Welcome to G O R I L L A M A N S E!

Hello!

Welcome to G O R I L L A M A N S E.

Gorillamanse was born from a house show series produced at our domicile in 2011. What began as small acoustic living room shows grew and grew through word of mouth, until over 150 people were squeezed into the house with folks spilling out into the backyard. The popularity of the shows told us two things: 1) there are still people left in the "Live Music Capital of the World" that want to hear musicians in a listening room environment and 2) musicians want to play their music for attentive folks, even if it doesn't guarantee them a write up or radio time.

The house series was a rare, mutual experience between the performer and the audience, one in which performers felt heard and the crowd felt valued.

Adam took an epic cross country bicycle trip and I moved into the lovely Annie Street Arts Collective at the end of our lease. We decided to carry on the tradition in a new location as soon as he ventured back to Austin.

It hit us. We could throw these shows anywhere - in our house, in retail spaces, in bookstores, maybe even in YOUR house. Thusly, GorillaManse was born.

Our mission: to produce shows with talented folks and respectful audiences. We decided to forego cover charges, preferring to pass a tip jar around for each musician (musicians sell their wares as well).

The shows are different than venue shows because the only profit is voluntary and given directly to the artists. People actually listen to the music instead of treating it like background music for drunken shenanigans.

Here at GorillaManse, we believe people are the venue.

Want to check out a show? This blog is our internet home base. Check back here for show updates, or sign up for email or texting list (we don't use Facebook).

Your humble hosts,

Lisa Kettyle & Adam Kobetich

August Show Announcement

Howdy!

Well, we've finally got a new show coming up! Adam went on tour for a bit of the summer and strep throat decided to hang out with me for July. We're both running at 100% and ready for the next show!

Don't miss this shit.

Randall Holt!

August 31, 2012

Time and other performers to be leaked in the coming days.

Venue to be leaked at 5p on the day of the show. Get on the text or gmail list to get the info. We won't post it on here or FaBo.

-Lisa

TONIGHT!

Hey all!

Tonight we will host two lovely bands we like a bunch: Grace Park and The Deer and Good Field. Show 10p-12a.

BYOB. Pack it in, pack it out, por favor.

Location to be emailed/texted at 5p today.

New GorillaManse show in the works!

Oh man, oh man! We're pretty pumped about our next show.

Looks like it's gonna be in April, just after tax time. Bands are booked, now we're just firming up the venue.

We'll be sending out an email with the show info within the next week.

G O R I L L A M A N S E featured on KUT's Texas Music Matters!

Rain was falling harder than it had in almost a year. Folks traveled by car and bicycle to Bouldin Creek Cafe at 1 a.m. to hear three artists perform by candlelight. The night was amazing, the show incredible, the crowd fantastic.

The performers:

• Adam Kobetich - banjo player extraordanaire! Projects include Susquehanna Hat Company, Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang and more!
• Ralph White - guitar player, singer/songwriter of Precious Blood
• Shakey Graves - a singer/songwriter with lots of soul and suitcase full of percussion

We'd like to thank the owner of BCC, Leslie Martin, for serving up vegan blueberry pancakes that were DELICIOUS and letting a group of sopping wet musicians and listeners invade your restaurant in the middle of the night.

Thanks to everyone that came to the show. We're busily planning the March show and we'll post our performers and date as soon as we can.

Check out the piece on Texas Music Matters! Click the download link under the pic. Story starts at 27 minutes.

In the beginning...

...there was a candlelit living room, delicious tacos, and about 30 people sitting on the floor intently listening to a handful of songwriters.

The shows started small. We made a big ol' dinner for everyone and transformed our living room into a cozy listening space. The shows grew super fast. Before we knew it, more and more musicians were asking us to play and the audience kept expanding.

Here's a sampling of some of the rad performers that have played GorillaManse shows thus far:

* Nic Walker

* Jordan Moser

* Lex Land

* Robert Steel

* A Band Named Pluto

* Matt Burnett

* Dan Grissom (Some Say Leland, McMercy Family Band)

* DB Rouse

* Lige Williamson

* The Jake Levinson Band

* Susquehanna Hat Company

* Ralph White

* Darrin Kobetich

* Clint Niosi

* The Can Kickers

* Pine Hill Haints

* Dry River Yacht Club

* Trevor Smith (Asylum Street Spankers, The Bluegrass Outfit)

* THAT Damned Band

* The Inheritance

* Shakey Graves

Check out our feature piece on KUT!

A candlelit dining room afterhours. Blueberry pancakes. Three local musicians with one major thing in common: they were all either supporters or employees of Bouldin Creek Cafe.

I'd been talking to the owner of Bouldin Creek Cafe, Leslie Martin, for several months about throwing a guerilla style show in the middle of the night. She dug the idea, thankfully, and Adam and I agreed to make it our first official GorillaManse show after his return.

Three musicians played that night: Ralph White (Precious Blood), Adam Kobetich (Susquehanna Hat Company) and Shakey Graves.

It stormed like crazy. It was a pretty amazing thunderstorm, honestly. In the recordings from that night's sets you can hear the rain through the open windows and an occasional clap of thunder.

We had no idea that KUT had arrived with recording equipment and the intention of creating a story around the show. Big thanks to Haley Howle and Texas Music Matters for a great piece about GorillaManse and our good friend, Shakey Graves.

We hope you'll check out the show, 'cuz it's pretty great. Click "download". We're at the 27 minute mark.

G O R I L L A M A N S E on KUT!