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Heard in July 09
Live at
The French Festival
Cold Springs Tavern
The Country Store/LO
Ali Baba
Ralph de Jongh
Bara Mboup
Erik Brittain
Rick Norton
Grace Feldmann
Melissa Ramsey
Paula Paola
Frank Palmer
Bent Myggen
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The Juke-box contains songs from the
latest live-performances.
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About Hot Blast Florence:
If everyone listens, everything works.
Come to the free concerts in and around Los Olivos on Saturday afternoons - or many other venues in Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Barbara.
This is a group of people who listen as well as play. It starts with original songs & music.
From there this band dives fearlessly into uncharted realms of improvisation and exploration, making every show a fresh aural experience.
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Bent Myggen, singer/songwriter/multi-media producer born and raised in Denmark, through many twists and turns of fate ended up in the small California town of Los Olivos, in 2007.
One evening, he heard music in the neighborhood and discovered Frank Palmer, "spanking" his bass in a nearby house. "Dang - he's good", were the precise words that came to Bent's mind, and so he walked in to introduce himself.
Frank, and (equally amazing) drummer, Rick Norton, both welcomed the stranger - each thinking the other knew the fellow - and a jam session ensued. Frank and Rick had played together since high-school in the "Grasshoppers" rock & blues-band, and had over the years developed that intuitive synchronization that is the core of many a kick-butt band around. From the first bar of the first rehearsal, it was clear to Bent that this was the solid blend he had been looking for - amping up his own style of Folk, R&B and Country.
Another important component in the quest to blend as many musical styles as possible was Eric Brittain, whom Bent linked up with during a music festival. Eric played mandolin, fiddle, dobro & guitar in mostly bluegrass and country bands, and could play the whiskers off a polecat (but has never tried).
Following a year of gigs and rehearsals, Bent, Frank, Rick and Eric went into the studio for several weeks of intense recording. No click-tracks, just people actually playing together. Bass, drums, guitar, voice and fiddle were recorded simultaneously in Bent's small studio among upturned furniture functioning as sound-baffles. Overdubs from percussionist Kevin Harris, and singers Anita & Brad Bailey, Napua, Magi Myggen and Melissa Ramsey. The first official CD, "Captain Bentley's Wild Adventure" was mastered at Playback Recording Studio in Santa Barbara.
Since then, drummer Grace Feldmann joined the fray and many talented players - local and from far-away places such as Africa and Holland - have become part of the experiment, called Hot Blast Florence.
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