Thursday, March 15   12:30 a.m.
Club One 15   (115 San Jacinto St)

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D-Madness aka Dwayne Jackson is the baddest musician in this world. In the studio, he basically plays everything but horns. He was playing in orchestras, overseas, by his teens. He's played in studios, bars and clubs since his teenage years. If you need ANYTHING between cello parts and vocal percussion, D-Madness can help you. He is the ultimate session musician. On stage, the normal D-Madness setup is bass guitar or electric guitar, drums, his ASR-10 production keyboard and a vocal mic. He might also play a cheek solo, a nearby beer bottle, or double-time his bass drum with the sticks (even ex-Living Colour drummer, Will Calhoun, was baffled). When Japan's DJ Krush first saw him perform, he asked D to play bass guitar and violin on his next record. When Erykah Badu saw him soundcheckin' at her Black Forest Theater (near his native Oak Cliff, Texas), she pushed him later in the schedule so Prince could see him. When DJ Krush saw him play again, Krush insisted that D-Madness be added to the next day's show in the next town. When Bernie Worrell saw him play at Flamingo Cantina in Austin, in 2005, Worrell demanded that D-Madness be added to the next day's show. Get the picture? At home and in the studio, D-Madness writes and arranges dozens of songs every week. From soul to jazz to funk to reggae to hip-hop to wtf, he's an expert. He sings love ballads, inspirational songs, reggae tunes, and will even bring on a flow every now and then. He plays the sickest basslines, guitar riffs, and synths or strings. D-Madness has a cellular musical memory, so when he hears a song even once, his understanding grows in dog years. D-Madness performs solo gigs around Austin [The D-Madness Project] finding him weekly at the local Rockin Tomato Pizza Company (south), or Ruta Maya International Headquarters (where he hosted a release party for his debut CD, entitled "It's Time", in July '06), or Troubadour Saloon, Dirty Dog and Jazz...A Louisiana Kitchen (6th Street). D backs his lady, Willette Wallace in their duo project DW2; performs duo gigs with his MC-slash-hypeman Mr. Blakes serving as musical director for Blakes' live band shows. In June '06, The D-Madness Project had the opportunity to open for Anthony Hamilton at Stubb's. Being the team player, D-Madness lends his bass expertise to Music World's (Beyonce's dad's record label) MOJOE; Phillip Alexander (local up and coming R&B crooner); and Blue Mist (the dynamic blind wonders of Austin), as well as his drum skills to local band Diasporic, on occasion. Ask MC D.O.S. or DJ Rapid Ric what he can do...amazing...pure D-Madness. D's talents go beyond one's imagination and certainly are conversation pieces well after a show is over. He'll leave you speechless, breathless, sometimes tearful. If you took all of his instruments away, well, actually...you MUST see it, to believe it...unexplainable. Observe his gifts. Enjoy and share his music. Join the D-Madness movement.