Win Tickets ($70): Zero @ Aladdin Theater | Jazz, Rock and Blues

We are giving away a pair of tickets to on July 29. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed July 25.



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From our sponsors:
Zero
July 29, 2022
Doors 7PM, Show 8PM | $35 | All Ages
More info: event.etix.com

Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR 97202

Early in 1980, Steve Kimock joined former Grateful Dead members Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux’s Heart of Gold Band, which already happened to have Greg Anton as its drummer. Keith fell victim to a car accident and the Heart of Gold Band went away, but the connection that Greg and Steve shared has endured. The duo immediately recorded an album of new music which would be released decades later, then started a band. Having gone through many, many names, Greg asked Steve how many were left on the list to consider: “Zero” was the answer, and Zero became the quintessential jazz/rock psychedelic band, a pioneer of the “jam” band scene.

They went years without vocals, creating such instrumental-only gems as Here Goes Nothin (1987) and Nothin’ Goes Here (1990), albums so good that Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab re-released them, and then Go Hear Nothin’ (1991). Along the way they played with some of the Bay Area’s greatest talent: John Cipollina, John Kahn, Banana, Martin Fierro, Hadi Al Saadoon, Bobby Vega, Nicky Hopkins, John Farey, Vince Welnick, Merl Saunders, Tony Saunders, Liam Hanrahan, Chip Roland, and Steve Wolf.

A casual conversation with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter in the early ‘90s sent the band in a new direction, and they added vocalist Judge Murphy. In 1992, when Zero gathered for three nights at the Great American Music Hall to perform their new songs with Hunter lyrics, they had Grateful Dead sound director Dan Healy on board to record them, and the result was the brilliant and beloved Chance in a Million.

As bands will, Zero came and went—and always came back, to the extent of 1,300 shows and eight albums. Magic is hard to catch but impossible to forget, so Zero flies again. In February 2022 they will celebrate a record release of more material from those 1992 shows with a tour. Nothing beats Zero.

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18 Comments

  1. Cory on July 12, 2022 at 2:19 pm

    Everyone’s playing In the Heart of gold band

  2. Lisa Palmer on July 13, 2022 at 11:55 am

    It’s been years!

  3. Martin McCurdy on July 14, 2022 at 12:19 pm

    Love Jazz, Rock and Blues!

  4. David on July 14, 2022 at 2:26 pm

    Any band with Steve Kimock is a good band!

  5. James on July 15, 2022 at 7:15 am

    “Magic is hard to catch but impossible to forget” …….fitting phrase for almost everything Kimock plays. Sign me up!

  6. Matthew light on July 15, 2022 at 5:18 pm

    Would love to see them

  7. Carol Trekas on July 19, 2022 at 1:36 pm

    I’d love to see this show. I love jazz.

  8. Roger Leece on July 19, 2022 at 1:55 pm

    Great talent to be seen and heard here. I would very much enjoy winning these tickets. Fun night of live entertainment. Thanks for the chance.

  9. Orest on July 19, 2022 at 4:54 pm

    I want to lift my spirits in these sad times.

  10. natasha on July 21, 2022 at 1:29 pm

    hell yeah

  11. natasha on July 21, 2022 at 1:29 pm

    pick me!

  12. natasha morlock on July 21, 2022 at 1:30 pm

    this could be fun!

  13. Gary Roche on July 21, 2022 at 2:56 pm

    I’m old (71) and it’s been years since seeing a show at the Aladdin.

  14. Doug G on July 21, 2022 at 3:06 pm

    Would love to go to this show. Heard great things about the band!

  15. Noodleround on July 21, 2022 at 6:53 pm

    Zero hour is fast approaching!

  16. Debra Farthing on July 23, 2022 at 6:49 pm

    They sound like they would be awesome! I would love to go see them!

  17. Yekaterina Toporkova on July 24, 2022 at 10:38 pm

    Would love to see these musicians together! Kimock always put on a good show! I would take a Bumble BFF date!

  18. Orest on July 25, 2022 at 7:40 pm

    Jazz is the passion of my life!

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