Dreamchair Music: News

We had a blast playing at the fabulous free Folk Fest today! New location at the Presidio Middle School (30th and Geary Sts.) so much better. Richard Rice is a wonderful (if crazy) human being!

We're planning to emerge from our winter hibernation with some spring and summer appearances. Keep in touch! Look for new video, Clown's Pants, at robertjduarte's movies on YouTube.

Our wonderful drummer, Robert Duarte, has a sideline. He's been making short movies for some time now. Recently Robert finished two movies that are posted on YouTube. One is a video for "One Way Streets," with scenes from SF's inner Richmond District. The other is for "Strange Warm Love." It's very beautiful. Robert's done a great job with a small camera! Go to YouTube and look for movies by robertjduarte. You'll find these two, along with two Banjo Medly movies. Happy birthday, Robert!

dcm has been invited to play at the SF Free Folk Festival this June. The festival will be held at City College on Phelan Ave. this year. Lots of great musicians and artists. Should be a lot of fun. Weekend of June 16th. Dreamchair will be playing in the Bungalow at 5:30 on the 16th.

Just in time for Valentine's Day (and Robert's birthday), our gorgeous re-issue of the 1999 release Odalisque is here! If you haven't heard it, check out the cuts available at this site. Odalisque features bouzouki and mandolin by David and flute and keyboard by the late (and great) Dennis Hawley. Soon to be available at this site, email us at dreamchair@Yahoo.com if you'd like us to send you one.

Our 1999 release, Odalisque, is currently at the manufacturers for re-issue in early Spring. This cd was our return to recording after some years while David recovered his chops after a painful disability. The music is heavily influenced by the traditional music of Central Asia and North Africa and features mandolin, bouzouki and the flute and keyboard contributions of our late buddy Dennis Hawley. Odalisque contains the song, "Sphinxes," which you can hear here on our website.

Dreamchair Music had a great time playing at Cafe Brainwash on Sunday, Jan. 14th. It was great to see lots of old friends. Thanks for coming out. Got to see the wonderful Walkershaws (GoVanGogh) and our old pal Ed Summerfield with his daughter, Haley. (Eddie played bass for us on Rope of Feathers in 1993!) We last played Brainwash in 1991, the night Miles Davis passed away. Richard Bryan, our bass player had a spooky picture of Miles behind the screen of his bass amp. Memories!

This Monday, Nov. 13th, we'll be playing at the Make Out Room in San Francisco. Show starts around 7:45 and we'll play till 8:30, or until they drag us off the stage.

dcm has been asked to play a benefit at the Brava Theatre, 24th and York Sts., SF on Sept. 26. The event is 6-10 and we'll probably go on about 6:30. We're very excited to be part of this benefit for ICHO, community health organization that supports people with HIV/AIDS.

Our 2004 cd release, "Home" is now available. If you bought a copy of Home as a cdr, we are happy to replace it for free with a new cd. Contact us at dreamchair@yahoo.com. We hope to have Home available through cdBaby very soon. For now you can buy it at Amoeba on Haight Street.

We had so much fun at the Hootenanny that Zarah asked us to return for a dreamchair music evening at Cafe Int. on Aug. 12th.

Dreamchair Music and others will be playing Sat, July 8th at the Hootenany. Show takes place from 7 to about 10:30 at the Cafe International on Haight at Fillmore.

Our latest cd, "Creek's Risin" is available now. You can order through cdBaby. It's also in Amoeba Music and Tower.com.