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NEWS

1-19 Happy New Year all. We're currently working on rough sketches of new songs and updating the look of our website. Also working on gigs for March/April. We should have some new songs recorded by mid February to post on Soundcloud.com

3-16 Check us out on fccfreeradio.com playing acoustic. Starts at around the 1:11 mark.

9-12 Being Used. Practice Session.

8-02 SF Indie Fest July 10.

7-03 We've got some new songs in the works that are gonna blow the lid off! Well maybe a little boiling over. Still working on ideas for the Being Used video. No, we haven't forgotten about that. We're excited about playing electric again. More shows and songs coming this summer.

6-09 Be careful what you wish for, as the saying goes...two gigs in one week...great to see you all out supporting us...keep checking back for more dates to come this summer. We're writing more new songs and honing some old ones.

5-07 Alright, finally finished two recordings with protools and on our way. Go ahead and hit the player above to find new songs and songs from our ep and just random stuff wer're trying to work out. Or become a fan on Facebook.

4-01 Boy, this year is already going by fast...seems like it was just the other day we were posting for March. Still working on acoustic recording and looks like the West Coast tour has turned into a Bay Area tour. Don't know if that's technically a tour. New arrangement for "Being Used" is worked out. Now on to the making of the video.

3-01 The details of booking a tour are more complicated than we expected. Still in the process and will let you know as soon as it's booked. Acoustic recording is going well and should have two songs posted in the next week. Being Used video on hold as we are working on a new song arrangement.

2-01 Meetings, meetings, meetings. Seems like all we do is meet and create to do lists. Where is the rock? Working on recording some acoustic songs and a video for new song Being Used. Stay Tuned.

11-14 Luis and Alan were interviewed and played live acoustic on Internet radio November 11. They had the chance to listen to music that influenced the band and play select songs from the EP Clutch at the Branch.

10-19 Happy Idiot to be interviewed and play songs from their new ep on local radio Wed. Nov. 11. 9-10 pm. More details to come.

9-13 Fun show last night at Beale Street. Saw some old familiar faces which is always good.

Happy Idiot's first CD release performance and party was at Cafe Van Kleef in Oakland on Friday, August 28th.

We performed 2 semi acoustic sets from our new ep plus select cover songs. The CD, entitled "Clutch at the Branch" is available for $5, just send us an email with your name and address and we'll send you the particulars. Itcontacts

 

 

January 2012:

Listen to "Freight Train", a song from our EP Clutch at the Branch...just click on the mini player above.

WELCOME

Happy Idiot...down-and-dirty...structure too...a back beat...on the beat...play many local clubs/dives...let it ride...an oakland three piece...with all the pieces together...build...divide...crack...and mold...

After numerous band names and transient bass players, Happy Idiot released their second EP since their formation in 2001. Clutch At The Branch, a 5 song analog recording, is a culmination of experimentation from live electric and acoustic shows, and incorporates their respective backgrounds in punk, jazz, blues, and old-school country/bluegrass.

Happy Idiot is Luis Valentino (guitar, lead vocals), Scott Barnes (drums) and Alan Stonebraker (bass, keyboard).

While their sound can harken back to styles past, Happy Idiot evokes the future with both feet directly in the present. See them live and experience a spontaneous sonic sting of raw energy.

 

UPCOMING SHOWS

Saturday, Jan. 28
Caspar Inn
Mendocino, CA
9:00 pm
21+ $5-10

Keep checking back, or add your name to the Happy Idiot mailing list.

PAST SHOWS

Oasis Restaurant & Bar
Oakland, CA
October 23 , 2011

Vitus
Oakland, CA
October 14 , 2011

Oasis Restaurant & Bar
Oakland, CA
September 11 , 2011

Oasis Restaurant & Bar
Oakland, CA
September 8 , 2011

Tikka Masala
SF, CA
August 6 , 2011

Tikka Masala
Kickoff Pride Weekend
SF, CA
June 24 , 2011

Peri's
Fairfax, CA
June 14 , 2011

Club Paradiso
Oakland, CA
May 6, 2011

Retox Lounge
San Francisco
March 31, 2011

Unbound Sound
FccFreeRadio.com
San Francisco

March 16, 2011

Club Paradiso
Oakland, CA
March 4, 2011

Club Paradiso
Oakland, CA
February 4, 2011

Pirate Cat Radio
San Francisco
January 16, 2011

Club Paradiso
Oakland, CA
January 7, 2011

Kimo's
San Francisco
November 5, 2010

Viracocha
Specious Species Release Party, SF
September 24, 2010

Octopus Lounge
Pacfica, CA
August 15, 2010

Thee Parkside
San Francisco, CA
July 10, 2010

Hotel Utah Saloon
San Francisco, CA
May 30, 2010

Grant & Green
San Francisco, CA
May 25, 2010

FCCFree Radio Interview
November 11, 2009

Beale Street Bar & Grill
San Francisco, CA
September 12, 2009

Cafe Van Kleef
Oakland, CA
August 28, 2009

Beale Street Bar & Grill
San Francisco, CA
May 7, 2009

THEE PARKSIDE
San Francisco, CA
December 13, 2008

EDINBURGH CASTLE
San Francisco, CA
June 26, 2008

Beale Street Bar & Grill
San Francisco, CA
December, 2007

Beale Street Bar & Grill
San Francisco, CA
September, 2007

Rooster's Roadhouse
Alameda, CA
March 24, 2007


Boom Fest Birthday Bash
Thee Parkside
September 30, 2006


Bender's
May 2006

 

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