The Geebah Issue #17

hello all,

merry christmas. the latkes were a smash! also, we had a hell of a jam going on in the garage. uncle luke was the ring leader. excellent stuff! special honorable mention to fiona mccormick for holding it down on the drums, great job keeping time. we also had a great little ukulele session going on at the end of the gathering. rock -n-roll coming up from the basement, people strumming and singing in the living room it was wonderful.

with uncle luke, uncle nate and aunt amy k, it was very family; some of daniel's frat aunts and uncles. of course, uncle diz aka sean flynn and sloth, also, basically an uncle, were there with their lovely wives. and, other very dear and wonderful people in our lives. family, our great extended family, i am so very grateful for all of you. i am so very grateful that i have the geebah to stay in touch with so many of you.

i am so lucky to have such a large, extended family. i treasure my frat brothers and sisters, my hippy brothers and sisters, my jewish brothers and sisters. truly, i treasure you all and i know you will understand that i have a very special bond with my brother, danny cohen, the other cohen brother. when my kid brother was born, my father's father said to my father,"mazel tov! the cohen brothers!"

when our father, the late great dan cohen, looked at us and just said those three words,"the cohen brothers," it was as if he was pronouncing a truth of miraculous wonder. so, we were infused with this sense importance of being brothers. i think that this deep bond that we have is the foundation upon which i have built such an extensive family of dear friends. it is because i have such a very wonderful brother, that the idea of having more siblings seems so appealing.

most of you have heard me kvell about danny at one time or another, i am sure. here i go again. my little brother is wonderful writer. so, i am sending a lip as part of this geebah(fb tells me message is too long with it as part of geebah), a piece he just wrote about mama walker. you might remember that i wrote a bit about her in geebah #14. such a great lady, needs to be memorialized properly. thank you danny, for doing it so well. family is everything! please, cherish one another.

pottery shard

excerpt from "Brother Jimmy"
words and music by Avram Lavinsky

I've got a lifetime occupation.
I've got everything that I need.
There's just one small complication
casting shadows over me!

Gigs & News

Avram Lavinsky

Hopefully, has time to make pie for the holidays! Three little guys about to tear up some wrapping paper!

Billy Cohen

Uketastic!

Doug Haxall

Doug with his band Morning Glory.
http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;www.myspace.com/morninggloryjams
& http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;www.gloryheads.com/

MG just had an epic gig in Eagle Rock. Our old friend, Doug Grean was there and wrote this on the dresamspeak fb group wall. "I went and Saw Doug's band Morning Glory last night at the Eagle Rock Bowl. They were awesome. All band members are great players and play well together. Doug is playing bass better then ever. It really made me nostalgic. The bass solo/coda on Eyes of The World was outstanding. If you get a chance you should check them out you'll not be disappointed."

Doug Grean now lives in Eagle Rock and Doug Haxall has extended an invitation to him to sit in with MG. I hope i get to be there when that happens.

Gordon Clay
http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;www.nappyg.com/

WEDS. DEC. 23
BK BOOGIE! @ BEMBÉ (81 S.6th/Berry)

http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;FRI.DEC.25: Merry James-mas!
JAMES BROWN TRIBUTE @NuBlu (NYC)
w/NappyG,Nickodemus & Monk-1

FRIDAY JAN. 1,2010
(Happy New Year! New decade!)
dj Nappy G 10 p.m.@ CIELO (18 Little W. 12th,btw 9th Ave/Washington)w/ SABO & WISEACRE

Every Saturday- DJ NAPPY G & SKROBADELIC@ the Sunburnt Cow-137 Ave.C,between 8th-9th St.,in the East Village (NYC).

Classic NAPPY G song re-Released for Your Listening pleasure: "GREEK FREEK"!
22-12-2009
Originally released on G's now classic (& out-of-print) debut "Perc-0-Delic:Yin & the Yang" cd (2003)...still funky! Still burns up the dancefloors! Enjoy,malakas!
(Thanks to Sofia Strati & Nikos Delijannis,aka Mr. Aftherton)
GREEK FREEK
by
nappyg
http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;www.nappyg.com/index.php?news&nid=4

New song! From PLEASUREMAKER! Ft. Nappy G(Perc.) & Soulati(Vocals)
22-12-2009
Fresh from the San Fran lab that is the PLEASUREMAKER studiio,here's a joint we made a coupla weeks ago!
(WAY OUT) BY THE EDGE OF TOWN:
By da edge of Town Dec Mix w- Soulati and Nappy G.
by
DJ Pleasuremaker
http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;www.nappyg.com/index.php?news&nid=3

editor's note: i was in studio when gordon and soulati blessed this track. it was really awesome being in studio. dj pleasuremaker is a funky genius.

Luke McCormick
http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;www.dreamspeak.com/

Has got Fiona keeping time, is still a jam maniac and will cross the country for a house party. Got to be a great house party.

Matt Zekala

Matt with his band T. Ray & the Shades.
http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;www.trayandtheshades.com

Also, check out Matt's music & art at:
http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;www.mattzekala.com/

Zeke is playing NYE w/ Greg Koerner & friends at Todd Wiener's brownstone: 377 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

Sean O'Brien

First Christmas with Mae imminent and Jack is getting big enough to really tear open some presents!

Tommy Kaelin

Tommy W/ WEST SIDE ALL-STARS
Jan 8 2010
10:00P
Underground Lounge
New York, New York
Jan 22 2010
10:00P
Underground Lounge
New York, New York
Feb 12 2010
10:00P
Underground Lounge
New York, New York
Feb 26 2010
10:00P
Underground Lounge
New York, New York

http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;www.myspace.com/westsideallstarsnyc
There are some rough cuts from the studio up on there. Craig Dryer joins us on Hammond Organ and Sax (If there is both piano and organ it is craig on Hammond). All the stuff is done live in the studio, vocals, solos, etc. Just like a show.

There is also a video ofThe West Side All-Starsfrom the Underground Lounge up our facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=191908974727&ref=mf

If you are on the Island and starved for arts, check http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;www.glenwood-arts.org/ . Tom is on the board and they have great programs.

Willie Bonham

The Rat with J. The Savage.
http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;www.myspace.com/jthesavage1

Dec 24 2009
8:00P
DBA
New Orleans, Louisiana

Jan 2 2010
8:00P
Three Ring Circus
New Orleans, Louisiana

Jan 9 2010
4:00P
Louisiana Music Factory in Store appearance.
New Orleans,, Louisiana

loving you all always,

b
ps enjoy the lip #4

Billy Cohen
Labyrynth
ph: 415-753-0910
cel:415-793-1376
mailto:billy@labyrynth.com
http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;www.labyrynth.com
Daniel Cohen, 6 year Old Stand up Comedian:
http://www.facebook.com/l/2dff5;www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsPZ6G13R6c