Balloon Boogie Band “Unpopable” @ Grant & Green (North Beach)

The World\'s First and Greatest Balloon Bass Band

Friday, July 25
8:00 pm

Unpopable, composed of long-time balloon man Addi Somekh and Latin folk-inspired guitarist Henry Bermudez, is no novelty act; it’s drifting in from Los Angeles to join plenty of other seriously talented musicians in the North Beach Jazz Festival. Unpopable only involves one balloon instrument, the three-and-a-half octave balloon bass, which doesn’t sound much like a balloon at all. While the band’s style is difficult to classify, Somekh likes to call it “elastic boogie” or “inflatable blues.” The band released Unpopable’s first record, The Gift-Curse Combo, in January. Source: SF Weekly