Outlaw JD Ray sings the blues

17 Pygmies' leader, Jackson Del Rey (with Jeff Brenneman, guitarist, in the background) in his bluesy state of mind at the IPO Festival - playing brand new songs from the upcoming release "Outlaw JD Ray", a continuation of the "Celestina" concept album, but with a traditional folk blues twist.

Aug. 8, 2009 - Knitting Factory, Hollywood, CA

Photo by Lori Chapman

17 Pygmies @ The Knitting Factory

IPO Aug. 8th at The Knitting Factory

JDR rocking out with his new "Atlas Shrugged Blues" from the upcoming release "Outlaw JD Ray" by 17 Pygmies 

We love the tag line at the top of Where's Jon? blog post. 

We think Jon's cool...

BLOW UP: The Desert Island Records

Philip Drucker (17 Pygmies, Del Rey & The Sun Kings, Savage Republic) has been invited to contribute to the book "The Desert Island Records" presented by BLOW UP. 

Edited by Stefano I. Bianchi and Christian Zingales.

The book contains listings and reviews of 10 "discs of the desert" written by 116 musicians / groups from different musical backgrounds and nationalities who tell their sources of inspiration and their best-loved musicians, then the ten discs each lead with themselves should they remain alone in a desert island for a year ... A game that reveals the passions, personal journeys and creative background behind the music and intellectual of all.  A book for the fans but also an inexhaustible source of advice to audience, discoveries, and new hypotheses ripescaggi reading of the classics.

PRICE: € 17.00

"The Book of Harry # 10" [2009] 384 pages (in Italian) 

We will post Philip's insightful and humorous entry once the translation is made.

If You're In London August 22nd....

Cult With No Name

8/22/2009 9:00 PM at Feeling Gloomy @ Islington Bar Academy

Carling Academy Islington, N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street, London, N1 0PS

Cost: £4 in advance from ticketweb.co.uk £6 on the door

cwnn return to London’s fastest growing club night! See www.feelinggloomy.com for info. "The High Priests of sonic misery" "An oasis of bittersweet sanity" "A celebration of all that is melancholic and marvellous" The Times "Fantastic new club night" The Guardian "The perfect place for a miserable night out" NME "Come feel the gloom!" Notion "A magnificent idea" "Brilliantly concieved and executed" "Come on feel the Gloom!" TNT Magazine "The whole place was grinning from ear to ear..comfort in being sad indeed" Time Out "Cheese and pickle sandwiches are not what you would usually associate with a night out in a London club" BBC "Seek Musical catharthis in the form of DJ’s Leonard and Cliff playing the World’s most melancholy music" Metro "All that happy, uplifting dance music people seek at clubs is sooo over" Evening Standard "‘Britain’s weirdest club" Radio 1