Adam Brucker

Jennie and I kicked off the 2007 concert series with a trip to see the latest incarnation of Zero play the first of three nights at Cervantes. While Zero is probably my least favorite Kimock-related band I couldn’t resist the combination of Melvin Seals and Kimock on the same stage - and getting to see Donna and Jerry Joseph for the first (and probably last) time along with the seemingly ever-present Martin Fierro was an added bonus.

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Some random thoughts:

• Cervantes is a cool venue - the closest place that I have seen that captures the vibe of a place like the Great American Music Hall in SF.
• The crowd that Zero draws is impossible to characterize but was a lot of fun. Guy next to me was wearing a purple silk shirt with a custom screenprint of Jimi Hendrix on it and pulled out a piece of cheese cake to eat at set-break, an unorthodox move to say the least. He was not the weirdest person there.
• Melvin Seals, all 400+ pounds of him, is hands-down the best keyboard player of all time.

• I didn’t understand a single word that Martin Fierro said all night (and he said a lot).
• Kimock stood for most of the night and keeping in perfect character, didn’t smile once. Pretty cool.
• Donna Jean was wearing mom-jeans.
• Kimock’s 14 or 15 year old kid played a second drum kit all night, and was great. “Please excuse John from school for the next week, he has 3 shows in Denver…”

Zero - Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, CO - 1-18-07

Set 1: Tuning Jam > Anorexia, Tangled Hangers, Watching the River Flow, Ermaline, Horses, Merle’s Boogie

Set 2: Nancy Germany, Many Rivers to Cross, Sun Sun Sun, Like a Rolling Stone > Just My Imagination > Rolling Stone, Listen Here > That’s What Love Will Make You Do

Steve Kimock - guitars

Greg Anton - drums

Martin Fierro - sax, vocals

Melvin Seals - keys

Liam Hanrahan - bass

John Morgan Kimock - drums

Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay - vocals

Arnie Green - guitar, vocals

Jerry Joseph - guitar, vocals