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GREEN CHI.....

About Me

Mixing Funk, Gypsy,Progressive-Trance-Disco, African, Latin,Reggae, Bluegrass, R&B and very psychedelic experimental jams can and will sometimes happen all in the same song for Michigan's medically home grown "GREEN CHI", (formerly based in Colorado, and formerly named Backwoods Critters) ..... In 2005,the band was touring the country at a frantic pace playing clubs, breweries, and festivals all across the United States. We are currently getting set for this coming season with a new lineup new tunes and a fresh new approach to bringing yall the jams..... COMING TO YOUR TOWN IN 2009!!!!!The band has shared the stage with many musical legends including The Del Mcoury Band, Melvin Seals and JGB, John Cowan Band, Drew Emmit and many others.... Gator is really proud of puffing a fat bowl of AK47 with Drew Emmit!!!! That is after they jammed together as all stars of the 2005 brewglass festival,(sunshine daydeream/ terra alta, w.v.)......more to cum...(oh yes!!!!)Layout Provided By FreeCodeSource.com - Myspace Layouts but now that's all ancient history,and backwoods is back but we've evolved and are now known as "GREEN CHI" a conceptual gathering of modern day musical wizards following string theory, harmonic frequency, and especially internal martial arts philosophies....... we even meditate and practice quigong- "chi production" in our hands before the show ....... the concepts are cleverly interspersed into vocal lines ...... the best is all yet to come ....we are " GREEN CHI" , we are light beams , we are love , we are everything, like a beam into the cosmos we fly high into the sky,eliminate the bodyweight that hinders us from flight,hand in hand we become one joining entities you and I, our purpose cosmic, our bond eternal, our love,devine .......................

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/07/2005
Band Website: we're lame , we don't have one yet.....
Band Members: Michael "gator green chi" Gates- Bassist/Vocals/founder....... Nickolai "ninjaneer" Polycin-Rhythm Guitschizm/Vocals/lifetime member/founder....... George "the octopus" Boos-Drumkitninja/lifetime member....... Robert"raif"Feisle-Sax/Guitar/lifetime member...... Joel "longwater" Rydecki-Guitsick stick/vox....... Ben "binimal" Linstrom- drum kit insanity, mind expansion..... plus random special guests ????????????????????????????? -mystery ninja??????????????? and of course YOU!!!! Freaker "greenchihead" Peeps- Dancing/Groovin'/Positive Vibrations/set break puffdowns(we especially love those).......
Influences: LOVE , THC & CHI..Earth,Wind,Fire, (the elements and the band!) and Water....all events cosmic and earthly, internal martial arts, metaphysics, the road , mind-expanding substances , debauchery, heartbreak, birth, pain, pleasure, death, sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll, and all of the above again- as far as music we love P-FUNK, Phish, Stanley Clark, Marcus Miller, Soundtribe Sector 9, Victor Wooten, The Allman Brothers Band, Umphrey's, Les Claypool and all that he does, Disco Biscuits, Zilla, String Cheese Incedent, Bill Monroe, Santana, Grateful Dead, Bob Marley, John Coltrane, 80's pop, even some old metal & punk rock, Del Mcoury, and our Moms....."especially my mom's pancakes" , Gator......
Sounds Like: a bass and myself making sweet funky love,while a chorus of psychedelic angels play in harmony.... some sweet rumblin' & ramblin' mountain funk that's irie and blissed on the valley grass....but only the kif not the roots...although we know where we came from.....
Record Label: where do we sign?
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Green Chi @ Founders Brewing Company Jan 22nd

Come out show some love...our first time in Grand Rapids......
Posted by on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:40:00 GMT

we are humble gypsy funk monks......

     we are just a group of guys who love to play music....there is no pretense, to be pretentious with.... only the love of what we do, and the love of and for our friends, we love what you do whatev...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:44:00 GMT

new tracks posted!!!!!!

we have three new tracks for your listening pleasure....sit back puff something sticky and have a listen...it's okay if you want to dance, that's kind of what we were going for anyway.....we hope you ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:41:00 GMT

hey midwest scene, PLEASE HELP US!!!!!!!

DO ANY OF YOU HAVE A HEART? WE ARE TRYING SO HARD TO BREAK OUT INTO THIS SCENE.., AND WE CAN USE ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET IT SEEMS.. AS THOUOGH NOONE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY FULL OF SO MANY TALENT...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:23:00 GMT

unleashing GREEN CHI at PAPA PETE'S in KALAMAZOO,MI. FRIDAY 9/26/08

PAPA PETE'S (corner of burdick/cedar, k-zoo,mitten) IS GOING TO TREMBLE WITH FUNK.....we are ready and just brimming with pure green light within to funk your mind and asses like never before....show ...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:43:00 GMT

CALLING OUT TO ALL PEEPS!!!!!!!

GREEN CHI needs your help to make our ball of chi grow and grow....if youre a band we would love to open for you ANYWHERE!!!!! if youre a head we want to play in your home town, come over and h...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:43:00 GMT

!!!!!!!!!HELP US PLAY YER TOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

GREEN CHI began as a nationally touring band in april of 2005....the hyatus is coming to an end and were all itching to get back to the road...if you want us to come and jam up your local v...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:00:00 GMT

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

If something has brought you to this blog, we want to hear from you! With GREEN CHI we are trying to build a community amongst the fans and the band. Are you an Artist? A Promoter? A Music Lover? Or a...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 08:33:00 GMT