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Section B • Page 4
The University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 15, 2001
Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet
HoneyPot jams with jazz,funk
By Rob Pazell
By rob razell
jayplay@kansan.com
jayplay writer
After a day of snowboarding down the famous slopes of Breckenridge, our sore but groove-starved bodies were looking for a good time in downtown Frisco, Colo. The town seemed dead, but we were too fatigued to venture outside of it.
A flier hanging from a utility pole led us to a new musical discovery. It used such enticing words as "jazz," "funk," and more importantly, "New Orleans." Curious, we trekked down to Barkley's where HoneyPot opened its lid and presented us with a magical jam progression from the land of vooodo.
The jazz-based quintet will demonstrate its power. study out at the Jazzhaus, 926; Massachusetts St., helping tomorrow-out kids strut into Spring Break.
HoneyPot's résumé also includes a wide variety of references. They have played with toasted jambands such as The Slip, Stir-fried, Strangefolk and The Deep Banana Blackout. They have funked out with the legendary Dr. John, and have included guest drummers such as "Mean" Willie Green (Neville Brothers) and Kofi Baker (son of Ginger Baker from Cream).
Working with a wide variety of influences, HoneyPot manages to use many different sounds.
Keyboardist Joshua Gold said HoneyPot's music was tough to describe.
The origins of the band's members are as eclectic as the different elements they bring to its music. Keyboardist Joshua Gold and bassist Will Langford hail from New Orleans. Singer and horn player Monika Heidemann lived in Brazil and studied percussion and Brazilian music. Guitarist Dave Diamond played with Dave Grippo, a veteran of the Giant Country Horns, for all the Phish buffs. They are joined on drums by John Ferrera.
"If I had to put it into words, it's a groove-funk thing," Gold said. "It's got elements of a lot of things, but generally it's groove."
Gold said there were about 12 people at the Bottleneck the last time they played, which unfortunately fell on a break.
"For all intents and purposes, this is our first time in Lawrence," Gold said.
— Edited by Megan Phelps
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1 Shrewish hag
6 Heart of the matter
10 Skiers' ride
4 Intense hatred
15 "Typee" sequel
Trick
7 Some telescopes
19 Part of B.A.
Opposed
21 Theater sections
22 Agitated state
23 Griddled pastry
23 Theater employees
25 Los __ NM
Snoozed
28 Homer hitter?
29 Coyote or Yarrow
30 Annexed
38 NYC subway line
39 Sault __ Marie
40 Capone and Pacino
41 Mineral vein
43 Third rock from the sun
45 Capital of Morocco
47 Victory
48 Nearby
49 Animation movie
50 Brief summaries
54 Preserved for later
57 Play opening
58 Raised, as the ante
59 Ticklish doll
63 Murder
65 Disavowed
68 Burn soother
69 Scraped (by)
Call
69 Actress Russo
70 Cincinnati team
71 Leases
DOWN
1 Israeli dance
2 Arabian gulf
3 Geological fault
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Singer Sumac
Boareded
Comic Coca
Smarting
Fifty-fifty
Vandalized
Destroyed by fire
Out of bed
Break times
Wardrobe
Police station, stagngy
OI involuntary muscle contractions
French cleric
Himalayan priest
Charm
Yemen or Saudi
Gull's cousin
U.S. border lake
Withhold
Pretentious
Apprentice
46 Took into the family
49 Loan shark
51 Boil
52 Velocity detector
53 Pierre's school
54 Dweeps
58 Lapdog, breif
59 Serengeti
sprinter
61 Blanc
62 Marmoset
65 Life-saving
methane