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Posted in To Do | music | tour dates on January 29, 2009
Gordon Gano's new band, a show @ the Bell House
"Gordon Gano (born on June 7, 1963) is the lead singer and guitarist from the band Violent Femmes.During a Violent Femmes hiatus in the late 1980s, Gano formed a gospel group called The Mercy Seat (band) with vocalist Zena Von Heppinstall, bassist Patrice Moran, and drummer Fernando Menendez. The group released one album in 1987 on Slash Records. Gano released his first solo album in 2002, titled Hitting the Ground. He shared vocal duties (singing in Portuguese) with Manuel Cruz, the lead singer of the famous Portuguese rock band Ornatos Violeta in the song Capitão Romance for the last album released before their break-up, O Monstro Precisa de Amigos in 1999. Gano also played violin[3] on Ben Vaughn's 1990 album Dressed in Black. Currently, Gano is writing, recording and performing with ex-members of The Bogmen, Billy and Brendan Ryan, under the name GanoRyan." [Wikipedia]That Wiki entry probably needs to be updated because actually the band playing the Bell House in Brooklyn tonight (1/29) is billed at Gordon Gano and The Ryan Brothers. Last time they played a show, that I remember, was March 10th at Mercury Lounge under the name "Hired Gun". They may have also played Knitting Factory in Manhattan since then too.
Tonight's (their first Brooklyn?) show is also chock full of interesting local openers. They are Corn Mo, The Lisps, and Drink Up Buttercup.
Gordon Gano and The Ryan Brothers also have a show coming up February 7th at The Strand Theatre in Lakewood, NJ.
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Posted on January 29, 2009 4:53 PM
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They also have the Mercy Seat information wrong. That band played shows for years before that '87 album. I saw them at the Peppermint Lounge in either '83 or '84, in between the first 2 Femmes albums.
Posted by Anonymous | January 29, 2009 6:19 PM
This is Jack at the Bell House. I just heard them play Blister In the Sun with a full horn and string section. You may want to come check this out if you're even 10% motivated. I rarely post on these things, but figured if anyone was on the fence....
Posted by Anonymous | January 29, 2009 6:28 PM
Boy, gordon gano looks old.
WAIT A MINUTE, SO DO I.
Posted by Anonymous | January 29, 2009 11:34 PM
sick!!
Posted by Anonymous | January 30, 2009 1:11 AM
Ha, I'm a year younger than him.
Posted by Anonymous | January 30, 2009 9:32 AM
Where is Zena Von Heppinstall?
Posted by Angela Santos | February 14, 2009 1:30 PM
I heard that they recently invited Fernando Menendez, the drummer from the Mercy Seat, to play drums with them in some capacity.
Posted by Social Life | May 20, 2009 12:07 AM