Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Cream Calendar Wednesday Night in Nashville: Sweet Mother of Aloysius
Posted by Steve Haruch on Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:06 AM
Again, it's kind of a slow night for shows, but there is a benefit for Alive Hospice that's going on over at the Bluebird tonight. Beth Nielsen Chapman, Darrell Scott and Mary Gauthier all play that show, which starts at 9 p.m.
On a side and somewhat random note, I once met Beth Nielsen Chapman's son, or at least someone who said he was her son, at a party. One question he asked me, in the course of our conversation, was whether I thought Aloysius was a good band name. It didn't strike me as a particularly good or bad band name, but it was his middle name, and as middle names go, I think it's pretty awesome. I believe I said as much.
This fellow, middle name Aloysius, his girlfriend and I got to talking about music and recording a bit; he said he had a Neve channel strip (translation for non-dorks: expensive piece of recording equipment), and on the conversation went. I don't know if he wound up calling his band Aloysius, but when the new Silver Jews record came out, containing a song with the title "Aloysius, Bluegrass Drummer," I wondered if it was about this guy, since I can name exactly one occasion in my entire life on which the topic of being a musician with the name Aloysius has come up in conversation--and this is Nashville, after all, home to both Mr. Berman and the aforementioned son of Beth Nielsen Chapman.
Anyone know the scoop?
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Here ya go, Steve: http://www.myspace.com/aloysiusband
As for the song title being named after him, I don't rightly know (but I do know the guy can play drums).
Cheers.
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Steve, what on earth were you doing up at 6am? That's unheard of for Scene staff....
I was blogging! I also read that Aloysius Gonzaga is the patron saint of students.
HOLY $*!#!!!
Someone remembers how to spell Aloysius!
Actually we changed the name to TEAM iLLUMiNATi (because Aloysius wasn't hard enough to spell) and the music is all up for free right now at http://www.777contest.com.
I did keep the name Aloysius though, as in, Supreme Commander Aloysius, LLC™.
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You can ask David Berman over at the Silver Jews bulletin board: http://dragcity.com/dcforums/viewforum.php?f=2
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