Headless Household
"Blur Joan"
Musicians
Upcoming shows
None scheduled
Genre: Jazz / Avante garde
Web site: http://www.householdink.com/headless.htm
Related links
- MySpace page (Nov. 29, 2007)
History
With little in the way of advance advertising and no discernible media hype, Joe Woodard’s Headless Household consistently fills Center Stage Theater for an annual Christmas concert that doesn’t include any Christmas music.
This seeming paradox makes perfect sense when one sees the crowd that turns out — they have almost all known each other for the 20 or so years this venerable Santa Barbara tradition has been in existence. It is a tribute not only to the extended family of musicians involved, but also to the audience, proving the siren call of the Household’s wild amalgam of free jazz, honky-tonk, polka, waltz, and Americana retains its grip.
The core members of Headless Household are Dick Dunlap, Tom Lackner, Chris Symer, and Joe Woodard, who writes most of the fascinating and eccentric charts -- Charles Donelan
Formed
1987, Santa Barbara, CA
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