Uptown Lights

[carlito]

Oh Yeah........

Another reason to live in Los Angeles motherfuckers.

Formed primarily to throw house parties in their hometown while they work on their respective individual projects, Uptown Lights revisits the days of dressing uptown and throwing downtown. Armed with a setlist featuring the songs of their heroes, like O.V. Wright, Joe Tex, the Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding and many, many more, this show is not to be missed...

The lineup is as follows: Greg Dulli/Vocals, Scott Ford/Bass, Mathias Schneeberger/Keys, Jon Skibic/Guitar, and Brian Young/Drums. The band'll play their first show on February 19th at Spaceland in Silverlake, CA.

The band has a myspace page. The band answers some of the questions that inquiring minds want to know such as whether there'll be a tour(response: probably not but possibly some sporadic shows), or whether there will be any live recordings(response: to quote them, "You bet your ass there will be").
Monday, January 10, 2005

Some questions answered...

OK people, so we got a lot of emails asking the same questions, so here's the answers right from the source.

Will there be a tour?

Probably not. At least not until some kind soul ponies up the dough that a tour like this would cost. It sure would be fun though wouldn't it?

If there's no tour, what about a sporadic show in New York/Philly/Texas/insert your state here?

We would like to come play some of our old haunts, and some new ones too. We aren't saying no, but we are saying not yet.

Will there be any live recordings?

You bet your ass there will be. We’ll be putting a few select MP3’s up here from time to time, and the chances of a live album and DVD are not too bad either. However, this is most definitely a LIVE band, so if you can get to a show, we advise you to do so.

What songs will you be playing?

There will be no tipping of the hat here, you are going to have to show up to find out. Safe to say they will all be covers, and if you’ve ever seen us do covers before (that means all of you who have ever seen the Twilight Singers), then you know it’s going to be a good time.

Have the 5 band members all played together before?

This is the exact band that recorded Black is the Color and Papillon amongst many other songs.

How can I help spread the word?

Help us help you by telling your friends to come sign up on our MySpace page. We need a street team to get this thing off the ground, and that’s where you come in. The more interest we get, the more shows we can do, and the more cities we can hit. Write an email to your favorite music sites, bombard Rolling Stone with the love, help us get the word out to our brothers and sisters.

People, it’s time to get down

[stonedtemple_pilot]

I'm moving to LA for this show & the FREE Burning Brides shows every monday in February.

Lucky fuckers.

[carlito]

that burning brides thing....

it's good.

and i will be at some of them for sure.

but please don't move here. it's very crowded and we just can't tolerate anymore canadians.

[barriers]

stonedtemple_pilot said:

I'm moving to LA for this show & the FREE Burning Brides shows every monday in February.

Lucky fuckers.

motherfuckers!

[barriers]

it says they're going to have special guests!

they'res a chance the man could be at one of those



fuckers!!! it's 21+ too, I couldn't go if I wanted to

[stonedtemple_pilot]

the said:

but please don't move here. it's very crowded and we just can't tolerate anymore canadians.

there a lot?

other than michael j fox, mike myers & jim carrey that is.

[carlito]

had to bump this just to rub it in everyone's face a little bit more.

[MR GUMBY]

[RominiBikini]

is that who I think it is?

[MR GUMBY]

yay kallaafoornniya!

[RominiBikini]

ok, I'm gonna throw up my guts now

[MR GUMBY]

maybe it's a tumour.

[Quim-Quizzle]

.......wrong

[carlito]

i like the governator.

i don't much like his movies.

but i do like what he has done as governor.

he's my favorite republican, and will very likely be responsible for putting California back in the black. ten times better than that little gray-haired mealy-mouthed milquetoast whiteass FUCK he un-seated.

so bring on the insults and the liberal diatribe.

i could care less because i will see uptown lights next month, and you won't. long live collifornia

[Quim-Quizzle]

the said:

i like the governator.

i don't much like his movies.

but i do like what he has done as governor.

he's my favorite republican, and will very likely be responsible for putting California back in the black. ten times better than that little gray-haired mealy-mouthed milquetoast whiteass FUCK he un-seated.

so bring on the insults and the liberal diatribe.

i could care less because i will see uptown lights next month, and you won't. long live collifornia

amen !

[melaniewhorehouse]

Lineup change:

Due to prior commitments with his own band, Fountains of Wayne, Brian Young has had to step down as the drummer for Uptown Lights.

Luckily for us, Bobby McIntyre (Twilight Singers) has agreed to cut short his Miami vacation and return to LA to begin rehearsals and claim his place as the official drummer for the band.

Also, 100 tickets have been put aside for sale on the door.

[MR GUMBY]

the said:

i like the governator.

i don't much like his movies.

but i do like what he has done as governor.

he's my favorite republican, and will very likely be responsible for putting California back in the black. ten times better than that little gray-haired mealy-mouthed milquetoast whiteass FUCK he un-seated.

so bring on the insults and the liberal diatribe.

i could care less because i will see uptown lights next month, and you won't. long live collifornia

fair enough. obviously, we don't get updates on how he's going, we just saw when he beat gary coleman and him introducing W last year. basically he's a humourous story for our news to run every so often.

strangely, the word 'liberal' over here is the more right side of politics than over in the us – this confused me a hell of a lot as i thought he was quite conservative (but i then learned that both your major parties are conservative anyway, how bout that).

[melaniewhorehouse]

More info from Scott Ford:

We are proud to announce that Mickey Champion will be joining the festivities at Spaceland on Feb. 19th. The legendary blues singer will open up for Uptown Lights.

The late Charles Brown considered Mickey Champion one of the greatest powerhouse blues singers of all time. Not long before his death he said, "Ain't no one left who can sing like that when Mickey's gone".

Mickey was born into the Louisiana blues musical culture and nurtured on the distinctive cooking styles of her native Lake Charles, influences she took with her to Los Angeles. Without Mickey, Central Avenue in Los Angeles, would have been an awfully bland patch of pavement. With her, it became a Mecca.

Over the years she has performed with greats such as Billie Holiday, T. Bone Walker, and Dinah Washington…doubled for Esther Phillips and shared the friendships of singers Barbara Morrison, Linda Hopkins and Ray Brewster and trumpet player Clora Bryant.