 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'The Baked Potato', Studio City, Ca, usa
2007/08/18 Keneally Solo - concert "OffsideOpen - International New Music Festival", Am Holländer See, Gelderland, Germany
2007/09/09 Mike Keneally - concert "Solo Acoustic at the Acoustic Alliance", 'Brick By Brick', 1130 Buenos Ave., San Diego, CA, usa
2007/09/22 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'Rosalie and Alva Performance Gallery', San Pedro, CA, usa
2007/09/28 Mike Keneally Band - concert 'The Baked Potato', Studio City, CA, usa
2007/10/13 Mike Keneally - concert "Budapest Autumn Festival", Budapest, Hungary
2007/10/20 Mike Keneally- concert "IB Expo '07", Halmstad, Sweden
2008/02/01 Mike Keneally - concert 'Harajyuku Astro-Hall', Tokyo, Japan
2008/02/02 Mike Keneally - concert 'Shinjyuku Disc-Union', Tokyo, Japan
2008/02/05 Mike Keneally with Doug Lunn and Marco Minnemann - concert '345 B Street', San Diego, CA, usa (Opening for Robin Trower)
2008/02/25 Mike Keneally - concert 'Paladino's', Tarzana, CA, usa
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random notes
"mike is a multifaceted musical giant. he allows us to audibly witness
him bathing naked in the oceans of his inspired, harmonious intellect. you don't
usually get this kind of honesty in the realm of contemporary music"
—
steve
vai
from: kristian kier (krkier@rocco.wupper.de)
at the time zappa planned his ´88 tour and started the auditions for new
musicians mike phoned zappa´s hotline for an appointment for audition. two days
later frank´s secretary called back that he has to come to audition the same
night. unfortunately he had a gig at that night with his then band "drop
control", so he had to cancel this appointment, and this went really hard
with him. then he found out that the club hired another band for this night, so
no gig for him either.
that´s from an interview in a german musician magazine (fachblatt)
about the 1988 zappa tour.
solo stuff, released hat. helped
organize zappa's universe back in 91 and probably was involved in the post
production of the cd/video. currently working on a second solo album, when not
on tour with 'z'. unfortunately it won't be finished until august 94. if it's as
good as 'hat.', it'll be fab and worth all your pennies.
mike keneally is currently touring with z & is a columnist for
"guitar player". (source: late show last monday/ guitar player mag.)
subject: mike keneally in japan it was a small studio. 8th floor of the
shinjuku disc union building. there's only 30+ people there but the space was
almost packed. both the store and the record company virtually no
advertising about this event. i think there is dead-line problem, probably.
maybe his schedule is very tight. and this trip is mainly for promotion, doing
interviews for press. so i have to thank them just giving us a chance to see him
perform. mr. keneally appeared at 5:00 pm. everyone welcomed him with huge
applause. after brief introduction by the staff, mike took (his?) guitar. it was
an ovation acoustic. he performed in completely 'unplugged' mode. "open
up", "idiot bastard son" and a few songs from boils that dust
speck. the performance was short but strong. sometimes he play very fluid like
ones on zappa's universe. and there's the moment he went rough, hard-strumming
style. and his singing was very emotional.
sometimes he suddenly burst into screaming! i was surprised. because being an
acoustic set, i expected kind of sweet songs, played tenderly. but anyway, i was
massively impressed. that's for sure. then next, audience participation time
(not really). nobody even try to ask him a question so i was only questioner.
here's mike said to me:
z's second album, music for pets, will be out this year.
scott thunes is no longer with z.
mike apparently not happy with zappa's universe cd. when i asked about touring
of zu, mike said that joel thome might be thinking of it but he do not want to
take part in it. no zu anymore.
about a rumor that mike is new 'vaultmaster' for the frank zappa archive. this
is not true. mike is helping gail for some projects but never been in such a
role. he already knows such a rumor has been around in internet. after two
concerts with shankar, mike took participated in his album recording. it was
completed but unreleased. anyway 'that's not good, so you can forget about it,'
mike says.
paris tribute show is just postponed. it seemed not being completely canceled.
in conversation about his current activities, mike revealed that he has
recorded with henry kaiser. i couldn't believe it so i had to repeat asking.
yes, henry kaiser! i have confirmed it. it was quartet; mike, kaiser with a bass
and a drum. it was not very improvisational nor noise-oriented. '(the recording
is) very interesting and henry is a very good guy', mike says. this is also 'out
this year.' mike is very generous, kindly answered my questions.
and then, people got signed, took photograph with him. some people got signed on
their 'hat.' i, personally, said to him that you should refrain from zappa-cover
doing things and concentrate on your own music.
i just want to listen more your stuff. --- that's what i really like to say to
him and i made it. who knows what he think about my comment...
anyway, it was memorable experience, indeed. thanks, mr. keneally.
keneally here. i finally managed
to sneak enough time away from my day job at the multi-colored aquarium-pebble
factory to cobble together another solo opus... boil that dust speck -
a cornucopia of moods, rhythms
& snide comments. you'll
smile & hop, your brow will furrow, your cranium walls will be a vivid
emerald green.
mike keneally's second solo album cam out late '94, it's called 'boil
that dust speck'. it is phenomenal.
he has a solo band that he will be touring with sometime after the next 'z' tour
is over with. his band is called
"mike keneally and beer for
dolphins", if my memory serves me correctly, tass panos plays drums and
'z''s current bassist also is in beer for dolphins.
mike's newest album, "boil that dust speck" is out on immune
records - it is a total heavy rocking guitar fest - 30 tracks of great stuff.
not as kooky as _hat_, but still an excellent album.
both mike and bryan are no longer members of z. they left and are
concentrating their creative energies on beer for dolphins.
they recently completed a
two month tour with frank briggs(teacher and master clinician) on drums in place
of toss panos(who lured away to do a corporate rock project).
a live cd is be released in the near future and mike and co. will possibly
start work on a follow up to "boil that dust speck" this summer.
did you know mike keneally and beer for dolphins are currently touring?
see if they're headed for your town:
http://www.keneally.com/
jeremy sarna
sez:
mike recently finished recording a zappa tribute album with the ed palermo big
band. the release date is not yet
known. mike will also be touring with steve vai's band this fall.
from: patrick
neve
mike has released "sluggo!", arguably his strongest album yet.
also "the tar tapes is/was available in a very limited autographed
run of 500, with one lucky customer winning the privelage (or curse) of having
mike write a song especially about them. while mike has announced that the
ticket holder has come forward, their identity remains secret thus far.
from:
mikew2112@aol.com (mikew2112)
cleveland g3 tour stop 6/24/97: satriani,
vai and kws jammed "my guitar wants to kill yo mamma".
keneallly sang, it was fabulous. the
jam was incredible, even fripp gave a lengthy solo.
from:
"ken meyerkorth" (kenm@rwlynch.com)
- date: wed, 8
oct 1997
i don't know how many have seen theg3 concert, but if you haven't, better try
to!
here at the concord pavilion, in california, mike keneally was there and totally
jammed with vai a la zappa. mike
was basically the funny man in the band while steve mastered his axe with rifts
and methodology that just reeked zappa teachings.
and then, mike did his own little guitar stunt work at the end when joe
satriani, steve vai, kenny wayne sheppard, and robert fripp all jammed to my
guitar wants to kill your mama. mike
k. was the singer for that jam. he
walked up behind joe satriani and took over his fret work while joe mastered the
pick. not a single missed note or
error.
tremendously impressive!
oh yeah, almost forgot. mike k. did
do one thing spectacular. during
robert fripp's masterful midi work at the beginning of the show, he walked
on-stage, picked up his guitar and proceeded to jam amidst the beautiful
background stuff robert was playing. the
jam was about 10 minutes long and if you closed your eyes, for just a bit, you
could hear frank playing. it was
scary!
from:
"." (plainsongs@aol.com)
regarding mike keneally, he has just finished recording his new solo record,
"nonkertompf", which is to be released on his own new label, exowax
records, in august 1999. it's an all-instrumental feast with every sound emitted
by mike himself. he continues to play and record with his band mike keneally
& beer for dolphins.
2004/01
Mike Keneally's next album will be called "Dog". As you might know, the latest Mike Keneally albums have been presented in two different editions: limited, special ones, including extra material on an extra disc, or regular ones.More on this (and on the new Mike Keneally Band) on: www.keneally.com
2004/02
Just wanted to let you know, the new season of NoneRadio starts Feb 9, at http://www.noneradio.com
-- NoneRadio is hosted by Rich Pike & Mike Keneally, with special guest
co-hosts Joe Travers & Kent Huffnagle. (Keneally played guitar w/FZ, Joe is
the FZ Vaultmeister AND drummer for Z, Dweezil etc, and Kent worked with him on
the 'Baby Snakes' DVD. Rich is just Canadian.)
As one might suppose, there will be much talking about the 'Baby Snakes' DVD,
plus some fun rare FZ, and a lot of other music as well. Shows are 3 to 4 hours
in length, often start late, and repeat 24/7 throughout the week. Thanks! Check
it out if you can and bookmark it while you're there.
http://www.noneradio.com
-- rp
----- Original Message -----
From: "Exowax Recordings"
To: "List Member"
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004
THE KENEALLIST: BAKED POTATO
Hi all!
Sorry for not writing more frequently lately - we're diligently preparing for the releases of Dog, the Dog Special Edition and The Universe Will Provide and it's kept us real busy.
Big news for this weekend, though, is this:
Mike Keneally Band
Saturday, February 28, 2004
The Baked Potato
3787 Cahuenga Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91604
(818) 980-1615
Open at 7:00 PM
Shows: 9:30 and 11:30
We haven't gigged in quite some time, and we won't be able to gig for a little while after this (our ever-busy drummer Nick D'Virgilio is going to be playing with the reformed Tears For Fears on the road this year (more delightful scheduling problems for us, but many congrats to Nick). So if you can possibly make it to this show please do. We'll be premiering a number of new songs from Dog at this gig.
More soon! Thanks!
-- Mike
THE KENEALLIST
March 28 2004
Hello everyone…
We must thank everyone who is patiently waiting for the release of Dog, the new Mike Keneally Band album. We're deep into the production of the DVD for the special edition and when that's completed, we're ready to manufacture and ship to those of you who pre-ordered. (And those who pre-ordered before January 1 will be getting their copy of the limited edition CD Pup along with their order.) The album itself, and the artwork for the CD package is complete and I've never been happier with one of my albums. Of the whole bunch of them this comes the closest to my long-time fantasy of what a basically insane rock album should sound like. If it recalls any of the past albums it's mostly Dust Speck with a bit of Sluggo! in there too, but in reality it's a whole other thing, mainly thanks to amazing sounds made by my ridiculous band, Bryan Beller, Rick Musallam and Nick D'Virgilio. Thanks you freaks. You outdid yourselves.
Anyhoo if we don't get battered by fate we're still on target for a late Spring release, but forgive us if we're not foolish enough to specify a definitive release date at this point. We have a group of amazing people helping us to make the DVD a reality and it's going to be something special and worth your while. Soon after the limited editions begin shipping, the single-CD version will hopefully appear in stores and with online CD merchants. We have big plans but the pieces are still being put in place, as we've been necessarily preoccupied with the construction of the actual products…
More details about all that soon. I think you'll dig Dog. Oh, that was too cute by at least 30%.
Meanwhile, The Universe Will Provide is scheduled for an upcoming release on NPS Output, distributed worldwide by Favored Nations. This is the studio recording of my composition for guitar and orchestra featuring myself and the Metropole Orkest. Plans call for me to do some promotional appearances and hopefully some gigs in Holland around the time of the release. Bryan Beller will also be in Holland (he'll be performing with Steve Vai and the Metropole Orkest at the live debut of Steve's own night of music with the Metropole) and there are hopes that BB and I can do some playing when he's not furiously rehearsing Steve's thing. We shall see how it all pans out.
In other album news, the album of piano arrangements of Vai music I did a few years ago will hopefully see release before too much longer, and the Yo Miles! Sessions I did with Henry Kaiser, Wadada Leo Smith, Michael Manring, Steve Smith, Greg Osby, Zakir Hussain and many others will see release on a 2-CD set from Cuneiform, supposedly in May.
And there's a gig in London next week…
Mike Keneally
with Kristjan Järvi’s Absolute Ensemble,
Napoleon Murphy Brock,
the X-ecutioners and Django Bates
Absolute Zappa
Live Remixes of Frank Zappa Originals
Thursday, April 1, 2004
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London EC2Y 8DS
(Barbican tube station)
7:30 p.m.
Tickets £12.50, £15, £20, £25
Info: 44 (0)20 7638 8891
Should be fun! Come on over if you can.
We'll also be playing at NEARfest in Bethlehem, PA on July 10, but the tickets have sold out. However we are currently attempting to book a short East Coast tour right next to that date, stay tuned for details.
Please listen to www.NoneRadio.com whenever you can. It's playing now! I co-host it with Richard Pike whenever I've got a Monday free to drive to LA. and it's always fun. 3 to 4 hours of music and frequently absurd conversation, aired live on Monday night and subsequently replayed throughout the week until the next new show. I won't be on the next episode 'cause I'll be on a plane to London, but listen anyway, I say.
What else. Here's the song listing for Dog if you haven't seen it at keneally.com:
Louie
Bober
Splane
Pride Is A Sin
Simple Pleasure
Physics
Raining Sound
Choosing To Drown
Gravity Grab
This Tastes Like A Hotel
Panda
Go to www.keneally.com right now actually, if you haven't lately, and download Dog Bites, a montage of sound clips from Dog.
Those of you who have a copy of Pup already will know that at one time the song Li'l was scheduled for Dog, but ultimately we decided that it wasn't the right song for this album. We recorded a number of additional tracks during the sessions which may see the light of day on yet another new CD before the end of the year, but that's only if all of you folks manage to cajole at least 100 of your friends into buying a copy of Dog when it comes out. Thanks in advance.
Okay, be good, downsize unnecessary executives when the time comes, treat yourself and a loved one to a showing of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and listen to Neil Young as much as possible. His tour bus runs on vegetable oil you know.
Seacrest out!
MK
THE KENEALLIST
May 2 28 2004
Today is Jesse's tenth birthday!
Contents
1. Baked Potato Gig May 8
2. NoneRadio
3. Regarding England
4. A trip to Holland
5. Neil Sadler gig
6. What's up with "Dog"?
7. West Coast Taylor Guitar gigs comin'
8. I'll be back at the Umea Festival in Sweden in June
9. Mike Keneally Band gigs!
10. Be the Ball
1. BAKED POTATO GIG MAY 8
A gig in LA this Saturday:
Mike Keneally, Doug Lunn, Rick Musallam & Nick D'Virgilio
(Set One: Acoustic Keneally * Set Two: Electric Covers)
Saturday, May 8, 2004 - The Baked Potato - 3787 Cahuenga Blvd. - North
Hollywood, CA 91604 - (818) 980-1615
Open at 7:00 p.m. - Shows: 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
Bryan Beller is unable to do this gig, because he's on his way to Holland to rehearse and perform with Steve Vai and the Metropole Orkest, so Doug Lunn kindly answered my call. Reeves Gabrels will hopefully sit in as well, although he hasn't returned my calls since we were on NoneRadio together last week. If you're reading, Reeves, call me back for freak's sake.
Anyway, the first set this Saturday is acoustic songs written by me, and the second set is going to be all covers. Do you want to know what the covers are going to be? You do? The titles will be listed at the bottom of this missive.
2. NONERADIO
This week's NoneRadio show (premiering Monday May 3) features Shankar and Gingger along with Rich Pike and myself. I'm going to make Rich play "That's All You Need" by The Faces. Go to http://www.noneradio.com. Last week's show with Reeves Gabrels and Doug Lunn featured probably the best in-studio improvs we've done on the show yet, almost an hour's worth.
3. REGARDING ENGLAND
I really enjoyed the gig with the Absolute Ensemble at the Barbican on April 1. More gigs with the ensemble are planned later in the year. Also, after the Absolute gig, I went to Swindon for a few days and wrote six songs or partial songs with Andy Partridge, and started working up yet another song at Dave Gregory's place. These are baby songs in the early days of their babyhood but they do exist. What will happen to them? I don't know. Stay tuned.
4. A TRIP TO HOLLAND
On May 15 I'm going to Holland to do some promotional appearances for the launch of new record label NPS Output (distributed worldwide by Favored Nations) and the coming release of the Mike Keneally/Metropole Orkest release "The Universe Will Provide." We don't yet have a specific release date to report for the album, but we'll have that info for you soon. At some point, when Beller isn't buried in sheet music for Vai's piece, he and I will sneak away and record some music for the radio. More details coming on that too.
5. NEIL SADLER GIG
Check this **** out!
NEIL SADLER BAND
feat. Neil Sadler - perc/synth. * Mike Keneally - guit. * Bruce Fowler - trb. *
Kurt McGettrick - bari/bs.cl. * Milen Kirov - pno. * Daren Burns - bass * Jason
McKenzie - drms/tabla
SATURDAY, MAY 29th, 2004 @ 8PM - LOS ANGELES HARBOR COLLEGE - MUSIC RECITAL HALL
1111 FIGUEROA PLACE, WILMINGTON, CA
$10.00 General Admission
24-Hour Info: (323) 267-1830
I don't think I've played live with Bruce and Kurt since the '88 Zappa tour, and this is the first time I've ever played Neil's amazing music live. Truly looking forward to this experience!
6. WHAT'S UP WITH "DOG"?
The album itself is finished, the material for the special edition DVD is completed and is now being made into a DVD in NYC by New York DVD. Those of you who pre-ordered, we're on target to begin shipping to you starting late May/early June. Barring any currently unforeseen technical issues, all the current pre-orders should be fulfilled by mid-June. Both the single-CD version, and the CD/DVD limited edition set, will be available for sale at www.moosenet.com and other online merchants as soon as the products are in hand. Street date at retail? Still being worked out, but probably not until August.
7. WEST COAST TAYLOR GUITAR GIGS COMIN'
Taylor Acoustic Guitar Workshops
Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller
Tuesday, June 1, 2004, 7:00 p.m. - Sam Ash - 20934
Roscoe Blvd. - Canoga Park, CA 91304 - Admission Free!
818-709-5650
Mike Keneally solo
Wednesday, June 2, 2004, 7:00 p.m. - Instrumental Music
- 3328 State Street - Santa Barbara, CA 93105 -
Admission Free!
805-569-5055
Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller
Thursday, June 3, 2004, 7:00 p.m. - Guitar Center -
23811 El Toro Road, Suite A - Lake Forest, CA 92630 -
Admission Free!
949-609-0055
Bryan can't make the middle gig! Sadness! But we'll still have a party. Come, be, do!
8. I'LL BE BACK AT THE UMEA FESTIVAL IN SWEDEN IN JUNE
More details soon! Gotta get some info from Erik. Erik is our buddy in Umea. Hi Erik! I'll be playing with Jaan Wessman and Schroeder again, and writing a couple of new pieces for an ensemble of about 17 or so brilliant performers. Napoleon Murphy Brock is supposed to be involved as well. Like I say, more specifics very darn soon.
9. MIKE KENEALLY BAND GIGS!
Well, my hope was to book some other East Coast gigs around the sold-out NEARfest, but scheduling issues, not to mention the impracticality of us trying to book a tour on our own when we've got sixteen zillion other things going on, plus the fact that "Dog" won't be on record store shelves until August (assuming there are still record stores by then), means that we're taking a deep breath, working the phones to find a booking agent who understands us, and doing the real touring a little later in the year.
Bleeve me, I will promote the heck out of "Dog" (not to mention "The Universe Will Provide") by any and all means possible. So we're going to gig, and gig some more.
And here's the first two:
Mike Keneally Band
Saturday, July 3, 2004 - CalProg 2004 - The Center
Theater Stage - Whittier Community Center - 7630 S.
Washington Avenue - Whittier, California 90602 - Tickets
$55 & $65
SOLD OUT
Mike Keneally Band - Saturday, July 10, 2004 - NEARfest
- Zoellner Arts Center - Lehigh University - 420
East Packer Avenue - Bethlehem, PA 18015-3006 - Phone:
(610) 758-2787
These will both be very outrageous shows. We'll be playing all of "Dog" and a very spicy selection of past occurrences. Sorry the NEARfest is sold out, but if you're on the left coast please make it to CalProg 2004.
Here's the full lineup for CalProg:
MIKE KENEALLY BAND
ENCHANT
IZZ
ERIK NORLANDER
NEAL MORSE
and for more info, please visit http://www.calprogday.com.
Know any booking agents whose life won't be complete 'til they're getting us gigs? Get in touch please.
10. BE THE BALL
Just a bit of advice, is all. Talk to you soon!
Love
-- Mike
Spoiler alert! Spoiler alert!
Fun? You bet it's going to be fun!
THE KENEALLIST - June 1, 2004
http://www.keneally.com - alt.music.mike-keneally
TAYLOR GUITARS GIGS THIS WEEK
The first gig listed is tonight!
Taylor Acoustic Guitar Workshops
Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller
Tuesday, June 1, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
Sam Ash
20934 Roscoe Blvd.
Canoga Park, CA 91304
Admission Free!
818-709-5650
Mike Keneally solo
Wednesday, June 2, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
Instrumental Music
3328 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Admission Free!
805-569-5055
Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller
Thursday, June 3, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
Guitar Center
23811 El Toro Road, Suite A
Lake Forest, CA 92630
Admission Free!
949-609-0055
AND NEXT WEEK IN SWEDEN:
Friday, June 11, 2004
Umeå International Chamber Music Festival
Mike's Box
Mike Keneally with Jaan Wessman on bass and Schroeder on drums
Black Box NorrlandsOperan
Operaplan 9, Umeå, Sweden
10:00 p.m.
Info: +46 (0) 90-15 43 47
Email: biljetter@vbm.se
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Monday, June 14, 2004
Umeå International Chamber Music Festival
Mike's Ba'rock
Mike Keneally with London Baroque, Ensemble Ambrosius, Jaan Wessman, Schroeder
and Napoleon Murphy Brock
Black Box NorrlandsOperan
Operaplan 9, Umeå, Sweden
10:00 p.m.
Info: +46 (0) 90-15 43 47
Email: biljetter@vbm.se
The show on the 14th will feature two new chamber works I've written especially for this festival, "Madge" and "Crumb." Over the past weekend I worked on these pieces with Chris Opperman, whose orchestrational contributions were brilliant as usual.
Also this past weekend I played on Doug Lunn's solo album and did a gig with Neil Sadler which featured Bruce Fowler and Kurt McGettrick – a rockin' gig it was too. Thanks Doug and Neil.
DOG UPDATE
Boy, have we learned a lot about making DVDs these past few months…the good news is work is officially truly so outrageously close to done on the Dog DVD and we will really truly be shipping the special edition very very freakin' soon. I know a lot of you have been waiting to hear the music and check out the DVD, and your wait is so nearly over you can taste it.
"Dog", the special edition and the standard single-CD edition, begins shipping this month, and will be available for sale online. It will be available at retail outlets a bit later, though, probably October, to make way for the worldwide release of "The Universe Will Provide" on September 7 ("TUWP" will be available in the Benelux countries this month). Scott and I had a wonderful week in Holland last month – thanks to Co de Kloet, Steve Vai, Bryan Beller, J, Pieter van Hoogdalem and all our friends.
Thanks!
-- Mike Keneally
THE KENEALLIST June 30 04
http://www.keneally.com - http://www.RadioKeneally.com
- alt.music.mike-keneally
We finally managed to get "Dog" out the
door, and the response has been truly outrageous. I'm humbled and grateful
for the kind words I've been reading so far --- thank you everybody.
You can see what people are saying about the album in the new
"Doggerel" section at http://www.keneally.com/doggerel01.html,
and of course if you haven't yet ordered "Dog" or the
"Dog" CD+DVD Special Edition, get on over to
http://www.moosemart.com and see what the hubbub's about. Bub. (I had to
say it.)
Sincere thanks to everyone who pre-ordered --- your support allowed this album to exist in a very real way and our appreciation for you is immense. By the way, about half of the 2500 Special Editions are gone already (in addition to the pre-order, this is by far our fastest selling disc yet), so if you've been waiting, I wouldn't wait too much longer.
Howdy all! For the moment, “Dog” is exclusively available at live gigs, at http://www.moosemart.com and at other selected sites (including Lou's Records in Encinitas, CA, which in addition to being Exowax's mail-order fulfillment angel is also a full-time and fully rocking record shop - everyone at Lou's is doing a great job getting Dogs into your hands - thanks Lou's!).
“Dog” will officially hit the streets at retail outlets around late October, after the September 7 release of “The Universe Will Provide,” my album with the Metropole Orkest. This will be released on the new NPS Output label in association with Steve Vai's Favored Nations records. We're currently arranging with Favored Nations to get advance copies of “TUWP” to sell at Moosemart several weeks prior to the retail release date.
Scott and I are highly energized by the response to "Dog" and you'll be seeing some more updates at http://www.keneally.com soon (I'm finally working on the discography again!, and we'll be posting the lyrics to "Dog" and "Wooden Smoke" soon), plus the launch of http://www.RadioKeneally.com in July. I spent a few hours today recording some bizarre voice IDs for the radio station, and I'm having a lot of fun choosing loads of unreleased material to play. 24 hours a day of streaming Keneally. It's the natural thing to do.
And you know what else? Digital downloads of all Exowax Mike Keneally albums (including the currently-unavailable “Pup” and “Dancing With Myself”) will be available at iTunes, eMusic, Napster and other online music communities within a few weeks. We'll provide you with more details as they accure.
But I guess the main reason I wrote right now is to encourage anyone who can possibly make it to come to Whittier, California this weekend...to wit:
FIRST POST-DOG-RELEASE CONCERT!
TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE
Mike Keneally Band -
Saturday, July 3, 2004 -
CalProg 2004
<http://www.calprogday.com>
The Center Theater Stage -
Whittier Community Center -
7630 S. Washington Avenue -
Whittier, California 90602
Tickets $55 & $65
Also on the bill are Neal Morse, Enchant, IZZ, and Erik Norlander. A great, full day of music and we'll play "Dog" in its entirety for the first time (will we devise a performable version of "This Tastes Like A Hotel"? I say yes! Come watch!), plus some of the more wicked Keneally oldies and one "prog classic" cover (I think it's classic, anyway). The band is champing at the bit, this should be a crazy show.
NEARfest is sold out the following week. Here's the info for that show, just to annoy you.
Mike Keneally Band -
Saturday, July 10, 2004 -
NEARfest -
Zoellner Arts Center -
Lehigh University
420 East Packer Avenue -
Bethlehem, PA 18015-3006 -
Phone: (610) 758-2787
Sorry.
And! And! I'll be playing with Oppy at the release party for his new album “Concepts of Non-Linear Time.” As Oppy is likely to say at any moment, here's the dealio:
Mike Keneally guests with Special Opps
Chris Opperman CD Release Party
Friday, July 16th -
11 pm -
$7, $5 for Oppy and Keneally mailing list members -
Room 5 Lounge
143 N. La Brea, 2nd floor (Between Beverly & 1st) -
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Just want to mention briefly that the Bryan Beller debut gig last week was completely mindblowingly wonderful, and I sure hope we can do it again sometime - how's about a double bill tour? I'd show up for that. And the festival in Sweden a couple of weeks ago was intense and pleasurable as well -- thanks very much to the musicians who did such a spirited, superb job on the premieres of my chamber pieces "Madge" and "Crumb" (thanks again to Oppy for his mighty orchestrating as well), and feverish thanks forever to Schroeder, Jaan Wessman, the completely unreasonably amazing Napoleon Murphy Brock, Erik Palm, Andrew Jones and all my great new friends in Sweden.
I'm out of superlatives, it's late, I'm a woozy grateful person and I'm going to bed. See y'all soon. Thanks again -
MK
THE KENEALLIST
JULY 26 2004 12:41 Pm
by Mike Keneally
I wanted to say hi to every one of you who've been hanging in with us for the past few years of music and things. Y'know (he said, loosening his tie Paul Anka-style), time can take its toll and hardly anyone has the time anymore to listen to and think about music the way they did when they were younger. <Paul Anka mode off> The fact that you've been enjoying the work we're doing and spreading the word about it is really significant to us. It's fantastic. Thanks for the time and energy and good feelings, everybody.
In our lurching way Exowax is gearing up for our concentrated promotional efforts on behalf of "Dog" and "The Universe Will Provide." We've had a lot of consecutive uninterrupted creative projects ("Parallel Universe," which is the companion album to "The Universe Will Provide," has just been completed and it's, to use a Fripp expression, a hummer) and we are now fully realigning our aim in preparation for the promotion of said efforts. God help us all.
RadioKeneally.com will launch soon. We have a lot of new friends helping us to catalyze our efforts, so we're feeling good. The air is buzzing in general these days so it's a good time to get some new things done.
Maybe we'll be organizing some kind of street team again? We'll talk about that.
Thanks everyone, seriously --- we love you......and now, a series of promotional messages from Exowax, to you ~~~~~ Mike Keneally
*********************************
Oh, another SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MIKE KENEALLY BAND gig - this SATURDAY July 31 at the BAKED POTATO
This is going to be a good show - the first Potato gig since our recent festival gigs so we're really in a playing mood. I just got a new Rivera amplifier which sounds fantastic. Long solos, ho. (I use 'ho' in the 'land, ho' sense, of course; I didn't just call you a ho.) For anyone frustrated that we keep playing in California and not in your town, we feel the pain brother and/or sister, and we're going to be touring again in a few months from now, and there'll some other special shows before then (many of which will involve Europe and the east coast of the US). But for now, we're here, so:
Mike Keneally Band - Saturday, July 31,
2004 - The Baked Potato - 3787 Cahuenga Blvd. - North Hollywood, CA
91604 - (818) 980-1615 - Open at 7:00 p.m. - Shows: 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
We surely hope that you can make it. Signed, Uncle Pa.
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A blast of new merchandise will claw its way towards you in a little while from now:
Keneally + Metropole Orkest
'THE UNIVERSE WILL PROVIDE'
Mike Keneally's 52-minute composition for guitar and orchestra
Plus limited edition companion CD
'PARALLEL UNIVERSE'
Only 20 Dollars for both CDs.
Limited quantity, only from www.Moosemart.com
Coming very soon!
We'll be making this two-CD deal available online a few weeks BEFORE the worldwide retail release of "The Universe Will Provide" on September 7. And "Parallel Universe" won't be available in stores.
You know how happy we are with "The Universe Will Provide," and we're just as pleased with the new album "Parallel Universe." I edited this together from studio outtakes from the "Provide" sessions, excerpts from the Holland Festival show at the Paradiso, and Finale/synthesizer demos of the compositions in early stages, with a lot of additional music not on the other album. Plus a few moments from peoples' houses, studio hallways, hotel rooms, parking lots etc. This is a solid presentation of studio and live sounds, a streaming vessel of otherwise unavailable music served in a tart forty-minute cup. I'm having trouble believing I just wrote that. You can see more information about this album at www.keneally.com.
And!
AND!
SHIRTS FOR 'DOG' and 'THE UNIVERSE WILL PROVIDE.'
Coming really soon.
For you see - there is haunting new clothing on the horizon including the assertive new "Dog/PLAY LOUD" T-shirt, and the beautiful new "Universe Will Provide" shirts for both ladies and men. Declare your dogged faith in the universe in spite of troubling odds with these luxurious garments, or things.
Still only 20 dollars a shirt (23 for XXL) and they're really nice. Have you seen how much T-shirts cost as most bands' gigs these days? Insanity. I'd buy two of these instead if I were you.
IN THE NEXT KENEALLIST - we'll tell you exactly when this material will go on sale at www.moosemart.com. Thanks for your kind attention, signed David Cross*
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*not really
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I just realized that we're getting The Movie Channel. "Lord, Love A Duck"!
Sweet!! Now if they show "The Impossible Years" too I'll be in heaven.
(not a promotional message)
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The Fripp reference above wasn't an accident - I've been steeping myself in
all eras of King Crimson lately. Funny how one band or artist will take over
all your listening time every once in a while. I think I'm heading on a Miles
Davis binge next. Place your order for the next binge I should go on after that
at the Usenet newsgroup alt.music.mike-keneally. (Hi everyone at ammk - I
haven't been posting lately because I changed my ISP and haven't decided on the
best way to access Usenet, but I'll figure that out soon. Hi!) There's a
recording of the Larks' Tongue-era Crimson with Jamie Muir playing an improv
called "The Rich Tapestry Of Life" on one of the Collectors' Club releases. Boy
it's good.
(not a promotional message)
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I'll be doing a solo gig in LA in August:
Mike Keneally SOLO
- Tuesday, August 17th, 2004 - Level One - 6311 Wilshire (near Crescent
Heights) - Los Angeles, CA 90048
I'm getting some ideas about putting together some strange backing tracks to play along with at this show. There may be props. This could be weird. I'll tell you some more about it in the next Keneallist.
This has been a proper promotional message from Exowax Recordings. Exowax. For those special times.
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They're rolling up the knapsacks, buckaroos, so I'll just be moseying on out of here.
Thank you!
Yours,
Mike Keneally
Today's poem is called :M and M (not that one): and is a tribute to the Mats/Morgan album :On Air With Guests:
M and M (not that one)
Boy howdy, bungling jangle, effervescing, mingus mangle
Tower power, clanging me. Actu'l size and barnstorm'd bee.
Gliding guides M'n'M, how now pow pow, pow pow, pow.
From Exowax Recordings - September 7, 2004
THE RADIOKENEALLIST: Lestat's Concert Airs Today
Hi, Scott here with news about the first special program on Radio Keneally.
The 98-minute concert that Mike and the band performed last Sunday night at Lestat's in San Diego will air in its entirety today on Radio Keneally.
It'll start at noon today (September 7), Pacific Daylight Time. That's 20:00 in England and 21:00 in Europe.
To listen, go to:
hit the "Listen Now!" button, and use any application (WinAmp, iTunes, RealPlayer, etc. that plays mp3 files. If you application plays mp3Pro files, it'll sound even better.
Individual songs from the concert will be played in regular rotation after the complete concert airs.
Thanks to Louis Brazier at Lestst's for his most excellent board recording of the show. We hope you enjoy it!
From Exowax Recordings - September 10, 2004
1) RADIO KENEALLY GOES LOW-FI!
2) LOTS OF KENEALLY CONCERTS
3) "UNIVERSE" GETS RARE 5-STAR REVIEW
4) MK AND FRIENDS ON DUTCH RADIO
5) SCOTT FAKES A MIKE POEM
Hi, Scott here with the latest Keneally poop while Mike grooves through Germany for the next ten days or so. As you may have noticed, there's plenty of action afoot here at Exowax and we're having a ball, thank you. We sincerely hope you are, too.
RADIO KENEALLY GOES LOW-FI!
If you surf to http://www.radiokeneally.com, you'll notice a new page when you hit the "Listen Now!" button-it gives you a choice of applications to listen with and now you can listen to RK with your dialup internet connection at 24k in addition to our semi-hi-fi 56k stream. Hopefully, this improvement will solve most of the connection difficulties some of you have been experiencing since we launched this puppy.
A day or so after Mike and the band's September 5 concert at Lestat's in San Diego, Radio Keneally aired the show in its entirety. Songs from the show are still being featured, and we plan to do a lot more special stuff like that. As you may have noticed, we're also adding more cool songs, live versions, demos and nonsense all the time. Man, it's fun!
LOTS OF
KENEALLY CONCERTS
→ check the
concert calender
"UNIVERSE" GETS
RARE 5-STAR REVIEW
Sean Westergaard wrote his first and only five-star review ever for "The Universe Will Provide" on All Music Guide (search for Mike Keneally): http://www.allmusic.com.
TUWP and its funky companion piece, "Parrallel Universe" is still on sale at http:www.moosemart.com. For those who've already purchased it, it's currently shipping.
MK AND FRIENDS ON DUTCH RADIO
Creative Catalyst Co de Kloet has launched a new version of his radio series 4FM on Dutch public radio channel Radio 4. The series will include a number of specials featuring Mike, Bryan, Chris Opperman and our friend Steve Vai.
The show launched on Sept. 6th and will air daily after that from 10:30pm - Midnight Dutch time (1:30pm - 3:00pm USA PST, 4:30pm - 6:00pm EST), except as noted below. You can listen to the show online at http://www.4fm.nl:
SCOTT FAKES A MIKE POEM
You seem weary, my friend
Sit down beside me
No, not there
No, not there either
Jeez, you get on my nerves sometimes
THE KENEALLIST
3:39 PM Oct. 8 '04
http://www.keneally.com
http://www.radiokeneally.com
Hello, everyone. This is a quick “hello, “ just me checking in after a very busy September with a lot of touring activity. The Universe Will Provide has been in stores for a few weeks and is getting outrageous press response, and Dog will be in stores November 16. There'll be an article about me and the new albums in the January issue of Guitar Player - there was a fantastic review of TUWP in the last issue - and plenty of other upcoming press as well. Hooray!
And, soon, yet another new album!: Vai - Piano Reductions Vol. 1 will finally see release in November. This is the solo piano album of Steve Vai compositions which I recorded in 1999. I'm pretty profoundly thrilled with the album. Copies will be available for sale from our merchandising site, http://www.moosemart.com, starting in November, and tracks from the album will be previewed at http://www.radiokeneally.com before the end of October.
In fact, now that I'm off the road for a little bit, I should be coming up with a lot more new RadioKeneally content, including more recent live tracks and another batch of insane promos, within the next few weeks. Thank you for the great response to the site. I'm also in hot-to-trot writing mode right now and will probably be writing a lot of the next MKB album over the next couple of months.
I've written a very brief essay about politics and energy, an idea which I know is not thrilling to some of you, so I've opted not to force it upon you in this Keneallist missive, but rather to simply to inform you of its existence. If you are interested in my opinions about the current presidential campaign, no one can stop you from clicking this link: http://www.keneally.com/mkopinion01.html
Still available! “Dog” signed, numbered special edition featuring DVD! And “The Universe Will Provide” with exclusive second album “Parallel Universe”! Only available at http://www.moosemart.com! And I hear it's the holiday season!
If you haven't been listening to a lot of Jeff Buckley lately, listen to more Jeff Buck
