Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams

Friday, March 17th, 2006 8:00 PM (St. Patrick's Day)
The Uncommon Coffeehouse
First Parish in Framingham UU Church, 24 Vernon Street
Framingham, MA
http://www.uncommoncoffeehouse.org/


Set 1
01 Intro
02 Silent Revolution
03 Band Intros
04 Sunday In The Rain
05 Intro to The Yodel Song
06 The Yodel Song
07 Intro to Better Life
08 Better Life
09 Intro Fisherman's Blues
10 Fisherman's Blues (aborted)
11 Intro to Glide
12 Glide
13 Intro to Moondog House
14 Moondog House
15 Intro to Flapjacks
16 Flapjacks From the Sky

Set 2
01 2nd Set
02 Be Thou My Vision (Celtic traditional)
03 Intro to Long Gone Lonesome Blues
04 Long Gone Lonesome Blues
05 Intro to Sullivan Lane
06 Sullivan Lane
07 Intro to Bobby's Kind of Dumb
08 Bobby's Kind of Dumb
09 Intro to Rocky Road to Dublin
10 The Rocky Road to Dublin (Celtic traditional)
11 Intro to Light Away
12 Light Away
13 Intro to Genius
14 Genius
15 Intro to She's in Her Own World
16 She's In Her Own World
17 Intro to Talking to the Buddha
18 Talking to the Buddha
19 Intro to Alice in Space
20 Alice in Space
21 Intro to Encore
22 Never Fit


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March 17, 2006:

Gandalf Murphy

They fumble onto the stage, talk freely to the audience as if they knew you forever, tell you their names, "Just so you know who's playin' for ya," and then proceed to take you away. The music is simple and relatively straight forward, very familiar yet strangely unique and transporting. These good thieves steal freely from the music they love, all kinds of music. They write great stories and know how to paint the scenes with Gandalf Murphy phototheir respective instruments not too flashy, flashy enough. You feel instantly at home with them in other worlds, worlds of hope and possibility.

Formed in 1998 in Sleepy Hollow, New York, Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams quickly became known as one of the most intriguing new bands in the Hudson Valley. Voted the 'Best Unsigned Band of 1998' by the Hudson Valley AFM, the group quickly graduated from playing small coffeehouses and open mics to playing some of the best venues in the region, ie. The Bottom Line, The Towne Crier, Bowery Ballroom, The Palace Theater, Club Passim as well as festivals like Clearwater Hudson River Revival and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, headlining and sharing the stage with Dar Williams, Greg Brown, Ani DiFranco, Garth Hudson, Pete Seeger, Fred Eaglesmith, Cui Jian, The Kennedys, Jeffrey Gaines, and many others.

The Circus seems to defy the concept of generation gaps. College students invite their parents to Circus shows. Parents come back with the younger siblings in tow. This band is a strange phenomenon; hardcore folkies to hard rock purists have embraced them and spread the word.

The band¹s debut release, "A Good Thief Tips His Hat", was voted 'Album of the Year' in the "Rhythm & News" Reader's Poll 2000 and was the only local album to be included in "Mixx Magazine's" 'Best Albums of 1999,' alongside national level acts.

Their much-celebrated new release "Flapjacks from the Sky" has been garnering kudos from fans and critics alike, including a 5 star review from Roots Music Report. Prominent stations such as WFUV, WUMB, WKZE, KROK, WMNF, WRNR, WERU, WWUH, SIRIUS and XM Satellite are among stations currently playing "FLAPJACKS".

As earthy as the music seems, The Circus has a spiritual side - "Talkin' to the Buddha," "Call to the Mystic," "Living with God," "Flapjacks from the Sky". Dancing freely between existing religious and philosophical mythologies their music is not only uplifting and empowering but fun, a lot of fun. As Woody Guthrie said: "It's not enough for a song to be good, it must be good for something."

"My biggest surprise of the weekend. I was instantly mesmerized. In a word, they are MAGNIFICENT!".
Fern MacDonald
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Review

"This band is at once completely original and entirely familiar. A truly magical experience even if you're just having a conversation with them. It's been a privilege to play their special brand of music on the air. All hail the Circus of Dreams!"
Spider Glenn
Vermont Radio Personality

"Flapjacks from the Sky' abounds with personality, humor, honesty, goodness and grace, a human warmth brought on by connection to the larger whole and a higher spirit."
Mike Jurkovic
Chronogram

"This band is a riveting, mesmerizing, crazy, amazing machine of music that gives you chills both through the playing of their eclectic musical devices, as well as through their spiritually evoking lyrical content."
Bottomline NYC Concert
Review, Chronogram


"Joziah is an awesome songwriter."
Garth Hudson
The Band

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$10/children

$15/advance/$18 door for adults

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slambovia.com



