Vibraphone Destroyer – Punk Jazz Provocateur – Mike Dillon
The Vibraphone Destroyer is back, doing what he does best, playing amazing percussion, especially with his mallet instruments. We’re talking, of course, about Mike Dillon, who just got back from a brilliant Jam Cruise with more amazing sets than you can imagine, including truly spectacular sets with Galactic and with The Porter Trio, as in George Porter, Jr.
Thanks to all the peeps and musicians on the Jam Cruise. What a great way to get the year rolling. Now I will lay off Congas and Bata for a while and focus on vibes and tabla.
Dillon will first curate his Winter Percussion Massacre, which features the New Orleans Punk Rock Percussion Consortium — with percussion instruments of every possible sort everywhere you look. That show is at The Howlin’ Wolf in NOLA.
Stoked be playing with the percussion ensemble this weekend!!!! We are going to have a giant Krewe of drummers on stage between the consortium and Batebunda!
Dillon and his band, The Malletmen, will team up with Marco Benevento for five nights, starting at The Charleston Pour House and then four dates in Florida. They head to Colorado for three shows, two with The Greyboy Allstars, before taking the show to the West Coast for dates.
Dillon’s resume is deep, and that’s not even listing countless sit-ins with the best bands in the business. He has nine albums under his name, three more with The Dead Kenny Gs, two with Nolatet, three with Garage A Trois, and more recordings with Billy Goat, Hairy Apes BMX, Malachy Papers, and Critters Buggin. And he has guested on several dozen more.
Dillon is part of the Royal Potato Family, which have released his last five albums: Urn (2012), Band of Outsiders (2014), Broke (2016), Life is Not a Football (2017), and Bonobo Bonobo (2018). The Dead Kenny Gs, Garage A Trois, and Nolatet are also members of the Royal Potato Family.
There’s a very good reason Mike Dillon is known as the “punk jazz provocateur.” Come find out why.
MIKE DILLON’S WINTER PERCUSSION MASSACRE
featuring THE NEW ORLEANS PUNK ROCK PERCUSSION CONSORTIUM
01/26 The Howlin’ Wolf | New Orleans LA
MIKE DILLON Solo
01/27 Chizuko | Pensacola FL
MIKE DILLON & THE MALLETMEN and MARCO BENEVENTO
01/29 The Charleston Pour House | Charleston SC
01/30 Jack Rabbit’s | Jacksonville FL
01/31 Crowbar | Tampa FL
02/01 Will’s Pub | Orlando FL
02/02 Blackbird Ordinary | Miami FL
MIKE DILLON & THE MALLETMEN and THE GREYBOY ALLSTARS
02/07 Washington’s | Fort Collins CO
02/08 Cervantes – The Other Side | Denver CO
MIKE DILLON & THE MALLETMEN
02/09 The Liberty | Telluride CO
02/10 Center for Divine Awakening | Phoenix AZ
02/12 Winston’s | San Diego CA
02/13 Library Bar – Mayfair Hotel | Los Angeles CA
02/14 Boom Boom Room | San Francisco CA
02/15 Talent Club | Talent OR
02/16 The Jack London Revue | Portland OR w/ THMPR
02/17 Skyway Bar & Grill | Mt. Hood Village OR
03/05 Blue Nile Balcony Room | New Orleans LA
04/30 New Orleans Crawfish Festival | New Orleans LA
THE MIKE DILLON BAND
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