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"Scary" Gary "Bassman" (RIP, Gary, we miss you! You were taken far too soon.)
Roy Gorman, &
Rob Bernardo jamming at Burke's Tavern.
photo by Heather
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The reviews are in, here's what the local critics have to say about the Roy and his ex-band the Hookah Kats live performances and their unique blend of jazz, rock and rhythm and blues.
The Rivergods, Hookah Kats
in a double bill at the Gee
by Rick Koster, music critic for the Day.
The Rivergods and the Hookah Kats are starting at 10 p.m. Saturday in New London's El'n'Gee Club. This is a curious bill, rather like ordering prawns in butterscotch, but it oughtta work out nonetheless.
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Opening are the Hookah Kats, whose music might accurately be described in virtually any way the doesn't include the word country. A genial young trio comprising guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Roy Gorman, sax man John "Stitch" Kovach, and percussionist Rob Bernardo. The H-Kats seem thoroughly entertained by the idea of crashing original folk-rock structures into free-form jazz and R & B--all underpinned by Latin-leaning world rhythms.
A relaxed trio onstage whose shows seem to invite the Hippie Aesthetics crowd, their songs come off with a sort of strange, hypnotic joy--like moonlit Cub Scouts who end some odd pagan ritual by deliberately flying their model airplanes into bricks walls.
The results are generally pleasurable and
buoyantly mesmerizing.
The following is a partial listing of places, clubs, parties (along with contacts when possible) of where Roy Gorman has either fronted the Hookah Kats or played solo.
MUGZ Cafe New London,
CT
Burke's Tavern Niantic, CT
Voo Doo Grill Mystic, CT
Mystic Shipyard W. Mystic, CT(private
parties)
The Light House Inn New London, CT
The Drawbridge Inn Mystic, CT
Muddy Waters New London, CT
The German Club Mystic, CT
The Lincoln Inn Norwich, CT
The El-N-Gee Club New London, CT
Boomer's Cafe Groton, CT
Margarita's Mystic, CT
41 Degrees North Mystic, CT
Operation Sail 2000 New London
Bank Street Cafe New London, CT
The Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Sean Poole
Trader Jack's Mystic, CT
Integration Gallery Westerly, Rhode Island
Station 58 New London, CT
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