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Knitting Factory Brooklyn Presents...:

Jad Fair and Lumberob

Orba Squara

Knitting Factory Brooklyn
Sat, November 21, 2009
Doors: 6:00 PM / Show: 7:00 PM 
$10.00 - $12.00
Note: Early Show - 7pm
Tickets Available at the Door

Jad Fair and Lumberob

In 1974, with his brother David, Jad Fair co-founded the lo-fi alternative rock group Half Japanese. Over the ensuing three decades, Half Japanese released nearly 30 records, and in the process, attracted a solid base of fans passionate about the band’s pure, unbridled enthusiasm for rock and roll. Jad also performs and records as a solo artist, and occasionally collaborates with such musicians as Daniel Johnston, Teenage Fanclub, Moe Tucker (of Velvet Underground), Yo La Tengo, Steve Shelly and Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth), John Zorn, Kramer, and more.

Orba Squara

Orba Squara is the musical alter ego of Mitch Davis, an independent New York-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist. If Davis’s name doesn’t ring a bell (yet), his artistry most certainly will: “Perfect Timing,” a track from Orba Squara’s 2007 debut, sunshyness, was featured in the first international TV campaign for the iPhone. (watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrcsQvZz06g)

On the new album, Davis finds inspiration from simple things in life, like his collection of acoustic guitars, toy pianos, bells, melodicas and other instruments picked up from around the world. Special guest, rocker Billy Squier, plays guitar and sings on a couple of songs on the album: the title track and “Tell Me” which Davis wrote with Squier’s vocal style in mind. After a fortuitous meeting backstage, Davis handed his childhood hero a copy of sunshyness and the two started collaborating.
Venue Information:
Knitting Factory Brooklyn
361 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn , NY
11211
http://ny.knittingfactory.com

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