JAMON
Y QUESO
FEATURING
DJ LE SPAM & THE SPAM
ALLSTARS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2003
Doors: 11pm / Shows: 12am till dawn
Admission: $12 / $8 with flyer
at
the
SOB's
Box Office
Sink your chops into Jamon & Queso featuring DJ Le Spam and the
Spam AllStars
New York, NY - Celebrating 20 years of presenting
the best in live entertainment to New York City ,
S.O.B.'S is proud to host a brand new party in the
brand new year.
Jamon Y Queso is the brand new party kicking off Friday
January 3rd at 11:00pm. Like the filling of a hot
Cuban Sandwich, from which this party gets its name,
this event promises to be a licking good listening
and dance feast.
Already sending the mercury rising high at a weekly
party in The Little Havana section of Miami, DJ Le
Spam brings his signature brand of funky turntablism,
with live Latin instrumentation, rare spoken word
recordings and ole skool grooves to the hungry "always
looking for the next big thing" New York City club
community.
DJ Le Spam is Andrew Yeomanson, a Brit-Venezuelan
guitarist who paid his dues playing with Haitian band
Lavalas and Cuban Rocker Nil Lara. After much disappointment
as a band musician, Yeomanson took to the turntables.
"I was getting some miserable gigs as guitar player,
you know, going into some studio and playing behind
some kid who can't even ----ing sing, but his daddy's
rich. That kind of exhausts you," he says.
So, with an anthology of nearly 15,000 Lps and 45s,
DJ Le Spam energizes himself and his audience by pulling
selections of retro Cuban, early New York Salsa, boogaloo,
Southern soul and funk from all over and mixes it
with live alto sax ala AJ Hill, John Speck on trombone,
Adam Zimmon on guitar and Brendan Buckley on looped
drums.
Here's what some notable audience members had to say
about their experience:
"…an authentic Miami sound is being forged by DJ Le
Spam and the All Stars" ---Rolling Stone
"DJ Le Spam sets the tone for the night, splicing
and pasting a bit of bass here, a chunk of drum beats
there from old records while his band follows him
and together they improvise" ----New York Times
"…this set of jazzy mid-tempo Afro-Cuban jams is …tasty
and unpretentious." ---Entertainment Weekly
As many food critics will tell you, " presentation
is everything," Jamon Y Queso is no exception. The
party also features live artwork by TBA.
Also featured is a screening of rare Cuban film footage
making you feel as though you've stepped right into
the Yara in Havana!
Industry insiders are calling Jamon Y Queso the Latin
flavored Giant Step circa 1990.
Be the first in line to get your fill!