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San Francisco, CA's ALO returned to New York City for the first time in three years, per guitarist Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz, and entertained multiple sit-ins at the iconic Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, NY. The special guests included bassist Reed Mathis, guitarist Daniel Donato and the opening band, the Honey Island Swamp Band.
Photo Credit: Jamie Huenefeld Last night, August 17, ALO took their Silver Saturdays Summer Tour to New York’s Brooklyn Bowl. The evening started with a
San Francisco Bay Area-based ALO delivered two sets of their infectious brand of songs and jamming on August 6, but the news-headline of the day was the inaugural performance by Jay Lane & The Mayhem. Fresh off tour with Dead and Company, drummer Lane’s Mayhem trio presented a lively, improvisational, and supremely interesting hourlong 3 p.m. set that included material by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, John Lennon, Lane himself, and even composer John Williams.
To bring an image from the conscious mind and put it out into the world. i paint a lot of stuff that's from my childhood, reflecting back on my life, so i just thought the name fit. - what is it that you evoke from inside your head, that you bring out? - i paint about the community. before, when i started painting, i was doing a lot of political work. and then i used to just watch a bunch of documentaries about stuff happening around the world, people starving. - inspired by community figures like salvador allende, roberto clemente, and jackie robinson, evoca1's early work protested injustice....
- what does your name mean? - it comes from evocation. to bring an image from the conscious mind and put it out into the world. i paint a lot of stuff that's from my childhood, reflecting back on my life, so i just thought the name fit. - what is it that you evoke from inside your head, that you bring out? - i paint about the community. before, when i started painting, i was doing a lot of political work. and then i used to just watch a bunch of documentaries about stuff happening around the world, people starving. - inspired by community figures like salvador allende, roberto clemente, and ja...