Hey Bumpy People,
We’ll be at the Boom Boom Room this Wednesday night, serving up 3 courses of greasy grooves, beginning at 9:00.
We’ll keep it sizzlin’ into the night, so come early, come late. Come get your fill of beat sustenance. You know you need it.
WHO: Curtis Bumpy, baby
WHEN: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 \ 9:00
WHERE: The Boom Boom Room \ 1601 Fillmore, SF \ http://www.boomboomblues.com
Hope to bump into you there.
I’ll be chickin-pickin’ with Curtis Bumpy this Thursday night at the Boom Boom Room. We start the night roughly at 9:30 and play 3 sets. A great opportunity for us to cut loose and stretch out without the volume police on our backs for a change. Not that we’re super loud or anything… you get the point. Come early, we’ll be featuring Latrice Barnett in the first set; David James will be with us as well.
An Evening with Curtis Bumpy
The Boom Boom Room / 1601 Fillmore, SF
Thursday July 16 2009 / 9:30pm
3 sets / $7
Curtis Bumpy is setting up residence at the Jupiter, playing every last Friday of the month in April, May and June.
Oh wow, that’s TONIGHT! I’d better get dressed.
Jupiter Brewing Co., 2181 Shattuck, Berkeley. 3 sets commencing at 8.
Sitting in for Josh on percussion tonight is my good friend Matt Willis, a monster player and all around great guy. Also with us tonight will be David James on guitar and vocals, the inimitable Latrice Barnett on vocals, and Christie Winn making her Curtis Bumpy debut on vocals.
A long time ago, as a junior in high school and in an enhanced state, I saw The Who’s documentary The Kids Are Alright. It was a midnight showing on a big screen, with good sound and a rowdy crowd, and this segment of the movie changed my life: Continue reading
Ever since I picked up this Mesa/Boogie Lone Star of mine in Sept. ’07, I’ve surprised even myself with the level of geekery I indulge in over it.
It’s hilarious and ironic though. Imagine my bemusement: having had this fantasy for years that one day I’d be called (by, I don’t know, whoever makes those calls) to play in James Brown’s band… and then discovering one day that James Brown’s band did, in fact, fill that slot toward the end with some other blond white-boy guitarist named Damon Wood.
Would it… drive you nuts? Make you quietly giggle with the delusional certainty that the universe has played a very small and personal prank on you? Does the universe use The Google? Or does it just punish you for running one too many vanity searches?
What are the odds? Apparently, 100%.
Oh well. At least Prince* is still around… and I’ll bet he’s desperate for my help! Anyway, I’ve been meaning to clear that up for a while. I’m sure the music world will breathe a huge collective sigh of relief.
So, Damon: right on, bro! I mean, the other Damon.
*EDIT 2016: Ugh, my heroes are checking out left and right.
The Bay Area’s Chrissiest Pretenders tribute band will be playing at Kensington Circus Pub this Saturday night, May 3. Family-friendly, in fact it’s practically family-required. I love the Circus. It’s the best place in the East Bay to bump into those friends of yours who just had kids in the last couple of years, who are desperate to get out of the house and have a beer in public but can’t get a babysitter. At least one of my kids will be there.
Message of Love will commence rocking at 9:00.
Kensington Circus Pub
389 Colusa Avenue
Kensington, CA 94707
Wednesday, April 16, I’ll be playing a get-your-act-together show at Jupiter with my new outfit, Curtis Bumpy. 2 sets of good times, with Keith, Jan, Ag, Josh, Jordan, and maybe some other familiar faces.
Curtis Bumpy
Wednesday, April 16, 2008.
Jupiter Brewing Co., downtown Berkeley.
Commencing at 8, 2 sets.
The Chrissiest band I’ve ever been in does its very Chrissiest at the Red Devil Lounge next Saturday, March 15. We’re the first of 3 bands, so come early, come often, and stake out your place on the floor for a good, eye-liner-laced rocking. Headlining is the amazing Stung, who are famous for their extremely entertaining Police act. I love this pairing. In the middle slot is BudaBelly.
Message of Love
(opening for Stung and BudaBelly)
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Red Devil Lounge (1695 Polk @ Clay, SF)
Doors: 8PM
Message of Love: 8:30 or so
$10 ADV / $12 DOS 
Message of Love, the Chrissiest Darned Pretenders Tribute Band in SF, makes another appearance at Bimbo’s 365 Club, in support of Tainted Love.
Friday, September 21 2007
Bimbo’s 365 Club
1025 Columbus Avenue (at Chestnut Street)
San Francisco, CA 94133
Doors at 8 p.m. Show at 9 p.m. (that’s us)
Tickets are $20. Click here to get tix at TicketWeb
These Tainted Love shows sell out quickly, so if you want to go, get your tickets soon.