Off: Djam Karat (was just for fun)

[Michael S. Habiby]

Hey Captain!

Things go well in upstate NY. Thanx for asking.

Can anyone point me to a Djam Karat Home page or give me some album credits.
The tenuous link (not the friend I had hoped) is a Gayle Ellet.

I did some research on the web (little there was for Djam Karat) and I think
I did find the link btw my old college chums and this band.  It is tenuous
but I am asking my alumni mail list network thingy if anyone can fill in the
details.

Mikey

PS If this is indeed the same band I have a very rare thing indeed.  The
first Happy Cancer official Studio Demo tape, as well as a live concert I
think.  Hmmm.


I wrote:

>My best friends roommate in college was in a band called Happy Cancer. They
>were quite good actually. Very tight fusion ala John McLaughlin or Brand X.
>Anyway they tried to go "public" in the LA market (not Louisiana) and
>changed their name to Kafka's Breakfast.

And Cpt Cloud helpfully returned:

Both Happy Cancer and Kafkas Breakfast are early names for the group now
known as Djam Karet.  DK has released about a dozen different titles since
the early eighties, including a rare tape release named "Kafka's Breakfast"
containing music from their early period.

Perhaps your friend's roommate is still with the band today, or at least is
represented on that early recording...