Brian Kenny Fresno

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

Hey Gang,

If you've not heard the master Warr guitar/JamMan stylist Brian Kenny Fresno (think Frank Zappa meets Beck on Warr guitar), I just got this email from him.  It's spam, I guess, but too good to keep to myself:

> From: "Brian Kenney Fresno" <bkfresno@attitude.com>
> Date: Mon Mar 11, 2002  08:56:34  PM US/Pacific
> To: <bkfresno@bonghitrecords.com>
> Subject: BKF FILLMORE SHOW THIS SATURDAY  ok, so it's the poster room, but it's at THE FILLMORE!!!
>
> HAY!!
> how you are is how you feel- or the other way around, but i am real good
> freinds, real good.
> hope your all up into the same.
> fresno is delite full this time of year, i wish you could all come stay hear
> at the burnin J ranch, but it would overload the outhouse.
>
> this SATURDAY the 16th i'll be at the FILLMORE in the lounge before the
> Keller Williams show.
> thats in FRISCO..
> he plays fancy giutar and sings songs, and has hippy kids with the chronic
> probably follow him arownd and stuff, camping on his lawn and hawking veggie
> sandwitches.
>
> also, mark these on your'e calender
> THURS MARCH 28TH at the HOTEL UTAH in FRISCO W/ GOOFERMAN
> my 1irst time ever their, so plaese turn out in force with your loud shirts
> and your'e fresno voices!
>
> FRI MARCH 29TH at the STORK CLUB W/ RUBE WADDELL and MORE! SURPRISES!
> CELEBERITEES!
> S'been two long not playin the STORK -come on out for a hoedown with the
> rubes and fresno and xmas in march!
>
> SAT MARCH 30TH at the STARRY PLOW W/ SPLATTER TRIO" and BASSLINE DADA.
> hope to be seeing all of you up into their soon!
>
> soon, ok starting write now, i'm cullecting stories abowt FRESNO!
>
> that's write!
> if you have a FRESNO story,(and everybuddy SEEMS to), plaese right it to me
> in a email!
> y'alls have been comin outta the woodwork at shows tellin me about you're
> family in FRESNO, and your're ex girlfreind/boyfreind was from FRESNO and
> you're meth dealer is in FRESNO, and you're well, now, gettting you are the
> picture...
> your cousin in prison in corcoran don't count unless he's from FRESNO.
> THINK EPICK!!!!
>
> if you ain't have no fresno story, feel free to right abowt me, brian kenney
> FRESNO in the largest of larger than life ways ,how i've touched your life
> etc.
> i guess i should make this some kinda contest, wear the top 100 story's will
> be pubelished in my upcoming book, written by all of you!
> be sure to sign away all write of aouthurship, so you won't feel bad when i
> steal it anyway.
> I AM TOTALLY SERIOS FOLKS, get the jump on L.A. now while you have the
> chance, quick- their not looking...!
>
> much love to my homies, (thanks tarik)
> brian kenney fresno
> and when you see me on the street, yell "FRESNO!"
>
> http://www.bonghitrecords.com

So I for one will be at the Fillmore show.  This is a must see for one and all.

Mark Sottlaro