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Praise be The Guitar Worship Service hath been resurrected!What?
Fair to ask, here's the low down:
In Seattle on Aug 16th 2013, Nov 9th 2013, and Feb 28th 2014 the first three Guitar Worship Services were experienced at The Josephine (now The Woodland Theater).
All performance sets were required to integrate at least one guitar and artists had free reign to interpret that requirement.
The resulting performances ranged from fuzz-grooved stoner rock to unlikely one-off duo collaborations to the most mind-twisting solo project creations this sacred guitar instrument is capable of.
Those three dates were divine happenings which featured the almightiest of guitar gods.
Don't believe me?
Ask the heads who were there, man.
They'll vouch.
And if they don't they're narcs.
If you weren't around at that time you missed out.
But now you're around this time so you can witness the resurrection of The Guitar Worship Service.
We return for more with performances from these gorgeous four:
TASIER EYES (Dustin)
www.tarsiereyes.bandcamp.com
IG @tarsiereyes_
Dustin performed the opening set at the first Guitar Worship Service. Relatively a newcomer to the Seattle noise scene at that time, Dustin's meticulously sculpted and diverse performance actuated the possibilities of what this show concept proved to be. It's symbolic that Tarsier Eyes catches that lightning bolt once again by opening this show.
TREBLED MORELS (Erin)
www.trebledmorels.bandcamp.com
IG @trebledmorels
A newcomer to the Guitar Worship Service, Erin is a welcomed invite as being handpicked for this lineup by Dustin of Tarsier Eyes who's sense of taste is finer than that of a wine snob. To my understanding, Trebled Morels shreds cacophony on a lap steel guitar. The grapevine says this project hasn't performed in a minute and that's a shame. We'll get that matter straightened out tonight.
THE NORTHWEST EXPERIMENTAL GUITAR ORCHESTRA (Various Members)
www.blakedegraw.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-chapel
IG n/a
Earlier this year Avant-Garde composer Blake Degraw (you may know him from his FNTGN project) revived this multi-membered entourage of axe slingers and audiences have been converted into guitar-praising congregations. Wait, hold up. NWEGO has been revived. The Guitar Worship Service has been revived. Think we found another symbolic occurrence to have this event see the light. Anyhoo, NWEGO's secret sauce is the sheer number of guitarists that ascend to the oddist of auditory heights. Tonight's piece is entitled "Koiní Moíra" (i.e. "Shamanic Strumming"). Originally composed for a choir of electric guitars (hear the provided Bandcamp track), this set will swap them pickup-powered instruments for an all-acoustic approach and holy hell it'll be a hypnotic doozy.
MONED (Justin)
www.moned.bandcamp.com
IG @ get_moned
The night's closer caps the lineup with a freq'n head trip'n drone wash'n feedback splash'n harsh noise'n speaker rip'n sensory fool'n wall of sound.
With an extra nod to Gallery 1412 member Blake Degraw, the 4th Guitar Worship has finally cometh. I formally invite you to join in this hallowed experience and be enlightened by tonight's almighty guitar gods.
- JL (Curator & Impressario)
OPENING DOORS: (TBA)
OPENING SET: (TBA)
($5-15?) suggested donation.
NOTAFLOF
Gallery 1412 is a non-profit arts & music venue.
Door money keeps this venue perpetuating creativity.
www.gallery1412dotorg.wordpress.com
www.facebook.com/Gallery1412.Seattle
Event art by Ralph Fudge
Ancient History Lesson:
https://kallistirecordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/guitar-worship-service-i
https://kallistirecordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/guitar-worship-service-ii
https://kallistirecordingcompany.bandcamp.com/album/guitar-worship-service-iii
"Better shred than dead." (all rights reserved)
Amen.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1412 18th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98122