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(((folkYEAH!))) Presents - The Third Mind w/ Mike Beck
Thu, 19 Dec, 8:00 PM PST
Doors open
7:00 PM PST
Moe's Alley
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
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(((folkYEAH!))) presents allstar jam band The Third Mind, featuring Dave Alvin, Jesse Sykes, Victor Krummenacher, David Immerglück and Michael Jerome. Special guest Mike Beck opens the show.
Thursday, December 19th
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
$35 in advance / $38 day of the show
21+
*Tickets on sale Friday, Oct. 11th at 10am PT*
THE THIRD MIND
It was only three years ago that the world was introduced to The Third Mind, although the musicians that make up the group are familiar to almost any music snob. Originally started by Dave Alvin of The Blasters (guitar) and Victor Krummenacher of Camper Van Beethoven (bass), the duo then added Michael Jerome (drums), David Immerglück (guitar), and the final piece to the plan, Jesse Skyes (vocals and acoustic guitar). Each member of the band has had a formidable career of their own, Immerglück coming from Counting Crows, Skyes having an impressive discography with her band Jesse Skyes and The Sweet Hereafter, and Jerome playing drums for Richard Thompson. The concept for The Third Mind was simple, to rediscover their love for classic records from the 1960’s and reconfigure them to fit this all-star arrangement. The kicker is that a lack of arranging is what makes them so unique.
The Third Mind is an improvisational band, disregarding their collective decades of songwriting for a more free-flowing format. Taking note from the greats of jazz, the band doesn’t write new arrangements for their covers rather they hit the studio with nothing but passion and a wealth of experience. Their first album, the self-titled release from 2020, showed the budding creativity of a collection of artists with unquenchable ambition. Only three years later, the band is back with “Groovin’ Is Easy”, the second single to the anticipated sophomore LP The Third Mind 2, which is set to release on October 27. With the exception of “Tall Grass”, the band’s single from earlier this summer written by Alvin and Skyes, their second outing follows the same formula as their first. All arrangements are improvised and all lyrics are lifted from deep cuts of the 1960’s blues and folk scene. – Glide Magazine (Sept ’23)
Event Information
Age Limit
21+
Psychedelic
The Third Mind
The Third Mind
Psychedelic
Featuring Dave Alvin, Jesse Sykes, Victor Krummenacher, Michael Jerome, and Mark Karan
“I had a crazy idea and was looking for musicians who perhaps didn’t think it was so insane”. – Dave Alvin
Starting five years ago as a wishful music fantasy, The Third Mind, a super group deemed “Californian Psychedelic Rockers” by Doom Charts, has now become a powerful and thrilling sonic reality.
The brainchild of Grammy award-winning songwriter/guitarist Dave Alvin and veteran alternative music bassist Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven, Monks of Doom, Eyelids), The Third Mind began with studio recordings also featuring Jesse Sykes from her
critically acclaimed group, Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter, drummer Michael Jerome (Richard Thompson, Better Than Ezra, John Cale), guitarist David Immerglück (Counting Crows, Monks of Doom, Camper Van Beethoven), with special guest, legendary LA musician, Willie Aron on Keys.
LIVE - The Third Mind present their psychedelic improv performances with the addition of guitarist Mark Karan (Bob Weir's Ratdog, Phil Lesh, Delaney Bramlett) subbing for Immerglück.
The Third Mind’s eponymous debut was released in 2020, featuring extended and psychedelic versions ranging from 8-10 minutes of songs by Alice Coltrane, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and Roky Erickson’s 13th Floor Elevators. Following its release, tour plans were thwarted by the
pandemic. The group reconvened in 2022 for a second album – The Third Mind 2 – which shifted from the instrumental focus of their first effort to vocals with Seattle-based Jesse Sykes at the helm covering songs from the late ‘60s by the Electric Flag, Fred Neil, Dillard and Clark along with an original tune, “Tall Grass,” penned by Alvin and Sykes.
Hailed as a “must-see” performance by the San Francisco Chronicle, The Third Mind made their live debut performance at the 2023 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco’s legendary Golden Gate Park, which CBS News Bay Area proclaimed “a spectacular performance.” A 10-date West Coast tour followed the festival garnering rave reviews including Twangville who noted, “if you want to experience a set of musicians at the top of their game improvising down a psychedelic rabbit hole, go catch The Third Mind.”
Americana
Mike Beck
Mike Beck
Americana