MY GOD HAS FLEAS

MY GOD HAS FLEAS

Graham Connah's Sour Note Six

Rastascan,  1996
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GC/piano
Ben Goldberg/clarinet
Rob Sudduth/tenor sax
Marty Wehner/trombone
Elliot Kavee/drums
TD/bass

Graham started cracking the whip and calling rehearsals once a week even when we didn't have an upcoming gig. He rented the top floor of a house on S. Van Ness and we rehearsed in the kitchen. Somehow he got a grand piano up there, too. That's where we ended up recording this one with the rhythm section in the kitchen and the horns in the next room. Visibility was not optimum. I have fond memories of this time period; eating at the taqueria next door, sitting on the stoop in the Mission district sunshine and finding my own voice among some amazing musicians. The band was in high form and Graham's writing was getting more unique, bitter and adventurous. A beautiful amalgamation of the likes of Andrew Hill, Mingus, Cecil Taylor, Zappa and Monk.