Celebrate New Year’s Eve
with the Muddy Basin Ramblers
TAV CAFE at Taipei Artist
Village
In the old days, life was in black and white. Since we’re an
old time band, the Muddy Basin Ramblers are kicking it old school this New Year’s
Eve. We’re pulling out the stops, donning tuxes and tails, top hats and bowlers,
spats and wing tips. It’s going to be a stylish affair, a Black and White Ball,
with all the panache we can muster for the party of the year. Admission is NT$800 per person, and that includes two drinks.
TAV CAFE at the Taipei Artist Village will swing to the
sounds of the 1920s and 30s, as David Chen leads the Ramblers in a celebration
of the music we love to play -- swing jazz, delta blues, jug band -- a mix of
classic covers and originals. Tap your toes, wave your hips, and break a sweat
on the dance floor. The music will be hot and fast, slow and smooth, tight and
loose, but always with that unique spirit that sets the Ramblers apart.
The Muddy Basin Ramblers formed in 2003, so this show will
mark the beginning of our tenth year of playing together. We hope you can join
us at the Taipei Artist Village for what promises to be a night to remember (or
just a hazy recollection, if you stay real late).
The Muddy Basin Ramblers are
David
‘Chillicothe’ Chen is front and center, calling the tunes, singing lead,
and playing one of his vintage guitars or the banjo.
Conor
‘Ginger’ Prunty, our virtuoso harp player, is a shadow of the great Will Shade, and
he does double duty on the washtub bass.
Will
‘Slim’ Thelin, the dashing cad on the end, tap dances, blows the jug and
trombone, and sings up a storm (although it’s always “a beautiful day” when
he’s at the mic).
Sandy
‘Sandman’ Murray, our dapper gent, wails for all he’s worth on the
saxophone and strums like there’s no tomorrow on the ukulele.
Tim
‘Thumper’ Hogan puts his tourette’s hand to good use, scratching the Basin beat
on the washboard and brushing the blues away on the snare drum and cymbals.
TC
‘Tuff Cat’ Lin plucks the cord of the washtub bass, made from the finest
Taiwan PVC, and blows his trumpet like he never did on a Florida high school
marching band.
Joining us for this show, and perhaps others if we’re lucky, is Serena ‘Bean’ Engel, cello prodigy, fiddle wrangler, and dulcet-voiced firecracker.
Joining us for this show, and perhaps others if we’re lucky, is Serena ‘Bean’ Engel, cello prodigy, fiddle wrangler, and dulcet-voiced firecracker.
The Ramblers released our self-titled CD in 2007, and it's available at all of our shows, so if you
feel like taking the Ramblers home with you after our last set, that can be
arranged.
