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OUR CD IS still DONE!!!! WAKE ME WHEN IT'S TIME TO PLAY --THE SPECIAL POKER RUN EDITION NOW AVAILABLE--$10, A DEAL AT ANY PRICE, BUT $10. CONTACT BLISS RAGSDALE (blissbragsdale@hotmail.com), ED BARBIER (EBARBIER@UWYO.EDU) OR J SHOGREN (JAHAJUNTI@HOTMAIL.COM) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Tony5, Ed, Bliss, Jerry G., Birgit B, Shogi.----------------------------------
A recent story that gives the history of the Mpeggers--------------
Mumbletypeg band to perform
at Centennial bash Saturday----------
Branding Iron
27 Oct 2006
By Brian Dekle
bdekle@uwyo.edu---------------
An Albany County rock band
hopes to wake the ghosts of
the old west with a Halloween
bash Saturday night in the rustic,
tiny but hopping town of Centennial,
30 miles west of Laramie on
Highway 130.
Mumbletypeg, a six-piece rock
outfit whose sonic cauldron bubbles
over with 60s and 70s psychedelia,
jam band and contemporary music
ingredients, will begin stirring their
musical potion at 10 p.m. Saturday
at the Trading Post Dinner House
and Saloon, 2753 Highway 130,
Centennial.
“This is the annual Halloween
gig at the Trading Post, which we
have been playing for the last several
years. It has become a tradition, with
wild costumes and outrageous behavior
(within reasonable bounds).
Expect lots of variations on tie-dye.
It has become one of those [famous]
‘Centennial parties’ that should not
be missed,” Ed Barbier, Mumbletypeg
drummer, vocalist and harmonica
player, said.
Barbier said the band plans to
play their usual rock originals and
eclectic line-up of covers, with some
special Halloween tunes such as
“Werewolves of London.”
Mumbletypeg, consisting of
Barbier, vocalist and acoustic guitarist
Tony Thunker, lead guitarist
and vocalist Bliss Ragsdale, electric
bassist and vocalist Jerry Gallegos, vocalist
and mandolin player Birgit Burke
and lead/slide guitarist and vocalist
Jay Shogren, was formed in early
2001 as a jam session in Barbier’s
basement between Thunker and
Gallegos. Other members joined
later, and now the band averages
about 15 gigs a year, including Centennial’s
Jerryfest, Poker Run and
the Halloween bash. The band also
plays private parties.
Each member brings different
influences to the table, further lending
to the band’s eccentric sonic
concoction, Barbier said.
“I was trained as a jazz drummer,
and I grew up playing a lot with my
father’s traditional and Dixieland
jazz bands. However, my own playing
evolved toward more modern
jazz music, and so my big influences
were drummers such as Tony Williams,
Elvin Jones and Jack DeJohnette.
In addition, I have been a long
time fan of the Grateful Dead, and
so as a rock drummer I have modeled
myself after Bill Kreutzman
and similar drummers who play
rock with a jazz style. My favorite
harmonica player is Little Walter,”
he said
“There are many influences on our
band—David Crosby, the Grateful
Dead, U2, Tom Waits, Lou Reed,
Cowboy Junkies, the Beatles, Allman
Brothers, the Stones, etc.”
Mumbletypeg, with a lineup of
around 15 original songs, will begin
recording their first album next
week at the Music Box in Laramie.
Barbier said he appreciates the discipline
required in studio recording
and the magic of hearing it all come
together on tape, but still gets the
biggest thrill from playing live.
Barbier said the band’s writing
style involves individual ideas
brought to the table and then
tweaked by other band members.
“All the members of the band
except me have written songs, although
Tony Thunker writes most
of the originals. Usually, one person
brings a song for others to hear and
put together the band sound and
feel for the song. I am usually given
complete freedom to interpret and
lay down the rhythm for each song.
It is nice that each songwriter has
that confidence in me to let me do
that,” he said.
For more information about
Mumbletypeg or to book them
for private gatherings, contact Ed
Barbier at ebarbier@uwyo.edu,Jay
Shogren at jahajunti@hotmail.com, or
Bliss Ragsdale at blissragsdale@hotmail.
com.
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