Deja Blooze and WICA's Kitsch 'n Bitch

Well, the innagural performance of the Kitsch 'n Bitch series featuring our own Sue Frause and the kitchen band  Deja Blooze in now in the can as they say in the film business.  Last Wednesday evening we officially launched KnB to a near full house of local inquiring minds who by all accounts enjoyed the program which featured three local film and stage directors and their passion for food and cooking. 

                                                Here are directors Andy Grenier (L) and Vito Zingarelli (R) talking pasta which Vito prepared fresh during the show for his special jabanero pesto dish which was very tasty with just enough zing to let you know you still had taste buds. 

Here is a snap of the guest roundtable when guest get to sample Vito's fresh pasta dish.  The band's own Dave "Langley Slim" Gignac was the creator of this month's signature drink...the Jabanero Martini.  I know it sounds a bit strange but having had a taste I can attest that the drink has legs as well as a kick.

Everybody had a great time and we're all looking forward to next month's installment Wednesday October 5th when two local chefs faceoff for the great American Burger Challenge. 

All photos courtesy of Sue Frause

The Deja Blooze quartet at Useless Bay Coffee Shed September 3rd.  Great sunny evening, good crowd, and fine food & drink.  We had a great time serving up three hours of our signature lively blues with our newest member, drummer Scott Small. What a pleasure Scott is to have on board with us.  He really fattens up (musically) our sound.  Loads of locals and Langley visitors joined us for great night under clear skies.  Looking forward to maybe getting one more gig at the Shed before the weather moves music at UBC indoors.  (Photo courtesy of Priscilla Lowry-Gregor)

Deja Blooze Quartet Plays Useless Bay Coffee

 

Saturday September 3rd the Deja Blooze quartet with drummer Scott Small will play Dez Rock's Useless Bay Coffee Shed from 5-8 pm.  We've spent the last two weeks working with Scott on the Deja set list in preparation for this gig as well as our house band duties with Sue Frause and her Kitsch 'n Bitch foodie series at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts this coming Wednesday September 7th at 7:30 pm.  We're excited to have Scott as part of the Deja Blooze experiment; he adds a whole new dimension to the Deja sound and he's also a great guy to work with. 

New member of Deja Blooze for Kitsch 'n Bitch

Deja Blooze has engaged drummer Scott Small for our upcoming house-band duties with the Kitsch 'n Bitch series at WICA beginning on September 7th.  Scott is a Whidbey Island resident and brings with him years of professional drumming and drum instruction.  Scott will join David Gregor and David Gignac for the first two installments of Kitsch and when our bass player Russell Sparkman is relieved of day-job obligations the house band will  continue on as a quartet.  We're happy to have Scott as a member of the Deja Blooze project and look forward to showcasing his talents in future gigs. 

Deja Blooze House Band for Kitsch 'n Bitch Series

The Deja Blooze Band will be the house band for the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts' new monthly live program "Kitsch 'n Bitch" featuring the Island's own Sue Frause as the Mistress of Ceremonies.  This live program will feature celebrity foodies (both local and regional), good food, great company, signature drinks, lively music and a lot of laughs! The show debuts Wednesday September 7th at 7:30 pm on the WICA stage with the theme being “Directors Who Cook” featuring Whidbey Island film directors Richard Evans, Andrew Grenier, Vito Zingarelli. The series will continue every month through June 0f 2012.   The dates for the series are:
WEDNESDAYS@ 7.30pm
“Directors Who Cook” Sep 07, 2011

“Carnage Cooking”
Oct 05, 2011

“Turkey Talk”
Nov 16, 2011
“Big, Sweet Holidays”
Dec 14, 2011
“Seattle Bites”Jan 11, 2012

“Girls Who Dish”Feb 01, 2012

“Slocals”Mar 07, 2012

“The Yolks on You”Apr 11, 2012

“Let’s Do Brunch”May 16, 2012

“The Full Monty BBQ”Jun 13, 2012

For more information and to buy tickets please visit WICA online at:
http://www.wicaonline.com/2011-2012/WEDNESDAYSATWICA/KITSCHNBITCH.html
WEDNESDAYS@ 7.30pm
Make plans to join us

  Here we are at the July 2011 Langley Festival of the Arts--Choochokham--with the addition this year of drummer Dave Malony.  Malony has and continues to play with some of the best musicians on Whidbey Island and around the Northwest.  He also owns and operates Blue Ewe Recording Studio here on the island where we have recorded three times.  We went on at 3 pm and delivered a solid 45 minute set of original blues material written by David Gregor and arranged by the band.  It was great to play with Malony, something I've wanted to do since I first heard him play with Tommy and the Sharks.  He is the consumate professional and easily stepped in to provide the backbeat for our Choochokam gig which has totally spoiled us.  As someone pointed out...once you have a drummer you never go back.  All I can say is the band looks forward to future opportunities to have Malony on the stage with us.

All in all the gig was great fun and we surprised a lot of people who thought they knew what we do.  It's always good to shake things up and show folks another side of who and what you are.    

Photo credit: Sharon Heath.

On Thursday May 26th, Langley sound engineer and cutting edge photographer Robbie Cribbs stopped by our weekly rehearsal with some of his gear and captured a bit of us working on a relatively new original tune.  The song is Down by the River written by David Gregor.  The sound quality is not high quality or well balanced, since we were not planning on recording anything, but it does give you a sense of the song and the process.  Hope you enjoy.

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