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JACK KIRKNER

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About Me


I am the keyboardist for HoneyTribe I am now living in St. Louis, Missouri. I play piano and Hammond B3 organ. More on HoneyTribe- We are an original blues- rock quartet. You can check us out on MySpace or at our homepage- http://www.honeytribe.com.
HoneyTribe is about to release our first record entitled Torch. The record will come out in North America on August 29th. HoneyTribe features Devon Allman, formerly of The Dark Horses and Ocean Six on guitar and vocals; George Potsos, from KingoftheHill on bass; "Silky" Mark Oryzabel, from The Dark Horses and Ocean Six and TripStar on drums and vocals; I play B3 and piano. We are fortunate to occasionaly be joined by Pedro Arevalo from Dickie Betts' band on slide guitar.
I moved to St. Louis after attending Indiana University in Bloomington, In for 5 years where I studied Anthropology and Eastern Religious Studies. I played with many area bands, including my longest tenure in Indiana, Joint Session, and ended up joining The Schwag, a Grateful Dead cover band from St. Louis, Mo. I was in The Schwag for many years, before joining HoneyTribe in December of 2005. Torch by Devon Allman's HoneyTribe was released in North America on August 29. HoneyTribe also just finished recording Midnight Rider for a father son compilation for Target retail.

My Interests

Art, Music- Keyborads, guitar, bass, percussion and Composition, Especially the Hammond B3 organ...
Trying to understand and utilize the subtle energy that has yet to be discovered by sience, an energy that runs through all things, binding everything to a common essence, an essence that is unfolding a knowledge of itself through the presence and flow of this energy in all reality.
Also facinated by aliens.

I'd like to meet:


Yulia Tymoshenko and Nigel Tufnel...
Grace Potter
Al Gore

Music:

My Many Influeneces Include- The Grateful Dead, Derek and The Dominos, Taj Mahal, The Meters, Leon Russell, Little Feat, Dr. John, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Clarlos Santana, Bill Whithers, Paul Pena, Steve Winwood, Widespread Panic, J.J. Cale, Booker T., Bob Dylan, George Harrison, The Chronic, Steely Dan, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Madahoochi, Xavier Rudd, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Paul Butterfiel Blues Band, Alecia Keys, Ravi, Otis Redding, The Faces, Lenny Bruce, ELP, Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, Phillip Glass, The Allman Brothers Band, Smiling Faces, Motown esp. Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Norman Whitfield, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Brent Mydland, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Dickie Betts, Salvador Dali, Richard Thompson, Stevie Ray Vaugh, Robert Cray, Pinetop Perkins, Professor Longhair, Bernie Worell, Johnnie Johnson, B.B. King, Merl Saunders, King Floyd, Allan Tousaint...

Movies:


Spinal Tap

Television:

Daily Show, SNL, Aqua Teen Hunger Force...

Books:

Lately I've been into-
The Illuminatus Trilogy
Anything by Krishnamurti
Buckminster Fuller's Universe

My Blog

HONEYTRIBE IN EUROPE

GREETINGS FROM LONDON. HONEYTRIBE IN EUROPE...
Posted by JACK KIRKNER on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:39:00 PST

Spinal Tap Saves The World

I Love Spinal TapJake Coyle of News.com.au reports: SPINAL TAP is back, to help save the world from global warming. If only they were clear on exactly what that was.The mock heavy metal group immortal...
Posted by JACK KIRKNER on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:09:00 PST

Unstoppapella- Avant Garde Erotic Accapella Fusion

Happy New Year everybody...Be on the lookout for my new accapella trio project with Mark "The Velvet Hammer", drummer from HoneyTribe, and J. Oglethorpe Moore (sometime HoneyTribe guitarist). Its like...
Posted by JACK KIRKNER on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:19:00 PST

Review of HoneyTribe's Torch

Joel Gehringer of the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star Honeytribe "Torch" 4 stars When you're the son of one of rock music's most legendary figures, you're going to be accused of exploiting your famous fa...
Posted by JACK KIRKNER on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:58:00 PST

My Locks of Love Donation

I have for some time been wanting to give  a donation to a cool organization called Locks of Love. They take hair donations of 10 in or more to mke into wigs for children who are medically in nee...
Posted by JACK KIRKNER on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:30:00 PST

Vince...


Posted by JACK KIRKNER on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 01:13:00 PST

Check out this event: HoneyTribe at Cicero's- St. Louis

Hosted By: Jack KirknerWhen: Saturday Jun 03, 2006 at 9:00 PMWhere: Cicero's- St. LouisDelmar in the U-city LoopSaint Louis, MO 63130USDescription:Jack Kirkner Click Here To View Event...
Posted by JACK KIRKNER on Tue, 30 May 2006 01:25:00 PST

New song from HoneyTribe

Yo,We just put up a little preview of the new record, Torch. Check out the title track, Torch, here or at the HoneyTribe site...
Posted by JACK KIRKNER on Wed, 24 May 2006 11:25:00 PST

HoneyTribe leaves for NYC

Tomorrow HoneyTribe leaves for Rochester NY. One of the highlights for this run will be B.B. King's in NYC. We are playing the Allman Brothers Beacon Theater afterparty. We will be joined by Pedro Are...
Posted by JACK KIRKNER on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:46:00 PST

HoneyTribe in the studios

Tomorrow, Devon I return to Memphis for a third time to hopefully complete recording  HoneyTribe's first album, Torch. The record should have 11 tracks, we are hoping to have it out by May.The ba...
Posted by JACK KIRKNER on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:35:00 PST