Steve Kimock Crazy Engine
Kimock’s latest project, named Crazy Engine, is also approached with “a bit of the old and a bit of the new” logic. The line-up includes the legendary Hammond B3 player Melvin Seals, known for his twenty years with the Jerry Garcia Band, as well as his son, John Morgan Kimock on drums. Rounding out the quartet is accomplished singer-songwriter and cello player, Trevor Exter, who was plucked out of the NYC indie music scene to fill the roll of bass and vocals. This arrangement of seasoned players and talented youthful musicians blends with Kimock’s innovative mind for music – and foretells a merge of his vintage appeal with a modern twist, to befit music lovers of all types.
Steve Kimock & Friends
Whenever Kimock puts a couple of his “friends” together for this improvisational side-project, you know magic is in the air. Since it’s inception in the early 90’s, the ever-evolving project has featured a cast of characters second-to-none including singer-songwriters, Hammond B-3 players, hard rock guitarists and a list of musicians so long it could have it’s own page on this site. You never know what’s to come next, and that’s the beauty of Steve Kimock & Friends.
ZERO
The quintessential San Francisco jamband, one of the first of it’s genre, ZERO is a hyrbid of experimental psychedelic rock with classic rock undertones. Kimock and Greg Anton formed ZERO in 1984 and for the next two decades the project would feature some of the best talent on the California circuit including legendary guitarist, John Cipollina, Bobby Vega, Martin Fierro, Pete Sears, Chip Roland and Judge Murphy. Later inceptions also included Grateful Dead vocalist, Donna Godchaux. Together they released four highly-collected albums, hundreds of live recordings, and occasionally appear out of nowhere in select continental cities.
PRAANG
PRAANG was born in December of 2006, due to the most unusual circumstances. Thanks to the legendary blizzards in Denver, which closed local airports for consecutive days, four unlikely musicians came together to save an almost snowed out show with no notice, no plan and no rehearsal. Featuring Michael Travis and Jason Hann of EOTO and String Cheese Incident fame, and Jamie Janover of Zilla, this project is purely experimental, instrumental and continues to play occasional performances, rain, snow or shine.
CB-3 with Kimock
(((Organic Electronic -meets- African- meets- pure, inspiring guitar)))
Kimock & CB-3 (Chris Berry Trio) had a great mini-tour on the East in early Fall 2009. So alive and positive was the musical connection that there’s a West Coast tour in 2010. For those of you who couldn’t make it, make sure to catch it this time around. Kimock guitar with the positive vocals of Chris Berry, African rhythms and electronic loops, the umbira and driving rhythm section make for some uplifting music, which also features Jesse Murphy and Aaron Johnston (Brazilian Girls) and Michael Kang (String Cheese Incident).
Other Projects
Kimock has also performed in a number of nationally touring projects including with Bruce Hornsby, the Other Ones, Rhythm Devils, Heart of Gold Band, Ratdog , Phil & Friends, Missing Man Formation, Little Women, Kingfish among others. For a complete list of projects, check out the Press Room.
