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Well, here's what it is. Spike's in the Coast Guard. Mike is back in Denton. Nobody ever knows where Al is (though I'm sure he's bearded and playing bluegrass). Dan is in Austin. And Mr. Jackson is drummin' in Nashville. Before they scattered to the four corners, they left some, uh, "denoument" recordings. Hopefully, all the August Tapes, the Free Jazz Rosco thing, and some surprises will be made available online FOR FREE real soon. Til then, nope, the band ain't playin' but something is definitely in the works... A few details - Band-Aid Surgery was a rap song Spike wrote and recorded as part of an acoustic trio session titled "Free Jazz Rosco." Mike re-imagined the song in his own way, retaining the original lyrics. As always, it was about having fun.the August Tapes refers loosely to a single afternoon of recordings done back in August with the whole band (though, schedules being what they were, never all in the same room at the same time)oh yeah, Spike is still tryin' to play in the San Francisco area whenever he isn't out in the ocean on a big boathere's a link to a site with a recording of "When You Comin' Home" from his first open-mic night in San Fran-http://theutah.org/artist/spikesikesADD BACKLINK HERE

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Member Since: 17/09/2005
Band Members: .. CDBABY LINK for THE SPIKE BAND: What It Is -->

Spike Sikeskeys & vocals (some flute & harmonica)Al McIntoshtrumpet & guitarMike FloresguitarsBen JacksondrumsDaniel SledgebassYugibassColin Hintondrums The Spike Band "Desert Star"

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Influences: Traffic, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder,Cream, jazz organ/flute, Sting, The Police, Steve Winwood, The Zombies, Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Herbie Mann, Rhaasan Roland Kirk, Jimmy Smith, Lonnie Smith, Jack McDuff, Jethro Tull, War, The Animals, Gregoire Maret, Van Morrison, Soft Machine, Chet Baker,Ginger Baker, Ornette Coleman, Brad Mehldau, Albert Ayler, Dave Holland, John McLaughlin, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Charlie Haden, Derek Bailey, Pat Metheny, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Pharoah Sanders, Lee Konitz, Jimmy Giuffre, John Mayall, Holwlin' Wolf, Erik Truffaz, The Beatles, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Tony Williams & Lifetime with Jack Bruce, Larry Young, The Eleventh House with Larry Corryell, Branford Marsalis, James Carter, Django Reinhardt, Chick Corea, Eddie Harris, Matching Mole, Robert Wyatt, Caravan, Henry Cow, Santana, The Mark-Almond Band, Talk Talk, Them, Alan Holdsworth, Kip Hanrahan, Keith Jarrett, Dewey Redman, Don Cherry, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Christian McBride, Joshua Redman, Grover Washington Jr., Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Nick Drake, Blind Faith, John Coltrane, Baby Face Willette, Debussy, Arvo Part, Moondog, Iggy Pop, Patto, Colosseum with Jon Hiseman, Nucleus, The Sound Spectrum Experiment, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Jan Garbarek, The Hilliard Ensemble, The Kronos, Yusef Lateef, John Ellis, Mofro, MM&W, Ron Miles, Donny Hathaway, Bonnie Raitt, Camel, Eric Dolphy, Joe Jackson, Mose Allison, and others like Paul Desmond, Art Pepper, Seasick Steve, Morphine, James "Blood" Ulmer, Garage a Trois, Pentangle, Lightnin' Hopkins, Champion Jack Dupree, Cleanhead Vinson, Avishai Cohen, Keren Ann, Lizz Wright, The Blues Project, Jeremy Steig, The Beastie Boys, Rickie Lee Jones
Sounds Like: "like a musical burrito stuffed with all the junk you really want""flute jazz organ funk""funk pop jazz rock soul""different"
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

It's Here

Ok Everyone! It's here. "What It Is" has come in and is now available for purchase. This CD comes with nine complete, new tracks, new artwork and a new sound. We put lots of work into this and I t...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:00:00 GMT

"What It Is"

here's the rundown on our new album first of all, it's done there are 9 tracks, and it's all new It is entitled "What It Is" These are the tracks- 1. Step Back a lay-back, funk thing that is a nod to ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:19:00 GMT

9 Fish II..small world

Well, turns out, it's a small world. To prove it, as earlier stated in "9 Fish, end of an era," our resturant gig that had provided the band a steady gig for a couple of years, closed its doors in Ju...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:24:00 GMT

New Album

The Spike Band will be in The Panhandle House Recording Studio from January 8th-10th. Sometime around late February or early March, we should be releasing a brand new, full length album. Keep checki...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:34:00 GMT

9 Fish (the end of an era)

Today The Spike Band received some sad news from some great friends of ours.  For those that follow The Spike Band in, chances are you have seen us or heard about us playing at a sushi resturant ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:22:00 GMT

EMERGENZA AND BEYOND!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to EVERYONE that came out to support and vote for the us last Saturday.  Unfortunatley, that will be our last appearance at EMERGENZA in 2006, however, thanks to your support, it looks as ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:33:00 GMT

J&J's / Andy's

J&J's:  Thanks to those who came out to J&J's last night.  We also apologize for the show getting cut short due to the business deciding to close. Andy's: If you missed the show l...
Posted by on Wed, 31 May 2006 08:58:00 GMT

CREAM

We were wasting time. Amongst the rubbish in the apartment, we were coasting through the nothing-land that is evening TV. It was all fading to noise. But then...music.  That Blessed PBS was airin...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:40:00 GMT