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Fat Tuesday at The Fallser Club with The Percolators: New Orleans Style Party Band and Rev Chris & Les Garcons Crasseaux

March 4 at 7:00 pm-10:30 pm

$20.00

Tickets are $20 online, $25 at the door (online ticket sales end at 5pm on the day of the show.) 

Doors open at 6:00pm

There will be a 50/50 raffle and silent auction to benefit victims and the families of the NOLA terror event.
 
New Orleans deserves our support. 

 

The Percolators: New Orleans Style Party Band

 

 

 House-Rockin’ Music That Gets Everyone Dancing!

Smell the Beignets, Taste the Jambalaya!

The Percolators is a Band that plays traditional and contemporary music from New Orleans and beyond.  Our repertoire is drawn from the music you hear spilling from every doorway in the French Quarter: Classic Rock, Blues, Funk, Jazz, Soul and Dixieland. We are known for infusing events with fire, passion and soul! Jann Glider, guitarist and music director for the band along with veteran musicians Lisa Sellers (lead vocals), Mike Boonie (keyboards and trumpet), Jim Kane (bass and tuba) and  Carol Moog (harmonica) form the core of the group. Joining us for the March 4 gig at the Fallser club will be Kate Casano (accordion and keyboards). Jann, a long time participant in Philadelphia’s music scene, was a member of the No Alibi Blues Band featuring Zan Gardner (that played the Cabaret System in the ’90’s), The Bluescasters, The King Bees, The Blue Route Band and others. He conceived the idea behind The Percolators when, in a moment of other-worldly clarity, he realized all the styles of music he loved were played in New Orleans. Philadelphia, with its rich history of parades featuring the Mummers, bore striking similarities with the Mardi Gras tradition. Jann felt there was a void that could be filled by a group devoted to celebrating that tradition here. The band’s mission, then, is to spread the joy of Mardi Gras far and wide!

www.thepercolators.net

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Rev Chris & Les Garçons Crasseux

  

Christopher Marsceill (aka Rev Chris) was born in Boston and raised in Philadelphia, where they attended Settlement Music School at age 11 and eventually studied with Philly staple Eric Speigel who introduced him to reharmonization and singing. At 17, he made his way to New Orleans, where he studied under Mike Pellera, Ellis Marsalis, and Peter Martin, and began to move away from modern jazz after meeting Joe Krown and Jon Cleary and embracing the ways of boogie-woogie and Professor Longhair style blues. Next was a string of successful tours with the Ted Hefko Quartet and New Orleans Juice and Brides of Jesus (featuring Russell Batiste of the Meters). In his travels, he has shared the stage with Widespread Panic, Ani DiFranco, Blueground Undergrass, Santana, a member of Squirrel Nut Zippers, and the Dave Matthews Band. While not on the road, he spent his time performing in the French Quarter with the Bradford Truby Trio, the Dukes of Dixieland, St. Louis Slim, and Preservation Hall Jazz. He can also be found on bootleg recordings by Meters bassist George Porter’s solo project. The icing on this cake was a weekly appearance at the historic Maple Leaf Bar as part of the Ellen Rogers Band from 1999-2002, in 2003 co- founded “Restless Natives” with Bill Iuso and Brian Besse. Their debut album featured Dirty Dozen Brass Band members and the Neville Brothers.

 

Since relocating to Philadelphia following Hurricane Katrina, he began performing solo around the city, beginning a residency at the Tavern on the Hill in 2007 that continues as of 2024. He put together his own ensemble, Les Garçons Crasseux, and began to focus mostly on original music. He has appeared in the bands of many Philadelphia-based performers, including Roger Learnard, Emmett Drueding, Daisy Royce, and Bill Avayou. A first-call session player, he has appeared on albums by David Cope, Daisy Royce, Brian Kors, Humbleman Band, Mighty Rhythm Kings, Paul Downie, and Max Mason, along with about a half dozen albums recorded during his time in New Orleans. 

In 2018, he released his 9th album, The End of Love, which was solo piano. Here he strays away from original music and re-imaginationed songs by Prince, Leonard Cohen, the Beatles, Tom Tallitsch, Fats Waller and Blind Melon. His 10th album, a live performance featuring the sextet, was released in August of 2019 and featured originals along with an arrangement of the Miles Davis song “Flamenco Sketches” and the Fats Domino classic, “Blueberry Hill”. During the COVID-19 quarantine of 2020, Rev self-released multiple singles on the online platform Bandcamp, in addition to streaming gigs. He also reformed the Drums N Keys duo with either Gusten Rudolph or Claudio de Pujadas and entertained, while masked up, on the streets of Philly and the surrounding area.

In March of 2024, “Lingua Franca” was released with his working band, Les Garçons Crasseux. The album features many songs written during the COVID lockdown years.

 

https://revchrismusic.com/

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https://www.instagram.com/aka_revchris

 

If you purchased a ticket, we have you on our guest list; please tell us your name when you come in for the show.

By Car or By Train

The East Falls Train Station is a short walk from the Fallser Club. Parking in East Falls is no problem! There is ample free on-street parking near the East Falls train station driveway at 3610 Midvale Ave and a paid municipal lot three blocks away at 4100 Ridge Ave.  Midvale Ave and Ridge Ave are both well-lit!

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Fat Tuesday
General Admission
$20.00

Details

Date:
March 4
Time:
7:00 pm-10:30 pm
Cost:
$20.00

Venue

The Fallser Club
3721 Midvale Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19129 United States
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