* NEW RELEASE MARCH 23 *

MACHINE LP/CD

 

UPCOMING SHOWS

 

1.24 Tuesday
Turf Club with Lonesome Dan Kase

1.31 Tuesday
Turf Club with Matt Lattarel

 

2.10 Grassroots Concerts
Nisswa, Mn

2.25 Oak Center General Store

3.23 Cedar Cultural Center
Album & CD Release Show
with Valet

6.30 Rhythm of the River Festival
Jackson, Mn

 

RECORDINGS

THE BRASS KINGS
LIVE HUMDINGER

.

Fourteen live tracks recorded at
the Cedar Cultural Center

with guest artists Molly Maher,
Jon Rodine, 'Baby' Grant Johnson,
Nate 'Sonny' Sipe, Dave Babb
& Jayanthi Kyle

16 Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals

Blue Mountain Drag / Dynaflow / Catracho / Western Lands / Christine Louise
17th Crow Wing Lake Breakdown
Brother Can You Spare A Dime / Sho Nuff
In Christ There Is No East Or West / Kora
Blues For Morgan Acres
Great Dream From Heaven
Three Sisters Waltz / Way Back Home Straightlegs /`Heliopolis

Mixed and Mastered by Matthew Zimmerman at
Wild Sound Studio Minneapolis

 

THE BRASS KINGS
WASHBOARD ROPE GUITAR

 

iTunes CD Download

click songs for clips

Northbound / Insurance Adjuster / Tin Man /Bigville / Killing Time
One More Taste Of Wine
17th Crow Wing Lake Breakdown
Vermillion Mines / Company Man Blues /Western Lands / Jackrabbit Blues
Superhighway Blues
Dabka - Tanst, Tanst Yidelekh

Steve Kaul - Resophonic & Acoustic Guitars, Vocals
Brad Ptacek - Washtub bass
Mikkel Beckmen - Washboard, Fridge Door,
Hand Drum & Tambourine

Engineered by Matthew Zimmerman at
Wild Sound Studio Minneapolis

 

THE BRASS KINGS

THE BRASS KINGS

Muleskinner
Rural Methlab Blues
When The Springtime Comes Lead Feet Heavy Hands
Buffalo Hide & Rattlesnake Skin
One Eyed Man / The Major's Gone
Dynaflow / Denim Lace
Gone Astray / Box Man Blues
Way Back Home

STEVE KAUL

UTAH SUN

Steve Kaul - Resophonic & Acoustic Guitars, Vocals

Travellin' through / Northbound Dynaflow / Highway Sixty-Four
Rural Methlab Blues
Looking For Augusta / Morning News Utah Sun / Evergreen
St. Francis Of Hoboken
Working Clothes / Isabella's Luau Shorty George

 

THE NEW GRASS HEADS

LOST EPISODES

Steve Kaul - Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Vocals
Mike Gemberling - 6 & 12 String Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Leo Whitebird - Guitars, Bass, Banjo, Keyboards, Vocals
Tim Duroche - Drums Lisa Fuglie - Backing Vocals

Recorded at Pagan Opium Den Studios
Engineered by Leo Whitebird

 

 

click poster for photos
from the festival

 

 

 

ARCHIVE

12.1 Thursday
The Cabooze
with
Sans Souci Quartet
(cd release)
and The Boys in the Barrels

12.2 Friday
Acoustic Guitarathon
Minnesota Guitar Society
Sundin Hall
Hamline University

12.7 Wednesday
331 Club 7pm
KFAI Radio - Harolds's House Party
featuring
Hurricane Harold Tremblay

12.30 Friday
The Nomad
with The Hooks and the Hollows

1.3 Tuesday
Tuesday Turf Club Residency
Tuesdays in January

1.3 Tuesday
Turf Club with Jake Manders

1.10 Tuesday
Turf Club with My Brother Vincent

1.17 Tuesday
Turf Club with the Fiddle Heirs

1.21 Saturday
Triple Rock Social Club
HYMIE'S RECORD ROAD SHOW
EARLY SET:
SPIDER JOHN KOERNER
PAPA JOHN KOLSTAD
LATE SET:
FLYING DORITO BROTHERS
STEVE KAUL & THE BRASS KINGS
CACTUS BLOSSOMS

9.14 Wednesday
Live From Studio Five - KFAI Live Broadcast
10pm-Midnight
90.3FM

9.22 Thursday
The Cabooze - 10pm
Mpls, MN

9.30 Friday
Kids Carnival
St. Paul, MN

10.1 Saturday
Amsterdam Bar
St. Paul

10.2 Sunday
Germanic Center

9.3 Saturday
Rich's Bar & Grill @ Russel's - 9:30pm
34 Oak Ave N, Annandale, MN
320-274-9992

9.4 & 9.5 Sunday & Monday
Minnesota State Fair - Heritage Square Stage
with Jillian Rae Martin on Fiddle!
Sunday & Monday - Labor Day Weekend
10am, 11am, 12pm sets both days

Saturday, Aug 20
New London Music Festival
Neer Park
New London, MN

Friday, July 29
Riversong Festival
Hutchinson, MN
6pm Riverview Stage

Thursday, Aug 4
Chippewa County Fair
Montevideo, MN
time tba

Friday, August 12
Kandiyohi County Fair
2pm & 4pm Heritage Square Stage
Wilmar, MN

Tuesday, July 5
Cedar Cultural Center
Outdoor Patio Concert
7pm

Saturday, July 23
Bearded Lady Motorcycle Rally
331 Club Outdoor Stage
time tba

Saturday, July 23
Palmest
Outdoor Stage @ Palmers Bar
time tba

Saturday, July 23
North East Folk Festival
Grumpy's Bar
Minneapolis, MN
tim tba

Saturday, June 25
Blue Ox Bar & Grill
128 1st St W
Bemidji, MN

Saturday, June 11
Steve Kaul with Mikkel Beckmen
Loring Park Festival

Saturday, Apr 16
Phil Heywood & Steve Kaul
Bluefin Bay Resort, Tofte MN
Tickets $15 Workshops $30
Gordon Thorne - Fingerstyle Foundations
Steve Kaul - Open Tunings and the Resonator Guitar
Phil Heywood - Master Class - Right Hand Technique
Workshop space is limited call
Gordon Thorne @ 218 353 7308 for
resevations and information

Tuesday, April 26
Steve solo @ Kitty Cat Club 10pm

Thursday, Mar 17
St. Patricks Day Show
Steve Kaul & The Brass Kings
with Boiled In Lead
Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Ave. S, Mpls, Mn

Thursday, Feb 17
Steve Kaul with guest Dave Babb
@ 318 Cafe 8pm music - $6
318 Water Street, Excelsior, Mn

Wednesday, Feb 23
Steve Kaul with Dave Babb
@ 331 Club 7pm-9pm
Mpls, Mn

Saturday, Feb 26
Oak Center General Store
Steve Kaul & The Brass Kings
8pm music - $5 - $15
67011 HWY 63, Lake City, Mn

Sunday 12.5
The Brass Kings
Old Stage CD Release 8pm
Turf Club, St. Paul, Mn

Saturday 12.11
The Brass Kings with
Trampled By Turtles
House of Rock 8pm
Eau Claire, Wi

Wednesday 12.22
Steve Kaul & Dave Babb - The Xmas Show
@ 331 Club 9pm
Mpls, Mn

Friday 11.12
The Brass Kings
with Pert Near Sandstone & Sweetgrass
@ The Cabooze 9pm

Thursday 11.18
Steve Kaul @ The White Horse 10pm
St. Cloud, Mn

Friday 10.1
The Brass Kings
Immanuel Lutheran Church
4th Annual Flea Market
and Kids Carnival
6:30-7:00pm
104 Snelling Ave S.
St. Paul, MN

Thursday 10.21
Steve Kaul @ The White Horse 10pm
St. Cloud, Mn
Thursday 9.9
The Brass Kings and Nirmala Rajasekar
Cedar Cultural Center ~ Season Opener
Outdoor stage 7pm
416 Cedar Ave Mpls, Mn

Friday 9.10
Steve Kaul @ The White Horse 10pm
St. Cloud, Mn

Saturday 9.11
The Brass Kings @ Glacial Ridge Winery
Grapestomp Harvest Festival
Spicer, Mn

Sunday 9.12
@ Rock Bend Folk Fest
The Brass Kings - 5:30
with Crooked Still, The Divers
Bothy Open Stage, Kimmel & Company
Hart, Lieberman & Smith, Peppino D'Agostino
Gustavus Jazz Lab Band, Peter Bloedel
Eli Hoehn & the Rain Dogs

Saturday 9.18
@ Surlyfest
The Brass Kings - 2pm
with Chooglin' - 4pm
Surly Brewery
4811 Dusharme Dr.
Brooklyn Center, MN

Saturday 9.18
Steve Kaul
@ Fitger's Brewpub
Duluth, Mn

Saturday 9.25
The Brass Kings
@ Boats & Bluegrass Festival
with Pert’ Near Sandstone, Johnson Family Band, Elephant Revival, The Brass Kings, Beet Root Stew, The Blackberry Bushes, The Henhouse Prowlers, Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, The Pistol Whippin Party Penguins's, The Sans Souci Quartet, Minnesota Bluegrass Band, Roe Family Singers, Inside Out Strings, Beef Slough Boys, Colin O’Brien., Canon Ball, A Night in the Box, The Boys n’ The Barrels, Too Many Banjos, The Legendary John Beach Band
Winona, Mn

Saturday 11.5
Steve Kaul with The Brass Kings
@ Resophonic Guitar Festival 2010
with Del Rey & Steve James, Molly Maher & The Disbelievers, Dakota Dave Hull, Charlie Parr, The Ditch Lillies, Big Surf and
Curtis & Loretta
Capri Theater, Mpls, Mn

Saturday 11.5
Steve Kaul - Guitar Workshop
Using Alternate Tunings
Email to pre-register - discount avail.
Capri Theater
Mpls, Mn

ahhhh memories.....

Friday 8.13
The Brass Kings
@ Kandiyohi County Fair 2pm, 4pm
Fairgrounds - Wilmar, Mn

Saturday 8.14
The Brass Kings 2:30pm
with Dan Israel & Bryan Thuney
@ Uptown Bikes & Bands Block Party
Calhoun Square, Mpls, Mn

Thursday 8.19
The Brass Kings
@ Glacial Ridge Winery 8pm
Spicer, Mn

Friday 8.20
Steve Kaul
@ The White Horse 10pm
St. Cloud, Mn

Saturday 8.21
@ City Pages West Bank Festival
The Brass Kings - 4pm
with Internatioal Reggae All Stars
The Book of Right On, Red Pens
Chooglin', Infiammati Fire Circus
Outdoor stage at 507 Cedar Ave
Mpls, Mn

Friday 8.27
@ Minnesota State Fair
DNR Stage - sets all day long
10am, 12pm, 2pm,4pm, 6-8pm
~ guest artists ~
State Fairgrounds, Falcon Heights, Mn

Friday 9.3
@ Aquafest - 6 Band Festival
The Aquarium - Dempsey's Upstairs
Fargo, ND

Thursday 6.10
Steve Kaul
@ The White Horse 10pm
St. Cloud, Mn

Friday 6.26
Steve Kaul with Dave Babb
@ Sea Salt - Minnehaha Park 6-8pm
Mpls, Mn

Saturday 6.27
Steve Kaul with Dave Babb
@ Sea Salt - Minnehaha Park 6-8pm
Mpls, Mn

Saturday 7.3
The Brass Kings
@ A Taste Of Minnesota 2pm
Red House Records / KFAI Stage

Saturday 7.17
The Brass Kings
@ KAXE Riverfest Amphitheater 1pm
Grand Rapids, Mn

Wednesday 7.21
The Brass Kings
@ Macalester College

Saturday 7.24
The Brass Kings
@ Bearded Lady Motorcycle Freakshow
331 Club - Street Festival
Mpls, Mn

Saturday 7.24
The Brass Kings
@ Palmfest - West Bank Street Festival
Mpls, Mn

Saturday 7.24
The Brass Kings
@ Northeast Folk Festival
Grumpy's Northeast
Mpls, Mn

4/22 The Brass Kings with
Pert Near Sandstone
Pizza Luce
Duluth, Mn

4/29 The Brass Kings
The Waterfront
Menomonie, Wi

4/30 Steve Kaul
E Squared Cafe
Brainerd, Mn

5/2 Steve Kaul
Jim Miller Benefit Show
Jammers
Bemidji, Mn

Show Archive:

3/6 White Horse 10pm
the Brass Kings CD Release
St. Cloud, Mn

3/17 First Avenue 8pm
with Boiled In Lead
Minneapolis Pipe Band
and The Brass Messengers

3/18 White Horse
Steve Solo 10pm
St. Cloud, Mn

2/18 White Horse
Steve Solo 10pm
St. Cloud, Mn

2/26 Cedar Cultural Center
The Brass Kings - Live Humdinger
CD Release Party

2/27 E Squared Cafe
The Brass Kings - Live Humdinger
CD Release Party
Brainerd, Mn

2/5 Winterfest
Brewers Guild Beer Festival
Minnesota History Center

1/9 331 Club 9pm
Steve Kaul & Jackpine Savages
( Dave Babb - Matthew
Zimmerman - Jeff Swanner)
Mother Banjo and Eliza Blue
Mpls, Mn

1/15 501 Club 9pm
The Brass Kings with Marc Gartband
(featuring members of two many banjos)
and Tennesota Brothers

1/23 Mousetrap 10pm
The Brass Kings & Steve Solo Set
Eau claire, Wi

12/19 White Horse
Brass Kings & Steve Solo Set
St. Cloud, Mn

1/2 Cedar Cultural Center
Brass Kings with Beausoleil
Mpls, Mn

12/5 Palmer's Bar
The Brass Kings
Mpls, Mn

11/14 Palmer's Bar - 10pm
Steve Kaul with Dave Babb
following Spider John Koerner
Mpls, Mn

11/19 Red Carpet 8pm
The Brass Kings with
Trampled By Turtles
St. Cloud, Mn

11/20 Big Red Barn 7:30pm
The Brass Kings
Taste of the Twin Cities
Cottage Grove, Mn

11/21 The White Horse 10pm
The Brass Kings
St. Cloud, Mn

11/25 331 Club
The Brass Kings @ 9:30pm
also playing at 7pm:
Nicki & The Ruemates
Mpls, Mn

9/5 Turf Club
The Brass Kings with
Martin Devaney, Gabe Barnett
& The Como Avenue Jug band

9/17 Hotel Donaldson
The Brass Kings
Fargo, ND

9/27 Cedar Cultural Center
Global Roots Festival!
with Soukousize
& Nirmala Rajasekar

8/15 Dakota County Fair
The Brass Kings "Skiffle" set
with Pop Wagner's Vaudeville Revue
5pm & 7pm
Farmington, Mn

8/25 Northfield BBQ
The Brass Kings
Northfield, Mn

8/26 331 Club
Steve Solo "CD Release" party
with Dave Babb & guests

8/28 Minnesota State Fair
The Brass Kings with guests...
Falcon Heights, MN

8.29 Anderstock
The Brass Kings & more
Ham Lake, Mn

8/6 Cedar Patio Stage
Steve solo with Jon Rodine,
Dan Newton, Dave Babb,
Rusty Jones & Jen Markey

8/7 Kandiyohi County Fair
The Brass Kings 3pm & 5pm
Wilmar, MN

8/9 Turf Club Old Stage
The Brass Kings
with Oh Lonesome Me
St. Paul, MN

7/30 Showcase Minnesota 9am
KARE11 Television - Steve Solo

8/1 Blues at the Barn
Red House Records Festival
with Pieta Brown, The Pines,
Ray Bonneville & Dave Moore
Hobgoblin Music
Redwing, MN

7/18 Deep Blues Festival
Cabooze - Mpls, Mn

7/24 Almanac 7pm
TPT2 Television

7/25 Bearded Lady
Motorcycle Freakshow
331 Club Mpls NE

7/25 One Day In July Festival
with Brother Ali, El Guante,
Ellis, Two Tone Runt,
Best Bitch in Show & more....

7/26 Almanac 9:30am
TPT2 Television

5/17 Cedar Cultural Center
with Nirmala & Soukosize
Mpls, MN

5/22 Popcorn Tavern
LaCrosse, WI

6/25 Waterfront
Menomonie, WI

6/27 Brigids Cross
Bemidji, MN

6/30 North Dakota Museum of Art
Grand Forks, ND

3/17 First Avenue
St. Patrick's Day
with Boiled In Lead
& Romi di Luna
Mpls, MN

3/28 White Horse
The Brass Kings
St. Cloud, MN

February

The Concert To End Homelessness

Fri & Sat at the Cabooze

2/13 Pert Near Sandstone
The Brass Kings
The Floorbirds

2/14 Trampled By Turtles
Two Many Banjos
Hobo Nephew Of Uncle Frank

Saturday, Dec 27
Steve Kaul solo with Dave Babb
and Charlie Parr!
KFAI Freewheelin' Presents
them at the Acadia Cafe
Music @ 9pm

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Thursday, Dec 11 @ 6am
Fitzgerald Theater
~ Morning Show Finale ~
The Brass Kings with
Greg Brown, Prudence Johnson,
Peter Mayer, Neal & Leandra,
Dan Chouinard, Ann Reed
& The Steeles - also broadcast live on 89.3 the Current

Friday, Dec 12 @ 8pm
Ginkgo Xmas Show
Steve Solo with Dave Babb!

Friday, Dec 19th @ 8pm
Cedar Cultural Center
Steve Solo with Dave Babb
Free Range Pickin' & more

Wednesday, Dec 31
New Years Eve @ 331
The Brass Kings with
A Night In The Box

2009

Sunday, Jan 11 @ 9pm
Turf Club Old Stage
The Brass Kings with Martin Devaney and Jake Hyer -
"The Porchlights"

September

Saturday, Sept 6
Rock Bend Folk Festival
1pm & 3pm
St. Peter, Mn

Sunday, Sept 7
Santa Anna Hill County
Music Festival 3pm

Friday, Sept 12
Lee's Liquor Bar with
A Night In The Box
9pm $6 Mpls, Mn

Saturday, Sept 13
Wedding
Ely, Mn

Saturday, Sept 20
Hosmer Library
347 E. 26th St. Mpls

Saturday, Sept 27
Boats & Bluegrass Festival
Winona, Mn

October

Oct 4 - AIGA
Design Camp

Sunday Oct 12
West Bank Bash
WB School of Music Benefit
with
Spider John Koerner
Charlie Parr &
Black Audience

Friday, Oct 24 Cabooze
Pert Near Sandstone
CD Release Party

Saturday, Oct 25 Pizza Luce
Duluth, Mn

August

Friday, Aug 8 2008 2 PM
Kandiyohi County Fair
Wilmar, Mn

Saturday, Aug 9 12 PM
Pizza Luce Block Party
~ with ~
The Brass Kings 12:00
Romantica 1:00
The KeepAways 1.55
Charlie Parr - 2.40
The Millionth Word - 3.25
The Evening Rig 4.35
The Hawaii Show 5.20
The Debut 6.10
A Night In A Box 7:05
Kill The Vultures 8:00
Crossing Guards 9:00

Thrusday, Aug 21
Opening Day
Minnesota State Fair
DNR Stage 10AM-9PM
Falcon Heights, Mn

Saturday, Aug 23
Private Event
Eau Claire, Wi

Monday, Aug 25
Famous Dave's Calhoun Square
Mpls, Mn

 

July

Jul 18 2008 6:00 PM
Jackson Music Festival Jackson

Jul 21 2008 8:00 PM
Famous Dave’s Minneapolis

Jul 24 2008 10:00 PM
Lee’s Liquor Lounge with Portland’s Hillstomp Minneapolis

Jul 26 2008 2:00 PM
Bearded Lady Motorcycle Freakshow Minneapolis

 

June

Jun 7 2008 2:30 PM
Famous Dave’s Blues Festival Minneapolis

Jun 11 2008 8:00 PM
Unvarnished Music Festival Worthington

Jun 12 2008 6:00 PM
Fort Snelling Bandshell Minneapolis

Jun 14 2008 8:00 PM
40 Watt Bulb - Santiago Street Festival - Santiago

Jun 20 2008 1:30 PM
Logjam Music Festival -Isle

Jun 23 2008 8:00 PM
Famous Dave’s Minneapolis

Jun 25 2008 8:00 PM
Pioneer Place - Saint Cloud

Jun 27 RESCHEDULED...
Turf Club

Jun 28 2008 1:00 PM
Spudfest
Big Lake

 

 

April

4/25 Pizza Luce Duluth
with Two Many Banjos and The Feelin' Band

4/26 Mayslacks Mpls
with Two Many Banjoes and
The Pistol Whippin' Party Penguins

Bill's Big Pumpkins
- a 'home-grown' documentary featuring original music by Steve Kaul and songs from the first Brass Kings CD. Includes some instrumental vesions of songs from the Washboard Rope Guitar CD. (each DVD includes a giant pumpkin seed and instructions for growing)
Get a copy here while they last!

Cedar Cultural Center
Trampled by Turtles
The Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs
Jon Rodine
Molly Maher
Bitter Spills
Black Audience
Pert Near Sandstone