Nectar & The Westsound Union Present:
The WESTSOUND REUNION 2015
"Seattle's Sensational SoulFunk Festival of Deep Expectation!"
Featuring The Original International ArtFunk Supergroup of Mystery:
LUCKY BROWN & THE WESTSOUND UNION -"now with more drums"
with The Premier Afro-Psycho-Beat Octagon Itself: POLYRHYTHMICS
and Trueschool SoulJazz Boogaloo Rhythm Sectioneers: UNSINKABLE HEAVIES
a.k.a. The Trophybucks & The Horseradish 3 (among others): THE MYSTERY 3
plus Seattle's Realest Raw Soul Royalty: GRACE LOVE & THE TRUE LOVES
also 45RPM Deejays FUNKSCRIBE & DAVE McRAW in the breaks!
So Many Friends! So Many Bands! So Much Vinyl!
This is a DANCE, CONCERT, PARTY, FESTIVAL, and SHOW
that only happens ONCE A YEAR so Please
BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW! $10 advance/$15 at the door
Brand New Raw Funk 45s Box Sets, & LPs for sale in limited quantities!
Seattle, WA. May 8th, 2015 - Lucky Brown & Friends, a posse of Funk, Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Jazz and Afrobeat musicians from the Seattle area are descending upon their fourth annual Westsound Reunion at Fremont's Nectar Lounge. The Westsound Union is an umbrella name given to the group of musicians whose members work in various groove-oriented projects around seattle including The Polyrhythmics, Rippin' Chicken, The Unsinkable Heavies, The Bucks, and The Lucky Mystery Now Orchestra. More specifically, The Westsound Union attracts a musician who wants to straddle genre lines while exploring, seeking, growing, pushing limits, experimenting and above all continuing the search for a new groove, a new tone, and a new feeling.
Through his label Westsound Recording Company, Lucky Brown has been licensing original music to Tramp Records, a boutique European deep funk label specializing in vinyl re-issues of little-known soul, funk, jazz and rhythm and blues giants, since 2007. At the May 8th show, we will announce the release of 'Mystery Road' a two-LP set AND a seven-piece 45RPM box set that features superlative musicians from the Westsound Union. These records will only be available for purchase in the United States during this festival at Nectar Lounge.
Lucky Brown has been called a 'Deep Funk Pioneer" by many a maven in Europe, a title that can be applied to all the members of The Westsound Union. Folks who come out to this show can be assured that the combinations of people, sounds, rhythms, moods, and moves have never happened before, and will never happen again - until maybe next year's Westsound Reunion.
Here is a little about each participating group:
Grace Love & The True Loves: Grace possesses a completely captivating vocal experience that is all her own. Her band, the True Loves, has a soul and funk sound altogether unique to the Pacific Northwest. The True Loves provide a kickin' back beat, smart horns, melodic, syncopated guitar and bass, and sweet Hammond B-3 color. It's the hip swinging, booty shaking, heart freeing, soul healing sound you crave to hear live.
The Mystery 3: The many-named Mystery 3 are Seattle drum veteran Ollie Klomp, Cornish graduate Jason Gray on bass, and illustrious guitar boss Ben Bloom. They have been working with Lucky Brown in various projects live and on tape for almost 10 years now. Tonight they will be performing selections from Lucky's deep catalog of vocal and instrumental classics.
Unsinkable Heavies: Unsinkable Heavies will be returning to perform their brand of funked-up musical alchemy at this year's Westsound Reunion! Come join members of Polyrhythmics as they weave you a web of sonic silk and dazzle you with their licks.
Polyrhythmics: Original hard-driving, modern afro-beat and syncopated, horn-driven funk. Catch the Octagon hot off their return from New Orleans with an inimitable live show and great new vinyl 45s and LPs! Sing along with Lucky Brown as he sings his hits with them!
Lucky Brown & The Westsound Union: Lucky will assemble as many members of the Westsound Union on the Nectar stage as he can fit, and then conduct the orchestra and the audience as they plumb the funky depths of rhythm, vibe, mode, mood, groove, spirit and soul collectively.
