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Dirty Eatin’ with the Bass Clef Chef: Red Beans
26 AugSerious Fuckin’ Red Beans
4 lbs red beans, soaked overnight
4 lbs smoked sausage
2 – red bell peppers
2 – large onions
4 – stalks of celery
20 – cloves of garlic
4 – cups cooked rice
1 – quart of chicken, beef, or vegetable stock
Water
Cajun Spices (paprika, cayenne pepper, basil, thyme, cilantro, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder)
Hot sauce
Roughly chop up vegetables and set aside. Cut sausage into 1/2 inch thick pieces. In a big stock pot, brown the sausage pieces, then add vegetables and cook till slightly softened. Add spices, beans, and pour in the stock. Pour in enough water to barely cover everything. Give it a stir and cook low and slow until the beans are tender. 8 hours is recommended, but you can speed it up if you boil instead of simmer. Salt to taste, add hot sauce and enjoy. Refrigerate the leftovers.
- Bassman
Some Videos From Our Last Tour
26 AugThe Funky Geezer in Charlotte, NC:
Preparing for the zombie apocalypse in Beaufort, NC:
Back home, makin’ Red Beans:
Will post some pictures soon.
Catch us in Mobile tomorrow at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club.
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Performance Info
26 AugInput List and Stage Plot
(1) (2) (3) (4) Four vocals*
(5) Guitar [cab]
(6) Piano [¼ outputs]*
(7) Saxophone [wireless]
(8) Bass [DI through cab]
(9) Tuba [drop a mic in the bell]
(10) Drums
* If you have 2 additional channels available please provide an extra vocal mic for the bassman and run the piano stereo
Additional questions? Please contact our manager Jaime Coggins at:
(336) 314-0715 or thespace340@gmail.com
Technical Rider
You’ve made it this far! Congratulations, that means you’re actually reading this, probably because you – like us – value a good goddamn show. Here’s how to make that happen:
1) Importante: We travel with 5 microphones, a select assortment of cables, and 2 back-up mic stands. At the very minimum, a PA w/ 2 FOH & 2 monitor speakers + 2 additional mic stands & adequate XLR cabling are required for the show to be successful. But this is not entirely preferable.
2) A full club/festival set up is preferred: 6+ FOH speakers and 6+ monitors w/ separate mixes – each manned by a separate soundman + backlined bass & guitar cabs, full access to instrument mics, stands, DI’s, cables, etc.
Somewhere in between 1) and 2) there exists a medium that can work for both the venue and the artist.*
* If your venue meets the specifications of 2) there will be no problem – please skip the other asterisked points and move ahead to 3), 4) and 5)
* If your venue falls somewhere in between 1) and 2) please contact our manager Jaime Coggins at (336) 314-0715 or thespace340@gmail.com to let her know what to expect
* If your venue cannot provide the minimum requirements of 1) and you are reading this then there has probably been a lapse of communication somewhere along the way – please contact our manager Jaime at the above phone # or email to talk about this
Also, a few additional things:
3) Please do not electrocute the musicians – this sounds like a no-brainer, but you’d be surprised at what we’ve come across in this here industry of ours…
4) Please make sure that the location the artist will be playing in is structurally sound and fireproof – heavy shit, including speakers and steel stage frames, have fallen on top of artists before at outdoor festivals due to heavy winds (crushing them fatally) and let’s not forget that awful club fire that killed 100 people in Rhode Island…
5) Please do not fry the artist’s ears. This is the most important of all. 99% of the time feedback can be prevented with good engineering knowledge. Don’t squash or overload your system. Keep monitor mixes at a decent level. And remember Pete Townshend – please don’t give us tinnitus. Our ears are our bread and butter. Speaking of which…
Hospitality Rider
1 1750 ml Bottle Maker’s Mark bourbon w/ pour spout
2 Cases (48 bottles) of beer (no High Life or Bud please, Negra Modelo preferred)
1 Case (24 bottles) of hard cider (Samuel Smith’s or Strongbow preferred)
1 Case (24 bottles) of water (no spring water please)
5 lbs of ice (nugget-shaped preferred, w/ holes in the middle)
If it is a Friday or Saturday: 5 ½ lb Bacon cheeseburgers, cooked medium & dressed New Orleans-style (fresh lettuce, tomato & Blueplate mayonnaise) + 2.5 lbs Cajun fries + 10 cans of black soda (RC or Coke preferred)
If it is a Tuesday or a Thursday: Three extra large (18”+) pizzas – 1 cheese, 1 of a pesto base topped with grilled chicken and small garlic cloves, and 1 topped with an assortment of shredded and sliced regional meats (no zebra please) + 10 cans of red soda (Fanta Strawberry or Barq’s Strawberry Cream preferred)
If it is a Wednesday or a Sunday: 5 ½ lb bowls of jellybeans + 10 cups of black coffee
If it is a Monday: 3.5 lbs Red Beans & Rice (cooked New Orleans style [slow simmer] w/ hog salt & Andouille sausage) + 10 biscuits (a ½ pan of jalapeño cornbread may be substituted) + 10 cups of sweet ice tea (like momma used to make)
1 lb fresh strawberries
1 dozen Laotian bananas
1 box Caesar croutons (New York Texas Toast preferred)
3 lbs fresh salt-water taffy, assorted flavors
1 1.25oz can Tony Chachere’s Original Creole Seasoning
1 Ocelot Kitten (medium weight)
1 10.6 oz can Peter Stokkebye Turkish Export Rolling Tobacco
24 fresh towels
5 Divine after dinner mints
Please leave the artist area free of ketchup & Styrofoam
Dirty Eatin’ with the Bass Clef Chef: Breakfast
24 AugFist Full of Tustard Coast Boomsticks
1 – 3′ loaf of french bread
8 – large eggs
1 – cup whole milk
3 – tbs sugar
2 – tsp cinnamon
1 – tsp vanilla
Maple syrup
Coffee with chicory
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut bread in half lengthwise, then into 6” pieces. In a mixing bowl, beat together eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. Soak the bread in the custard mixture until the bread is completely saturated. Pan fry the saturated bread in a hot cast iron skillet for 2 minutes on each side and then bake on a baking sheet for 10 minutes. Flip the bread and continue baking for 5 more minutes or until the outside of the bread is crunchy and the inside is tender and delicious. Cover with maple syrup and enjoy with chicory coffee.
- Bassman










