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Instruments: Vocals, mandolin, bass, percussion, tuba, thumb piano
Jams Attended: 174
First jam: 02/25/1995
Most recent jam: 02/25/2024
Jam Statistics - Missed : 1995
01/15 - Post-New Years Jam
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Matthew Cramer, Asher Millen, Sid Prise, Darin Stumme, Greg Winston
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
Voices Of Humanity TimeStrands 4:55 5
Free TimeStrands 5:50 5
Relax TimeStrands 4:14 5
20th Century Magician TimeStrands 7:07 4
02/12 - Lincoln's Birthday Jam
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Jeff Elder, Mark Goodman, David Hurst, Brian McNally, Asher Millen, Sid Prise
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
The Water Comes In Live From The Void 11:39 4
How Does It Feel? Live From The Void 13:01 4
Sid, Welcome To The Jam Leftovers Vol. 4 0:46 3

Cat Outside My Window Leftovers Vol. 5 9:17 4
02/16 - Day in the Life
Info: Daniel A. Foss lectures.
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Daniel A. Foss, Darin Stumme
02/20 - February 20th
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Sid Prise
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
Two Brains Rock 6:38 5

Monkey, Honey, Money Leftovers Vol. 3 3:32 3

03/11 - 531
Info: The Sheep Fiends record some heavy Fossian logic regarding the Roman emperor Justinian the Great!
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Daniel A. Foss, Sid Prise, Darin Stumme
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
531 Early 26:11 4

03/12 - Chaos Jam
Musicians: DeLonde Bell, Brian Cameron, David Hurst, Sid Prise, Pesach Weinstein, Aaron Zygmunt
03/13 - No Exit Cafe Open Mike
Location: No Exit Cafe, Chicago
Info: Brian Cameron and Sid Prise play Two Brains, Realized Beings/Vegetable Kingdom, and Neil Armstrong at the No Exit Cafe's open mike night.
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Sid Prise
03/24 - What the Fuss?
Info: The Sheep Fiends has a cathartic experience featuring an ultimatum on urban violence.
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Stevie Collins, Jeff Elder, Greg Winston
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
What The Fuss TimeStrands 29:28 5
04/08 - April 8th
Info: A get together to check out some new delay effects equipment we picked up. It took 23 minutes before the equipment started playing us. Ye-ha!
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Daniel A. Foss, Sid Prise, Mark Wojtas
04/15 - The Triomendum
Musicians: Jeff Elder, Scotto Moore, Darin Stumme
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
In Your Eyes Odds And Evens 6:06 3
04/22 - Dan the Warrior
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Matthew Cramer, Daniel A. Foss, Brian McNally, Sid Prise
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
Dan The Warrior Folk 4:26 5

I'm A Plant (Reprise) Folk 1:36 4

Shiva Leftovers Vol. 4 9:38 2

05/06 - Careful with that Axe
Info: This jam came together after seeing Eugene Chadbourne play on his way through Chicago.
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Sid Prise, Nicole Smith
05/07 - Structure
Info: Brian Cameron spills one of Daniel Foss' RC Colas on the master recording of The Tremendum. A new master is reworked and spinning copies by 06/15/1995.
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Daniel A. Foss, David Hurst, Scotto Moore, Sid Prise, Greg Winston
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
Love Is Only Sleeping Covers 12:51 5

Dimitrus Wavicle TimeStrands 16:24 5

DaveH Medley Of Hits Odds And Evens 06:09 3

Shores Of Distant Reality Odds And Evens 11:03 5

05/16 - Casual
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Sid Prise
05/22 - Folk Song
Info: The intent was to record Matt's new Folk Song. Upon taking a break from work and getting involved with an hours worth of improvisation we were both too tired to record the song.
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Matthew Cramer
05/27 - Folk Song Moving
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Matthew Cramer
05/29 - Aum*Jam
Info: This jam was to be an Aum* circle to celebrate The Sheep Fiends third birthday party and a housewarming party for a new jam space. The Aum* circle transformed into a full-fledged jam as folks eventually found their way to instruments.
Musicians: DeLonde Bell, Brian Cameron, Kara Dittmer, Daniel A. Foss, David Hurst, Preston Klik, Scotto Moore, Sid Prise, rez, Nicole Smith, Greg Winston
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
Aum*Jam Early 46:49 3
06/16 - Left Handed
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Marcus DelGreco
06/20 - Abba!
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Maria Domellof, Matthew Cramer, Nathan Huppert, Sid Prise
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
Prelude To Planet Cash Live From The Void 31:14 4
Tribute To Johnny Cash Live From The Void 13:06 4
06/22 - Muhammad was a truck-drivin' man, Allahu-akbar!
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Daniel A. Foss, Kate Pierro, Sid Prise
06/25 - Dillwood Pickle
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Andy Kniaz
07/16 - Explora
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Andy Kniaz, Brian McNally, Kate Pierro, Sid Prise, Nicole Smith, Greg Winston, Jeremy Young
07/23 - I Think I Can
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Marcus Dunleavy, Jeff Elder, Daniel A. Foss, Sid Prise, Jeremy Young
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
Sat In A Circle Folk 14:26 5

Free As A Stone Leftovers Vol. 4 19:31 4
Fish Leftovers Vol. 4 5:09 2
I Was So Popular Leftovers Vol. 4 3:40 4
07/30 - Fish Trout
Musicians: DeLonde Bell, Brian Cameron, Jennifer Curry, Jeff Elder, Scotto Moore, Cyd Peak, Kate Pierro, Sid Prise
08/11 - Housewarming Jam
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Jeff Elder, David Hurst, Scotto Moore, Cyd Peak, Sid Prise, David White, Greg Winston
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
Cave Of The Phantom Princess Halloween 1995 19:38 4
Signal To Noise Halloween 1995 2:33 4
Do Wop To The Future Halloween 1995 4:20 4
Lizards Halloween 1995 13:09 4
08/14 - No Exit Cafe/Morseland Open Mike
Location: No Exit Cafe & The Morseland, Chicago
Info: Brian Cameron played three Sheep Fiends songs at The No Exit Cafe's open-mike night. The set started with Private Garden/I'm Seeing Green, a fingerpicking piece and finishing up with Neil. The songs were well received. Then Brian went to The Morseland's open-mike night and played Nice Culture/Neil, Realized Beings/Vegetable Kingdom.
Musicians: Brian Cameron
08/28 - Baraka
Info: A get together to watch the Ron Fricke movie Baraka with jamming aftewards. Sid's friends Ellie Heyman, Jane Lesnick and Casey Owens also participated.
Musicians: DeLonde Bell, Brian Cameron, Matthew Cramer, Gilad Rosner, Sid Prise
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
Oatmeal, Apricots & Dates Leftovers Vol. 3 4:26 4

09/10 - Strange
Musicians: DeLonde Bell, Brian Cameron, Jennifer Curry, Jeff Elder, Cyd Peak, Sid Prise, Kristin Ronne
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
I'm A Plant Folk 5:28 4
09/18 - No Exit Cafe Open Mike
Info: Brian Cameron and Marcus DelGreco played I'm a Plant, Stainless Heart and Neil at No Exit Cafe's open-mike night. Stainless Heart was written by Marcus and the other two songs were written by Brian Cameron.
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Marcus DelGreco
09/24 - Winter Jam
Musicians: DeLonde Bell, Brian Cameron, Matthew Cramer, Nathan Huppert, Andy Kniaz, Cyd Peak, Sid Prise, Nicole Smith, Ernesto Verdeja
10/07 - Underground
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Stevie Collins, Jeff Elder, Mark Goodman, Scotto Moore, Jay Myerson, Deborah Siegel
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
Hold On TimeStrands 20:09 4
10/22 - Underground Rehearsal
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Jeff Elder, Scotto Moore, Sid Prise
11/04 - Greg Winston's Underground #1
Flier
Location: Zebra Crossing Theatre, 4223 N. Lincoln, Chicago
Info: The Sheep Fiends first live performance.
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Jeff Elder, Scotto Moore, Sid Prise, Greg Winston, Jeremy Young
11/19 - Brian Cameron's 2nd Annual Birthday Jam
Musicians: DeLonde Bell, Brian Cameron, Paul Fly, David Hurst, Preston Klik, Brian McNally, Scotto Moore, Jay Myerson, Sid Prise, Cyndi Rhoads, Gilad Rosner, Darin Stumme, Greg Winston
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
anonymous I TimeStrands 15:02 5
anonymous II TimeStrands 10:20 5
The Gate TimeStrands 14:23 3
12/10 - Very Cold Day
Info: Perhaps the coldest day of the year for five hours of jamming!
Musicians: DeLonde Bell, Brian Cameron, David Hurst, Andy Kniaz, Jay Myerson, Sid Prise, Cyndi Rhoads, Nicole Smith
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
Blood Brothers Bring It On 15:35 3

Adamantheus Bring It On 22:09 3

Very Pretty Jam Right Or Wrong 3:34 4
12/14 - Lunar Rehearsal #2
Musicians: DeLonde Bell, Brian Cameron, David Hurst, Andy Kniaz, Sid Prise, Cyndi Rhoads, Nicole Smith
12/21 - Lunar Rehearsal #3
Info: The recording equipment was set improperly and the recording was lost. Some of the jam was captured on a video camera.
Musicians: DeLonde Bell, Brian Cameron, Matthew Cramer, David Hurst, Sid Prise, Cyndi Rhoads, Nicole Smith
12/26 - Duo
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Matthew Cramer
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
Hear Me Shake Join In Now 5:52 3

Grant You A Wish Leftovers Vol. 3 7:19 4

12/27 - Lunar Rehearsal #4
Musicians: Brian Cameron, Matthew Cramer, Sid Prise, Nicole Smith, Greg Winston
12/28 - Live at the Moon
Flier Flier
Location: Lunar Cabaret, 2827 N. Lincoln, Chicago
Info: The Sheep Fiends first electric live performance. The show runs from 9:40pm until 12:20am.
Musicians: DeLonde Bell, Brian Cameron, Matthew Cramer, David Hurst, Andy Kniaz, Jay Myerson, Sid Prise, Cyndi Rhoads, Nicole Smith, Greg Winston
Songs:
Title Album Length Rating
Permission Override Leftovers Vol. 3 12:54 5

Sunflower Shine Eternity 5:48 3

Television Lunar Cabaret Live 20:22 4
Pretty Lunar Jam Lunar Cabaret Live 9:56 3
Jazz Interlude Lunar Cabaret Live 2:02 3
Night Changes In Protest Lunar Cabaret Live 17:11 3

Long Road Lunar Cabaret Live 25:14 4