Saturday night was jam band night at Henotic in the GCBC Lounge. I missed the JPS trio’s set, but arrived in time to enjoy the groove from Whister’s the Release who had a cadre of girls dancing in front of the stage.
A shaker in a shoe was attached to a Hammond organ garnished with a tie dyed sheet being played along with piano /flute by vocalist/Tom Heuckendorff. Brendan Ladner added some tasteful guitar work while Kostas Lymbertos set down the bass groove as drummer Tim Watson held it all together
They kept the groove going with infusions of R and B, jazz and rock and every thing else you could think of. The songs had seemless transition with little space between songs which were designed to let the audience dig the groove.
— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
