Wild Honey Backyard Shows: Thee Holy Brothers/ Tony Gilkyson & Rick Shea
About this Event
Wild Honey Foundation Backyard Shows Present to of Los Angeles' best bands/duos. Their musical resumes are amazing but not as great as their talent and chemistry. This will be show for the ages in the newly renovated Wild Honey Backyard. Do not miss. Doors at 330. Street parking more everyone. Come early and shorten your walk up the hill! All proceeds go to Wild Honey's support of musicians in financial need and the autism community!
THEE HOLY BROTHERS
Los Angeles-based power-folk duo, Thee Holy Brothers, has persevered through a series of life challenges and are readying the release of its eagerly-anticipated second album, High In My Balloon, via Regional Records May, 9 2025 on vinyl, CD and all streaming platforms.
The critically-acclaimed duo features two stalwarts of the L.A. musical community, Marvin Etzioni and Willie Aron. Marvin is a singer, Grammy-winning record producer, Grammy-nominated songwriter, and founding member of country-punk innovators Lone Justice. As a producer, he has worked with acts such as Counting Crows, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Stephen Stills with Judy Collins, and many more. Etzioni recently produced Viva Lone Justice, released on Fire Records.
Willie Aron is a respected singer, award-winning film/tv composer, and multi-instrumentalist. He serves as the keyboard player with psychedelic supergroup The Third Mind and has appeared with such artists as The Dream Syndicate, LOVE featuring Johnny Echols and many others. Aron is also a founding member of indie-folk combo The Balancing Act. He recently served as producer of singer-songwriter Milo Binder’s latest album, The Unspeakable Milo Binder, which has received rave reviews.
Thee Holy Brothers -all of whose songs are written by Marvin -released their debut album, My Name Is Sparkle, as the inaugural release on Etzioni’s Regional Records label. The record is a song cycle revolving around a genderless character named Sparkle, who endures a series of hardships on an existential search for the divine. Upon release, My Name Is Sparkle garnered overwhelmingly positive reviews, including a five-star review from the UK’s RnR Magazine who dubbed the album “magnificent,” while MOJO Magazine likened it to “Tommy as if directed by Leonard Cohen.”
During the recording sessions for the follow-up album -intended to be the second part of a Sparkle trilogy -Etzioni was diagnosed with cancer, while Aron’s spouse passed away from the disease. The resilient pair turned to music and towards each other during this difficult time, which strengthened their collaborative partnership and friendship. When Etzioni’s oncologist declared him cancer-free, he said “I was so elated at the news, I felt like I was levitating, like I was high in my balloon. I did what I always do: I wrote a song about it.”
Paralleling Marvin’s journey through cancer treatment, “High in My Balloon” chronicles the Sparkle character’s travails while dealing with the very same disease. Fans can also see the video of key album track, “Guru Honk” now. The song features mellotron by Foo Fighters keyboardist Rami Jaffee. Another standout track, “Sunshine in My Veins,” is an upbeat account of the chemotherapy that coursed through Sparkle’s body. An accompanying animated video of the track by acclaimed cartoonist will also be released. Prior to the album’s release, Thee Holy Brothers released a special holiday mix -including sleigh bells and drums -of another standout song on the album, “The Holy in Everything,” which continues to enjoy worldwide airplay on numerous radio outlets which began over Holy-days season.
TONY GILKYSON Born in Hollywood and reared in northern New Mexico, Tony Gilkyson’s songs speak of ghosts, travels, dreams, and landscapes. A songwriter-guitarist, Tony began recording at a young age with his father, Terry Gilkyson. He has collaborated with songwriters John Doe and Chuck Weiss, as well as authors Diane Stillman (*29 Palms*) and Michael Blake (*Dances with Wolves*). His musical style blends rock, folk, and Americana, with a distinctive guitar sound that combines traditional and modern influences.
Throughout his career, Tony has worked with artists such as Dave Alvin, Lone Justice, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, K.D. Lang, and X. His guitar work has been featured in film soundtracks like Walk the Line, The Big Lebowski, *All the King's Men*, and *Don’t Come Knockin’*, with producer T Bone Burnett
“Gilkyson has always been known as a fine guitarist but he’s equally fine as a songwriter with an eye for the ironic and darkly humorous” - Los Angeles Times.
RICK SHEA
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Rick Shea’s work speaks for itself. Shea’s played with legends like Dave Alvin (on his Grammy-winning album Public Domain), R.E.M. (for the soundtrack to Man on the Moon) and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Wanda Jackson among others. Growing up in San Bernardino and cutting his teeth in Southern California honky-tonks, his songs reflect the folk, country, rock and Mexican influences he grew up with.
Shea’s released 12 albums to wide acclaim (his latest received 4 Stars from Mojo), and he's toured both the US and Europe. At work on a new album for possible release this year (or more likely next) Shea will be traveling as the featured artist with the Roots on the Rails trips this summer from LA to NOLA and Chicago back to LA.
“Shea is a haunting vocalist, imperative guitarist and literate, detail-rich songwriter, do yourself a favor” - Sing Out! Magazine
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USD 23.18 to USD 44.52
