Jim Weider's Project Percolator w/ Actual Proof Live at Double Door Inn, Charlotte 3/27/10

[Chris]

JIM WEIDER'S PROJECT PERCOLATOR

JAM BAND/ ROCK/ JAZZ
$12 in Advance
$15 @ the Door
Doors @ 8:30PM
Show @ 10PM
18 and up

Click for Advance Tickets

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JIM WEIDER, former member of the Rock- in- Roll Hall of Fame legendary group "THE BAND", is a Master of classic Telecaster Guitar.ProJECT PERCoLAToR represents Jim's newest musical venture into a powerful groove & jam guitar driven band. The All Star Line up Featuring multi grammy award winner"RODNEY HOLMES"- Drums (Santana&Steve Kimock Band ), "MITCH STEIN"- Guitar (Steve Kimock Band)&"STEVE LUCAS"- on Bass. Jim blends rock & blues, with funk & jazz groove's combining modern drum loops and samples, to playing beautiful melodic ballads .The band's Amazing improvisation and chemistry from worldwide touring ,plays a show both exciting and mesmerizing!

ProJECT PERCoLAToR is a new musical direction for Jim, with Big Guitars with Modern Grooves! A powerful show that takes you on a journey! For a quick listen check out the below link provided. Jim was featured on numerous albums, films, videos and television appearances. Highlights included a 1990 performance with The Band and Ronnie Hawkins at The Berlin Wall concert produced by Roger Waters of Pink Floyd; several cable TV specials (notably "The Bob Dylan Tribute" at Madison Square Garden; "The Road," a 1994 pay-per-view concert telecast from the Woodstock '94 Festival; and a 1995 appearance on the A&E Biography documentary "The Authorized Video Biography The Band"

[TheWook]

BEST DRUMMER EVER

[Chris]

I like this one... Rodney goes off. They're just as good as it gets.. Love PP

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[Actual Proof]

I'm very glad to say that we'll be starting the night off.  It's the biggest honor to be sharing the stage with these guys......
Needless to say, we'll be practicing our asses off until then!

[Chris]

Damn! Yeah, I copy/pasted from the DD site so I guess for now this is an exclusive?? great news!!

Sick just got sicker.. How's Scott feeling? 

[Brad Kuntz]

Id love to shoot this one

[edison drums]

Any chance to see Rodney, and I'm there! Glad to see actual proof opening...I'm looking forward to this one.

[Actual Proof]

Chris,
I didn't tell Scott that Jim's drummer is Rodney Holmes but he saw the post on our Facebook and quickly found out!  Needless to say, he's practicing and gettin' ready....  

[Will Little]

are you guys going to take down the "no shoes no sleeves no service" sign for Moose?

Mitch Stein blew my sleeves off!

[Chris]

OMG guys just wait till you read and/or hear the phone interview I just did with Jim Weider... the Carolinas are in for it.. Mitch Stein can't make the tour so Percolator's original guitar player and one of Jim's favorite guitar players of all time will be making the tour... Jesse Gress of Todd Rundgren fame... Greensboro let us know how it goes since you get them before the rest of us. Oh and Jim had really nice things to say about LiveNation as well..

Give me a few days to transcribe this... it's looong

[Actual Proof]

Can't wait to hear that interview!
(bump... .) 

[fluffhead]

This will surely be a night filled with sick nastiness! Cant wait!!!

[Chris]

you aren't kidding there...

AP - here's a taste... Full interview coming tomorrow.

CHRIS -  If we could back up just a bit. When did you take up guitar, did you study with anyone or are you self taught?

JIM WEIDER – I’m pretty much self-taught. I picked it up as a kid at like ten or eleven and just kind of taught myself by listening to records… just basic ear training, you know? I’d put a quarter on top of the record to slow it down. You can figure out the licks to “Twilight Zone” or The Ventures, “Walk Don’t Run”, and then work your way up. (chuckles)

CHRIS – I hear that (chuckles), I learned to play drums playing to The Ventures.

JIM WEIDER – There you go. I still have the record, “Play Along With The Ventures”. It’s in my music studio. It’s great stuff.

CHRIS - I bet a clean copy of that vinyl is worth something these days. 

JIM WIEDER – Yeah, yeah… I don’t have that but basically yeah. Along the way I got to meet guitar legend Lenny Breau when I was living in Nashville. I took a couple of lessons from him which was really exciting for me and one guy gave me a lesson, showing me the Jesse Ed Davis licks on the real blues and Taj Mahal stuff. That really changed my life because he showed me vibrato. You know like how to really do the slow vibrato like Jesse Ed did. I think that was mind opening for me… to really focus on tone and touch and vibrato.

[trOn]

That's awesome! I can't wait to read it all. I think I'll have to skip out on future brother in-laws party for a couple hours and bring my ass to charlotte...I have to catch that Actual Proof set for sure, and all those seasoned musicians in the DD, it can't be missed!

[maggie]

I won't be able to make it to the Charlotte show, but look, they are playing right here in Greensboro tonight!