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the Joints

runnin' late again.

About Me


The Joints began as an acoustic/vocal groop in 2003, and played at the first Black Light Folk Festival in New York City. Since then , they've continued to grow as an open musical collective, incorporating electronic instruments and rock drums.

Seek out their new CD release, the Cinco De Mayo Sessions

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/29/2004
Band Members: Mike plays guitar and sings. Roman plays ukelele and sings. Kim plays Banjo. Ian plays 12 string, bass or lap steel. Minju plays piano. Steve plays guitars pretty good. rob plays drums and percussion and is also skilled on a skateboard.
Influences: The Band, Neil Young, Blue Cheer, Palace, Austin Gravelding, Hot Tuna, Jimmy Curtiss, Gene Clark, Jackson C. Frank, the Dillards, Beach Boys, Brewer and Shipley, Fairport Convention, GD, JGB, Sierra Nevada, Weed, Desert Landscapes, Ghost Towns, Hot Springs, Chili.

Sounds Like: Crosby Stills and Nash if they were cats.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

So how was the festival? BLFF West Report

Black Light Folk Festival West reportMay 25- day 1- may 25Stork Club, Oakland, Ca.Jackie OSpiderThe JointssorcerybirdWhite White QuiltJoes punky banddjs- scott and david from TurbineWillis organized t...
Posted by the Joints on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:28:00 PST

the Joints updates archive. read it if you are bored.

Here's an archive of some info about the joints. I dont think y'all need to read this everytime you come up on our page.....-------SPRING 2006- We will be recording at the end of April, then we will ...
Posted by the Joints on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:49:00 PST

The Joints go electric

ok , so the last two shows the Joints went electric. We've been jamming more with steve on guitar and rob on drums. the last two shows we've played electric and it's becoming more groovy. the first...
Posted by the Joints on Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:14:00 PST

Joints at Jessica Murray in July 2005

ok, this is an older show, but needs to be written about at some point. It was the largest configuration of the joints ever- we had Ian, Minju, Kim, Roman, Steve Gunn, and the new drummer- Rob. And ...
Posted by the Joints on Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:09:00 PST

Frisco town aug 13

so sandy and I, old friends from ChixDigMe, decided to get some sh*t together for a tiny show at Artist's Televsiion Access in san francisco while I was out there. Sandy really wanted us to stay away...
Posted by the Joints on Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:57:00 PST

the show with Ian

I forgot to add this show, it happened a few months back. Ian and I played some songs together at sin-é on the LES. Jane and the Headband played, they were quite good. Also some guy from Australia w...
Posted by the Joints on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Margot and Michael Show

Joints are still on hiatus, but I played a show with Margot from the Assault last week. we played a bunch of covers by Fairport Convention, some were covers of covers. It was a lot of fun, pretty lo...
Posted by the Joints on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Crawfish Pie

the Joints reunited last week for a rooftop benefit party in the Village. It was called Crawfishpalooza, and it was pretty fun. We didn't have our full lineup, but we managed to play 13 or so songs....
Posted by the Joints on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST