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Hello everyone and Happy Late Spring/Early Summer! It’s been a while since we sent any communication from the home front and hope you all have survived the wet months in the PNW.
Spellbinder has been hard at work practicing new material and is looking forward to a HOT summer filled with live shows and good vibes. We would also like to welcome the Mighty Joe Doria back! He hit the road hard with his project McTuff last month and is back in the saddle to lay some heavy Organ sounds with us this summer.
Some big shows coming up in June that we that we would like to announce:
June 11th @ The Goodfoot Lounge and Pub in Portland OR is sure to be an event not to miss! This will mark our first show in Oregon and we have a special night set up with some amazing special guests! Details are below.
June 25th @ The Moore Theater in Seattle WA. This will be one spectacular night of music for a great cause. The Beads of Courage Benefit Concert featuring The David Grisman Sextet and Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder. “Every bead tells a story of strength, honor and hope. Beads of Courage, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides innovative, arts-in-medicine programs for children coping with cancer and other serious illness, their families and the health care providers who care for them.” This event still has tickets available and will be streamed live to over 100 children’s hospitals! Come support the kids and enjoy 3 beautiful sets of music!
Our weekly Monday night residency at The White Rabbit is picking up steam as we head into the summer months and if you haven’t been down since the ownership change, please do so! The WR staff is top notch!
The April shows at Club Sur in SODO were such a success, they have asked us to continue playing the 1st and 3rd Friday’s of June and July! Beautiful space with mouth watering food! Details are below.
Keep your eyes on our calendar as more shows will be announced shortly. Speaking of live shows, if you would like Spellbinder to visit your town, please send an email to spellbinderinformation@gmail.com stating your town and the name of a venue you would like to see us in. We are in the process of compiling possible venues for a future tour and would love some input! Thanks to all who have sent us venue ideas already as they have all been noted!
Hope everyone heats up and thank you again for signing up on the Spellbinder email list!
Cheers, Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
“10. Michael Shrieve The musical highlight of the original Woodstock concert in 1969 may well be Santana’s 10-minute performance of “Soul Sacrifice.” Drummer Michael Shrieve holds the whole thing together, and Santana was never quite the same after he left in 1974. Since then he’s worked with Sammy Hagar, Todd Rundgren and many others – but he remains best-known for Santana. Fans long for his return to the group, but earlier this year Carlos Santana married his current drummer Cindy Blackman, making Shrieve’s return even more unlikely than before. ” Andy Greene, Rolling Stone Readers Pick Best Drummers of All Time “…this is Spellbinder and muted trumpet, shimmering Hammond B3 and occasional employment of bass synth and guitar synth combined to create an altogether distinctive musical identity. The music merged rock, jazz fusion and funk, blurring the lines at every turn. Shrieve’s drumming these days eschews overt showmanship, and there is plenty of space in his playing, with the needs of the music coming first. With Farko Dosumov on bass, the pair formed a deeply grooving rhythm section, laying a base from which guitarist Danny Godinez, trumpeter John Fricke and Hammond B3 player Joe Doria created ever-evolving soundscapes.” Ian Patterson, All About Jazz “An elegant jam band of the first order that mixes rock with jazz in equal and exciting measure. This beautifully conceived quintet takes its name from guitarist Gabor Szabo’s tune, which is best known from its brief appearance at the end of Santana’s hit, “Black Magic Woman.” Shrieve’s unit contains trumpeter John Fricke, offering a taste of 70s-era Miles, organist Joe Doria, guitarist Danny Godinez and bassist Farko Dosumov—all fellow Seattle residents.” Douglas Payne, All About Jazz WIDGETS (Put our stuff on your web pages and blogs!)
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