http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3TFkvEmBYM
He's a familiar figure to many in Seattle, especially those who frequent the Pike Place Market: the muscular, middle-aged man with the mohawk, standing on the sidewalk, usually accompanying singer/songwriter/guitarist Jim Page, with his huge array of spoons of different shapes and sizes and materials spread out on a blanket, furiously playing against his face and body, eyes closed, lost in the performance. Pete Seeger called him "the best damn spoon player in the universe." Frank Zappa told him, "You haven't got a commercial bone in your body." The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart said, "Finally, some real music." He's played on sidewalks and in bars all around the world, played with Zappa, Aerosmith, and k.d. lang; appeared on Broadway with Itzhak Perlman; on David Letterman's show; and in a Grammy Award-winning song and MTV video by Soundgarden. Artis the Spoonman has taken his silverware skills far.
http://tribes.tribe.net/b...fe-4401-9228-44328872686d
He's a familiar figure to many in Seattle, especially those who frequent the Pike Place Market: the muscular, middle-aged man with the mohawk, standing on the sidewalk, usually accompanying singer/songwriter/guitarist Jim Page, with his huge array of spoons of different shapes and sizes and materials spread out on a blanket, furiously playing against his face and body, eyes closed, lost in the performance. Pete Seeger called him "the best damn spoon player in the universe." Frank Zappa told him, "You haven't got a commercial bone in your body." The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart said, "Finally, some real music." He's played on sidewalks and in bars all around the world, played with Zappa, Aerosmith, and k.d. lang; appeared on Broadway with Itzhak Perlman; on David Letterman's show; and in a Grammy Award-winning song and MTV video by Soundgarden. Artis the Spoonman has taken his silverware skills far.
http://tribes.tribe.net/b...fe-4401-9228-44328872686d
