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Happy New Year! with Mani Neumeier, Jacob Green, ST37

Sunday, January 1st begins the 2012 COTFG concert series!

January 1st 2012, 7PM performance, $15 admission, *early doors at 5PM for refreshments and hangin' out!

Salvage Vanguard Theatre mainstage.

Church of the Friendly Ghost Featured Series 2012, Performance #1:

MANI NEUMEIER /// ST37

CHURCH of the FRIENDLY GHOST'S 1st PRESENTATION in the 2012 FEATURED SERIES:

7PM Jacob Green & Ensemble

730 |ST37| featuring guest Mani Neumeier on drums

one of the most outstanding and enduring psych-rock bands from Texas.

830 |Mani Neumeier| solo percussion & duo with Jurgen Engler

Mani is the founder and drummer of revered Krautrock band, Guru-Guru. Jurgen Engler is an artist/multi-instrumentalist, founder of Die Krupps.

930 LARGE GROUP IMPROVISATION

klik the press stuff:

Badass Guru-Guru song on youtube, from their tough 1970 album, "UFO"

Guru-Guru Wikipedia entry

Mani Neumeier's website, containing plenty of photos, press reviews, historical, and anecdotal information

Mani is a marvelous drummer and performer, something of a Krautrock legend that is loved and respected all across the globe. (He's EVEN in a Japanese wax museum, in glorious Krautrock sonic barbarian regalia! You gotta take a look at this, third picture down: http://www.aural-innovations.com/issues/issue19/guruguru.html) More importantly, Mani is a dedicated, insatiable cultural adventurer of more than a few decades. You may expect virtuosity and absurd comedy from his tremendously energetic solo performance. Mani Neumeier is the only fixed point in the ever-changing Guru Guru band history, which has encompassed dozens of musicians. As such, his musical story is appropriately rich, complex, and every bit compelling as his performance. Keep in mind that the CotFG Featured Series performances on the SVT stage are intimate, so this is an opportunity not only to experience Mani Neumeier's performance, but to engage with with the artists as well. Furthermore, you may definitely anticipate collaborative and improvised sets between Mani, members of ST37, and notable Austin musicians who will be there.

Aside from the brilliant performances on offer, the goal for New Year's Day 2012 at Salvage Vanguard is fun. We're going to get started really early with light food and restorative beverages. So come on over as early as 5PM to hang out, nosh in the gallery, and work on that New Year's Eve holdover.

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The Church of the Friendly Ghost series of concerts is made possible by community patrons, and through a partnership with Salvage Vanguard Theater.
http://www.salvagevanguard.org

This project is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

[access to culture is a right, not a luxury. more community, less commerce. embody the town you want to live in. be curious. take risks. show up.]
http://www.churchofthefriendlyghost.org/