Artist description This group specializes in taking audience suggestions for song titles and creating the songs on the spot. Also has extensive repetoire of compositions by band leader Slavens. The music can only be categorized as Texclectic

Music Style texclectic

Musical Influences Hindemith,Zappa,Monk,Costello,Reich,eno,Pixies,DelCLose

Similar Artists Zappa,Monk,Tom Waits

Artist History Started as solo project for Former Ten Handskeys\vox wierdo Paul Slavens. He began improvising whole gigs alone from audience suggestions, and slowly found a band of musicians who were up to the task of makingup songs on the spot. At the same time Slavens was composing a suite of Tin Pan Alley songswhich comprise the repetoire of the group.

Group Members Paul Slavens Piano, vocalsGary Muller Chapman Stick, vocalsReggie Rueffer violin ,vocalsPete Young drums,vocalizations

Instruments piano,violin, Chapman stick, drums

Albums Volume 1

Press Reviews Best Improv Troupe - Dallas Observer Best of 1999The Most Amazing Underappreciated talent on any Ft.Worth stage ****1/2 - Todd Camp FW Star TelegramMore at WWW.Texclectic.com

Location denton, tx - USA

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