Oct. 2008

The Oct. 2008 tour was fantastic.
We had 2 really fine Bass players with us on this adventure. Shannon Hoover, from Anderson, SC and Grant Cuthbertson from Asheville, NC Some highlights: our first ever gig in Savannah, GA...playing the Jazz on the Square festival in Spartanburg, SC...Giving a High School Jazz Band Master Class in Henderson NC...a wild night at the Downtown Club in Knoxville, TN.

July 2008

Bones will do a quick West Coast splash with gigs at the Boom Boom Room in SF and Jupiter in Berkeley. See gigs page for details.

Nov. 2007

Oct. tour was a blast. Highlights included shows with Col Bruce Hampton
at Stone Fest in Greenville S.C., and with EOTO at the Pour House in Charleston S.C.
The tour ended in Nashville with a gig at Windows on the Cumberland and a day of recording at the "Moose Lodge" with Bil Vorndick.

October 2007
Hip Bones Tour. Oct. 12-23.

San Francisco Trio Presents A Summer of Love Anniversary Psychedelic Funk Celebration...
Hip Bones, touring behind the band's fourth CD, 4 (2007 Groosion Records), will play at The Pour House on Wednesday, October 17 with EOTO (Travis and Jason of String Cheese).

For the Summer of Love Anniversary Psychedelic Funk Celebration Tour, Hip Bones will perform a feast of music from "the day"-- instrumental versions of Beatles, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead, Temptations, along with Nirvana, Radiohead and original jazz funk..

Hip Bones recently performed with Bonerama at the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco, headlined at Soho in Santa Barbara and at Twins Jazz in Washington, DC, and opened for Blueground Undergrass at the Pour House in Charleston.

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Highlights will be shows at the Pour House in Charleston (with EOTO), Twins Jazz in D.C., and Windows on the Cumberland in Nashville. The band will record at a studio in Nashville on the day after their gig. The tour will feature a new bassist, Jake Wolf as well as some new material.
Exciting times and some fresh sounds!


May 2007
Hip Bones will do a quick West Coast tour May 21-25.

The recent East Coast tour was a blast leaving behind many newly converted Bone Heads.
The West Coast dates will feature 3 different Bassists:
David Keif, Jonathan Herrera and Aaron Shaul.

April 2007

Hip Bones embarks on an East Coast tour that will cover 4 states. Click Here for tour Dates

Highlights will include sharing the stage with Blueground Undergrass at the Pour House in Charleston, SC and a return engagement at Twins Jazz in Washington D.C.

Sept. 2006

On Aug 25, 2006, Hip Bones did a live-in-studio radio performance for WNCW 88.7 FM in North Carolina. The next day the band performed at Horizon Records in Greenville, SC. This show was recorded and also broadcast on WNCW. WNCW has been playing several tracks from the latest CD "Hip Bones 4". Hip Bones 4 is receiving Radio Play on both coasts and is the number 2 seller at Horizon Records for the month of September, 2006.

Sept. 2006

Hip Bones brings its funky and freewheeling musical show to the SF Bay Area and Southern California the week of Sept. 18, 2006.
Hip Bones recently completed a very successful East Coast tour which included two live radio performances, and gigs in 4 states including South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Washington D.C.

Aug. 2006

Hipbones Hits The Road – SF Trio plays both coasts this summer.

Hipbones brings its funky and freewheeling musical show to audiences on both coasts this summer. Fusing instrumental funk, jazz and dub influences, the San Francisco-based trio this year released its fourth CD, simply titled, 4.

When the band opened for the Wood Brothers at the Evening Muse earlier this year, Creative Loafing wrote, "Hipbones puts its hip twist on Miles Davis and Charlie Parker standards, and ably interprets songs by Sting and Cream with funky chops. Hipbones’ originals are just as feisty. Even diehard traditionalists will have to take notes when the band performs."

The latest Hip Bones lineup features Robin Tolleson on drums, Gary Schwantes on saxes, bamboo flutes and samples, and Dan Andrews on bass and loops. (East Coast) and Andrew Currier, Bass (West Coast)

Hip Bones has at times featured many other outstanding musicans, including :

Dustin Hofsess-Bass (Dustin is a mainstay in "Greenlight" the popular Charlotte based instrumental trio. Dustin has done several tours with us and plays on the latest CD)

We have also been priviledged to play with:
Andrew Currier-Bass
David Keif-Bass
Mike Alexander-Bass

New on Groosion Records
hipbones 4

San Francisco’s maverick jazz-funksters Hipbones announce the release of a new CD, simply titled 4. Produced by drummer Robin Tolleson and sax/flute marvel Gary Schwantes, 4 combines the edgy instrumental funk and rock that has marked earlier Hipbones releases with the dub influence that has been a hallmark of their recent concert tours. Bassists Dustin Hofsess and Dan Andrews both appear on 4, heaping on the steamy loops and atmospheric effects.

New Tour Dates for Aug. and Sept. 2006
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