Official site of the 9-pc funk rock band.
Matt and I will be performing this Saturday with the the band Samurai Homeboys at O’Brien’s Pub in Santa Monica. Samurai Homeboys - a blues/soul review - is run by bassist Alan Hirano, who toured for many years with BB King. Also playing in the band this Saturday is the guitarist Jon Nichols from the Beth Hart band.
Wassup our vanilla-ite fans? On October 20th at The Gig, it’s the same awesome funk lineup from the Ghost CD release party. Ghost at 9:30, UFD at 10:30, and Wylde Bunch at 11:30. Print out the above flyer or contact your local UFD representative to get the discounted advance tickets.
Friday, July 27th: If you happen to work in downtown L.A., swing by Guess for a little $5 burgers and lemonade with a little of UFD’s own Keri Johnson on the mic! Only he won’t be saying, “Accounts payable, this is Keri” when he gets up there.
Click on the little flyer to see the details.
Check out this video from the last show featuring the K-9 Brass. Matt blows a killer solo, Steve rips some high notes while Bob plays some phat ones, and Mike wrote an awesome horn chart that has a cool “Chicago” style ending.
Thanks to Vince H. for the handheld camera work that really added some life to the club video. All in beautiful anamorphic 2:35 to 1. Try the “fullscreen” button on our new video controller.
If you want a version for your iPod Video,
click UFD-BreakItDown-02.23.2007.mp4
Now the Ghost CD release party lineup includes Shotgun Radio, Conjob, and The Wylde Bunch. And we’ll be playing two new songs 4 u. (FYI - Nels got the address wrong on the email flyer, but you all know where The Gig is on Melrose!). Plan for a long night, because all of the bands are totally funkin’ hot. Download the flyer here.
On February 23rd, UFD is opening the Ghost CD release party. Ghost recently performed with the Wylde Bunch at Dennis Rodman’s private party. Please contact your local UFD representative to get the discounted advance tickets.
Yes, contrary to popular belief, Urban Family Dog is into social networking online. Sure, we are a bit late to the table, and some people are already tiring of sharing, but we did officially show up on MySpace yesterday. Check it out and add UFD as your friend!
Do us a huge favor. While you are enjoying the live show, why not take a moment to Write a review. Both the iTunes Music Store and YouTube allow for reviews and comments.
Never fear. We are not trying to inundate your mailbox. Our server, Dreamhost, keeps changing the outgoing mail settings for our account. Even though our list is approved, Dreamhost is doing the best they can to combat spam. Please be patient. Hopefully you will only receive two copies of the latest announcement.
Did you miss the last UFD performance? Were you in the audience? As a big “Thank You” for twelve years of support, we’re making the entire 45 minute video of the show available for FREE from the iTunes music store. Just click this link to get the Urban Family Dog - Twelfth Anniversary Concert. If that doesn’t work for you, try the link in the right hand column, or one of the other links at the bottom of this recent newsletter page.
Don’t have iTunes? Check us out on YouTube. Watch the entire Twelfth Anniversary Concert in streaming video.
Additional instructions for Windows users without iTunes. Launch the latest version of Quicktime Player. Choose “Open URL” from the file menu and paste this in: http://mp3.urbanfamilydog.com/videos/UrbanFamilyDog-Live-09.23.2006.m4v
Thanks to Sage Johnson from AlternaTV.tv and everybody at The Gig for putting this video package together. There’s not many places you can play and get a cool video handed to you as you hit the door!
