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Eldridge Gravy & the Court Supreme’s irrepressible rise continues at ever-larger venues, as the 13-piece funk/soul ensemble make the jump to Chop Suey. Their shows flamboyantly accentuate the positive with mostly up-tempo, tried-and-true maneuvers: dynamic horn charts; intricate, rousing vocal interplay; “Good god!”–inducing rhythms; and inspirational keyboard swells. Unless you’re an industrial-grade curmudgeon, Eldridge Gravy’s [...]


Now expanded to 13 members, Seattle’s Eldridge Gravy & the Court Supreme leverage all that instrumental and vocal firepower to exceptionally hedonistic ends, especially in live performances. Tonight they’re celebrating the release of the Mell Dettmer–recorded Party Hard, their newest exercise in self-fulfilling prophecy. Its eight earthy, fiery tracks fling you back to Sly & [...]



Let me be real for a second–the truth is, the best live act in this city might just be Eldridge Gravy and the Court Supreme. They’re 100% funk & soul. Nice writeup by Analog Giant here. Tour dates have been announced!  More here. 8/13: MUSE LOUNGE (EUG) w/Excellent Gentlemen, The Essentials – 9pm FREE! 8/13: EASTSIDE TAVERN (OLY) w/Excellent [...]


April update

26Apr10

It’s been a busy month+ so I wanted to take a minute to post a few quick updates on my activities: The first batch of Mood Organ “Calcinatio” cassettes are available from Dissonant Plane in Ballard, Seattle.  I’m making one 13-minute cassette of new material each week this year.  Supplies are extremely limited (editions of [...]


I’m playing 3 shows with 3 different acts this weekend. Midday Veil, fresh from mixing our first studio album last week, is ready to unleash an epic psych-rock set at our first Sunset Tavern show.  We’re sharing the bill with Nudity (from Olympia) and Datura Blues (from Portland), both of whom deliver the goods!  This [...]


The last 2 songs of the night from our March 6, 2010 performance at Nectar in Seattle, WA.  Both tracks appear on our debut CD, “Us Is What Time It Is”, available here. “Fire Escape”: “Can’t Help It”:


Eldridge Gravy & The Court Supreme will unleash our first slab of vinyl this Saturday night at The Tractor Tavern in Ballard (Seattle).  It’s a 7″ with “Exceptional” on the A-side and “Bafftub Jim” on the back.  The tracks were recorded by the great Mell Dettmer at Aleph Studios in West Seattle.  They look and [...]


Soundboard recording of Eldridge Gravy & the Court Supreme “Can’t Help It” live in Portland, Oregon. Mt Tabor Theater – October 17, 2009 Check us out at the Eastside Tavern in Olympia October 30, and at Nectar in Seattle November 6.



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