DECEMBER 15 / 8:00PM
21+ / $12 Advance

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Nectar Presents the Seattle Debut Performance of Legendary 60's Psych-Rock Pioneers & Source Family Members:

Ya Ho Wha 13

• Special Guest

YA HO WHA 13

Members of The Source Family, a communal religious group living in the Hollywood Hills in the early 1970s, decided to fuse their musical talents and spirituality by forming an improvisational, psychedelic music group. They began to make LPs in 1973, all of which were recorded after hours of meditation at 3-6 AM in a soundproofed garage that served as the musicians’ studio in the family's communal residence. All of the records with Father Yod’s participation were completely improvised, with no rehearsals or overdubs. Most of the albums were small-press runs, with only 500 to 1000 copies made under the Higher Key Records imprint. They were sold to the general public in Father Yod’s wildly popular vegetarian Source Restaurant for $10 each. Though only 9 LPs were produced and released, it is rumored that more than 65 albums were recorded by the group and have since been destroyed.[1] The band changed members occasionally, morphing into various incarnations from Father Yod & The Spirit of ’76 to YaHoWa 13 to The Savage Sons of YaHoWa, Yodship, and Fire Water Air, but the key players were always the same (Djin Aquarian on guitar, Octavious Aquarian on drums, and Sunflower Aquarian on bass). Sky Saxon of The Seeds occasionally appears with the band. The original recordings of all incarnations of YaHoWha 13 are now very rare and valued highly by music collectors, with some LPs priced around $1000.[5] Sky Saxon, singer of the seminal garage band The Seeds and a Source Family member still devoted to the teachings of YaHoWha, collaborated with Japanese label Captain Trip in 1998 and produced a deluxe 13 CD box set entitled God and Hair, including the original Source Family records and some unreleased material.[5] Swordfish Records in the UK is currently working to re-release their individual records as both limited pressing LPs and CDs.[2] In early 2008, the surviving members of YaHoWha 13 (Sunflower, Octavius and Djin), reformed and played several gigs in LA and San Francisco. In June 2008, they singed with a new booking agent out of New York and expect to begin touring domestically and in Europe by November 2008.

LINKS

• Ya Ho Wha 13 in Wikipedia
• Source Family Website
• Ya Ho Wha 13 Discography

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