Wednesday and Saturday, Wednesday and Saturday
LarJar is excited to be performing four shows in the Richmond area over the next two weeks. We continue our weekly Wednesday night performances at Cary Street Cafe, free of charge and always a blast. Over the past two months, we’ve featured guest percussionist Mark Henderson, two appearances by DJ Possum (Nathan Firster) and guitarist Matt Sthreshley. During the last two weeks of December, keyboardist Joel Cummins of Umphrey’s McGee, guitarist Bon Lozaga of Gongzilla and Tiny Boxes and guitarist Scott Lane of the Congress joined the band for numerous tunes. Openers and special guests as well as two full sets of music from the band can be expected at every show.
LarJar is excited to announce two free Saturday performances over the upcoming two weeks, March 6 at Emilio’s at the corner of Broad and Meadow, and March 13 at City Dogs on Main Street in the fan. The Emilio’s performance offers an opportunity for expanded sound and lighting rig and a change of pace for the band with a fresh atmosphere and a lot of dancing space. Come out ready to shake and move it with a host of new covers and reworked tunes planned especially for this performace. March 13 at City Dogs is sure to be a blast, the first appearance by LarJar at “the Dog” since their CD release party on February 5 that included opening set and setbreak jams by DJ Possum and some great turntable-vs-synth improv battles in the second set. City Dogs offers great food and drink specials all night, an ever-improving sound system, a fun, clean environment and best of all the show will be free of charge.
The band has been hard at work developing new material since their February 20 performance at the National with Perpetual Groove. The 1-hour set by LarJar included new mashups of their own original material, an epic 12-minute, 4-part suite that included numerous melodies and grooves developed from MMW tunes “Night Marchers”, “Bubble House”, “Lasst Chance to Dance Trance” and the traditional blues number “Old Wyne”. The last song of the set, “Biplanes”, developed based on the work of Richmond pianist Brian Mahne, featured Brock Butler of Perpetual Groove for the entirety of the song, playing both electric guitar and pedal steel guitar, chugging through an extended solo and improv section that saw some great lights and hard-hitting jams. Be sure to stay tuned to RichmondImage.com for some great photography work by James Young documenting the show. Check back regularly to LarJar.net for more news, videos, mp3s and opportunities to check out the band in action.
The Many Adventures of LarJar CD available now!
Our debut full-length studio album is now available! For the moment, they’re available at shows or through the webstore over at daveklemencic.com. We’re currently offering a deal for anyone who purchases tickets to our show at the National with Perpetual Groove, we’ll throw in a copy of the CD for just 5 bucks! We’ll be celebrating the album release on February 5 at City Dogs in the Fan, it’s going to be a blast.
Come out tonight and catch LarJar with DJ Possum at Cary Street Cafe! We’ve got some deep grooves worked out for the show and Possum’s spinning some of the funkiest beats and grooves Richmond’s heard in a hot minute!
The Many Adventures of…
LarJar will be releasing their first full-length studio album this February. The album features a host of special guests, original tunes and some great artwork, so have a look and a listen. We’ve got several sample cuts from the album over on the music page. Copies of the disc will be available at shows, including our upcoming February 5 performance at City Dogs. Dig it!
New Jam! Organ Donor from 12-30-09 Live @ Cary Street Cafe
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Tiny Boxes feat. Joel Cummins of Umphrey’s and Bon Lozaga of Gongzilla to perform with LarJar 12/23/09
Tiny Boxes, a new funk-jam project formed by guitarist Bon Lozaga of Gongzilla and featuring Umphrey’s McGee keyboardist Joel Cummins will be performing at a special free holiday show with us at Cary Street Cafe in Richmond, Va. The performance has been arranged for December 23, 2009 at 10:00pm at Cary Street Cafe and will include two sets each from Tiny Boxes and LarJar taking turns melting faces.
Lozaga has been hard at work on his new project, Tiny Boxes, whose first recording efforts include members of Umphrey’s McGee and Derek Trucks Band. This marks their first foray into the community, with the band traveling from North Carolina and Cummins as a special guest in from Chicago. Their new sound is a funky mash-up that harkens to previous projects including Gongzilla, Lozaga’s solo work and the progressive sound of early Umphrey’s McGee.
LarJar is a keys-bass-drums trio that’s been performing a weekly Wednesday workout at Cary Street Cafe for over two years. They’ve hosted two LarJarFests, an independent jam-funk music festival outside Richmond, VA with a third in the works for this spring. LarJar features twin brothers Jason and Larry Alen Jarrell on bass and drums respectively and Dave Klemencic on organ, clavinet, synths and electric piano.
Cary Street Cafe has long been the home to Richmond’s jam/funk/rock community, hosting an eclectic variety of live music for the past 14 years. Their weekly routine includes free shows by the Former Champions every Tuesday, LarJar every Wednesday and a rotation of regional touring acts on Fridays and Saturdays.
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Tonight 5/20/09 at Cary Street Cafe - LarJar feat. On Point!
Try to make it out this evening, our friends On Point! will be sharing the stage with us, kicking out some warm-up jams in preparation for the mighty madness of LarJar. Just to get your attention, we’re throwing another track from the forthcoming album your way. Dig it!
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