Rick
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April 17 - May 8, 1999

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Dave Katz and fellow ekoostik hookah'
band members perform at the
Michigan Theater as part of
Ann Arbor's annual Hash Bash celebration.

with hookah," says Katz. "However,
we weren't an acoustic band. So, for
fun, I changed the spelling to `ekoost-
ik.' As it turns out, 'acoustic' is
he band was little more
defined as 'sound as it is heard.' So the
1 1 than a pipe dream when
name works perfectly.
musician Dave Katz spied a
The band ekoostik hookah (it's
brass hookah on his mantel
spelled in all lower-case let-
that inspired an original, yet
ters), though conceived in
quirky, name for his improv Above: From left to
riht, the members
smoky basement bars, has
ensemble.
o ekoostik hookah:
grown to national promi-
In early 1991, Katz, a
Dave
Katz,
Eric
nence, playing more than
vocalist, pianist and gui-
Lanese, Steve
170 dates a year and rolling
tarist, teamed up with fel-
Sweney, Ed McGee
the odometer more than
low guitarist Steve Sweney
and Cliff Starbuck.
150,000 miles. The group's
and bassist Cliff Starbuck
harmony-rich, high-energy,
for some weekly open-mike
psychedelic rock 'n' roll sound has
jam sessions in Columbus, Ohio. A
spawned a cult-like following of fans
friend offered to bankroll a project
who
proclaim themselves "hookah-
that became the trio's first release,
fied."
and
by
the
end
of
the
Under Full Sail,
Hookah plans a swing across the
recording, a band was born.
country this spring, including an April
But back to the funky moniker.
3 concert at the Michigan Theater in
Katz, upon seeing the hookah (a kind
Ann Arbor. As they journey to the
of water pipe associated with the
West Coast, the band will release its
Middle East, with a long flexible tube
long awaited, live two-CD set, Sharp
for drawing the smoke through water),
in the Flats.
wanted to call his band Brass Hookah.
The group has sold more than
Unfortunately, the group had no
60,000 of its first five recordings.
horns.
Sharp in the Flats is a blend of blues,
"So, I switched to .the word
funk, folk, bluegrass, jazz and rock 'n'
`acoustic' because it sounded good

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