Tues. Jan. 19

Roger Miller - not content with two Mission of Burma shows last weekend, and a playing piano at a private gig for the engagment party of David Kleiler Jr. and 70th birthday party for David Sr. - brings his axe to the Plough & Stars Tuesday Jan. 19. There he'll be joined by fellow Binary System guy, drummer Larry Dersch and bassist Monique Ortiz.

It's actually Ortiz's residency. Dersch explains: "It's simple really.  Monique had this Tuesday residency, and after asking me to play drums, asked if I could see about Roger doing one of the nights.  We're not sure what we'll be doing, probably a little Roger winging-it to Mo's songs, and some group improv, maybe some pieces that Roger and I have done, with Mo winging-it.  We won't really know till we fire it up.  It'll be one of those nights.  I told Monique the other day that this is like rock history for me, getting the two of them together! Roger will most likely just do the first set with us, from 10:30-11:30.  Monique and I will do a duo set to finish the night." Rog says you might call this entourage AKA ROD. (Get it, Roger, Ortiz, Dersch, a pun on A.K.A. C.O.D. the post-Morphine band with whom Monique also plays. Saxophonist Dana Colley joins next Tuesday.

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