Mind(x) makes powerful music, and has done so for over a decade. Their unique, accessible sounds
are developed through adventurous improvisation and exploration. This group draws on more than seventy years of live performance experience between them. Continuous performing at venues throughout the western United States provides inspiration for a still expanding range of musical influences. To call the Mind(x) repertoire eclectic is an understatement. A typical set ventures through an everchanging array of Latin styles, Southern Rock, Calypso, Bluegrass, Zydeco, Celtic and African music.
Mind(x) has played practically every available venue in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Arizona, including legendary spots like the Fillmore, Sweetwater, New George's, The Last Day Saloon, Mystic Theatre, The Catalyst, Humptys/Elevation at North Shore Tahoe and many others. They have also played at many well known festivals including High Sierra, Strawberry and Marin Music Festivals.
SPECIAL GUEST-HOS often join Mind(x) for live shows. Check out these amazing players! |
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*Multi-instrumentalist Sean Barfly plays mandolin, fiddle, five string banjo, steel guitar and guitar. Sean has played with countless bluegrass and country bands and has been involved in many regional picking and fiddling competitions. |
 | *Bassist Martin Holland has performed with many respected artists in the past thirty years, including reggae “godfather” Joe Higgs, jazz superstar Stanley Turrentine, The Platters, The Coasters, The Drifters, Lydia Pence, Steve Kimock, Bill Spooner, Faye Carol, Scott Huckabay, Buzzy Linhart, Scott Law, Warren Haynes, Merle Saunders, Bill Kreuztmann (Grateful Dead), well-known sideman David Garabaldi & Lenny Williams of Tower of Power, Billy Johnson & Brian Collier of Santana, Tom Constanten of the Grateful Dead, Rodney Franklin of the Stevie Wonder Band, Robert Stewart of the Winton Marsalis Band and legendary reed man Paul McCandless of Oregon-Paul Winter Consort fame. |
 | *Multi-instrumentalist Shawn King, adds percussion, backing vocals and didgeridoo to Mind(x). He has fifteen years experience performing and composing in traditional and pop music projects, including world dance band !Akimbo, duos and trios with Joe Craven, the local Afro-cuban folklorico group Up From the Roots, jazz drummer and percussionist Babatunde, dancer/choreographer extraordinaire Bill T. Jones, the Pamela Trokanski Dance Studio, the Irish folk group Driving With Fergus, Brazilian pop group Eclectica and folk/avant-garde quartet Rosegarden. |
 | *Smooth hands, big ears, solid groove: all staples of drummer Peter Philis. Hailing from Boston, MA, Peter's at home on both coasts. Whether he’s jammin with friends or working with new artists for the first time, Peter's been laying it down for more than 25 years. Some favorite shows include the 1985 drum corps world championships with the Concord Blue Devils, The 2001 Montreal Jazz Festival with Frankie Lee, the 2002 East Coast Roots and Blues Festival in Byron Bay, Australia with Big Jack Johnson, and more recently, the Blue Lamp in Sacramento, CA with Melvin Seals of the Jerry Garcia Band and Mind(x). Catch a live show and see funk, jazz, latin, reggae, bluegrass, techno, and a little bit of magic. |
 | *Rick Zamora, a Northern California guitar phenomenon, was a sideman for Curtis Mayfield for ten years and performed at Woodstock. |