Event Listing - Music
Tue Mar 11

Colossal Yes

with Mike Donovan (of Sic Alps) and Si, Claro (Brian from Track Star / Still Flyin')


Website
$6

Location
Date and Time
Hotel Utah Saloon
500 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107 map
cross street: Bryant Street
district: SoMa

Tue Mar 11 (9pm)

Description
Widely known as the ‘drummer dude’ in Comets on Fire, Utrillo Kushner’s musical talents range far beyond the drunken-master-style wailing he unleashes on any given night with the Comets. Having tickled the ivories for close to a decade, Kushner assumes command of the keys in Colossal Yes and steps it up as a full-fledged piano man. Colossal Yes has existed in Kushner’s mind for years, heard only by a few close friends on home demos or at one of a handful of solo shows. Far from their humble beginnings, these simple piano chords and melodies have morphed and developed over the years, reaching maximum clarity on the debut ablum Acapulco Roughs. The risks are obvious, but the payoff is ever greater chooglin’. In fact, the two elements that should damn Colossal Yes to lite-rock purgatory - unabashed sincerity and piano-playing - miraculously works to the band's advantage. Somehow, when untainted musicianship meets earnest presentation something happens, and the results are damn good.