Saturday July 19th
Ekoostik Hookah
Centennial Terrace
5773 Centennial Rd.
Sylvania, Ohio 43560
419.882-1500
All Ages Welcome
Tickets $20.00 at the gate
Doors open 7pm
One of the most original and energetic acts around today, ekoostik hookah is the nucleus
of a family drawn to its lucid, improvisational treatment of psychedelic rock ’n’ roll,
blues, funk, jazz and bluegrass layered with rich harmonies. Born early in 1991 in a
smoky basement bar, the band has been continually evolving, cultivating a sound that has
perked the ears of contemporaries and attracted fans that travel miles to hear them play.
The Ohio-vocalist/keyboardist Dave Katz, lead guitarist Steve Sweney, bassist Cliff Starbuck and guitarist/vocalist John Mullins had full-time gigs with popular bands. The ensemble
quickly found a following and began this odyssey when a stranger who heard them at a
party bankrolled a trip to the studio to record Under Full Sail. By the end of recording,
band members had committed themselves full-time to ekoostik hookah. Drummer Eric
Lanese joined in 1993. Since its birth ekoostik hookah has independently handled every
aspect of its growth.
ekoostik hookah has played in more than 30 states at venues including New York’s
Wetlands Preserve, Chicago’s House of Blues, Cleveland’s Nautica Stage, Atlanta’s
Variety Playhouse, Boulder’s Fox Theater, Columbus’ Promowest Pavilion, Cleveland’s
House of Blues, LA’s Whiskey a Go-Go and San Francisco’s Great American Music
Hall. In 1997 hookah was invited to play at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ekoostik
hookah played its first international shows in June 1999 in Negril, Jamaica. Since then
the band has traveled back to Jamaica (in 2002), to the Netherlands in 2003 and back to
Jamaica in 2006, bringing their fans along each time.
Though intense live energy fuels this band, hookah fans have snatched up more than
100,000 copies of its eight releases: Under Full Sail (1991), Dubbahbuddah (1994), an
untitled, two-disc live set (1996), Where the Fields Grow Green (1998), Hookahville
Spring ’98 (1998), Sharp in the Flats (1999), Seahorse (2001) and Ohio Grown (2002).
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