Nick Millevoi's Desertion Trio at Quinn's

Desertion Trio is the creation of guitarist/composer Nick Millevoi (John Zorn, Nels Cline, Moppa Elliott’s Mostly Other People Do the Killing and Unspeakable Garbage). The band fearlessly explores the history of instrumental electric guitar music and throws it in a blender, creating an explosion of jazz, psychedelic rock, surf music, and country rock instrumentals. Rolling Stone described their recording Twilight Time as “warmly nostalgic and potently surreal,” calling their version of the title track, “a stakes-raising celebration of the song’s eerie emotional pull.” Noisey described the band’s sound as “supremely weird desert noir,” and NPR Music said the band “hits the sweet spot between Neil Young's exploratory Crazy Horse jams and a spaghetti western soundtrack.”...

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Desertion Trio is the creation of guitarist/composer Nick Millevoi (John Zorn, Nels Cline, Moppa Elliott’s Mostly Other People Do the Killing and Unspeakable Garbage). The band fearlessly explores the history of instrumental electric guitar music and throws it in a blender, creating an explosion of jazz, psychedelic rock, surf music, and country rock instrumentals. Rolling Stone described their recording Twilight Time as “warmly nostalgic and potently surreal,” calling their version of the title track, “a stakes-raising celebration of the song’s eerie emotional pull.” Noisey described the band’s sound as “supremely weird desert noir,” and NPR Music said the band “hits the sweet spot between Neil Young's exploratory Crazy Horse jams and a spaghetti western soundtrack.”

Desertion Trio features bassist Johnny DeBlase - Millevoi’s former bandmate in Many Arms (Tzadik) - and drummer Kevin Shea (Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Talibam!), but the band is frequently joined by other collaborators, such as keyboardist Jamie Saft (John Zorn), Ron Stabinsky (Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Meat Puppets), Tara Middleton (Sun Ra Arkestra), and others.

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