YES THE SAME

". . . Seattle's best kept secret" - Steven Tyler - 1997

"You haven't got a commercial bone in your body" - Frank Zappa - 1992

". . . the best spoonplayer in the whole god damn universe" - Pete Seeger - 1983

"What did he eat for breakfast, gunpowder?" - Lacy J. Dalton - 1978

"Finally, some real music" - Mickey Hart - 1996

From the sidewalks of Seattle, San Francisco, Manhattan, Sidney, London, Dublin, Munich and Singapore, to the theatres of Broadway, the stages of national and international television and the recording studios of Frank Zappa and Soundgarden, Artis' spellbinding, faster-than-the-eye-can-track spoon playing has been a passionate rhythm enhancement for Rock, Fusion, Folk, Jazz, Bluegrass, Classical and Uncategorizable music. His avante-garde percussion, coupled with his contagious spirit will change your life, or at least your ideas on cutlery.

ARTIS HAS PERFORMED ON STAGE WITH: Jim Page, Frank Zappa, Aerosmith, Steve Goodman, Pete Seeger, The Flying Karamazov Brothers, David Sanborn, Lacy J. Dalton, Peter Rowan, Jethro Burns, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Utah Phillips, k.d. lang, The Radiators, Soundgarden, Itzhak Perlman, The Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, Pele JuJu, Zakir Hussein, Queen Ida and Airto to name a few.

ARTIS HAS BEEN FEATURED ON:

• "Groundwork" an FAO UN Project – Featured in Concerts and STARBUCKS CD 2001

• "Spoonman", Grammy Award-winning song/MTV video by Soundgarden 1995

• Late Night with David Letterman, USA TV 1990

• Night Music with David Sanborn, USA TV 1990

• A Prarie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, USA radio 1978

• The Paul Daniels Show, BBC TV; and Blue Peter, BBC TV 1985

• Livewire, Nickelodian Children's TV, USA 1982

• Chikyu Dombori, FUJI TV, Japan 1985

• Broadway with Avner the Eccentric, NYC 1987

• Broadway with Itzhak Perlman, NYC 1992

CHILDREN'S FESTIVALS:

• Vancouver, Winnipeg, Prince George & Regina, CANADA; & Seattle, USA

FRINGE FESTIVALS:

• Edinburgh, SCOTLAND; Edmonton, CANADA; Seattle, USA;

FOLK & ROCK FESTIVALS AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD:

• Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Colorado, USA; 1983

• Elephant Faire, Plymouth, ENGLAND; 1985

• Bumberdrum, Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, USA 1992, 93 & 94

• EXPO '88, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 1988

• Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Victoria, North Country Faire & Calgary, CANADA; 1981 - 2003

• Seattle's Northwest Folklife, USA 1975 - 2003

• Hultsfred, SWEDEN 1996

• Rudolstadt, GERMANY 1996

• Pearl/Sabian Drum Festival, Goteborg, SWEDEN 1999

• Oregon Country Fair, 30 years consecutively, USA

• . . . AND SO MUCH MORE SINCE 1974 

DISCOGRAPHY:

  • A Livin' Spoonful (self-produced 2003 cd)

CONTACT:

artis@speakeasy.net
1916 Pike Place, #12-377 Seattle, WA 98101 USA

MANAGEMENT/BOOKING:

ATS Management
artis@speakeasy.net      
phone 206.935.5488