MiZ - I need to share this band! (Page 2 of 2)

I know Keith already posted the Trippin On Nothing link... did anybody check it out?  There's a multitrack version available now too... can't decide which I like better, they both sound awesome.  As I said before, even if you're not a Phish fan, give this a chance.  In fact, they're not even all Phish originals... some (tracks 2, 3, 4, 7 & 9) are just songs they often covered.  Talking Heads fans won't want to miss "Cities"... I wasn't even familiar with this song before, now I'm addicted to it... and there's some great soloing and jamming in the second half.  Being a blues crowd, you've gotta check out ZZ Top's "Jesus Just Left Chicago"... I think you'll be pleased.  The only Phish original I was previously familiar with was "Down With Disease"... some great jamming in there, and in most all the songs at this show actually.  As I said before, this band really gives Mike Miz a chance to utililize his guitar skills.  Twice he broke guitar strings and the rest of the band just jammed away til he came back.  John Kimock (son of guitarist Steve Kimock) was drumming for this show, and as Keith says in the etree comments: "Let me just say that for a kid who never played a Phish song in his life before yesterday, John Kimock nailed it!!"  Anyway, here's all the info and links... would be nice to hear some feedback, as I'm curious what this crowd here thinks...

Trippin On Nothing
River Street Jazz Cafe
Plains, PA
March 5, 2010

http://www.myspace.com/trippinonnothing
Mike Miz (MiZ, Jam Stampede) - Guitar & Vocals
Dylan Skursky (Cabinet) - Bass & Backing Vocals
Fares Houssein (The Woody Browns Project) - Keyboards & Backing Vocals
John Kimock (Steve Kimock, New Madrid Faults) - Drums

Multitrack mixdown version:

Allen & Heath GL2400 (Direct Outs) + ceiling mounted house mic + Schoeps MK21's (On Stage)>Schoeps KCY 250/05i cable>Schoeps VST 62ui>Lunatec V3>Alesis HD24 w/EC-2 Converter upgrade
Alesis Caddy>Fireport 1394>Nuendo 4(Multitrack mixdown)>Soundforge Pro 10 (Fades, iZotope 64 BIT Sample Rate Conversion /iZotope MBIT+ Bit depth conversion to 16 Bit/44.1khz)>>CDWAV>FLAC

Recorded & Processed By Keith Litzenberger

http://www.archive.org/details/ton2010- … ack.flac16
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http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta … ?id=293479

Soundboard/Schoeps (on stage) matrix version:

FOH SBD Mix + Schoeps MK21's (On Stage)>Schoeps KCY 250/05i cable>Schoeps VST 62ui>Lunatec V3>Alesis HD24 w/EC-2 Converter upgrade
Alesis Caddy>Fireport 1394>Soundforge 9 (mix of sbd/mics, Fades, Sample/Bit Rate Conversion)>CDWAV>FLAC

FOH Mix by Ben Travers
Recorded & Processed By Keith Litzenberger

http://www.archive.org/details/ton2010- … sbd.flac16
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http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=533223

Set 1:

01 Birds Of A Feather
02 Cities
03 Jesus Just Left Chicago
04 Roses Are Free
05 Axilla
06 Llama
07 Boogie On Reggae Woman
08 Harry Hood

Set 2:

01 Also Sprach Zarathustra>
02 Down With Disease
03 Tube
04 Suzy Greenberg
05 Encore Break
06 Band Intro
07 Slave To The Traffic Light

Thanks Vik for sharing Mike Mizwinski. I really like his music (and Mrs. Fingers, too).
And thanks for making me notice www.archive.org! I didn't even know that something like that existed. Since reading your post I've found some nice recordings of other bands I like (e.g. Tishamingo).

Rusty

Well no - we didn't know him before. I think now we're two of very, very few Germans who know him...    Thanks to this thread.

Rusty

I haven't given Mike Miz props on here for a while, but I thought this was worth mentioning...

Last night his band MiZ opened for Blues Traveler at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg PA, and it was a great success!  Here's the recording, you can listen on Archive... (if anybody wants the Blues Traveler recording, I can post that too, just ask)...
http://www.archive.org/details/MiZ2010- … sbd.flac16

Also, here are a couple videos Keith shot... he'll probably be adding more too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rybGwqoHVkc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnIebuZl … re=channel

The MiZ line-up is different these days... that's Mike Daugherty on bass and John Kimock (son of guitarist Steve Kimock) on drums... they make a great trio.

This isn't the first time Mike has opened at the Sherman Theater... last year MiZ opened for the Derek Trucks Band, and sometime after that his Phish cover band Trippin On Nothing opened for Lotus there.  Mike Miz has developed quite a following in the area... a couple days before the show the Sherman Theater posted on their Facebook page: "OK guys and gals, it's time for the biggest party in NEPA this Wednesday when Blues Traveler hits the Sherman Theater stage! Come celebrate the 5-year anniversary of the Sherman Theater with us on Wednesday, July 21. This is gonna be an awesome show! And don't forget about MiZ, playing an opening set!!!"  Well a bunch of MiZ supporters posted saying stuff like Blues Traveler should be the one opening for MiZ, etc, etc... so the Sherman Theater then posted: "Alright, alright. We get it. So here's a revamped update. Come see MiZ! This Wednesday! (plus a little band called Blues Traveler)".  LOL 

MiZ opened for Jackie Greene a few nights ago at the River Street Jazz Cafe in Wilkes-Barre... wow, what a GREAT night!!  This was Jackie's only club stop this tour (his band is currently supporting Gov't Mule's tour)... in fact, this show only came about a few weeks ago, as the result of some urging by fans... so this was a rare and intimate treat, with probably less than 130 in attendance.  I like Jackie best when he's doing his own thing (rather than playing with other bands) and this was a particularly passionate performance.  MiZ also played a stellar opening set, and then at the end of the night Mike Miz joined Jackie's band for a 2-song encore.  The recordings turned out excellent... enjoy...

http://www.archive.org/details/MiZ2010-07-28
http://www.archive.org/details/jackiegr … itz.flac16

--Vik

Mike did sit in with the next band Tim McGlone & The Turn at World Cafe that night... damn good guitar playing by both Mike and Vince Pizii

South Philly Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oxiYluFtUQ

Ok, this post is not actually about the band MiZ, but one of Mike Miz's side projects, Garcia Grass.  They originally started out a little over a year ago as a special one-time gig to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Old and in the Way and to pay tribute to Jerry Garcia's bluegrass roots (as well as other bluegrass music in that vein).  It was such a success, they've continued booking gigs whenever they all can fit it into their busy schedules.

Garcia Grass is:
Mike Mizwinski (MiZ, Jam Stampede, Trippin On Nothing, Gongzilla) on Guitar/Vocals
Kris Kehr (Stone Poets, 9 Finger Saloon, The Recipe) on Mandolin/Vocals
Pappy Biondo (Cabinet) on Banjo/Vocals
Dylan Skursky (Cabinet, Trippin On Nothing) on Bass
Anthony Hannigan (Hickory Project) on Fiddle

This past Tuesday, Furthur (the current incarnation of The Grateful Dead, for those who may not know) played a show in Binghamton NY, and Garcia Grass played gigs at nearby bars both pre-show and post-show.  My taper friend Keith was there to record... these are both soundboard/Schoeps matrixes and they sound great.  If you're at all into this kind of music, I'd highly recommend checking them out... real good stuff!  Remember, even if you're not into downloading, you can just listen at your computer using the Archive links.  Enjoy! 

Garcia Grass
Terra Cotta Catering
Binghamton, NY
March 29, 2011

http://www.archive.org/details/garciagr … rly.flac16
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http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=543668
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http://www.shnflac.net/details.php?id=8 … babe12f3f5

Setlist:

01 Jam>
02 Shady Grove
03 Ripple
04 The Hobo Song
05 Lonesome LA Cowboy
06 Pig In A Pen
07 Midnight Moonlight
08 Deep Elem Blues
09 Jam>
10 Lonesome Fiddle Blues>
11 I Know You Rider
12 Long Journey Home
13 Bird Song
14 Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
15 Blue Yodel #9
16 When I Paint My Masterpiece
17 Catfish John*

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Garcia Grass
Tranquil Bar & Bistro
Binghamton, NY
March 29, 2011

http://www.archive.org/details/garciagr … ate.flac16
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http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=543659
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http://www.shnflac.net/details.php?id=4 … 24dd139c27

Setlist:

01 Tuning
02 Love Please Come Home
03 I'm Troubled
04 Wild Horses
05 20 Questions w/Kris
06 Pig In A Pen
07 Friend Of The Devil
08 Dark Hollow
09 Lonesome Fiddle Blues
10 Deep Elem Blues
11 Tangled Up In Blue
12 I Ain't Broke, But I'm Badly Bent

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Also, here's some decent video from that night......

The Hobo Song:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG_uUfTOoWE
I Know You Rider:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW77wWNHl00
Wild Horses:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrPVC4mKwc
Pig In a Pen:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IxKPiqpJH4