The Small Stars Live at Dr. Rockit's Blues Bar on 2006-01-14 Disc 1:
01 Welcome / Introducing Guy Fantasy
02 Everything's Keno In Reno
03 Two Girls Are Better Than One
04 Boogie Stop Shuffle (Charles Mingus)
05 I Turn Music Into Money *
06 The Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzy)
07 A brief commercial break
08 Otra Vez
09 La Cacahuata (Luis Guerrero)
10 Rock...
Band members:
Miles Zuniga (as Guy Fantasy) - Vocals, guitar, M.C.
Jeff Groves (as Buddy Llamas) - Saxophone, guitar, vocals
Landis Armstrong (as Richard Steele) - Guitar, vocals
Jeff Johnston (as Godfrey McCambridge) - Bass, vocals
John Bush (as Brick Masterson) - Drums, percussion, vocals
Justin Sherborn (as Glen Moog) - Keyboards, accordion
Band description:
Born of the drum-addled minds of Fastball's Miles Zuniga and Jeff Groves, The Small Stars early beginnings go way back to Austin, Texas circa 1989. The first performance by Guy Fantasy and Buddy Llamas took place in a lesbian coffee house just off Austin's famous 6th Street music district. Sadly, before a second show could be arranged, rock bands, record deals, platinum albums, and world tours got in the way. Now, 15 years later with the preliminaries behind them, the pair are back, and they've brought a few more musicians with them.
"A band that's a musical that's a band," is the seed of The Small Stars' rock-n-roll-vaudevillian nature. The band's characters, revue acts, and stage play explore limits the 'pop'-eratic structure. To push the story of Guy Fantasy and his cabaret, David v. Goliath narrative, Zuniga and Groves have written songs balanced upon the edge of Dean Martin's inebriaic croonings and David Bowie's character glam-slams.
Sounds great on paper, but a funny thing happened on the way to the theater. Unlike most supergroups, this seemingly random amalgam became an actual honest to goodness BAND, the veritable sum-greater-than-the-parts ensemble. Browse by Subject / Keywords
On June 25, 2007 The Small Stars gave their OK for archive.org:
"> Jose,
> Sounds like a great idea.
> Thanks for archiving everything, we really appreciate it.
>
> Cheers,
> MILES"
Taping policy:
The Small Stars encourage taping and sharing of their shows by fans. Recordings are authorized for personal use only. They may be freely traded but never bought or sold.
Official website: www.thesmallstars.com
also: www.myspace.com/thesmallstarsrevue
