My first serious attempt at doing my music live came with a trio format we called Men with Guns.  Me on guitar and banjo; Chip Conrad on drums; Scott Lefridge on bass.  It was a good format–loud, weird, clanky, junky, too loose.  That’s us below, playing at a dive bar called Kimo’s in San Francisco. 

We’ll be bringing that trio format back to Sacramento this Friday (May 1) at Luna’s (1414 16th Street).  Stephen Yerkey and James Finch, Jr. are opening.  Should be a good, loud, weird, clanky, junky, too loose night, particularly since we’ve made a concious decision not to rehearse ahead of time.  Keepin’ it real since 1849.  That’s us.

Kimos, San Francisco, way back when...

~ by Christian Kiefer on April 30, 2009.