Stanimals will be performing Wednesday, December 21 at the 3rd Annual Winter Solstice Feast and Party featuring a complimentary wild boar feast.
Join us for yet another wild and entertaining celebration at Fernwood Resort, Big Sur. Put on your steppin' out duds and dance to the psychedelic alternative country-rock, bluegrass, jamband 5-piece, take no prisoners, feel-good band of the century; Music for the oncoming social phenomenon and intellectual lunatic fringe. And we mean this in a most flattering way.
Stanimals Website
Concert:
9:00 PM ~ Closing
NO COVER!
Monterey County Coast Weekly article about the Stanimals previous concert at Fernwood.
A little about the Stanimals...
The Stanimals website
Music for the oncoming social phenomenon and intellectual lunatic fringe!
The Stanimals are a collection of four seasoned touring professional musicians and one Stanimal.
The rhythm section of the Stanimals, Stan Russell (guitar), Bill Laymon (bass), and Stevie Hager (drums) in combination with players from Roy Hargrove's band (Larry Willis and Gerald Cannon), and "Fingers," from Jimmy Buffet’s Coral Reefer Band backed up Al Jardine of the Beach Boys on one of his latest recording, California Energy Blues. Later the tune was remixed and named California Recall Blues and features vocals of Governor Arnold Swarzenneger. At the bottom of this page there is a link so that you can listen to the California Recall Blues.
THE STANIMALS:
Stan Russell, Guitar, Vocals; Long time musician who most recently recorded on Al Jardine of the Beach Boys, California Energy Blues. Russell has also played in several band projects with Jim Lewin, Bill Laymon.
Jim Lewin, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, and Vocals. One of the busiest guitar players in Central California. Sideman, songwriter, session player or bandleader, Jim puts a little magic in all the music he makes. Lately Lewin has been touring with Lacy J. Dalton and Frank Wakefield and plays consistently in local bands Stanimals, Harmony Grits… when not producing records. Latest project was with the upcoming jamband, Liquid Foundation. Lewin has played and/or recorded with Frank Wakefield, Lacy J. Dalton, Jack Cassady (Jefferson Airplane), Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Tyran Porter (Doobie Brothers), Greg Anton (Zero) and more…
www.jimlewin.com
Eric Gunn, Drums. Gunn is a local Santa Cruz drummer and drum builder. Gunn has played every venue from San Diego to Honolulu and more with more bands than we could list here. Plus, he hasn't turned in his bio yet.
Jeff Holmquest. Slide guitar, lap steel. Holmquest has been playing the San Francisco Blues scene for some time. His last project was slide guitar for Big Daddy From Cincinatti. Unfortunately Big Daddy has passed away and we are happy to have Jeff in the Stanimals.
Keith Graves, bass. Many of you will recognize the multi-talented Graves as he has played drums for the Stanimals. Graves is well known in the Bay Area as a sought after session musician and has logged hundreds of hours in the studio and on the road. Some noteworthy sessions include; Guitar Shorty and Rico Reyes (Santana band). Highlights of Graves professional music career is a bass credit on David Beaudry's chart topping Alien Man CD recorded in Nashville, Tennessee which was followed by a tour. Graves also played bass in the band Folkin' A with David Lowery of Cracker. Graves recently recorded a CD at the Southern Culture on the Skids studio in North Carolina with Jimmy Bott and Gene Taylor of the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
MP3's
California Recall Blues (Al Jardine with the Stanimals rhythm section and members from Roy Hargrove's band and Fingers, from Jimmy Buffet's Coral Reefer Band)
What About You (Stanimals)
More mp3's of the Stanimals on the Stanimals website
Monterey County Coast Weekly article about the Stanimals by Stuart Thorton. (this article was written regarding the December 4, 2004 performance)
The Stanimals website
