This week brought the devastating news of the death of my friend Rick Froberg. Rick was and is one of my generation’s greatest (hard rock, punk, rock and roll, whatever you wanna call it) singer-songwriters, period. 
I started out as a fan of his bands Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu in San Diego in the 90’s. I was instantly blown away by the dark, emotional, agressive beauty of his singing, and the bizarre, angular, and simultaneously hooky guitars and melodies being chiseled out of pure rock. Thanks to our mutual friend Marshall Shuster, our friendship progressed in New York and I followed his bands Hot Snakes and Obits and saw them whenever I could. I had the pleasure of interviewing him in 2020 for my Pierre Pressure Podcast, and even got to jam with him under the auspices of our band that lasted one day: Cricket Pussy.

This podcast is a document of this original  artist and kind human who will be dearly missed. The world is a shittier without him...
#rickfrobergforever
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pierre-pressure-podcast/id1436876802?i=1000463852854

Pierre Pressure Podcast episode 28 is out now with Kurt Wagner, mastermind of the band Lambchop.

CHECK IT OUT HERE.

Come celebrate the release of Bad Reputation V.3 on March 31 at Barbes! Order now from VERMILLION MUSIC and get a free CD of your choice from Pierre's catalog.

And Pierre de Gaillande will do three shows in Canada this April performing songs of Georges Brassens in English and French, accompanied by fantastic guitarist-singer Christine Tassan, and bassist Hugo Blouin. Come see us!

April 2 - Librairie St.Jean Baptiste - 565 Rue St-Jean, Quebec, QC  (Solo)
April 5 - Rendez-vous du Thé - 1348 Rue Fleury Est, Montréal, Québec (w C. Tassan)
April 6 - La Brassée - 2522 Rue Beaubien Est , Montreal, QC (w C. Tassan)

And Body Kite has a bunch of great shows coming up:

Pierre Pressure Podcast will be recommencing after along hiatus, with an interview with the legendary guru of punk bass, Mike Watt.

Watt got in touch with Pierre after playing Body Kite's song "Amazingishly Gracefulistical" on his fine  "Watt From Pedro Show" on November 27. We could not be more stoked.
Stay tuned for Pierre's conversation with Mike Watt on Pierre Pressure Podcast.

Listen to THE WATT FROM PEDRO SHOW.

This song was a live improvisation recorded live at California Hill Studios on January 22, 2022, and features Gerald Menke on guitar and drums, Daniel Basiletti on keyboards, accordion, and trumpet, and Pierre de Gaillande on bass and trumpet.

You can hear more Body Kite music HERE:
https://bodykite.bandcamp.com

And come see Body Kite live on Friday December 2 at 8:30pm at Quinn's in Beacon!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1626934444390645/

Lots of great shows coming up, come on out and support.

Saturday, October 22:
Brassens Birthday 101 at Barbes!
Georges turns 101 on October 22! Come delight in the anarchist burlesque of this legendary French cultural icon. Pierre de Gaillande and his Bad Reputation band plus special guests will roque and folque you. 
Featuring Pierre de Gaillande, vocals and guitar, Andrew Hall, bass, Chris Stromquist, drums, Daniel Basiletti, trumpet, Josh Camp, accordion, Roderick Cumming, banjo, Quentin Jennings, piano, Stephen Ulrich, electric guitar.

Thursday, October 27:
Open Mind Open Mic at Arts on the Lake
Hosted by Pierre de Gaillande. We highly encourage and support all levels of talent from musicians who have never performed, old pros, or even people that want to work out their creative sides out in public. 
Sign up early by contacting Pierre on this website or on FB. Sign up available day of show. Bring your friends and family! Raffles, prizes! Arts on the Lake events can be found @ artsonthelake.org or on our facebook @ Arts on the Lake.

Saturday, October 29:
Body Kite Halloween show at Dogwood in Beacon
We are very excited about this new improvised instrumental project, Body Kite, a jam band for people who don’t like jam bands. We’re playing a show October 29 in Beacon at Dogwood Bar and we will be dressed like wizards. Gerald Menke - guitar, Pierre de Gaillande - bass, trumpet and taishogoto, Daniel Basiletti - Korg Wrangler and trumpet, and Chris Stromquist will be joining us on drums. We will be wearing wizard costumes, so let your freak flag fly.

Here's a Body Kite video shot by in California Hill Studio and edited with some weird-ass images  using text to image AI with the keywords “wizard, psychedelic, synthesizer, band, guitar, and Druids.” You're welcome.

A brand new, 3-song EP from Open Kimono is available now for streaming RIGHT HERE! Three new songs written and recorded by Pierre de Gaillande in quarantine, wading deeply into the frenzied political waters of this crazy, beautiful country known only by its (not very accurate) description: The United States of America.

Explaining Socialism: All music, lyrics, and instruments by Pierre de Gaillande.  
Drums by Chris Stromquist.  
Recorded at California Hill Studio, Kent, NY.  
Mixed by Chris Stromquist.

How the Virus Can Unite Us: All music, lyrics, and instruments by Pierre de Gaillande.  
Recorded and mixed at California Hill Studio, NY.  
Guitars recorded at The Sentry Box, Portland, ME. 

Big Flag: All music, lyrics, and instruments by Pierre de Gaillande.  
Drums by Dan Menke.  
Recorded and mixed at California Hill Studio, NY.