Five Firsts: Cesar Alvarez of the Lisps

NAME: César Alvarez
BAND AFFILIATION: The Lisps
INSTRUMENTS: vocals, vocabulary, guitar

1. THE FIRST RECORD I EVER BOUGHT WAS … the “Tennessee” single by Arrested Development

2. THE FIRST CONCERT THAT I EVER SAW WAS … the Dave Matthews Band in Raleigh, NC

3. THE FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT I EVER OWNED OR PLAYED WAS … Piano, then Alto Sax

4. THE FIRST SONG THAT I EVER PERFORMED IN PUBLIC WAS … “Sad Morning” by César Alvarez at a coffee shop in Oberlin

5. THE FIRST BAND I WAS EVER IN WAS … César Alvarez y Los Bomberos

Brooklyn-based co-ed band the Lisps arrive at MASS MoCA’s Club B-10 in North Adams at 8pm on Saturday (April 27) to perform their indie-rock musical “Futurity,” fusing together found text, experimental music and the Lisps’ own brand of quirky pop to tell the tale of a Union soldier in the Civil War who is an aspiring inventor. Tickets are $12 in advance; $16 at the door; $10 students.

ALSO SEE:
Five Firsts: Lorenzo Wolff of the Lisps
Five Firsts: Eric Farber of the Lisps
Five Firsts: Sammy Tunis of the Lisps