Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
602 followers · 2756 posts · Server musicians.todayDaily #SteveKimock. Another great sit-in. This time, great guest appearance by Terry Haggerty of the #SonsOfChamplin. If you don't know the Sons, do yourself a favor and check them out-Terry is one of the pioneers of #fusion guitar. Yet another Ray no-show :-( but this one is still super hot.
#stevekimock #sonsofchamplin #fusion #kvhw #guitar #improvisation
Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
601 followers · 2732 posts · Server musicians.todayDaily #SteveKimock. When Ray was a no show Steve called Jimmy Herring to fill in. Some years later I happened to see Jimmy at the Miami airport and struck up a conversation. He remembered the gig well, and was particularly impressed that the band gave him a full cut of the take for the night.
#stevekimock #guitar #improvisation #kvhw #bayarea
Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
600 followers · 2713 posts · Server musicians.todayDaily #SteveKimock. A fun cover of #DavidBowie’s #SpaceOddity then rolling into the #KVHW tune #Hillbillies.
#stevekimock #davidbowie #spaceoddity #kvhw #hillbillies #mastomusic #guitar #bobbyvega
Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
571 followers · 2415 posts · Server musicians.today@TheVinylApe vastly under appreciated band. Terry Haggerty was a great pioneer of fusion guitar. Became familiar with them when Terry filled in with my buddy #SteveKimock’s band #kvhw in the late 90s.
Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
503 followers · 1746 posts · Server musicians.todayDaily #SteveKimock. Double bonus guests with #KVHW. #IkeWillis of #Zappa fame and a very young #DerekTrucks.
#stevekimock #kvhw #ikewillis #zappa #derektrucks #mastomusic #improvisation #guitar
Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
502 followers · 1730 posts · Server musicians.todayDaily #SteveKimock. With the W once again a no show, #KVHW Becomes #KVHH, with #fusion great #TerryHaggerty stepping.
#stevekimock #kvhw #kvhh #fusion #terryhaggerty #mastomusic #guitar #improvisation
Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
483 followers · 1497 posts · Server musicians.todayDaily #SteveKimock. Been a while since we’ve visited with #KVHW. A full set here starting with a piece that features our man #BobbyVega.
#stevekimock #kvhw #bobbyvega #mastomusic #guitar #bass
Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
478 followers · 1440 posts · Server musicians.todayDaily #SteveKimock. A well-recorded #KVHW show for out Sunday morning. Probably the SK act with the lengthiest and most open #improvisation. This recording is especially nice because it captures the vocals, unlike many KVHW recordings where the mics were on stage behind the house PA.
#stevekimock #kvhw #improvisation #guitar #mastomusic
Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
456 followers · 1322 posts · Server musicians.todayDaily #SteveKimock. #KVHW. Probably his most commercially successful act, with Alan Hertz on drums, Bobby Vega on bass, and ex-#Zappa singer Ray White. If I’m not mistaken, this show at Studio E was their first public performance.
#stevekimock #kvhw #zappa #mastomusic #guitar #improvisation
Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
440 followers · 1244 posts · Server musicians.todayDaily #SteveKimock. After #KVHW broke up Steve formed The Steve Kimock Band. The lineup in the early days included #AlanHertz and #BobbyVega from KVHW and #Santana alum #TomCoster. #PeteSears also appears on this track.
It’s a long wonderfully twisty cover of #WayneShorter’s #Footprints.
#stevekimock #kvhw #alanhertz #bobbyvega #santana #tomcoster #petesears #wayneshorter #footprints #mastomusic #guitar #jazz #psychedelic
Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
402 followers · 1013 posts · Server musicians.todayDaily #SteveKimock. He really is “big in Japan.” Here’s a rendition of the harmonically ambiguous #PointOfNoReturn (he says it’s “sort of in A and D”), followed by #CrazyFingers from 2017 in Osaka.
#stevekimock #pointofnoreturn #crazyfingers #mastomusic #guitar #improvisation #kvhw #gratefuldead
Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
386 followers · 893 posts · Server musicians.todaySunday #SteveKimock. Kimock, Vega (#TowerOfPower, #SlyStone), Hertz (#GarajMahal), White (#Zappa), aka #KVHW was probably his most popular act. Unfortunately Ray had some “personal”issues at the time and kept no-showing for gigs.
Nevertheless, they had a great groove while they lasted. I picked this clip mostly to show the #FenderMustang fitted with the famous #Rickenbacker horseshoe pickup.
#guitar #mastomusic #improvisation #BayAreaSound
#stevekimock #towerofpower #slystone #garajmahal #zappa #kvhw #fendermustang #rickenbacker #guitar #mastomusic #improvisation #bayareasound