New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ MediaGroove) The Stick Against Stone (SAS) Orchestra will be performing songs not heard in almost 30 years from the rediscovered songbook of Stick Against Stone, as part of a free outdoor concert on Saturday, July 9th at 2pm at the Herbert Von King Park Recreation Center (670 Lafayette Avenue) in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. To be filmed for the cross-media documentary-in-progress "Get It All Out" (https://www.getitalloutmovie.com) - the SAS Orchestra is a 12+ member all-star ensemble of New York City musicians.
The story began in Pittsburgh in 1981 - where 7 young musicians got together to create a deliberately new sound in the middle of the post-punk/No Wave era. This group, Stick Against Stone - was an eclectic collective with a myriad of danceable influences, including No Wave, West African and Brazilian percussion, funk, reggae, dub, free jazz, art rock, folk and punk. Initially, there were no guitars - just drums, percussion, bass and 4 horns. Everyone sang in the group, but at the front most of the time was a tall, lanky lad by the name of John H. Creighton Jr.
A powerful singer as well as an excellent sax and flute player - Creighton was a poet from an early age, writing lyrics that dealt with both the beauty and madness of life. By day, he worked as a VISTA volunteer, helping feed hungry Pittsburghers through a local food pantry. A chronic migraine headache sufferer for many years - his struggle could be heard (and felt) through his voice and instruments. Unfortunately in 1985, at the age of 30 - John died from a heart-attack due to a known heart defect.
The July 9th event in Brooklyn will celebrate the revival of the music of Stick Against Stone (with a reunion of a handful of original band members from around the US), and the memory of John Creighton and Richard Vitale - the founder and wildly inventive drummer/percussionist of the group - who passed away in July of 2010.
Lead by music director David Terhune, the SAS Orchestra is made up of veteran NYC-area musicians - including members of Loser's Lounge (founder/keyboardist Joe McGinty and David have been mainstays at Joe's Pub and other performance spaces for 15+ years), in addition to David Miles - guitarist from the Bronx-raised post-punk/hip-hop notables ESG, drummer Denny McDermott (Donald Fagen, Marc Cohn), bassist Jesse Krakow (director of the recent New Yorker magazine "Critics Pick" benefit/tribute to the late Captain Beefheart), percussionist Yusuke Yamamoto (Dizzy Ventilators, Sabina Sciubba), and saxophonist Paula Henderson (Burnt Sugar, Melvin Van Peebles). A new album by the SAS Orchestra is planned for release in the fall of 2011.
As this is a free event, tickets are not required. Von King Park is easily accessible by the NYC MTA G subway train, from either the Myrtle-Willoughby or the Nostrand/Bedford stations.
For more information about the Stick Against Stone Orchestra, please visit https://listn.to/sasorchestra and follow the progress of "Get It All Out" on Twitter @mediagroove.
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