Silly Bio
It all started in 19-dickity-2 when lead singer, sax and flute player Ira
Levin was working in Miami as a haberdasher for Zsa Zsa Gabor, Sr., when he
chanced upon a very unique garage sale. Buying the portrait of drummer
Darian Gray, and also acquiring H.G. Wells' time-traveling armchair for a
song, he was on his way to 1890, where he found bassist Greg Minter in
Tucson, Ariz., sitting atop one of those big front-wheeled "Pennyfarthing"
bicycles and plucking his handlebar moustache like a giant rubber band.
From there they played with numerous guitarists, until bumping into Josh
Garey for the umpteenth time. They found him jamming in Berkeley in 1969, a
full two years before his birth. When it finally came together, Comfy Chair
was ready to begin starting all over again one last time.
Serious Bio
Greetings,
Comfy Chair does an energetic and vibrant acoustic trio performance, or an
over-the-top theatrical rock show as a four-piece electric band, and mixes
upbeat covers of swing, blues and rock favorites with their own surreal,
cabaret-rock originals.
The band released their debut CD, 'Party on the Titanic' in 1997 to critical
acclaim, inducing Greg Heller of BAM Magazine to utter the immortal words,
"I heard they were the best band ever in the history of time."
In 1998, Elektra Records chose Renaissance in Harlem, a single from the
album, to be included on their internationally distributed compilation disc,
'Jump Up and Boogie'.
The band followed up 'Party' with the raw and raucous 'Live and Uncut' in
1999, recorded while playing at the Oregon State Fair.
Comfy Chair has built a dedicated following all along the West Coast. From
the Showbox and the Backstage in Seattle to the Viper Room and the Whisky
A-Go-Go in L.A., the Oregon State Fair two years in a row, the Great
American Music Hall in S.F., as well as hundreds of other clubs, parties,
weddings and fairs, Comfy Chair's soiree into the surreal has pleased
audiences of every kind. In addition, Comfy Chair hosts, plays house band,
writes and acts in comedy sketches, and books a variety of solo performance
talent, all to form their unique, randomly recurring Vaudeville-style show,
"z'Art Fantastique".
'Hello, Dali!', Comfy Chair's upcoming release, is a migration from their
trademark slamswing sound to the arena of the wild, the psychedelic, the Old
World and the surreal. Including over a dozen guest performances, Comfy
Chair is looking to release `Dali' in early 2005, and now performs this
groundbreaking material at all their showcase gigs.
Saul Goode, Flaming Pie
